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Pale Rider

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

Temptation

Bible (The ‘Moutier-Grandval Bible’). Source: British Library Add MS 10546, f. 5v.

Angel of the Creation

Angel of the Creation

Bible (The ‘Moutier-Grandval Bible’). Source: British Library Add MS 10546, f. 5v.

Canon Table Arcade

Canon Table Arcade

Bible (The ‘Moutier-Grandval Bible’). Source: British Library Add MS 10546, f. 351r.

Hare Line Filler

Hare Line Filler

Bible (The ‘Moutier-Grandval Bible’). Source: British Library Add MS 10546, f. 7r.

Spring Blossoms

Spring Blossoms

Majmu’a / مجموعه Source: British Library Add ms 7914, f. 70r.

Shepherds abiding in the field

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

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

Paradysus

Saint-Omer, 1121. Source: Universiteitsbibliotheek Gent Liber Floridus Universiteitsbibliotheek Gent, HS. 92, fol. 52r.

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 …

St. Denys

St. Denys

Vie de saint Denys et ses compaignons Source: British Library Harley ms 4409, f.10r.

Bearded Scribe with Knot

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

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 …