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Johah and the Whale

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

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

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

Refined Lines

Lancelot du Lac Source: British Library Harley ms 4419, f.30r.

Judgment of Paris

Judgment of Paris

Source: Universiteitsbibliotheek Gent Historia destructionis Troiae, Vlaanderen, 2e helft 15e eeuw. Universiteitsbibliotheek Gent, HS. 404, fol. 1r.

Amazing

Amazing

Source: Universiteitsbibliotheek Gent Graduale van de Sint-Baafsabdij te Gent, HS 14, fol. 40r.

Decorative D

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

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

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

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

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

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

Seeing Double

Psalter Source: British Library Lansdowne ms 420, f.27v.