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[[Category:Comics]] [[Category:The Natural World]] == Overview == Sources for visual reference for medieval times and for the visual style of medieval manuscripts. == Early Manuscripts == === Eadwine Psalter <small>— MS M.521, c. 1155-60, Canterbury, England</small> === [[file:Eadwine-Psalter-MS-M521v-detail.jpg|thumb|200px|MS M.521v]] * Highly stylized. * Stories from the Gospels. * Some livestock, pigs, architecture. ==== Links ==== * [http://dbarchowsky.quickconnect.to/photo/?t=Albums/album_70696374757265207265666572656e6365/album_70696374757265207265666572656e63652f617274/album_70696374757265207265666572656e63652f6172742f6d6564696576616c206d616e7573637269707473/album_70696374757265207265666572656e63652f6172742f6d6564696576616c206d616e75736372697074732f45616477696e65205073616c746572#Albums/album_70696374757265207265666572656e6365/album_70696374757265207265666572656e63652f617274/album_70696374757265207265666572656e63652f6172742f6d6564696576616c206d616e7573637269707473/album_70696374757265207265666572656e63652f6172742f6d6564696576616c206d616e75736372697074732f45616477696e65205073616c746572 Eadwine Psalter picture reference] (Photo Station) * [http://www.themorgan.org/collection/medieval-and-renaissance/manuscript/113131/recto Leaf from Eadwine Psalter source] (Morgan Library) === Winchester Bible <small>— MS M.619, c. 1160-80, Winchester, England</small> === * Highly rendered. * Stylized trees * David & Goliath * Knights, horses w/saddles & bridles * Clouds ==== Links ==== * [http://www.themorgan.org/collection/medieval-and-renaissance/manuscript/145640/verso Scenes from the Life of David, Leaf from the Winchester Bible] (Morgan Library) <gallery mode="packed-hover"> Image:Winchester-Bible-detail-horses.jpg| Image:Winchester-Bible-detail-tree.jpg Image:Winchester-Bible-detail-goliath.jpg </gallery> === Morgan Bible <small>— MS M.638, 1240's, Paris, France</small> === * aka '''The Crusader Bible''' * Highly rendered * Scenes from Genesis * Strange stylized trees * Harvesting * Creation * Adam and Eve * Animals (Noah's ark) ==== Links ==== * [http://dbarchowsky.quickconnect.to/photo/?t=Albums/album_70696374757265207265666572656e6365/album_70696374757265207265666572656e63652f617274/album_70696374757265207265666572656e63652f6172742f6d6564696576616c206d616e7573637269707473/album_70696374757265207265666572656e63652f6172742f6d6564696576616c206d616e75736372697074732f6d6f7267616e206269626c65#Albums/album_70696374757265207265666572656e6365/album_70696374757265207265666572656e63652f617274/album_70696374757265207265666572656e63652f6172742f6d6564696576616c206d616e7573637269707473/album_70696374757265207265666572656e63652f6172742f6d6564696576616c206d616e75736372697074732f6d6f7267616e206269626c65 Morgan Bible picture reference] (Photo Station) * [http://www.themorgan.org/collection/crusader-bible/1 Morgan Bible source] (Morgan Library) <gallery mode="packed-hover"> Image:Morgan-Bible-1r-detail.jpg| MS M.638 f. 1r detail Image:Morgan-Bible-2v-detail.jpg| MS M.638 f. 2v detail </gallery> === Chronicle of John of Worcester <small>— MS. 157, c. 1140, England</small> === * highly stylized * 2 pages * laborers, kings, clergy * boats, water * King Henry I's dream * Crucifixion of Christ ==== Links ==== * [http://dbarchowsky.quickconnect.to/photo/?t=Albums/album_70696374757265207265666572656e6365/album_70696374757265207265666572656e63652f617274/album_70696374757265207265666572656e63652f6172742f6d6564696576616c206d616e7573637269707473/album_70696374757265207265666572656e63652f6172742f6d6564696576616c206d616e75736372697074732f576f72636573746572204368726f6e69636c65#Albums/album_70696374757265207265666572656e6365/album_70696374757265207265666572656e63652f617274/album_70696374757265207265666572656e63652f6172742f6d6564696576616c206d616e7573637269707473/album_70696374757265207265666572656e63652f6172742f6d6564696576616c206d616e75736372697074732f576f72636573746572204368726f6e69636c65 Worcester Chronicle picture reference] (Photo Station) * [http://image.ox.ac.uk/show?collection=corpus&manuscript=ms157 Worcester World Chronicle source] (Oxford University) <gallery mode="packed-hover"> Image:Worcester-chronicle-p77b-detail.jpg|p. 77b Crucifixion of Christ Image:Worcester-chronicle-p383-detail.jpg|p. 383 King Henry I's dream </gallery> === Liber Floridus <small>&mdash {id}, {date}, {place of origin}</small> === * Highly stylized * Topics covering medicine and science * Astrology * Maps * Plants ==== Links ==== * {picture reference} (Photo Station) === Codex Falkensteinensis <small>— BayHStA KL Weyarn1, 1166, Germany</small> === * Highly stylized figures * Mostly writing, marginalia ==== Links ==== * [http://www.bayerische-landesbibliothek-online.de/codexfalkensteinensisen Codex Falkensteinensis source] (Munich Digital Library) <gallery mode="packed-hover"> Image:Codex-Falkensteinensis-14-detail.jpg|f.14 Image:Codex-Falkensteinensis-31-detail-boar.jpg|f.31 Image:Codex-Falkensteinensis-31-detail-fish.jpg|f.31 </gallery> === La Estoire de Seint Aedward le Rei <small>— MS Ee.3.59, c.1230-1240, England</small> === * Highly stylized figures * Kings and British history ==== Links ==== * [http://www.lancaster.ac.uk/staff/haywardp/hist424/seminars/CUL_Ee.3.5.htm MS Ee.3.59 source] (Lancaster University) <gallery mode="packed-hover"> Image:MS-Ee.3.59-f.-8r.jpg|f.8r Image:MS-Ee.3.59-f.-8v.jpg|f.8v </gallery> === Sloane MS 1975 === * Medical and herbal miscellany ==== Links ==== * [http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Sloane_MS_1975 Sloane MS 1975 source] (British Library) <gallery mode="packed-hover"> Image:Slone-ms-1975-f-19v-detail.png|f.19v Image:Slone-ms-1975-f-20r-detail.png|f.20r </gallery> == Later Medieval manuscripts == === Luttrell Psalter <small>Add MS 42130, c.1320-1340, UK</small> === * The pages are mostly writing, with many fanciful grotesque mutant creatures in most of the margins, and depictions of medieval life on the bottoms of many pages. * Considered the richest source of visual depictions of everyday life in medieval England. <ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luttrell_Psalter Luttrell Psyalter], Wikipedia</ref> * Jesus and saints * Barnyard animals, lions * Life in the manor of a medieval lord, e.g. eating, traveling * Cycle of the year depicted in planting and harvesting crops ==== Links ==== * [http://dbarchowsky.quickconnect.to/photo/?t=Albums/album_70696374757265207265666572656e6365/album_70696374757265207265666572656e63652f617274/album_70696374757265207265666572656e63652f6172742f6d6564696576616c206d616e7573637269707473/album_70696374757265207265666572656e63652f6172742f6d6564696576616c206d616e75736372697074732f4c75747472656c6c205073616c746572205b632e313332302d313334305d#Albums/album_70696374757265207265666572656e6365/album_70696374757265207265666572656e63652f617274/album_70696374757265207265666572656e63652f6172742f6d6564696576616c206d616e7573637269707473/album_70696374757265207265666572656e63652f6172742f6d6564696576616c206d616e75736372697074732f4c75747472656c6c205073616c746572205b632e313332302d313334305d picture reference] (Photo Station) * [http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/Viewer.aspx?ref=add_ms_42130_fs001ar Luttrell Psalter source], British Library <gallery mode="packed-hover"> Image:Luttrell-159v-crop.jpg|f. 159v Image:Luttrell-161r-crop.jpg|f. 161r Image:Luttrell-171r-crop.jpg|f. 171r Image:Luttrell-172v-crop.jpg|f. 172v </gallery> === The Taymouth Hours <small>Yates Thompson 13, c. 1325-1350, England</small> === * Bible scenes * Many illustrations of women hunting * Beastiary ==== Links ==== * [http://www.bl.uk/catalogues/illuminatedmanuscripts/record.asp?MSID=8148 Taymouth Hours source], British Library ''TK download images from link above.'' === Codex Manesse <small>— Cod. Pal. germ. 848, 1300-1340, Zurich</small> === * Between stylized and rendered * Secular illustrations of poets arranged by rank: kings, dukes, counts, down to commoners * Curly hair, head gear: fillets, barbettes, crowns, and some fancy hats * Animals, birds, horses * Hunting: hounds, stags, boars, bears * Boats * Not a whole lot of trees or plants, but there are repeated decorative scrolling floral motifs ==== Links ==== * [http://dbarchowsky.quickconnect.to/photo/?t=Albums/album_70696374757265207265666572656e6365/album_70696374757265207265666572656e63652f617274/album_70696374757265207265666572656e63652f6172742f6d6564696576616c206d616e7573637269707473/album_70696374757265207265666572656e63652f6172742f6d6564696576616c206d616e75736372697074732f636f646578206d616e65737365#Albums/album_70696374757265207265666572656e6365/album_70696374757265207265666572656e63652f617274/album_70696374757265207265666572656e63652f6172742f6d6564696576616c206d616e7573637269707473/album_70696374757265207265666572656e63652f6172742f6d6564696576616c206d616e75736372697074732f636f646578206d616e65737365 Codex Manesse picture reference] (Photo Station) * [http://diglit.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/diglit/cpg848?&ui_lang=eng Codex Manesse source] (Heidelberg University Library) * [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Codex_Manesse Codex Manesse info] (Wikipedia) <gallery mode="packed-hover"> Image:Cod.-Pal.-germ.-848-f.-014v.jpg|f. 14v Image:Cod.-Pal.-germ.-848-f.-073r.jpg|f. 73r Image:Cod.-Pal.-germ.-848-f.-113v.jpg|f. 113v Image:Cod.-Pal.-germ.-848-f.-228r.jpg|f. 228r Image:Cod.-Pal.-germ.-848-f.-342v.jpg|f. 342v Image:Cod.-Pal.-germ.-848-f.-395r.jpg|f. 395r </gallery> === Heidelberger Sachsenspiegel <small>— Cod. Pal. germ. 164, c. 1295-1371, Germany</small> === * Highly stylized/naive * Saxon law, (literaly "Saxon Mirror", or roughly "Survey of Saxon Law") * Secular themes * Commoners, livestock, crops, labor ==== Links ==== * [http://dbarchowsky.synology.me/photo/?t=Albums/album_70696374757265207265666572656e6365/album_70696374757265207265666572656e63652f617274/album_70696374757265207265666572656e63652f6172742f6d6564696576616c206d616e7573637269707473/album_70696374757265207265666572656e63652f6172742f6d6564696576616c206d616e75736372697074732f48656964656c626572676572205361636873656e7370696567656c#Albums/album_70696374757265207265666572656e6365/album_70696374757265207265666572656e63652f617274/album_70696374757265207265666572656e63652f6172742f6d6564696576616c206d616e7573637269707473/album_70696374757265207265666572656e63652f6172742f6d6564696576616c206d616e75736372697074732f48656964656c626572676572205361636873656e7370696567656c Heidelberger Sachsenspiegel picutre refernece] (Photo Station) * [http://digi.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/diglit/cpg164 Heidelberger Sachsenspiegel source] (University of Heidelberg library) * [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sachsenspiegel Heidelberger Sachsenspiegel nfo] (Wikipedia) <gallery mode="packed-hover"> Image:Heidelberg-sachsenspiegel-f.001v.jpg|f. 1v Image:Heidelberg-sachsenspiegel-f.002r.jpg|f. 2r Image:Heidelberg-sachsenspiegel-f.005v.jpg|f. 5v Image:Heidelberg-sachsenspiegel-f.005v-couple.jpg|f. 5v Image:Heidelberg-sachsenspiegel-f.006r-detail.jpg|f. 6r Image:Heidelberg-sachsenspiegel-f.008r-detail-sow.jpg|f. 8r Image:Heidelberg-sachsenspiegel-f.8r-detail-wattle-fence.jpg| f. 8r </gallery> === Dresden Sachsenspiegel <small>— Mscr. Dresden M.32, 1295-1371, Germany</small> === * Quality is a little more murky than the Heidelberg manuscript. * More refined drawings. ==== Links ==== * [http://dbarchowsky.quickconnect.to/photo/?t=Albums/album_70696374757265207265666572656e6365/album_70696374757265207265666572656e63652f617274/album_70696374757265207265666572656e63652f6172742f6d6564696576616c206d616e7573637269707473/album_70696374757265207265666572656e63652f6172742f6d6564696576616c206d616e75736372697074732f5361636873656e7370696567656c20284472657364656e29#Albums/album_70696374757265207265666572656e6365/album_70696374757265207265666572656e63652f617274/album_70696374757265207265666572656e63652f6172742f6d6564696576616c206d616e7573637269707473/album_70696374757265207265666572656e63652f6172742f6d6564696576616c206d616e75736372697074732f5361636873656e7370696567656c20284472657364656e29 Sachsenspiegel picture reference] (Photo Station) * [http://digital.slub-dresden.de/werkansicht/dlf/6439/15/ Sachsenspiegel source] (University of Dresden library) <gallery mode="packed-hover"> Image:Dresden-Sachsenspiegel-f005r-detail.jpg|f. 5r Image:Dresden-Sachsenspiegel-f006r-detail-couple.jpg|f. 6r Image:Dresden-Sachsenspiegel-f006r-detail-judge.jpg|f. 6r Image:Dresden-Sachsenspiegel-f086r-detail.jpg|f. 86r </gallery> == Early Renaissance codices & manuscripts == === Épître d'Othéa <small>— Cod. Bodmer 49, 1460, Bourgogne/Burgundy, France</small> === * Highly rendered * aka The Book of Hector, The Book of Knighthood * Costumes * Nobility, royalty, knights fighting in suits of armor * Romantic couples * Monsters, demons, gates of hell * Animals, birds, some hunting, wild boars, stags * Landscapes, architecture, interiors and exteriors, castles, walled cities ==== Links ==== * [http://dbarchowsky.quickconnect.to/photo/?t=Albums/album_70696374757265207265666572656e6365/album_70696374757265207265666572656e63652f617274/album_70696374757265207265666572656e63652f6172742f6d6564696576616c206d616e7573637269707473/album_70696374757265207265666572656e63652f6172742f6d6564696576616c206d616e75736372697074732f436872697374696e652064652050697a616e202d20c38970c3ae7472652064274f7468c3a961205b313436305d#Albums/album_70696374757265207265666572656e6365/album_70696374757265207265666572656e63652f617274/album_70696374757265207265666572656e63652f6172742f6d6564696576616c206d616e7573637269707473/album_70696374757265207265666572656e63652f6172742f6d6564696576616c206d616e75736372697074732f436872697374696e652064652050697a616e202d20c38970c3ae7472652064274f7468c3a961205b313436305d Épître d'Othéa picture reference] (Photo Station) * [http://www.e-codices.unifr.ch/en/list/one/fmb/cb-0049 Épître d'Othéa source] (E-Codices) <gallery mode="packed-hover"> Image:Epitre-dOthea-f17r.jpg|f. 17r monster, maiden, and knight Image:Epitre-dOthea-f80r.jpg|f. 80r rabbits in a field Image:Epitre-dOthea-f98r.jpg|f. 98r wild boar Image:Epitre-dOthea-f105v.jpg|f. 105v mouth of hell Image:Epitre-dOthea-f114r.jpg|f. 114r couple Image:Epitre-dOthea-f137v.jpg|f. 137v battle </gallery> === La Livre De La Chasse <small>MS M. 1044, c. 1407, France</small> === * Highly rendered * Gaston Phoebus * Hunting scenes and feasts * Wild animals and hounds * Nobility with servants ==== Links ==== * [http://dbarchowsky.synology.me/photo/?t=Albums/album_70696374757265207265666572656e6365/album_70696374757265207265666572656e63652f617274/album_70696374757265207265666572656e63652f6172742f6d6564696576616c206d616e7573637269707473/album_70696374757265207265666572656e63652f6172742f6d6564696576616c206d616e75736372697074732f4c61204c69767265206465206c6120436861737365202d20476173746f6e2050686f6562757320283134303729#Albums/album_70696374757265207265666572656e6365/album_70696374757265207265666572656e63652f617274/album_70696374757265207265666572656e63652f6172742f6d6564696576616c206d616e7573637269707473/album_70696374757265207265666572656e63652f6172742f6d6564696576616c206d616e75736372697074732f4c61204c69767265206465206c6120436861737365202d20476173746f6e2050686f6562757320283134303729 La Livre de la Chasse picture reference] (Photo Station) * [http://www.themorgan.org/collection/livre-de-la-chasse/1 source] (Morgan Library) <gallery mode="packed-hover"> Image:058_gathering.jpg|58. gathering Image:083v_hunting_and_slaying_wild_boar.jpg </gallery> === Livre de la Vigne nostre Seigneur <small>Bodley MS Douce 134, c. 1450-1470, France</small> === * Quasi-alchemical color images of Revelation, demons, hell and its torments * Cities rendered in a non-perspective style * Demons and naked bodies * Some domestic and wild animals ==== Links ==== * TODO: Add link to Photo Station archive * [http://bodley30.bodley.ox.ac.uk:8180/luna/servlet/view/search?search=Search&q=Livre+de+la+Vigne+nostre+Seigneur&QuickSearchA=QuickSearchA&os=0 source] (Bodley Library) <gallery mode="packed-hover"> Image:Ms-douce-134-f043v.jpg|f. 43v Last Judgment Image:Ms-douce-134-f044r.jpg|f. 44r Last Judgment Image: Ms-douce-134-f044v.jpg|f. 44v Last Judgment Image:Ms-douce-134-f045v.jpg|f. 45v Last Judgment Image:Ms-douce-134-f047v.jpg|f. 47v Last Judgment Image:Ms-douce-134-f081v.jpg|f. 81v Mouth of Hell Image:Ms-douce-134-f092r.jpg|f. 92r Hell and its devils </gallery> === Ibn Butlan, Tacuinum sanitatus <small>Bnf Latin 9333, 15th C., Rhineland</small> === * Very detailed * Catalog of various types of fruiting and nut trees and other types of crops (including an anthropomorphized mandrake root) * Harvesting and feasting * Hunting and beekeeping * Food merchants and butchers * Lots of nice blank pages with a representative manuscript texture ==== Links ==== * Haven't downloaded any images to the local picture library, but that should happen at some point. * [http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b105072169/f176.item source] (Bibliothèque nationale de France) <gallery mode="packed-hover"> Image:Bnf-latin-9333-f05v.jpg|f. 5v Image:Bnf-latin-9333-f19r.jpg|f. 19r Image:Bnf-latin-9333-f37r.jpg|f. 37r mandrake Image:Bnf-latin-9333-f69r.jpg|f. 69r Image:Bnf-latin-9333-f86r.jpg|f. 86r Image:Bnf-latin-9333-f91v.jpg|f. 91v Image:Bnf-latin-9333-f93r.jpg|f. 93r </gallery> == Incunabula == === Heidelberger Totentanz <small>GW M47257, 1488, Germany</small> === * Woodcuts (incunabulum) * ''Danse Macabre'' * Skeletons interacting with living people * All social classes represented * Early Renaissance; later than the period of interest ==== Links ==== * TK: Link:picture reference (Photo Station) * [http://digi.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/diglit/totentanz1488 source] Heidelberg University library * [http://bibliodyssey.blogspot.com/2006/07/heidelberger-totentanz.html info & source] BibliOdyssey === Paradin, Claude: Devises Heroïques <small>— SM815, 1551, Lyons, France</small> === Earliest example of a collection of the devices worn by French aristocracy, a practice started in the late 15th Century. * Woodcuts * Alchemical, mystical, surreal vibe * Dates later than medieval times ==== Links ==== * [http://dbarchowsky.quickconnect.to/photo/?t=Albums/album_70696374757265207265666572656e6365/album_70696374757265207265666572656e63652f617274/album_70696374757265207265666572656e63652f6172742f6d6564696576616c206d616e7573637269707473/album_70696374757265207265666572656e63652f6172742f6d6564696576616c206d616e75736372697074732f436c61756465205061726164696e202d20446576697365732048c3a9726fc3af71756573205b313535315d#Albums/album_70696374757265207265666572656e6365/album_70696374757265207265666572656e63652f617274/album_70696374757265207265666572656e63652f6172742f6d6564696576616c206d616e7573637269707473/album_70696374757265207265666572656e63652f6172742f6d6564696576616c206d616e75736372697074732f436c61756465205061726164696e202d20446576697365732048c3a9726fc3af71756573205b313535315d Devises Heroïques picture reference] (Photo Station) * [http://www.emblems.arts.gla.ac.uk/french/books.php?id=FPAa Devises Heroïques source] (Glasgow University) <gallery mode="packed-hover"> Image:SM815-p62.jpg|p. 62 QUÒ TENDIS? Where are you going? Image:SM815-p67.jpg|p. 67 IN UTRUNQUE PARATUS. Ready to both. Image:SM815-p80.jpg|p. 80 VEL IN ARA. And that on the holy altar. </gallery>
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