Medieval Manuscripts
Overview
Sources for visual reference for medieval times and for the visual style of medieval manuscripts.
Sources
Eadwine Psalter — MS M.521, c. 1155-60, Canterbury, England
TK sample images
- Highly stylized.
- Stories from the Gospels.
- Some livestock, pigs, architecture.
- Eadwine Psalter picture reference (Photo Station)
- Leaf from Eadwine Psalter source (Morgan Library)
Winchester Bible — MS M.619, c. 1160-80, Winchester, England
- Highly rendered.
- Stylized trees
- David & Goliath
- Knights, horses w/saddles & bridles
- Clouds
- Scenes from the Life of David, Leaf from the Winchester Bible (Morgan Library)
Morgan Bible — MS M.638, 1240's, Paris, France
- aka The Crusader Bible
- Highly rendered
- Scenes from Genesis
- Strange stylized trees
- Harvesting
- Creation
- Adam and Eve
- Animals (Noah's ark)
- Morgan Bible picture reference (Photo Station)
- Morgan Bible source (Morgan Library)
Chronicle of John of Worcester — MS. 157, c. 1140, England
- highly stylized
- 2 pages
- laborers, kings, clergy
- boats, water
- King Henry I's dream
- Crucifixion of Christ
- Worcester Chronicle picture reference (Photo Station)
- Worcester World Chronicle source (Oxford University)
Épître d'Othéa — Cod. Bodmer 49, 1460, Bourgogne/Burgundy, France
- 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
- Épître d'Othéa picture reference (Photo Station)
- Épître d'Othéa source (E-Codices)
Paradin, Claude: Devises Heroïques — SM815, 1551, Lyons, France
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
- Devises Heroïques picture reference (Photo Station)
- Devises Heroïques source (Glasgow University)