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* [http://www.bayerische-landesbibliothek-online.de/codexfalkensteinensisen Codex Falkensteinensis source] (Munich Digital Library) | * [http://www.bayerische-landesbibliothek-online.de/codexfalkensteinensisen Codex Falkensteinensis source] (Munich Digital Library) | ||
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=== 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) | |||
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Image:MS-Ee.3.59-f.-8r.jpg|f.8r | |||
Image:MS-Ee.3.59-f.-8v.jpg|f.8v | |||
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=== 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) | |||
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Image:Slone-ms-1975-f-19v-detail.png|f.19v | |||
Image:Slone-ms-1975-f-20r-detail.png|f.20r | |||
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== Later Medieval manuscripts == | == 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 | |||
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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 | |||
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=== 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> === | === Codex Manesse <small>— Cod. Pal. germ. 848, 1300-1340, Zurich</small> === | ||
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==== Links ==== | ==== 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) | * [http://www.themorgan.org/collection/livre-de-la-chasse/1 source] (Morgan Library) | ||
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Image:058_gathering.jpg|58. gathering | |||
Image:083v_hunting_and_slaying_wild_boar.jpg | |||
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=== 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) | |||
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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 | |||
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=== 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) | |||
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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 | |||
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== Incunabula == | == Incunabula == | ||
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]

- Highly stylized.
- Stories from the Gospels.
- Some livestock, pigs, architecture.
Links[edit]
- Eadwine Psalter picture reference (Photo Station)
- Leaf from Eadwine Psalter source (Morgan Library)
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]
- Scenes from the Life of David, Leaf from the Winchester Bible (Morgan Library)
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]
- Morgan Bible picture reference (Photo Station)
- Morgan Bible source (Morgan Library)
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MS M.638 f. 1r detail
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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]
- Worcester Chronicle picture reference (Photo Station)
- Worcester World Chronicle source (Oxford University)
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p. 77b Crucifixion of Christ
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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]
- Codex Falkensteinensis source (Munich Digital Library)
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f.14
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f.31
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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]
- MS Ee.3.59 source (Lancaster University)
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f.8r
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f.8v
Sloane MS 1975[edit]
- Medical and herbal miscellany
Links[edit]
- Sloane MS 1975 source (British Library)
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f.19v
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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]
- picture reference (Photo Station)
- Luttrell Psalter source, British Library
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f. 159v
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f. 161r
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f. 171r
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f. 172v
The Taymouth Hours Yates Thompson 13, c. 1325-1350, England[edit]
- Bible scenes
- Many illustrations of women hunting
- Beastiary
Links[edit]
- Taymouth Hours source, British Library
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]
- Codex Manesse picture reference (Photo Station)
- Codex Manesse source (Heidelberg University Library)
- Codex Manesse info (Wikipedia)
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f. 14v
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f. 73r
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f. 113v
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f. 228r
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f. 342v
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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]
- Heidelberger Sachsenspiegel picutre refernece (Photo Station)
- Heidelberger Sachsenspiegel source (University of Heidelberg library)
- Heidelberger Sachsenspiegel nfo (Wikipedia)
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f. 1v
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f. 2r
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f. 5v
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f. 5v
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f. 6r
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f. 8r
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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]
- Sachsenspiegel picture reference (Photo Station)
- Sachsenspiegel source (University of Dresden library)
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f. 5r
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f. 6r
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f. 6r
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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]
- Épître d'Othéa picture reference (Photo Station)
- Épître d'Othéa source (E-Codices)
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f. 17r monster, maiden, and knight
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f. 80r rabbits in a field
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f. 98r wild boar
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f. 105v mouth of hell
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f. 114r couple
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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]
- La Livre de la Chasse picture reference (Photo Station)
- source (Morgan Library)
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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)
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f. 43v Last Judgment
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f. 44r Last Judgment
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f. 44v Last Judgment
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f. 45v Last Judgment
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f. 47v Last Judgment
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f. 81v Mouth of Hell
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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)
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f. 5v
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f. 19r
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f. 37r mandrake
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f. 69r
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f. 86r
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f. 91v
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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]
- Devises Heroïques picture reference (Photo Station)
- Devises Heroïques source (Glasgow University)
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p. 62 QUÒ TENDIS? Where are you going?
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p. 67 IN UTRUNQUE PARATUS. Ready to both.
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p. 80 VEL IN ARA. And that on the holy altar.
- ↑ Luttrell Psyalter, Wikipedia