EditorialThe Ascension. Artist Unknown; Bavarian, 15th century. Date: 1460-1465. Dimensions: 100 ? 75 mm (plate); 105 ? 80 mm (sheet). Metalcut in black hand colored with brush and watercolor in yellow, red-brown lake, and green, on ivory laid paper, with manus...
EditorialHoly Face, ca. 1485?90, Tempera and gold leaf on parchment that has been trimmed and laid down on thin walnut, 3 9/16 x 2 1/8 in. (9 x 5.4 cm), Manuscripts and Illuminations, Gerard David (Netherlandish, Oudewater ca. 1455?1523 Bruges), This tiny manus...
EditorialManuscript Leaf Cutting Showing an Illumiated Initial R with St. Protasius and St. Gervasius, mid-15th century, Made in Milan, Italy, Italian, Tempera, gold, and ink on parchment, 3 7/16 x 3 9/16 in. (8.7 x 9 cm); mat: 9 x 7 in. (22.9 x 17.8 cm), Manus...
EditorialThe Ascension. Artist Unknown; Bavarian, 15th century. Date: 1460-1465. Dimensions: 100 ? 75 mm (plate); 105 ? 80 mm (sheet). Metalcut in black hand colored with brush and watercolor in yellow, red-brown lake, and green, on ivory laid paper, with manus...
EditorialThe Ascension. Artist Unknown; Bavarian, 15th century. Date: 1460-1465. Dimensions: 100 ? 75 mm (plate); 105 ? 80 mm (sheet). Metalcut in black hand colored with brush and watercolor in yellow, red-brown lake, and green, on ivory laid paper, with manus...
EditorialPreparation of medicines. The Ni'matnama-i Nasir al-Din Shah. A manuscript o. 1495 - 1505. Sultan Ghiyath al-Din supervises the preparation of medicines. Opaque watercolour. Sultanate style. Image taken from The Ni'matnama-i Nasir al-Din Shah. A manus...
EditorialBas-de-page scene of Margaret laid in a tomb, with four surrounding figures and the Manus Dei, with two decorated initials: 'D'(eus) and 'I'(neffabilem). Psalter ('The Queen Mary Psalter'). England (London/Westminster or East Anglia?); between 1310 and...
EditorialMiniature of the author as a hermit prostrating himself before the altar with a chalice, and the Manus Dei blessing him. A historiated initial 'C'(hil) of a young man with a dog, at the beginning of the text, and a miniature of a hermit speaking with G...
EditorialAquamanile in the Form of a Lion, ca. 1230 or early nineteenth century, North German, Lubeck (?), Bronze; binary copper alloy (approx. 88% copper, approx. 8% tin) hollow cast, H. 20.7 cm, w. 12.4 cm, l. 25.3 cm, wt. 2867 g., Metalwork, An aquamanile, f...
EditorialHoly Face, ca. 1485?90, Tempera and gold leaf on parchment that has been trimmed and laid down on thin walnut, 3 9/16 x 2 1/8 in. (9 x 5.4 cm), Manuscripts and Illuminations, Gerard David (Netherlandish, Oudewater ca. 1455?1523 Bruges), This tiny manus...
EditorialAquamanile in the Form of a Lion, ca. 1230 or early nineteenth century, North German, Lubeck (?), Bronze; binary copper alloy (approx. 88% copper, approx. 8% tin) hollow cast, H. 20.7 cm, w. 12.4 cm, l. 25.3 cm, wt. 2867 g., Metalwork, An aquamanile, f...
EditorialAquamanile in the Form of a Unicorn, ca. 1425?50, Made in Nuremberg, Germany, German, Copper alloy, Overall (to tip of horn): 15 1/2 x 11 1/2 x 4 7/16 in. (39.4 x 29.2 x 11.3 cm), Metalwork-Copper alloy, The aquamanile takes its name from the Latin wor...
EditorialManuscript Leaf Cutting Showing an Illumiated Initial R with St. Protasius and St. Gervasius, mid-15th century, Made in Milan, Italy, Italian, Tempera, gold, and ink on parchment, 3 7/16 x 3 9/16 in. (8.7 x 9 cm); mat: 9 x 7 in. (22.9 x 17.8 cm), Manus...
EditorialPhilip III the Bold, King of France, 1245-1285. He wears the ceremonial robes of the Count of Toulouse, crown and sceptre. Over a red tunic, he wears a full ermine-lined simar or cape in blue decorated with gold fleurs de lys. From a 13th-century manus...
EditorialFacsimile of the Ellesmere Chaucer - The Shipman. The Ellesmere manuscript is an early 15th century manuscript of Geoffrey Chaucer's Canterbury Tales, commonly referred to as the "Ellesmere Chaucer". It is one of the most valuable and cherished manus...