Peas and pearls with moth
Lucii Annaei Senecae epistolarum libri viginti duo : praemittitur authoris vita. Source: gallica.bnf.fr Bibliothèque nationale de France, Département des manuscrits, Latin 8551, …
Sustinire
Flavius Josephus, De Bello Judaïco Source: gallica.bnf.fr Bibliothèque nationale de France, Département des manuscrits, Latin 16032, fol. 3v.
Capital I
Eusebius Caesariensis , Historia ecclesiastica , Rufinus Aquileiensis interpres Source: gallica.bnf.fr Bibliothèque nationale de France, Département des Manuscrits, Latin 5081, fol. 34v.
Porphyry page
Giovanni Michele Nagonio, dit Michel Nagonius, De laudibus Galliae [Chants en l’honneur de Louis XII]. Source: gallica.bnf.fr Bibliothèque nationale de France, Département …
Peter walking on water
Compare the composition with the panel painting by Konrad Witz Missale Trecense. Source: gallica.bnf.fr Bibliothèque nationale de France, Département des manuscrits, Latin …
The Belly of the P
1.° Flavii Josephi antiquitatum Judaïcarum libri undecim priores : observandum autem est libro primo ascribi titulum Geneseos, secundo Exodi, et sic deinceps …
Persian Sybil
Diurnal de René, roi de Sicile Source: gallica.bnf.fr Bibliothèque nationale de France, Département des manuscrits, Latin 10491, fol. 7r.
Flowered borders with flower names
Each border is decorated with different flowers, each of which is identified by name. Incredible. Grandes Heures d’Anne de Bretagne. Source: gallica.bnf.fr …
Pearls in the deep blue C
Caius Plinius Caecilius Secundus Minor, Epistolae . Caius Plinius Caecilius Secundus Minor, De viris illustribus . Source: gallica.bnf.fr Bibliothèque nationale de France, …
Dragon and the Book of Fire
A very impressive displays of heraldry. Rare use of black. Heures à l’usage dominicain , dites Heures de Frédéric d’Aragon Source: gallica.bnf.fr …
Paysage in frame
S. Cyprianus , Carthaginensis episcopus , Epistolae Source: gallica.bnf.fr Bibliothèque nationale de France, Département des Manuscrits, Latin 1659, fol. 1r.
Chair de la Peste
The Expression “être assis dans la chaire de la pestilence” meant to teach bad doctrine (“Pestilence” in the Dictionnaire de l’Académie Française, …
Suspended Letters
This margin is decorated with letters that appear to be suspended from chains. Amazing detail from the Emerson White Book of Hours. …
Beauty in Precision
S. Gregorius Magnus I, papa, Moralia in Job. XXIV. S. Gregorius Magnus I, papa, Moralia in Job. II. S. Gregorius Magnus, Moralia …