21 notes Remember when this was a thing I made? It’s an illuminated edition of Rainer Maria Rilke’s The Book of Hours.
remember when i was the worst photographer in the universe though

Remember when this was a thing I made? It’s an illuminated edition of Rainer Maria Rilke’s The Book of Hours.


remember when i was the worst photographer in the universe though

33 notes Illuminated Initial ‘B’ (Beatissimo) From Evangelia OttonisLate 10th century

Illuminated Initial ‘B’ (Beatissimo)
From Evangelia Ottonis
Late 10th century

29 notes Gospel LectionaryMid 12th centuryMonastery of St. Catherine, Sinai 

Gospel Lectionary
Mid 12th century
Monastery of St. Catherine, Sinai
 

36 notes Nativity scene on a  Kievan miniature from Queen Gertrude’s Prayer BookAlipius the Monk, 1060s 

Nativity scene on a  Kievan miniature from Queen Gertrude’s Prayer Book
Alipius the Monk, 1060s 

7 notes 1327-1342, Abbess and nuns of Theotokos Elpis
Typikon, Oxford 35 f. 12r (Galavaris 225)

1327-1342, Abbess and nuns of Theotokos Elpis

Typikon, Oxford 35 f. 12r (Galavaris 225)

9 notes Opening Page of the Gospel of JohnAthos, 1629 

Opening Page of the Gospel of John
Athos, 1629 

16 notes Miniature Excised from a Book of Hours: The AnnunciationVenice, late 13th century

Miniature Excised from a Book of Hours: The Annunciation
Venice, late 13th century

498 notes Opening Page Illumination from the manuscript of the Shahnama of FirdawsiIran, Shiraz, Timurid Period, 15th centuryc. 1444 

Opening Page Illumination from the manuscript of the Shahnama of Firdawsi
Iran, Shiraz, Timurid Period, 15th century
c. 1444 

6 notes medieval:

via www.paleography.unifr.ch

medieval:

via www.paleography.unifr.ch

19 notes Τὸ κατὰ Λουκᾶν εὐαγγέλιον (The Gospel According to Luke), Incipit
Mid 10th century, Constantinople

Τὸ κατὰ Λουκᾶν εὐαγγέλιον (The Gospel According to Luke), Incipit

Mid 10th century, Constantinople