Troyes BM ms.0039 http://www.enluminures.culture.fr/public/mistral/enlumine_fr?ACTION=CHERCHER_98=REF_98=D-043490

: Biblia: Testamentum novum et liber Psalmorum; Universitätsbibliothek Heidelberg

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Horae ad usum Parisiensem, dites Heures de Charles d'Angoulême -- 1480-1496 -- manuscrits

A set of images of decorated initials from Scriptores historiae Augustae. Milan: Philippus de Lavagnia, 1475.

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Choir book

: Rudolf von Ems: Willehalm von Orlens ; Dietrich von der Glesse: Der Gürtel (Borte) ; Peter Suchenwirt: Liebe und Schönheit u.a.; Universitätsbibliothek Heidelberg

Perugia Scribe-старинная книга 17 века. Еще один потрясающий старинный алфавит.Эта каллиграфическая книга из Перуджи, Умбрия,датируется 1600-1615г, автор-Antonio Schiratti Perugia Scribe -Early 17th century calligraphy/scribal copybook from Umbria. ---------Perugia Scribe -Early 17th century…

Dilectio dulce verbum est

Gradual, Germany, Nuremberg, 1507-1510

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This is a cutting from a leaf from a choir book (Gradual) that was produced probably in Northern France c.1500-1510. On what is the recto of the cutting is a large historiated initial “C” in deep red with blue embelishments and with superb white tracery set on a liquid gold ground scattered with coloured jewels and two branches of blue and green foilage. Enclosed within the initial is a superb miniature depicting the veneration of the Blessed Sacrament. The initial is from the Introit for the feast of Corpus Christi, “Cibavit eos ex adipe frumenti”. On what is the verso of the cutting are parts of two four-line staves in red with nores in black and a few letters of words in black also. This text can be identified as “(d)as illis es(cam in t)empore”, being part of “Oculi omnium in te seperant”, the Gradual of the Corpus Christi Mass. The size of the cutting is 122mm x 130mm (4 8/10ins. x 5 1/10ins.). THE MINIATURE: - The miniature within the initial is a supurb depiction of the veneration of the Blessed Sacrement. Inside a chapel, two brown-hooded monks in white vestments kneel before a white draped and red-fronted alter. Both monks swing censers and the monk on the right holds a paten in his left hand. The alter is furnished with a monstrance containing the Blessed Sacrament either side of which is a candle stick with lighted candle and at the back a framed picture of two monks. Either side of the alter are drapes in yellow nad green and at the back of it is what appears to be a window with blue glass. GENERAL COMMENTS: - This is a superb, large, historiated initial in almost perfect condition there being only a little rubbing to the liquid gold ground. The colours of the miniature are particularly bright.

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This large-format copy of the New Testament was created at, and for, Rochester Cathedral in Rochester, England in the first half of the twelfth century. The manuscript is an important survival, for it is one part of what is believed to be the the earliest decorated Bible produced at the priory scriptorium at Rochester. Originally a five volume work, only one other volume, British Library, Royal I.C.VII., has survived. The book's large size indicates it was designed to be read aloud, either during services or at meals. Large, fanciful initials filled with foliage, dragons, and human faces begin each section of the text, and their vibrant color and intricate designs capture the essence of Romanesque manuscript illumination. Initial "P" opening the Epistle of St. Paul the Apostle to the Romans. To explore fully digitized manuscripts with a virtual page-turning application, please visit Walters Ex Libris.

Two dragons with foliate tails and multicolored wings form the sloping sides of this letter "A." One of the creatures bends its neck to bite its own paw; the other raises its grinning face to gaze beyond the boundary of the page. The letterform is filled with spiraling vine-scrolls sprouting succulent foliage. From one of these leaves emerges a diminutive profile human face. This large-format copy of the New Testament was almost certainly created at Rochester Cathedral Priory, England, in the first half of the twelfth century. It was part of a five-volume Bible, only one other volume of which, London, British Library Ms. Royal I.C.VII, has survived. The decorated initials in these manuscripts compare closely with those in other books known to come from Rochester. Although neither the Walters' nor the British Library's volume includes an inscription associating this Bible with Rochester, the two medieval catalogs of the Rochester Cathedral library, produced around 1130 and in 1202, contain references to manuscripts that correspond well with them. The book’s large size indicates it that was designed to be read aloud, either during services or at meals in the refectory. Large, fanciful initials filled with foliage, fruit, dragons, animals, and human faces begin each section of the text. Executed in a vibrant palette of red, blue, green, ochre (in place of gold), and yellow, the intricate, dynamic designs capture the essence of Romanesque manuscript illumination.