Johah and the Whale
It looks to me like the great fish is in the water in the upper bowl of the capital letter E, while …
Verba is the Word
I’m not sure what astonishes me more, the color palette, the unusual blend of motifs, or perhaps the casual stylistic insouciance in …
Creating the Heavens
The first part of the ‘Montpellier Bible’, containing the Book of Genesis to the Book of Malachi. Source: British Library Harley ms …
Refined Lines
Lancelot du Lac Source: British Library Harley ms 4419, f.30r.
Judgment of Paris
Source: Universiteitsbibliotheek Gent Historia destructionis Troiae, Vlaanderen, 2e helft 15e eeuw. Universiteitsbibliotheek Gent, HS. 404, fol. 1r.
Amazing
Source: Universiteitsbibliotheek Gent Graduale van de Sint-Baafsabdij te Gent, HS 14, fol. 40r.
Decorative D
Paterius, Liber testimoniorum veteris testamenti Source: British Library Royal ms 7 f vi, fol. 45r. Paterius, Liber testimoniorum veteris testamenti Source: British …
Dixit Insipiens
This Psalm is often historiated with a depiction of a Fool, but in this case, we see the Temptation of Christ, hence …
Dragon Dance
The Book of Psalms, Psalter of the Virgin Mary, and Little Office of the Virgin Mary Source: British Library Arundel ms 157, …
Simply Elegant
Cue letter on the left. Paterius, Liber testimoniorum veteris testamenti Source: British Library Royal ms 7 f vi, fol. 133v.
Moses and the Serpents
Excerpt from St Jerome, De viris illustribus; Flavius Josephus, Antiquitates iudaicae (books 1-14) Source: British Library Royal ms 13 d vi, f.61v.
Long Tail Interlace
Julian of Toledo’s Prognosticon futuri saeculi, with Latin glosses and an Old English gloss; riddles by various authors, including Aldhelm, Symphosius, Eusebius, …
Seeing Double
Psalter Source: British Library Lansdowne ms 420, f.27v.
Oh, You Mean This S?
Psalter Source: The British Library Lansdowne ms 420, f.20v.