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Jaharis Byzantine Lectionary
Byzantine
ca. 1100
Illuminated Gospel
Amhara peoples
late 14th–early 15th century
Four Gospels in Armenian
Armenian
1434/35
Illuminated Psalter
Byzantine
late 1100s
Plaque with Christ in Majesty and the Four Evangelists
Ottonian
1000–1100
Hours of Francis I
Master of François de Rohan
1539–40
Manuscript Illumination with the Holy Women at the Tomb in an Initial A, from an Antiphonary
Girolamo dai Libri
ca. 1490–1500
Printed Book with Silva Nuptialis Bonis Referta Non Modicis
Johannes Nevizanus
1521
Manuscript Illumination with David in Prayer in an Initial M, from a Psalter
Girolamo dai Libri
1501–2
Four miniatures of the life of Christ from a gospel book of 1311 (Presentation, Baptism, Transfiguration, Entry into Jerusalem)
T'oros the Deacon
1311
Manuscript Leaf with the Crucifixion, from a Missal
French
ca. 1270–80
Spanish Translation of Saint Augustine's "City of God"
Cano de Aranda
1446–82
Manuscript Leaf with King David in an Initial I, from a Psalter
North Italian
early 15th century
Bifolium with Initial C, from an Antiphonary
Italian
ca. 1320
The Right Hand of God Protecting the Faithful against the Demons
Jean Fouquet
ca. 1452–1460
Gospel Book (so-called Small Bernward Gospel)
Northeast French and German (Hildesheim)
last third 9th century (Mss)/ca. 1000 (front cover - second half 12th century)
Illuminated Opening Page Titled Laila and Majnun from a Khamsa (Quintet) of Nizami of Ganja
Ja'far Baisunghuri
dated 835 AH/1431–32 CE
Illuminated Opening Page Titled Laila and Majnun from a Khamsa (Quintet) of Nizami of Ganja
Ja'far Baisunghuri
835 AH/1431–32 CE
Rothschild Mahzor Prayerbook, Roman Rite
Abraham Judah ben Yechiel of Camerino
1490
The Belles Heures of Jean de France, duc de Berry
The Limbourg Brothers
1405–1408/1409
The Hours of Jeanne d'Evreux, Queen of France
Jean Pucelle
ca. 1324–28
Illuminated Frontispiece of a Bustan of Sa`di
Sultan Muhammad Nur
dated 920 AH/1514 CE
Precious Gospels of Bernward (front and back covers)
German (Hildesheim)
ca. 1015/refurbished ca. 1194
Adoration of the Shepherds
Francesco di Marco Marmitta da Parma
ca. 1500
Leaf from a Beatus Manuscript: at the Clarion of the Fifth Angel's Trumpet, a Star Falls from the Sky; the Bottomless Pit is Opened with a Key; Emerging from the Smoke, Locusts Come Upon the Earth and Torment the Deathless
Spanish
ca. 1180
Leaf from a Beatus Manuscript: Christ in Majesty with Angels and the Angel of God Directs Saint John to Write the Book of Revelation
Spanish
ca. 1180
Illuminated Frontispiece of a Manuscript of the Mantiq al-Tayr (Language of the Birds)
Sultan 'Ali al-Mashhadi
text: dated 892 AH/1487 CE; illumination: ca. 1600
Folio from a Qur'an Manuscript
Muhammad al-Zanjani
dated 531 AH/1137 CE
Self-portrait
Simon Bening
1558
The Nativity
Lorenzo Monaco (Piero di Giovanni)
ca. 1406–10
Leaves from a Beatus Manuscript: Bifolium with part of the Genealogy of Christ and the Adoration of the Magi
Spanish
ca. 1180
The Prophet Isaiah in a Letter H, from a choir book of the Franciscans of Bethlehem
Andrea di Bartolo
ca. 1401–04
Vessel Cover
Carolingian
ca. 830–850
The Crucifixion
Master of the Codex of Saint George
ca. 1330–35
Holy Face
Gerard David
ca. 1485–90
Folio from a Qur'an Manuscript
Ahmad ibn al-Suhrawardi al-Bakri
dated 707 AH/1307–8 CE
"Men Treading Grapes", Folio from a Materia Medica of Dioscorides
dated 621 AH/1224 CE
Folio from a Qur'an Manuscript
ca. 1180
Section from a Qur'an Manuscript
dated 588 AH/1192–93 CE
Bowl with Lioness
Byzantine
1100–1300
Khusrau and Shirin
Hatifi
dated 904 AH/1498–99 CE
Manuscript Leaf from a Royal Psalter
British
13th century
Book of Prayers, Surat al-Yasin and Surat al-Fath
Ahmad Nairizi
dated 1132 AH/1719–20 CE
Book of Hours
Simon Bening
ca. 1530–35
Goblet
Italian, Venice, Murano
ca. 1475–1500 (modern foot)
Book of Flower Studies
Master of Claude de France
ca. 1510–1515
Pricket Candlestick with a Naked Youth Fighting a Dragon
South Netherlandish
ca. 1140–60
Genealogical Chronicle of the Kings of England
British
1466–67
Folio from a Qur'an Manuscript
late 13th–early 14th century
Bifolium from the "Nurse's Qur'an" (Mushaf al-Hadina)
ca. 410 AH/1019–20 CE
Manuscript Illumination with Joseph Sold by His Brothers in an Initial V, from an Antiphonary
Giovanni Pietro da Cemmo
ca. 1490
Tip of a Pointer
Byzantine
1080–1150
Album of Flower Paintings
Fathallah Shirazi
ca. 1880
Hebrew Bible
Spanish
1300–1350 (before 1366)
Lion
Spanish
after 1200
Armenian Manuscript Bifolium
Illuminator Minas (?)
15th century
Ratmann Sacramentary (front cover)
German (Hildesheim, St. Michael's)
1159/restored 1400
Page from a Mahzor (reused in the binding of a printed edition of Four Books of Sentences by Peter Lombard)
first half 14th century (Mahzor); 1475–76 (printed book)
"The Eavesdropper", Folio 47r from a Haft Paikar (Seven Portraits) of the Khamsa (Quintet) of Nizami of Ganja
Maulana Azhar
ca. 1430
Manuscript Illumination with the Descent from the Cross, from a Book of Hours
North French
late 15th century