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Gilt Pleasures blog - Detail - letter D Letters, Ink, Layout, Manuscript, Calligraphy Letters, Medieval Font, Alphabet, Illuminated Manuscript, Letter D
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Gilt Pleasures blog - Detail - letter D
Anyone following ONLY my Illuminated Manuscripts board, please note that I have now started pinning images to a new board, Illuminated Manuscripts II.  This board has become too big - can't retrieve many of the earlier images. Monuments, Fonts, Illustrated Manuscript, Capitals, Medieval Manuscript, Letters And Numbers
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Anyone following ONLY my Illuminated Manuscripts board, please note that I have now started pinning images to a new board, Illuminated Manuscripts II. This board has become too big - can't retrieve many of the earlier images.
unfinished - Detail of heraldry.   Origin: Italy, Central? (Florence?) Decoration, Genealogy, Catalog, British Library, Library Catalog, Library
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unfinished - Detail of heraldry. Origin: Italy, Central? (Florence?)
Origin:Italy Graffiti Alphabet, Miniature, Calligraphy Alphabet, Calligraphy, Calligraphy Words, Handwritten Fonts
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Origin:Italy
Detail of illuminated initial.   Origin:Italy, N. E. (Verona) Art, Books, Verona, Ideas, Map, Scripts
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Detail of illuminated initial. Origin:Italy, N. E. (Verona)
Detail of illuminated initial.   Origin:Italy, Central (Florence) Design, Illustrators, Vintage World Maps, Ancient Books, Lettering Alphabet, Sca
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Detail of illuminated initial. Origin:Italy, Central (Florence)
Detail of illuminated initial.   Origin:Italy, Central (Florence) Book Catalogue
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Detail of illuminated initial. Origin:Italy, Central (Florence)
Gaius Valerius Catullus, Carmina   Italy, S. (Naples); 3rd quarter of the 15th century   Detail of border with peacock Archaeology
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Gaius Valerius Catullus, Carmina Italy, S. (Naples); 3rd quarter of the 15th century Detail of border with peacock
Caius Julius Caesar, Aulus Hirtius, Pseudo-Caesar, De bello gallico (ff. 2-106v), De bello civili (ff. 106v-178), De bello Alexandrino (ff. 178-202), De bello Africo (ff. 202-231), De bello Hispaniensi (ff. 231-245)   Italy, N.? or N. E.?; 2nd quarter of the 15th century   Detail of lower border.   Origin:Italy, N.? or N. E.? Isidore Of Seville, Julius Caesar, Isabella Of Castile, Ancient
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Caius Julius Caesar, Aulus Hirtius, Pseudo-Caesar, De bello gallico (ff. 2-106v), De bello civili (ff. 106v-178), De bello Alexandrino (ff. 178-202), De bello Africo (ff. 202-231), De bello Hispaniensi (ff. 231-245) Italy, N.? or N. E.?; 2nd quarter of the 15th century Detail of lower border. Origin:Italy, N.? or N. E.?
Ravens and Archery Middle Ages, History, Illuminated Letters, Libros, Book Of Hours
Folio 37r - the magpie, continued. De corvo; the raven - The Aberdeen Bestiary
Ravens and Archery
Inhabited Initial Q. Italian, Montecassino, 1153   Tempera colors and gold leaf on parchment Museums, Typography, Lettering, Letter Art, Getty Museum
Inhabited Initial Q (The J. Paul Getty Museum Collection)
Inhabited Initial Q. Italian, Montecassino, 1153 Tempera colors and gold leaf on parchment
History for Kids / Kidipede / Food History / Medieval Baking Food History, Bread, Mexican Bread, Medieval Recipes, Medieval History, History Timeline, Medieval Times
What did people eat? World History of Food - Quatr.us
History for Kids / Kidipede / Food History / Medieval Baking
Miniature of Noah sending out the raven and the dove from the Ark, and of the dove returning to Noah with a branch in its beak.   Origin:England (London/Westminster or East Anglia?)   Attribution:Queen Mary Master Medieval Period, Ancient Mysteries, Medieval, Medieval Art
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Miniature of Noah sending out the raven and the dove from the Ark, and of the dove returning to Noah with a branch in its beak. Origin:England (London/Westminster or East Anglia?) Attribution:Queen Mary Master
Detail of the lower section of the full all'antica border with putti holding the image of Noah, at the end of Lauds in the Hours of the Virgin.   Origin:Italy, Central (Florence)   Attribution:Giovanni Boccardi Give Me Five
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Detail of the lower section of the full all'antica border with putti holding the image of Noah, at the end of Lauds in the Hours of the Virgin. Origin:Italy, Central (Florence) Attribution:Giovanni Boccardi
Miniature of Noah, decorated initial 'N'(oe), and three-sided border, in Brunetto Latini's Le Livre du Trésor.   Origin:France, N. (Picardy) Van, Thompson
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Miniature of Noah, decorated initial 'N'(oe), and three-sided border, in Brunetto Latini's Le Livre du Trésor. Origin:France, N. (Picardy)
Historiated initial 'B'(eatus) with a Tree of Jesse, and historiated border with nine roundels with scenes from Genesis Bookbinding, Scribe, Scripture Art, Book Binding
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Historiated initial 'B'(eatus) with a Tree of Jesse, and historiated border with nine roundels with scenes from Genesis
Bas-de-page scene of Noah with his wife, two of his sons, and their wives in the ark, with five beasts as well. With illuminated initials in gold and colours and a full bar border.   Origin:England, S. E.? (London?) London, Glasgow, British, English Book, Century
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Bas-de-page scene of Noah with his wife, two of his sons, and their wives in the ark, with five beasts as well. With illuminated initials in gold and colours and a full bar border. Origin:England, S. E.? (London?)
Detail of a miniature of Noah building the Ark.   Origin:France, Central (Paris) Noah Building The Ark, Noah, Noahs Ark, Cover Art, Book Cover Art, Exhibition
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Detail of a miniature of Noah building the Ark. Origin:France, Central (Paris)
Marginal miniature of a monk praying beside Noah's Ark, with an inscription reading, 'Noe is shippe'.   Origin:England Reading, England, Secret Society, Monk
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Marginal miniature of a monk praying beside Noah's Ark, with an inscription reading, 'Noe is shippe'. Origin:England
Detail of a roundel with a miniature of Noah and his wife in the Ark with the animals.   Origin:England, S. History Books, Old Testament, Religion
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Detail of a roundel with a miniature of Noah and his wife in the Ark with the animals. Origin:England, S.
Miniature of four scenes: 1.God showing Adam and Eve the tree; 2. the Fall; 3. Cain and Abel; 4. Noah building the Ark.   Origin:England, S. E. (London) Bible Illustrations, Creation Myth, Religious Art, Liturgy
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Miniature of four scenes: 1.God showing Adam and Eve the tree; 2. the Fall; 3. Cain and Abel; 4. Noah building the Ark. Origin:England, S. E. (London)
Miniatures of the Drunkenness of Noah, the Mocking of Christ, and the jeering at the prophet Elisha, including bears devouring boys who mock him.   Origin:Netherlands, N. (The Hague?) Christ, Prophet, Netherlands, Culture
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Miniatures of the Drunkenness of Noah, the Mocking of Christ, and the jeering at the prophet Elisha, including bears devouring boys who mock him. Origin:Netherlands, N. (The Hague?)
Coloured drawings of Adam and Eve at work, and Noah's Ark.   Origin:Germany Adam And Eve, Ark
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Coloured drawings of Adam and Eve at work, and Noah's Ark. Origin:Germany
Guiart des Moulins, Bible historiale (vol. 1)   France, Central (Paris); between 1403 and 1404 Genesis Creation, Antique Maps, Biblical Art, Noahs Arc, Amazing Book Covers
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Guiart des Moulins, Bible historiale (vol. 1) France, Central (Paris); between 1403 and 1404
Detail of miniatures of Noah's ark in the lower margin.   Origin:Germany, S. (Regensburg) Regensburg
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Detail of miniatures of Noah's ark in the lower margin. Origin:Germany, S. (Regensburg)
Illuminated historiated initial 'L' of the nine orders of angels; in the seven large roundels are the Fall of the Rebel Angels and the Creation, and the Trinity enthroned; and in the six smaller roundels are scenes of Adam and Eve, Noah's Ark, the Tower of Babel, and the Sacrifice of Isaac at the beginning of Genesis.   Origin:England, S. E. (Canterbury?) Canterbury, Order Of Angels, Book Of Genesis, Sacrifice
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Illuminated historiated initial 'L' of the nine orders of angels; in the seven large roundels are the Fall of the Rebel Angels and the Creation, and the Trinity enthroned; and in the six smaller roundels are scenes of Adam and Eve, Noah's Ark, the Tower of Babel, and the Sacrifice of Isaac at the beginning of Genesis. Origin:England, S. E. (Canterbury?)
Miscellany of biblical and other texts ('The Northern French Miscellany' or earlier 'the British Museum Miscellany'): including the Pentateuch, Haftarot, Tiqqun Sofrim, Five Scrolls, prayer book for the entire year with Haggadah, legal texts, poetry, calendars, Book of Tobit in Hebrew, etc.   France, N.; 1277-1286 Inspiration, Prayer Books, 14th Century, Ancient Art, Prayer Book
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Miscellany of biblical and other texts ('The Northern French Miscellany' or earlier 'the British Museum Miscellany'): including the Pentateuch, Haftarot, Tiqqun Sofrim, Five Scrolls, prayer book for the entire year with Haggadah, legal texts, poetry, calendars, Book of Tobit in Hebrew, etc. France, N.; 1277-1286
Detail Book Art, Free Calligraphy Fonts, Islamic Art Calligraphy
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Detail
Pindar, Olympia, imperfect, with interlinear and marginal scholia   Eastern Mediterranean; 1st quarter of the 16th century Eastern, Quarter
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Pindar, Olympia, imperfect, with interlinear and marginal scholia Eastern Mediterranean; 1st quarter of the 16th century
Origin:France, Central (Paris) Paris, Writing, Central
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Origin:France, Central (Paris)