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Sources for visual reference for medieval times and for the visual style of medieval manuscripts.
Sources for visual reference for medieval times and for the visual style of medieval manuscripts.


== Sources ==
== Early Manuscripts ==


=== Eadwine Psalter <small>&mdash; MS M.521, c. 1155-60, Canterbury, England</small> ===
=== Eadwine Psalter <small>&mdash; MS M.521, c. 1155-60, Canterbury, England</small> ===


''TK sample images''
[[file:Eadwine-Psalter-MS-M521v-detail.jpg|thumb|200px|MS M.521v]]
 
* Highly stylized.  
* Highly stylized.  
* Stories from the Gospels.
* Stories from the Gospels.
* Some livestock, pigs, architecture.
* Some livestock, pigs, architecture.
* [http://www.themorgan.org/collection/medieval-and-renaissance/manuscript/113131/recto Leaf from Eadwine Psalter] (Morgan Library)
 
==== 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>&mdash; MS M.619, c. 1160-80, Winchester, England</small> ===
=== Winchester Bible <small>&mdash; MS M.619, c. 1160-80, Winchester, England</small> ===
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* Knights, horses w/saddles & bridles
* Knights, horses w/saddles & bridles
* Clouds
* 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)
* [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>&mdash; MS M.638, 1240's, Paris, France</small> ===
=== Morgan Bible <small>&mdash; MS M.638, 1240's, Paris, France</small> ===
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* Adam and Eve
* Adam and Eve
* Animals (Noah's ark)
* Animals (Noah's ark)
* [http://dbarchowsky.com:5002/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] (Morgan Library)
==== 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>&mdash; MS. 157, c. 1140, England</small> ===
=== Chronicle of John of Worcester <small>&mdash; MS. 157, c. 1140, England</small> ===
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* boats, water
* boats, water
* King Henry I's dream
* King Henry I's dream
* [http://dbarchowsky.com:5002/photos/ Worcester Chronicle picture reference] (Photo Station)
* Crucifixion of Christ
* [http://image.ox.ac.uk/show?collection=corpus&manuscript=ms157 Worcester World Chronicle] (Oxford University)
 
==== 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>&mdash; 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>&mdash; 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>&mdash; 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>&mdash; 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>&mdash; 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>&mdash; 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>&mdash; 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 ====
 
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Image:SM815-p62.jpg|p. 62 QUÒ TENDIS? Where are you going?
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Image:SM815-p80.jpg|p. 80 VEL IN ARA. And that on the holy altar.
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Latest revision as of 01:32, 24 January 2017

Overview[edit]

Sources for visual reference for medieval times and for the visual style of medieval manuscripts.

Early Manuscripts[edit]

Eadwine Psalter — MS M.521, c. 1155-60, Canterbury, England[edit]

MS M.521v
  • Highly stylized.
  • Stories from the Gospels.
  • Some livestock, pigs, architecture.

Links[edit]

Winchester Bible — MS M.619, c. 1160-80, Winchester, England[edit]

  • Highly rendered.
  • Stylized trees
  • David & Goliath
  • Knights, horses w/saddles & bridles
  • Clouds

Links[edit]

Morgan Bible — MS M.638, 1240's, Paris, France[edit]

  • aka The Crusader Bible
  • Highly rendered
  • Scenes from Genesis
  • Strange stylized trees
  • Harvesting
  • Creation
  • Adam and Eve
  • Animals (Noah's ark)

Links[edit]

  • MS M.638 f. 1r detail

    MS M.638 f. 1r detail

  • MS M.638 f. 2v detail

    MS M.638 f. 2v detail

Chronicle of John of Worcester — MS. 157, c. 1140, England[edit]

  • highly stylized
  • 2 pages
  • laborers, kings, clergy
  • boats, water
  • King Henry I's dream
  • Crucifixion of Christ

Links[edit]

  • p. 77b Crucifixion of Christ

    p. 77b Crucifixion of Christ

  • p. 383 King Henry I's dream

    p. 383 King Henry I's dream

Liber Floridus &mdash {id}, {date}, {place of origin}[edit]

  • Highly stylized
  • Topics covering medicine and science
  • Astrology
  • Maps
  • Plants

Links[edit]

  • {picture reference} (Photo Station)

Codex Falkensteinensis — BayHStA KL Weyarn1, 1166, Germany[edit]

  • Highly stylized figures
  • Mostly writing, marginalia

Links[edit]

  • f.14

    f.14

  • f.31

    f.31

  • f.31

    f.31

La Estoire de Seint Aedward le Rei — MS Ee.3.59, c.1230-1240, England[edit]

  • Highly stylized figures
  • Kings and British history

Links[edit]

  • f.8r

    f.8r

  • f.8v

    f.8v

Sloane MS 1975[edit]

  • Medical and herbal miscellany

Links[edit]

  • f.19v

    f.19v

  • f.20r

    f.20r

Later Medieval manuscripts[edit]

Luttrell Psalter Add MS 42130, c.1320-1340, UK[edit]

  • 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. [1]
  • 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[edit]

  • f. 159v

    f. 159v

  • f. 161r

    f. 161r

  • f. 171r

    f. 171r

  • f. 172v

    f. 172v

The Taymouth Hours Yates Thompson 13, c. 1325-1350, England[edit]

  • Bible scenes
  • Many illustrations of women hunting
  • Beastiary

Links[edit]

TK download images from link above.

Codex Manesse — Cod. Pal. germ. 848, 1300-1340, Zurich[edit]

  • 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[edit]

  • f. 14v

    f. 14v

  • f. 73r

    f. 73r

  • f. 113v

    f. 113v

  • f. 228r

    f. 228r

  • f. 342v

    f. 342v

  • f. 395r

    f. 395r

Heidelberger Sachsenspiegel — Cod. Pal. germ. 164, c. 1295-1371, Germany[edit]

  • Highly stylized/naive
  • Saxon law, (literaly "Saxon Mirror", or roughly "Survey of Saxon Law")
  • Secular themes
  • Commoners, livestock, crops, labor

Links[edit]

  • f. 1v

    f. 1v

  • f. 2r

    f. 2r

  • f. 5v

    f. 5v

  • f. 5v

    f. 5v

  • f. 6r

    f. 6r

  • f. 8r

    f. 8r

  • f. 8r

    f. 8r

Dresden Sachsenspiegel — Mscr. Dresden M.32, 1295-1371, Germany[edit]

  • Quality is a little more murky than the Heidelberg manuscript.
  • More refined drawings.

Links[edit]

  • f. 5r

    f. 5r

  • f. 6r

    f. 6r

  • f. 6r

    f. 6r

  • f. 86r

    f. 86r

Early Renaissance codices & manuscripts[edit]

Épître d'Othéa — Cod. Bodmer 49, 1460, Bourgogne/Burgundy, France[edit]

  • 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[edit]

  • f. 17r monster, maiden, and knight

    f. 17r monster, maiden, and knight

  • f. 80r rabbits in a field

    f. 80r rabbits in a field

  • f. 98r wild boar

    f. 98r wild boar

  • f. 105v mouth of hell

    f. 105v mouth of hell

  • f. 114r couple

    f. 114r couple

  • f. 137v battle

    f. 137v battle

La Livre De La Chasse MS M. 1044, c. 1407, France[edit]

  • Highly rendered
  • Gaston Phoebus
  • Hunting scenes and feasts
  • Wild animals and hounds
  • Nobility with servants

Links[edit]

  • 58. gathering

    58. gathering

Livre de la Vigne nostre Seigneur Bodley MS Douce 134, c. 1450-1470, France[edit]

  • 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[edit]

  • TODO: Add link to Photo Station archive
  • source (Bodley Library)
  • f. 43v Last Judgment

    f. 43v Last Judgment

  • f. 44r Last Judgment

    f. 44r Last Judgment

  • f. 44v Last Judgment

    f. 44v Last Judgment

  • f. 45v Last Judgment

    f. 45v Last Judgment

  • f. 47v Last Judgment

    f. 47v Last Judgment

  • f. 81v Mouth of Hell

    f. 81v Mouth of Hell

  • f. 92r Hell and its devils

    f. 92r Hell and its devils

Ibn Butlan, Tacuinum sanitatus Bnf Latin 9333, 15th C., Rhineland[edit]

  • 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[edit]

  • Haven't downloaded any images to the local picture library, but that should happen at some point.
  • source (Bibliothèque nationale de France)
  • f. 5v

    f. 5v

  • f. 19r

    f. 19r

  • f. 37r mandrake

    f. 37r mandrake

  • f. 69r

    f. 69r

  • f. 86r

    f. 86r

  • f. 91v

    f. 91v

  • f. 93r

    f. 93r

Incunabula[edit]

Heidelberger Totentanz GW M47257, 1488, Germany[edit]

  • Woodcuts (incunabulum)
  • Danse Macabre
  • Skeletons interacting with living people
  • All social classes represented
  • Early Renaissance; later than the period of interest

Links[edit]

  • TK: Link:picture reference (Photo Station)
  • source Heidelberg University library
  • info & source BibliOdyssey

Paradin, Claude: Devises Heroïques — SM815, 1551, Lyons, France[edit]

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[edit]

  • p. 62 QUÒ TENDIS? Where are you going?

    p. 62 QUÒ TENDIS? Where are you going?

  • p. 67 IN UTRUNQUE PARATUS. Ready to both.

    p. 67 IN UTRUNQUE PARATUS. Ready to both.

  • p. 80 VEL IN ARA. And that on the holy altar.

    p. 80 VEL IN ARA. And that on the holy altar.

  1. ↑ Luttrell Psyalter, Wikipedia
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