Amazing
Source: Universiteitsbibliotheek Gent Graduale van de Sint-Baafsabdij te Gent, HS 14, fol. 40r.
Curlicue Border
1469. Source: Universiteitsbibliotheek Gent Graduale van de Sint-Baafsabdij te Gent, BHSL.HS.0014, ff. 79v-80r.
Synagoga
Missal (‘The Sherborne Missal’) Source: British Library Add MS 74236, p. 30.
Decorative D
Paterius, Liber testimoniorum veteris testamenti Source: British Library Royal ms 7 f vi, fol. 45r. Paterius, Liber testimoniorum veteris testamenti Source: British …
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Helperic of Auxerre, De computo; Bede, De duodecim mensibus, Hymnus de anno et mensibus; Priscian, Versus de sideribus; computistical tables and diagrams; …
Dixit Insipiens
This Psalm is often historiated with a depiction of a Fool, but in this case, we see the Temptation of Christ, hence …
Dragon Dance
The Book of Psalms, Psalter of the Virgin Mary, and Little Office of the Virgin Mary Source: British Library Arundel ms 157, …
Windows to the Soul
I’m intrigued by the use of white paint around the irises. The Book of Psalms, Psalter of the Virgin Mary, and Little …
Simply Elegant
Cue letter on the left. Paterius, Liber testimoniorum veteris testamenti Source: British Library Royal ms 7 f vi, fol. 133v.
He wanted me to pass this along
Psalter Source: British Library Lansdowne ms 420, f.78r. Psalter Source: British Library Lansdowne ms 420, f.52v.
Seeing Double
Psalter Source: British Library Lansdowne ms 420, f.27v.
Oh, You Mean This S?
Psalter Source: The British Library Lansdowne ms 420, f.20v.
Unfinished Goose
The Four Gospels with St Jerome’s prologues, and a lectionary Source: The British Library Stowe ms 3, f.5v.
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 …