Browse by Classification: Manuscripts and Books: illuminated manuscripts

 
'Bustan (Orchard) of Sa'di; A Polo Game; Manuscript cover; Brown Leather with Pressed and Gilded Ornament; Illuminated introductory pages; Illuminated fly-leaf; The Sultan of Syria Malik-I Salih, on Throne in his Garden, Interviewing two Dervishes whom he
Date: A.H. 929/ 1522-23
Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art
Vendor: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
# of Views: 2
 
Abraham Sacrificing Isaac
Date: Late 19th century
Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art
Vendor: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
# of Views: 1
 
Adam and Eve banished from Paradise, from a book of Hours
Artist: William de Brailes (active ca. 1230)
Date: ca. 1230-40
Museum: Musee Marmottan
Vendor: Bridgeman Art Library
# of Views: 1
 
Add 11639 Noah's Ark and Adam and Eve, illuminations from a volume of a large selection of Hebrew texts, copied by Benjamin, a pupil of Yehiel of Paris and illuminated by Christian artists from Parisian workshops
Museum: British Library
Vendor: Bridgeman Art Library
# of Views: 1
 
Add 11695 fol.240 Daniel's vision of Four Beasts and God enthroned, illustrated copy of original commentary on Apocalypse composed by Asturian monk Beatus of Liebana
Date: 1109
Museum: British Library
Vendor: Bridgeman Art Library
# of Views: 1
 
Add 15217 Battle between Spaniards and Indians, from a collection of memoirs of Coeler Family, Nuremberg
Date: 1560-1632
Museum: British Library
Vendor: Bridgeman Art Library
# of Views: 1
 
Add 17687 Massacre of Innocents, Psalter, German, Wurzburg
Date: ca. 1240
Museum: British Library
Vendor: Bridgeman Art Library
# of Views: 1
 
Add 19720 fol.214 Walled garden with a woman gardening and others gossiping, by Pietro de Crescenzi (1230-1320)
Museum: British Library
Vendor: Bridgeman Art Library
# of Views: 1
 
Add 27210 f.14v The Ten Plagues of Egypt RtoL, TtoB; Plague of the first-born and a funeral; the Israelites leaving Egypt; the pursuing Egyptians; the crossing of the Red Sea, Barcelona
Museum: British Library
Vendor: Bridgeman Art Library
# of Views: 0
 
Add 27210 f.15r Preparations for the Passover RtoL, TtoB; Miriam and her maidens play, sing and dance; distribution of mazzot and harqset; searching for leavened bread; preparing Paschal lamb and cleansing dishes, Barcelona
Museum: British Library
Vendor: Bridgeman Art Library
# of Views: 0
 
Add 27210 f.9r RtoL TtoB The finding of Moses; Pharaoh's daughter bringing Moses to her father; the Egyptian smiting a Hebrew and being himself killed by Moses; Moses saving Jethro's daughters; Barcelona, Hebrew
Museum: British Library
Vendor: Bridgeman Art Library
# of Views: 0
 
Add 27210 Golden Haggadah, with the Ten Plagues of Egypt
Date: c.1320
Museum: British Library
Vendor: Bridgeman Art Library
# of Views: 4
 
Add 27691 f.194 Funeral procession with grave-diggers in a floral border, French, 15th century
Museum: British Library
Vendor: Bridgeman Art Library
# of Views: 1
 
Add 5415A Conquest of Mexico and Peru, page from a portolan atlas
Artist: Diego Homem (16th century)
Date: ca. 1588
Museum: British Library
Vendor: Bridgeman Art Library
# of Views: 1
 
Adoration of Magi
Museum: Musee Bonnat
Vendor: Bridgeman Art Library
# of Views: 1
 
Adoration of Magi
Artist: Girolamo dai Libri (1474-1555) (attribution: school of)
Museum: Musee Marmottan
Vendor: Bridgeman Art Library
# of Views: 1
 
Aja'ib al-Makhlugat
Museum: Academy of Sciences, Institute of Oriental Studies [Inst. of the Peoples of Asia]
Vendor: Bridgeman Art Library
# of Views: 7
 
Akbar tames the Savage Elephant, Hawa'i, outside the Red Fort at Agra, miniature from the 'Akbarnama' of Abul Fazl
Artist: Basawan and Chatai (fl. ca. 1590)
Date: ca. 1590
Museum: Victoria and Albert Museum [houses National Art Library]
Vendor: Bridgeman Art Library
# of Views: 1
 
Album 2160 People sleeping and calligraphy, from an album of miniatures, 13th-15th century
Museum: Topkapı Palace Museum (Topkapı Sarayı Müzesi)
Vendor: Bridgeman Art Library
# of Views: 1
 
Alexius I Comnenus (1048-1118), Byzantine emperor (1081-1118)
Museum: Vatican Library, Vatican City
Vendor: Bridgeman Art Library
# of Views: 1
 
Amaryllis Sarniensis, or Narcissus
Artist: Nicolas Robert (1614-1685)
Museum: Bibliotheque du Museum d'Histoire Naturelle
Vendor: Bridgeman Art Library
# of Views: 1
 
An Indian astrological chart depicting signs of the eastern Zodiac
Date: 19th century
Museum: British Museum
Vendor: Bridgeman Art Library
# of Views: 1
 
Anatomical diagram, from 'De arte phisicali e de cirurgia' by John Arderne
Date: 1412
Museum: Royal Library
Vendor: Bridgeman Art Library
# of Views: 2
 
Anatomical diagram, from 'De arte phisicali e de cirurgia' by John Arderne
Date: 1412
Museum: Royal Library
Vendor: Bridgeman Art Library
# of Views: 0
 
Anatomy of Eye, from a book on eye diseases
Artist: Al-Mutadibih (active ca. 1170-1199)
Date: ca. 1200
Museum: National Library and Archives
Vendor: Bridgeman Art Library
# of Views: 1
 
Anemone
Artist: Nicolas Robert (1614-1685)
Date: ca. 1642
Museum: Private Collection
Vendor: Bridgeman Art Library
# of Views: 1
 
Angel Blowing Trumpet, Seven Stars and Eagle of St. John Evangelist
Museum: Arquivo Nacional da Torre do Tombo
Vendor: Bridgeman Art Library
# of Views: 1
 
Annals of the Roman People
Artist: Jean Fouquet (ca. 1415- ca. 1481) (attribution: attributed to)
Date: ca. 1475
Museum: Bibliotheque Nationale
Vendor: Bridgeman Art Library
# of Views: 1
 
Annunciation, Adoration of Child by Virgin Mary, St. Joseph, St. Anthony of Padua and St. Francis
Museum: Musee Marmottan
Vendor: Bridgeman Art Library
# of Views: 1
 
Annunciation, historiated initial 'O', detail of a page from an antiphonal
Artist: Liberale da Verona (ca.1445-ca.1526)
Date: ca. 1473-79
Museum: Piccolomini Library
Vendor: Bridgeman Art Library
# of Views: 1
 
Antiphonary bifolium: Prayer of King David
Artist: Giacomo Caporali (active 1471-1478) (attribution: attributed to)
Date: ca. 1450
Museum: Worcester Art Museum
Vendor: Davis Art Images
# of Views: 1
 
Aristotle teaching. illustration from 'Better Sentences and Most Precious Dictions' by Al-Moubbachir, Seljuk, 13th century
Museum: Topkapı Palace Museum (Topkapı Sarayı Müzesi)
Vendor: Bridgeman Art Library
# of Views: 1
 
Army of Charlemagne (742-814) and Transportation of Provisions, from a Venetian Codex
Museum: Biblioteca Marciana
Vendor: Bridgeman Art Library
# of Views: 1
 
Artillery train of Maximilian I (1459-1519)
Museum: Graphische Sammlung Albertina
Vendor: Bridgeman Art Library
# of Views: 1
 
Astrological table of Sun, from 'Book of Good and Bad Fortune'
Museum: Biblioteca Marciana
Vendor: Bridgeman Art Library
# of Views: 1
 
Automata (Book of knowledge of ingenious mechanical devices)
Date: 1206
Museum: Topkapı Palace Museum (Topkapı Sarayı Müzesi)
Vendor: Bridgeman Art Library
# of Views: 5
 
Avatamsaka Sutra scene of bodhisattvas by a pavilion(?)
Date: 13-14th centuries
Museum: Cleveland Museum of Art
Vendor: Davis Art Images
# of Views: 1
 
Aztec Codex Borbonicus, 'Tonalamatl', detail depicting Quetzalcoatl and Tezcatlipoca
Museum: Bibliotheque de l'Assemblee Nationale
Vendor: Bridgeman Art Library
# of Views: 1
 
Battle between Martin Gomez and El Cid (c.1043-99) from 'Chronicles of Spain'
Date: 1344
Museum: Academia das Ciencias de Lisboa
Vendor: Bridgeman Art Library
# of Views: 1
 
Battle between Mongol tribes
Date: 13th century
Museum: Private Collection
Vendor: Bridgeman Art Library
# of Views: 1