Pale Rider
Prologue by Gilbert de la Porrée (ff. 2r-3v); Apocalypse (Revelation) in prose with glosses (ff. 3v-58v). Source: British Library Add ms 17399, …
Temptation
Bible (The ‘Moutier-Grandval Bible’). Source: British Library Add MS 10546, f. 5v.
Angel of the Creation
Bible (The ‘Moutier-Grandval Bible’). Source: British Library Add MS 10546, f. 5v.
Canon Table Arcade
Bible (The ‘Moutier-Grandval Bible’). Source: British Library Add MS 10546, f. 351r.
Hare Line Filler
Bible (The ‘Moutier-Grandval Bible’). Source: British Library Add MS 10546, f. 7r.
Spring Blossoms
Majmu’a / مجموعه Source: British Library Add ms 7914, f. 70r.
Shepherds abiding in the field
The Book of Psalms, Psalter of the Virgin Mary, and Little Office of the Virgin Mary Source: British Library Arundel ms 157, …
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 …
Paradysus
Saint-Omer, 1121. Source: Universiteitsbibliotheek Gent Liber Floridus Universiteitsbibliotheek Gent, HS. 92, fol. 52r.
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 …
St. Denys
Vie de saint Denys et ses compaignons Source: British Library Harley ms 4409, f.10r.
Bearded Scribe with Knot
Miscellany, including Pontificals, a Benedictional, Law Codes, documents, and miniatures Source: British Library Cotton MS Claudius A III, f.30r.
Corner Writing
Gospel-book (‘Lindisfarne Gospels’) Source: British Library Cotton MS Nero D IV, f. 3r. Gospel-book (‘Lindisfarne Gospels’) Source: British Library Cotton MS Nero …