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Macedonians in Trousers!
From the Greek Institute of Venice's astounding 14th-century Alexander Romance, ΑΕΙΒ 5. (Every single page of this precious manuscript, in high-quality jpg's, here.)
You can see Nectanebo working his magic, the founding of Alexandria, the meeting with the Gymnosophists, and (below) the building of the Brazen Walls to keep Gog & Magog out (in viewer here). (Compare John Rylands Armenian Ms. 3, anno 1544 here.)
Via Παμπάλαια.
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Parisinus Graecus 139, the "Paris Psalter".
Via Phorum.Gr.
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Achilles: Iliad, "Venetus A" (Marcianus Graecus 822 (olim 454)), fol. 4v, at the Homer Multitext Project.
Even higher-res jpg here. See highest-res view of this folio here.
Images downloadable with Creative Commons (details here).
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Psalter, unidentified, via Byzantinée, whence also (inter alia nonulla), the Akeda:
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Mus. Brit. Arundel 547 (Gregory-Aland Lectionary 183).
Εὐαγγελιστάριο στὴ Βρετανικὴ Βιβλιοθήκη (10ου αἰῶνα).
Καὶ ἐδῶ:
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Ἰησοῦς τοῦ Ναυῆ καὶ ἡ Πτώση τῆς Ἱεριχοῦς:
Joshua, Son of Nun, and the Fall of Jericho:
Χειργρ. Βατοπαιδίου 602, late 13th century, via Ἁγιορείτικες Μνῆμες.
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Varangians, from the Madrid Skylitzes (Biblioteca Nacional de España MS Graecus Vitr. 26-2), via Protostrator.
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Greeks & Trojans (5th/6th cent., Bibliotheca Ambrosiana, Milan; via Ἀπόψεις γιὰ τὴ Μονὴ Βατοπαιδίου).
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Πρόσφυγες: Χειρόγραφο τοῦ 16ου αἰῶνα (μέσῳ τῆς σελίδας Ἡμωμένα Βουστούσια).
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The "John of Crete Gospels" by Manuel Hagiostephanites (Cyprus 1156), formerly Schøyen 231 and now for sale at Jörn Günther. (More images at both links.)
Via Paleografia Greca
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