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eadfrith:Saint Bede - The Venerable Bede - 672/3 - 25th May 735 Arguably the greatest Anglo-Saxon sc
butt peckerApocalypse, Normandy ca. 1330BnF, Latin 14410, p. 73
sweeping the lettersbook of hours (Hours of Marguerite d'Orléans), Rennes ca. 1430.BnF, Latin 1156B,
thoodleoo:shoutout to our friends over in medieval studies. we may not always agree about latin, but
LJS16, Puzzle initial from Speculum historiale, Books 25-28, f. 45r. A volume, probably the third fr
dragonslayerLes Grandes Heures du duc de Berry, Paris 1409BnF, Latin 919, fol. 16r
thoodleoo:this is possibly one of my favorite pieces of medieval art for a variety of reasons, inclu
full cauldronsSpeculum humane salvationis, Alsace(?) ca. 1400BnF, Latin 9585, fol. 46v
In this book of hours from the mid to late 1400s, an elegantly illuminated initial letter P contains
A composite Book of Hours, in Latin. Southern Netherlands and England, fifteenth century. Reed MS5.
Single leaf from an Antiphonal, in Latin. Northern Italy (perhaps Bologna), fourteenth century. Reed
initial ‘R’Hours of Charles of Angoulême, France ca. 1475-1500BnF, Latin 1173, fol. 5r
Cutting from a Gradual, in Latin. Probably Northern European, sixteenth century. Reed MSF37.A little
demonagerie:Bibliothèque nationale de France, Département des Manuscrits, Latin 919 detail of f.8v.
The Greek Hanging ScriptIn manuscripts, Latin and Greek copyists employed similar ruling patterns. T
lamentationRohan Hours, Angers ca. 1430-1435BnF, Latin 9471, fol. 135r
Bibliothèque nationale de France, Département des Manuscrits, Latin 919 detail of f.9r. Horae ad usu
discardingimages:monkey knight Les Grandes Heures du duc de Berry, Paris 1409BnF, Latin 919, fol. 11
medieval: Latin Gospel. Written and illuminated in Ireland by Macregol, probably identifiable as t
Pegasus constellationSufi Latinus (Latin translation of ‘Kitāb al-kawākib al-thābita’ of ‘Abd al-Rah
veterum-regum:King Arthur from the Chetham Flores Historiarum; one of two Latin medieval chronicles
donut eater Les Grandes Heures du duc de Berry, Paris 1409.BnF, Latin 919, fol. 109r
Initial D showing armored infantry in a castle, from the Latin Vulgate translation of Psalms 67:6.
mandragoraTacuinum sanitatis, Rhineland 15th centuryBnF, Latin 9333, fol. 37r
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