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 …
Decorative D
Paterius, Liber testimoniorum veteris testamenti Source: British Library Royal ms 7 f vi, fol. 45r. Paterius, Liber testimoniorum veteris testamenti Source: British …
Simply Elegant
Cue letter on the left. Paterius, Liber testimoniorum veteris testamenti Source: British Library Royal ms 7 f vi, fol. 133v.
Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob
Theological miscellany including Anonymous, Liber de Philosophia Salomonis; Extract from Isidore of Seville, Etymologiae; Fulgentius Mytographus, Expositio sermonum antiquorum; Pigments and alchemical …
Fleuroned E
Bible. Bible. Source: gallica.bnf.fr Bibliothèque nationale de France. Département des Manuscrits. Latin 16746, fol. 79r.
Not by bread alone
Bible. Bible. Source: gallica.bnf.fr Bibliothèque nationale de France. Département des Manuscrits. Latin 16746, fol. 28v.
Eye witnesses
Bible. Bible. Source: gallica.bnf.fr Bibliothèque nationale de France. Département des Manuscrits. Latin 16746, fol. 164v.
M is for Marcus
Evangelia secundum Marcum (1-70) et Lucam (70v-180v), cum glossa [avec prologues] Source: gallica.bnf.fr Bibliothèque nationale de France. Département des Manuscrits. Latin 17236, …
The place whereon thou standest is holy ground
Psalterium Cantuariense [Psautier de Canterbury] Source: gallica.bnf.fr Bibliothèque nationale de France. Département des Manuscrits. Latin 8846, fol. 2r.
Incipit Liber Genesis
Biblia Latina Source: gallica.bnf.fr Bibliothèque nationale de France. Département des Manuscrits. Latin 10, fol. 3v.
Babilonia
Glossarium Salomonis Source: München, Bayerische Staatsbibliothek München, Bayerische Staatsbibliothek – Clm 13002, fol. 3v.