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[cuties-in-codices]

bird marginalia

from the bible of borso d'este, illuminated by taddeo crivelli and others in ferrara (italy), 1455-61

source: Modena, Biblioteca Estense, MS.V.G.12 (= Lat. 422)

[itsloriel]

The Art Portal

"He Sang to Her as They Sat in the Garden" by Howard Pyle (1904)

[mademoisellelapiquante]

Joseph Edward Southall | Changing the Letter (detail) | 1908

[speciesbarocus]

Master of the Embroidered Foliage (attributed to) - Catherine of Alexandria (c. 1480). Detail.

[mademoisellelapiquante]

Illustration and detail from Sibyllae et prophetae de Christo Salvatore vaticinantes | Made in Tours by workshop of Jean Poyer (possibly) | 1490-1500

[jothelibrarian]

Pretty medieval manuscript of the day is a rather sumptuous illustration of the annunciation. I love the richness of the blue with the gold embroidery, and how the oversized flowers in jump out of the margin./

Image source: Bibliotheque Stanislas Nancy MS 305. Creative Commons licensed via Flickr.

[lost-in-centuries-long-gone]

The-Tree-of-Jesse-Utrecht by mpt.1607 on Flickr.

Utrecht Bible 1425

[koredzas]

Jan van Eyck - The Annunciation. Detail. 1434 - 1436

[illustratus]

The Legend of Saint George: The Rescue by Maximilian Liebenwein

[illustratus]

Ruggiero arrives at the Court of Logistilla (Orlando Furioso) by Gustave Doré

[granstromjulius]

Raphael

[renaissance-art]

Bernardo Buontalenti c.1589

Sketches for Costumes

[lost-in-centuries-long-gone]

Ripon Cathedral Figures, North Yorkshire by teresue on Flickr.

[illustratus]

The Singers' Quarrel at Wartburg Castle by August von Wille

[artist-redon]

Stained Glass Window by Odilon Redon

Size: 87x68 cm Medium: charcoal on paper

[artfoli]

Detail of Madonna with Child and Two Angels, c. 1460, by Filippo Lippi (1406-1469)

[itsloriel]

The Prague Astronomical Clock, installed in 1410.

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