Manuscripts Collection (page 3)

Zulieka, Potiphars wife (or Potifar), presents Joseph to the harem. Indo-Persian Art. Miniature Painting. ITALY. Turin. City Library

Carolingian Empire. Charlemagne welcomes Pope Leo XIII who fled Rome. Gothic art. Miniature Painting. ITALY. Turin. National Library of the Turin University

FILARETE, Antonio Avelino, also called El FILARETE (1400-1465). Architect and sculptor. Architecturae Libri. Architects and bricklayers working. Renaissance art. Miniature Painting. ITALY. Venice

Knight ready to fight. Renaissance art. Quattrocento. Miniature Painting. ITALY. Padua. Biblioth豵 e Municipale (Municipal Library)

Map of the West of African coast with the Islands of Macaronesia, the Canary Isles and Cape Verde. 1514. Miniature Painting. PORTUGAL. Lisbon. Maritime Museum

Mongol Empire. Court of Gengis Khan. Illustration
" Mongol Empire. Court of Gengis Khan. Illustration from the " History of the Mongols". Miniature Painting. FRANCE. Paris. National Library."

Papal bull appointing Torquemada as Inquisitor
TORQUEMADA, Fray Tomas de (1420-1498). Papal bull of Innocent VIII in which Fray Tomas de Torquemada is appointed Inquisitor General (1482). 1482

Two Indian warriors. Hindu art. Miniature Painting

Chart by Joan Martines. Island of Sicily (1591). Miniature Painting

Manuscript Letter T
A knight on horseback rides over the letter T Date: circa 10th century

Magna Carta in a Museum
A Magna Carta behind glass in a display cabinet being observed by a gentleman. Date: circa 1960

Medieval Falconry
Different aspects of falconry as depicted in contemporary Flemish and French manuscripts. Date: 12th-14th Centuries

Monk Copyist copying manuscript
A monk copying at his work table. Date: 15th century

The library at Louvain ruined during WW1
The library at Louvain in Belgium, as it was with a smaller, inset photograph, showing how it looked after German bombardment In 1914

Attorney law teaching at the University of Bologna. Statutes of notaries. Renaissance art. Miniature Painting

Cynegetica: Oppianos treatise on hunting and fishing. Protecting sheeps from wolves. Greek school (11th c.). Romanesque art. Miniature Painting. ITALY. VENETO. Venice

Siege of a city. Illustration in the Roman d Ogier le Danois (Romance of Ogier the Dane), printed in Paris by Antoine V鲡 rd (1498). Gothic art. Miniature Painting. ITALY. PIEDMONT. Turin

HENRY II, also called Saint Henry (973-1024). Holy Roman Emperor (1014-1024). Christ crowns Emperor Henry II. A Miniature from the Sacramentary of Henry II. Miniature Painting. GERMANY. BAVARIA

Atlas by Fern㯠Vaz Dourado, 1571. Chart 1: Northern
Atlas by Fern㯠 Vaz Dourado, 1571. Chart 1: Northern Europe. Renaissance art. Miniature Painting. PORTUGAL. Lisbon. National Archive of the Tower of the Tombo

Festival of Portuguese Fleet. illustration from Livros do Al魠 Douro da Leitura Nova. 16th c. Renaissance art. Miniature Painting. PORTUGAL. Lisbon. National Archive of the Tower of the Tombo

LOUIS VI the Fat, of France (1081-1137). King of the Franks (1108-1137). King Louis VI (1080-1137) Watching the Construction of a Church, from the Grandes Chroniques de France 1375-79. Gothic art

Aeneas built a castle in Italy and sends his wise messengers to the king Latinus in Laurentum. Scene from the Aeneid of Virgil in french manuscript From the creation of the world to the conquest of

Ludovic Meets the Four Witches from Visio Ludovici de Francia (the Vision of Louis of France) at the Tractatus de Purgatorio Sancti Patricii (Purgatory of Saint Patrick), 14th c. Gothic art

Fouquet, Jean (1420-1481). Grandes Chroniques de France (Great Chronicles of France). 1455-1460. Wars of Charlemagne. Edition of Antoine V鲡 rd, 1493. Gothic art. Miniature Painting

Detail of soldiers in Commentarius in Apocalypsim (Commentary on the Apocalypse) (776-786) work of Beatus of Li颡 na. 11th-12th century catalan copy of the visigothic Beatus of Girona of 976

Fouquet, Jean (1420-1481). Two knights fighting. Illustration from The Great Chronicles of France (XIV). Gothic art. Miniature Painting. FRANCE. Ό E-DE-FRANCE. Paris. National Library

Siege of a city. 14th century. Gothic art. Miniature Painting. ITALY. Venice. Biblioteca nazionale marciana (St. Marks Library)

Delivery of the flag of the city of Padua to a prince Carraresi. Illustration from Chronica Carrarensinus, 14th century. Renaissance art. Miniature Painting. ITALY. VENETO. Padua. Capitular Library

Book of Hours of the Countess of Bertiandos. 16th c. The creation of the world. Miniature Painting. PORTUGAL. Lisbon. Academia das Ciꮣ ias de Lisboa (Academy of Sciences of Lisbon)

Book of Hours of Marguerite d Orl顮s. ca. 1430
Book of Hours of Marguerite d Orl顮 s. ca. 1430. Fol. 174. Mary Magdalene. Margin miniatures with Journey to the Country of Prester John. Gothic art. Miniature Painting. FRANCE

The Fables of Bidpai. Folio 6: Healing of an ill. German edition from 1480 after the Hindu original from 1348. Gothic art. Miniature Painting. FRANCE. PICARDY. OISE. Chantilly

Book of Hours for Charles V. 16th c. French school. Cod. Vitr. 24-3. Folio 149. Tree of Jesse. According the prophecy of Isaiah, family tree after Jesse (sleeping), the father of King David

JAMES II of Mallorca (1243-1311). King of Majorca (1276-1311). LLibre de franqueses i privilegis del Regne de Mallorca. 1334-1339. Folio 263. Gothic art. Miniature Painting. SPAIN. BALEARES

Illustration of the Bhagavata Purana, 18th c. Scene of the life of Krishna. Hindu art. Miniature Painting. FRANCE. Ό E-DE-FRANCE. Paris. National Library

VERARD, Antoine (15th century). The Holy Roman Empress presenting to Louis the Stammerer the crown and sceptre that had belonged to his father Charles II the Bald, from Chroniques de France

ASARFATI, Josef or Joseph (ca. 1299). Jewish Cervera Bible. ca. 1299. Animal musicians. It belongs to the grammatical treatise Sefer mikhlol by David Qimhi (ca 1160 -1235). Folio 440. Text in Hebrew

Krishna with a lotus flower and Radha dancing in the rain with three girl musicians. 17th c. Hindu art. Miniature Painting. Proc: INDIA. RAJASTHAN

VILANOVA, Arnau de (1238-1311). Alchemist, astrologer and physician of Catalan origin who had a great reputation in the medieval world

Pataman jari raigini (First spring bloomed branch). In a palace court, a princess is given a lotus flower, the symbol of her lover. Hindu art. Miniature Painting. FRANCE. Ό E-DE-FRANCE. Paris

Missal with scene of the Crucifixion. School of Avignon (1409). Gothic art. Miniature Painting. SPAIN. MADRID (AUTONOMOUS COMMUNITY). Madrid. National Library

Visiting the patient. 13th c. Detail. Gothic art. Miniature Painting. ITALY. VENETO. Venice. Biblioteca nazionale marciana (St. Marks Library)

DANTE ALIGHIERI (1265-1321). The Divine Comedy. s.XIV. The Purgatory. Dante and Virgil in the staircase that leads to the gates of Hell. Gothic art. Miniature Painting. ITALY. VENETO. Venice

Textile Merchants. Illustration from the book of Statutes of the Tailors Guild, 14th c. Gothic art. Miniature Painting

Book of Hours for Charles V. 16th c. Cod. Vitr. 24-3. Folio 67. Nativity of Christ. French School. Renaissance art. Miniature Painting. SPAIN. MADRID (AUTONOMOUS COMMUNITY). Madrid. National Library

On the Properties of Things (De proprietatibus rerum) (15th c.), translation by Jean Cordichon of the encyclopedic work of the Franciscan Bartholomaeus Anglicus

The month of May, tree festival, miniature from the Grimani Breviary, folio 5, verso. Miniature Painting. SPAIN. CATALONIA. Barcelona. Sant Jordi Catalan Royal Academy of Fine Arts. Proc: ITALY

Grimani Breviary. 16th c. Month of August: Leaving for the Hunt. Renaissance art. Miniature Painting. ITALY. VENETO. Venice. Biblioteca nazionale marciana (St. Marks Library)

CHARLES V of France, called the Wise (1500-1558). King of France (1364-1380), member of the Valois dynasty. Coronation of Charles V. SPAIN. CATALONIA. Barcelona

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