Catchwords
Petrus de Ciperia Lemovicensis , De Oculo morali Source: gallica.bnf.fr Bibliothèque nationale de France, Département des manuscrits, Latin 3605, p. 160.
Double-P Descenders
Petrus de Ciperia Lemovicensis , De Oculo morali Source: gallica.bnf.fr Bibliothèque nationale de France, Département des manuscrits, Latin 3605, p. 173.
Return of the spies
Numbers 13:23 Speculum humanae salvationis Source: gallica.bnf.fr Bibliothèque nationale de France, Département des manuscrits, Latin 512, fol. 24r.
XRE
Speculum humanae salvationis Source: gallica.bnf.fr Bibliothèque nationale de France, Département des manuscrits, Latin 512, fol. 20v.
Sgraffito L
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus , Institutiones Oratoriae Source: gallica.bnf.fr Bibliothèque nationale de France, Département des Manuscrits, Latin 7804, fol. 224v.
Galant Hunt
Horae ad usum romanum. Source: gallica.bnf.fr Bibliothèque nationale de France, Département des manuscrits, Latin 1156B, fol. 163r.
Herald Angels
Horae ad usum romanum. Source: gallica.bnf.fr Bibliothèque nationale de France, Département des manuscrits, Latin 1156B, fol. 82r.
Fanciful Margin Man
Horae ad usum Parisiensem [Grandes Heures de Jean de Berry]. Source: gallica.bnf.fr Bibliothèque nationale de France, Département des Manuscrits, Latin 919, fol. …
Gabriel’s peacock wings
Horae ad usum romanum. Source: gallica.bnf.fr Bibliothèque nationale de France, Département des manuscrits, Latin 1156 B, fol. 31r.
Saint Denys walks with the angels
Horae ad usum Parisiensem , dites Heures de Charles VIII . Source: gallica.bnf.fr Bibliothèque nationale de France, Département des manuscrits, Latin 1370, …
Cloth of Honor
Almost all the illuminated scenes in this Book of Hours are depicted in front of a gold cloth of honor like this …
Trompe-l’oeil Black Pearls
S. Ambrosius Mediolanensis , Sermones . S. Maximus Taurinensis , Sermones . S. Basilius episcopus Caesariensis , Sermones Source: gallica.bnf.fr Bibliothèque nationale …
Suspended Letters
This margin is decorated with letters that appear to be suspended from chains. Amazing detail from the Emerson White Book of Hours. …
Visitation with books
Heures. Source: gallica.bnf.fr Bibliothèque nationale de France, Département des manuscrits, Latin 10533, fol. 24v.