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Equestrian medallion

Equestrian medallion

Aristoteles , De moribus , Johannes Argyropulos interpres. Aristoteles , Aeconomica , Leonardus Bruni Aretinus interpres. Aristoteles , Politica , Leonardus Bruni …

Dandy Q

Dandy Q

Pomponius Porphyrio , Commentarii in Horatii Flacci carmina Source: gallica.bnf.fr Bibliothèque nationale de France, Département des Manuscrits, Latin 7988, fol. Ir.

Sifting for gold

Sifting for gold

Horae ad usum romanum. Source: gallica.bnf.fr Bibliothèque nationale de France, Département des manuscrits, Latin 1369, p. 141.

Putti bout

Putti bout

Heures Source: gallica.bnf.fr Bibliothèque nationale de France, Département des manuscrits, Latin 9472, fol. 1r.

Dragon with strawberries

Dragon with strawberries

Or is it a griffin? Heures Source: gallica.bnf.fr Bibliothèque nationale de France, Département des manuscrits, Latin 9472, fol. 12r.

The King and the Cardinal

The King and the Cardinal

Johannes Bessario, Adversus Georgium Trapezuntium, calumniatorem Platonis, defensionum opus . Source: gallica.bnf.fr Bibliothèque nationale de France, Département des manuscrits, Latin 12946, fol. …

White vines in the margin

White vines in the margin

Bartholomaei Faccii libri decem de rebus gestis Alphonsi I. Regis Neapolitani. Source: gallica.bnf.fr Bibliothèque nationale de France, Département des manuscrits, Latin 5912A, …

Warming his toes

Warming his toes

Horae ad usum Parisiensem. Source: gallica.bnf.fr Bibliothèque nationale de France, Département des manuscrits, Latin 1173, fol. 1v.

Chiasmus?

Chiasmus?

This is not how a literature professor would explain the term, but what else would you call these crossed alphabets? Pontificale Parisiense. …

Minute border art

Minute border art

Pontificale Parisiense. Latin 961 (1) Source: gallica.bnf.fr Bibliothèque nationale de France, Département des Manuscrits, Latin 961 (1), fol. 1r.

White vines, gold letters

White vines, gold letters

Matthaeus Palmierus , De temporibus Source: gallica.bnf.fr Bibliothèque nationale de France, Département des Manuscrits, Latin 4927, fol. 1r.

Putti Prison

Putti Prison

Magnus Aurelius Cassiodorus , Historia ecclesiastica tripartita Source: gallica.bnf.fr Bibliothèque nationale de France, Département des Manuscrits, Latin 5088, fol. 1r.

Dragon beater

Dragon beater

Horae ad usum Parisiensem [Grandes Heures de Jean de Berry]. Source: gallica.bnf.fr Bibliothèque nationale de France, Département des Manuscrits, Latin 919, fol. …

Cicero’s Web Site

Cicero’s Web Site

Marcus Tullius Cicero, Epistolae ad familiares, ad Brutum, ad Quintum fratrem et adAtticum . Deux volumes. I. Cicero, Epistolae ad familiares. Source: …