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bilibliophl · 2 months

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Dante Poems, 1880.

#vintage books #book collector #book illumination #classic books #Dante Alighieri

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heaveninawildflower · 4 months

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Decorative page border (1500's) with an owl amongst flowers.

Taken from a Book of Hours for the use of Chalon.

Bibliothèque municipale de Lyon.

#owl #book of hours #illuminated manuscript #book illumination #medieval

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geritsel · 5 months

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Settai Komaru - Highly original book covers.

#japanese art #book design #graphic design #book illustration #book illumination

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jadeseadragon · 6 months

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Julia Bangert @bookillumination

Memorial initial for the cat "Biene," gouache on paper.

#julia bangert #book illumination #gouache #painting process

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mysticalblizzardcolor · 7 months

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#Book Illumination #Medieval Art #Art #Instagram

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lucybellwood · 9 months

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hi sorry s'cuse me but were NONE OF YOU GOING TO TELL ME ABOUT BLACK BOOKS OF HOURS???

LOOK AT THIS MAGNIFICENT GOTH-ASS SHIT

EGADDDDDDD

THE IRON-COPPER SOLUTION USED TO DYE THE PAGES WAS SO CORROSIVE THAT THERE ARE VERY FEW SURVIVING EXAMPLES

THESE BOOKS WERE LITERALLY TOO METAL TO LIVE

i can't

#illuminated manuscript #goth as fuck #medieval #illumination #calligraphy #book arts #wowowowow

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upennmanuscripts · 3 months

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I'd like to introduce you to LJS 57, a compendium of Astronomical text in Hebrew, written in Spain around 1391. It's an interesting combination of astronomy and astrology, and illustrates how the division between "science" and "not science" was not nearly so clear in the past as it is today. It has some fantastic illustrations of constellations!

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#medieval #manuscript #medieval manuscript #14th century #hebrew #astronomy #astrology #stars #constellations #illustrations #illuminations #diagrams #history of science #book history #rare books

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cuties-in-codices · 10 months

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drawings of flowers and cherries at the margins of a manuscript made to look like real material objects affixed to the page

in a book of hours, flanders, ca. 1520

source: Vienna, Österr. Nationalbibl., Cod. 2730, f. 7r-9r.

#i'm in love with these btw #marginalia #illuminated manuscript #illumination #renaissance #flowers #plants #16th century #book of hours #manuscript

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queer-ragnelle · 5 months

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list of medieval literature with links to read.

i’ll continue to update with more texts, better scans, & different editions. enjoy!

#arthurian legend #arthurian legends #arthuriana #ulster cycle #history #medieval literature #med lit #illuminated manuscript #illuminated manuscripts #translations #translation #english translations #english translation #resource #resources #book recommendations #book reccs #arthurian preservation project #my post

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theancientwayoflife · 26 days

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~ Mary Magdalene Borne Aloft.

Artist/Maker: Taddeo Crivelli (Italian, died ca. 1479, active about 1451-1479)

Date: ca. 1469

Place of origin: Ferrara, Emilia-Romagna, Italy

Medium: Tempera colors, gold paint, gold leaf, and ink.

#history #museum #15th century #15th century art #middle ages #illuminated manuscript #illuminated #book of hours #folio #manuscript #mary magdalene #maria magdalena #Taddeo Crivelli #getty #ca. 1469

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lionofchaeronea · 7 days

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Incipit of the Gospel of Luke (Quoniam quidem multi...), fol. 188r from the Book of Kells, created in an Irish or Scottish monastery ca. 800. Now in the Library of Trinity College, Dublin.

#art #art history #Book of Kells #Irish art #Celtic art #illuminated manuscript #Gospel of Luke #incipit #medieval art #9th century art #Trinity College Dublin

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bilibliophl · 3 months

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Arthur Rackham - Title page and book illustrations for Irish Fairy Tales by James Stephens, MacMillan & Co Ltd, London 1920. Source

#children's literature #victorian art #book illustration #book illumination #vintage illustration #arthur rackham #victorian book illustration

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heaveninawildflower · 3 months

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Calendar Page for February 'Keeping Warm' - Pisces (circa 1410) by follower of the Egerton Master (French, / Netherlandish, active about 1405 - 1420).

Getty Museum Collection.

#book of hours #february #illuminated manuscript #15th century #book illumination

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lunarsigilart · 3 months

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jadeseadragon · 6 months

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Julia Bangert @bookillumination

"The most fascinating thing about elephants to medieval people was their impressive size and ability to carry very heavy loads; they were often depicted in illuminated manuscripts as war elephants with a miniature fortress full of warriors on their backs." 🐘

#julia bangert #book illumination #painting process #gouache

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quotespile · 3 months

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The end of the world has come often, and continues to come.

Jonathan Safran Foer, Everything Is Illuminated

#literature #quotes #Jonathan Safran Foer #Everything Is Illuminated #quote #books #lit

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