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Illuminated medieval manuscript page from the 14th century showing a naked fool biting into an apple while God appears to him in a cloud

Psalter-Hours with calendar and canticles

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Scenes of the Life of Saint Onuphrius

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Leviticus

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Flemish illuminated medieval manuscript page depicting Bathsheba in her bath, observed by King David.

The Crawford Hours

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Illuminated Renaissance manuscript page from 15th century Italy, with angels and the annunciation scence.

The Great Hours of Galeazzo Maria Sforza

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Illuminated Renaissance manuscript of the 15th century with a beautifully decorated depiction of the Annunciation.

‘Libro d’ore Kraus’

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Illuminated Renaissance manuscript made for Bianca Maria Sforza, richly decorated, with a depiction of the visitation.

The Wedding Hours of Bianca Maria Sforza and Maximilian I

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Illuminated renaissance manuscript page from the 16th century containing a miniature of a skeleton carrying a coffin and members of the high clergy and nobility.

The Boccardi Hours

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Illuminated medieval manuscript page from the 15th century containing a miniature of Jesus Christ as the Man of Sorrows.

Book of Hours by the Master of the Coronation of the Virgin

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Illuminated manuscript page showing the Virgin Mary holding the infant Jesus within a radiant mandorla, surrounded by elaborate floral borders and Latin script.

The Dartmouth Hours

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Illuminated medieval manuscript page with small miniatures of Saints John the Baptist and John the Evangelist, putti in the border attacking pelicans with arrow and bow.

Dominican Hours

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Illuminated medieval manuscript page with a miniature depicting the Archangel Michael defeating a demon, surrounded by ornate floral borders.

Book of Hours by the Master of Jean Rolin

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Illuminated pages from a 13th century medieval manuscript depicting the Crucifixion with Christ on the cross flanked by the Virgin Mary and Saint John, with the sun and the moon above the crossbeam.

Flemish Psalter

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The Liechtenstein Tacuinum Sanitatis

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Illuminated page from an 11th century medieval manuscript with a large ornamental initial, and a portrait of Saint Augustin beneath an architectural arch, and Latin text in brown and red ink, opening the Epistolae of Saint Augustine.

The ‘Firmin Didot Augustine’

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Historiated initial depicting Saint Blaise, bishop and martyr, standing frontally against a burnished gold ground within an elegant ornamental letter from an Italian antiphonal made for the Augustinian hermits of Lecceto.

Saint Blaise

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Illuminated page from a 12th century medieval manuscript with Latin text in brown ink and whimsical marginal illustrations of a hydrus and two sirens.

The Physiologus

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Illuminated page from a 12th century medieval manuscript with two framed narrative scenes showing two scenes from the life of Saint Servatius surrounded by red and green geometric borders and accompanied by marginal notes in Latin script.

St. Pantaleon Legendarium

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Illuminated page from a Renaissance manuscript with a richly ornamented floral border in blue, pink, and gold surrounding Italian verse, topped by a miniature of the seated figure of the poet Petrarch in a red robe within an architectural interior, and decorated with putti and a heraldic shield.

Petrarchs Rerum vulgarium fragmenta, I trionfi and Nota obituaria

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Illuminated page from a medieval manuscript with Latin geographical text and a schematic map of the regions of Cappadocia drawn in fine brown ink across the lower portion of folio 182r.

Isidore of Seville, Etymologiae, Books I-XX

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Illuminated page from a medieval manuscript with an intricate depiction of the Manus Meditationis, a hand diagram used as a mental map for religious contemplation.

The Sheriff Chiche Hours

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Illuminated opening from a medieval manuscript with a full-page miniature of the Adoration of the Magi on folio 46v, showing the Virgin and Child receiving gifts beneath an architectural canopy while shepherds watch from above in the tympanum, facing a text page with a small miniature of the Three Magi on folio 47r and richly decorated floral borders.

Book of Hours by the Master of Petrarch’s Triumphs

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Illuminated leaf from a Book of Hours featuring Saint Peter enthroned beneath an intricate ivy-leaf border, attributable to the celebrated Mazarine Master and exemplary of refined late Parisian illumination.

Magnificent Saint Peter by the Mazarine Master

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Roman d’Alexandre en prose

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Romanesque historiated initial V from a glossed Book of Job, showing the prophet Job confronted by a dragon-like beast, executed in lively penwork and muted washes in southern Germany during the 12th century.

Job and the Dragon

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Illuminated choirbook leaf with musical notation and a historiated initial depicting the Ascension of Christ, notably including a green dragon motif beneath the ascending figure.

Ascension

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Bolognese choirbook miniature showing Saint Augustine within an architectural initial, surrounded by delicate foliate ornament and attributed to the Seneca Master.

Saint Augustine of Hippo

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Christ in conversation with two prophets

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Rare miniature illustrating the first encounter between the hermit Barlaam and Prince Josaphath, rendered in the distinctive Lombard style associated with the Master of Monza.

Saint Barlaam meets Prince Josaphath

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Unusual Dominican miniature depicting pilgrims venerating the saint’s tomb beneath Gothic architecture, painted by the Master of B 18 for San Domenico in Bologna.

Pilgrims visiting the tomb of Saint Peter of Verona

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Expressive historiated initial showing Saint Paul preaching to kneeling flagellants, probably made for the Compagnia dei Bianchi and linked to the Master of San Giovanni Fuorcivitas.

Saint Paul addressing a Group of Flagellants

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Historiated initial D from a Renaissance choirbook or antiphonal depicting the Martyrdom of Saint Agatha, shown haloed and bound while her tormentors mutilate her breasts, executed in vivid colors and burnished gold by the Master of the Codex Rossiano (Fra Gregorio Muti da Montepulciano).

The Martyrdom of Saint Agatha

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Elegant historiated initial B portraying the youthful Virgin in prayer against a luminous gold background, attributed to the Master of the Beffi Triptych.

Virgin Mary at Prayer

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Illuminated initial T enclosing Saints Philip and James beneath colorful Gothic canopies, enriched with lively foliate extensions and gold highlights.

Saints Philip and James

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Miniature of the paired apostles rendered in rich jewel-like colors, reflecting the influence of Niccolò di Giacomo and Martino di Bartolomeo in late medieval Italian illumination.

Saints Peter and Paul

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Delicate oval miniature of a haloed female saint holding a martyr’s attribute, painted against a radiant gold ground by the Master of the Murano Gradual.

Female Saint

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The Hachette Hours

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Illuminated miniature from a medieval manuscript depicting two haloed saints, Saint Francis and Saint Clare, standing beneath a architectural frame, flanking a tree filled with birds rendered in blue, green, and gold.

Franciscan Psalter

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Lavishly illuminated opening from a Renaissance Book of Hours featuring the Annunciation on the left page and a Nativity scene enclosed within an ornamental initial on the right, surrounded by richly decorated floral borders, prophets, putti, and heraldic devices.

The Hours of Isabella d’Este

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