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Medieval Illumination @medieval-illuminations.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 20h

The bear, the stork and the lute player. missal, Bologna ca. 1389-1404. LA, The J. Paul Getty Museum, Ms. 34, fol. 172a. #medieval #MedievalArt

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Medieval Illumination @medieval-illuminations.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 25/10/2026

M ultitool death. Poncher Hours, Paris c. 1500. LA, Getty Museum, Ms. 109, fol. 156r. #medieval #MedievalArt

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Medieval Illumination @medieval-illuminations.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 24/10/2026

Angel says: keep your hands on top of the blanket, guys! Queen Mary Psalter, London 1310-1320. British Library, Royal 2 B VII, fol. 131v. #medieval #MedievalArt

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Medieval Illumination @medieval-illuminations.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 23/10/2026

Bear club. Gaston Phébus, Livre de la chasse, Paris 15th century. BnF, Français 616, fol. 27v. #medieval #MedievalArt

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Medieval Illumination @medieval-illuminations.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 22/10/2026

Bats. Le Livre et le vraye hystoire du bon roy Alixandre, France 1420. BL, Royal 20 B XX, fol. 51v. #medieval #MedievalArt

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Medieval Illumination @medieval-illuminations.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 21/10/2026

Constellation #Cetus. Cicero’s Aratea with Hyginus’s Astronomica, Reims(?) ca. 820-850. British Library, Harley 647, fol. 10r. #medieval #MedievalArt

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Medieval Illumination @medieval-illuminations.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 20/10/2026

Palm Sunday! entry of Christ into Jerusalem (detail), ‘Comment jhesucrist entra en jherusalem'. 'Livre d'images de madame Marie’, Hainaut or Brabant ca. 1280-1290. #medieval #MedievalArt

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Medieval Illumination @medieval-illuminations.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 19/10/2026

#Moomins. Bestiary, Salisbury 13th century. British Library, Harley 4751, fol. 11v. #medieval #MedievalArt

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Medieval Illumination @medieval-illuminations.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 18/10/2026

Bees. Aberdeen Bestiary, England ca. 1200. Aberdeen University Library, MS 24, fol. 63r. #medieval #MedievalArt

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Medieval Illumination @medieval-illuminations.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 17/10/2026

Oddish. herbal, Italy 15th century. Philadelphia, University of Pennsylvania, Rare Book & Manuscript Library, LJS 419, fol. 77r. #medieval #MedievalArt

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Medieval Illumination @medieval-illuminations.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 16/10/2026

#Waterworld. Livre de la Vigne nostre Seigneur, France c. 1450-1470. Bodleian Library, MS. Douce 134, fol. 42v. #medieval #MedievalArt

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Medieval Illumination @medieval-illuminations.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 15/10/2026

#Unicorn crest. Scheibler Armorial, Germany ca. 1450-1480. München, Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, Cod.icon. 312 c, p. 99. #medieval #MedievalArt

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Medieval Illumination @medieval-illuminations.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 14/10/2026

Initial ‘Q’ – archangel Michael slaying the #Dragon. psalter, Würzburg ca. 1240-1250. LA, The J. Paul Getty Museum, Ms. Ludwig VIII 2, fol. 61v. #medieval #MedievalArt

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Medieval Illumination @medieval-illuminations.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 13/10/2026

Nativity. ‘The Maastricht Hours’, Liège 14th century. British Library, Stowe 17, fol. 15v. #medieval #MedievalArt

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Medieval Illumination @medieval-illuminations.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 12/10/2026

Initial ‘R’. Hours of Charles of Angoulême, France ca. 1475-1500. BnF, Latin 1173, fol. 3r. #medieval #MedievalArt

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Medieval Illumination @medieval-illuminations.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 11/10/2026

Magic mirror in my hand, who is the fairest in the land? Book of Hours, Italy, ca. 1480. British Library, Yates Thompson 7, fol. 174. #medieval #MedievalArt

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Medieval Illumination @medieval-illuminations.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 10/10/2026

The #Moon. astrological and medical miscellany (Codex Schürstab), Nuremberg ca. 1459-1471. Zürich, Zentralbibliothek, Ms. C 54, fol. 30v. #medieval #MedievalArt

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Medieval Illumination @medieval-illuminations.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 09/10/2026

Frutti di mare. Northumberland Bestiary, London ca. 1250-1260. LA, The J. Paul Getty Museum, Ms. 100, fol. 48v. #medieval #MedievalArt

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Medieval Illumination @medieval-illuminations.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 08/10/2026

Dinner in #hell. Livre de la Vigne nostre Seigneur, France ca. 1450-1470. Bodleian Library, MS. Douce 134, fol. 85v. #medieval #MedievalArt

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Medieval Illumination @medieval-illuminations.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 07/10/2026

Monkey riding a goat with a hunting owl. Luttrell Psalter, England ca. 1325-1340. British Library, Add 42130, fol. 38r. #medieval #MedievalArt

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Medieval Illumination @medieval-illuminations.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 06/10/2026

Mushroom initial. breviary, France 15th century. Draguignan, Bibliothèque municipale, ms. 2, fol. 190r. #medieval #MedievalArt

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Medieval Illumination @medieval-illuminations.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 05/10/2026

The Three Dead. ‘De Lisle Psalter’, England ca. 1310. BL, Arundel 83, fol. 127r. #medieval #MedievalArt

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Medieval Illumination @medieval-illuminations.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 04/10/2026

Bear rider. Les Grandes Heures du duc de Berry, Paris 1409. BnF, Latin 919, fol. 75r. #medieval #MedievalArt

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Medieval Illumination @medieval-illuminations.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 03/10/2026

Infernal brawl. #Apocalypse, France 1220-1270. Bibliothèque municipale de Toulouse, Ms 815, fol. 60v. #medieval #MedievalArt

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Medieval Illumination @medieval-illuminations.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 02/10/2026

Goat-headed rooster. 'Hours of Joanna the Mad', Bruges 1486-1506. BL, Add 18852, fol. 94v. #medieval #MedievalArt

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Medieval Illumination @medieval-illuminations.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 01/10/2026

Dit des trois morts. ‘The Smithfield Decretals’ (Decretals of Gregory IX with glossa ordinaria), Toulouse ca. 1300, illuminations added in London ca. 1340. British Library, Royal 10 E IV, fol. 259r. #medieval #MedievalArt

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Medieval Illumination @medieval-illuminations.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 30/09/2026

Owl. Breviary of Mary of Savoy, Lombardy ca. 1430. Chambéry, Bibliothèque municipale, ms. 4, fol. 447r. #medieval #MedievalArt

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Medieval Illumination @medieval-illuminations.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 29/09/2026

#Medieval censorship. ‘Mettener Regel’, Germany 1414. München, BSB Clm 8201d, fol. 24r. #medieval #MedievalArt

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Medieval Illumination @medieval-illuminations.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 28/09/2026

Initial C. Psalter, Canterbury ca. 1210-1220. Bodleian Library, MS. Ashmole 1525, fol. 110r. #medieval #MedievalArt

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Medieval Illumination @medieval-illuminations.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 27/09/2026

The lamb. bestiary, England ca. 1200. Aberdeen University Library, MS 24, fol. 21r. #medieval #MedievalArt

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Medieval Illumination @medieval-illuminations.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 26/09/2026

bBadgers, badgers, badgers. Gaston Phoebus, Livre de la chasse, Avignon ca. 1375-1400. BnF, Français 619, fol. 23v. #medieval #MedievalArt

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Medieval Illumination @medieval-illuminations.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 25/09/2026

Rabbits with cell phones? Gorleston Psalter, England 14th century. British Library, Add 49622, fol. 107v. #medieval #MedievalArt

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Medieval Illumination @medieval-illuminations.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 24/09/2026

Little Bear. ʿAbd al-Raḥmān ibn ʿUmar al-Ṣūfī, Kitāb ṣuwar al-kawākib al-ṯābita, Samarkand ca. 1430-1440. BnF, Arabe 5036, fol. 23r. #medieval #MedievalArt

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Medieval Illumination @medieval-illuminations.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 23/09/2026

Squirrel on gold. Brunetto Latini, Li Livres dou Trésor, Rouen ca. 1450-1480. Bibliothèque de Genève, Ms. fr. 160, fol. 82r. #medieval #MedievalArt

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Medieval Illumination @medieval-illuminations.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 22/09/2026

Love wins. Christine de Pisan, ‘L'Epistre Othea la deesse…’, Paris ca. 1406. BnF, Français 606, fol. 6r. #medieval #MedievalArt

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Medieval Illumination @medieval-illuminations.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 21/09/2026

Death and the maiden. book of hours, Lorraine ca. 1493. BnF, Nouvelle acquisition latine 3210, fol. 76v. #medieval #MedievalArt

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Medieval Illumination @medieval-illuminations.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 20/09/2026

Hedgehogs in the vineyard. bestiary, England ca. 1226-1250. Bodleian Library, MS. Bodl. 764, fol. 52v. #medieval #MedievalArt

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Medieval Illumination @medieval-illuminations.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 19/09/2026

Hedgehog. Le Bestiaire divin, England 13th century. BL, Egerton 613, fol. 38v. #medieval #MedievalArt

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Medieval Illumination @medieval-illuminations.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 18/09/2026

Heraldic bat. Jean Mansel, La Fleur des histoires, France 1454. Paris, Bibliothèque de l'Arsenal, Ms 5087 réserve, fol. 96v. #medieval #MedievalArt

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Medieval Illumination @medieval-illuminations.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 17/09/2026

#Pegasus constellation. Sufi Latinus (Latin translation of ‘Kitāb al-kawākib al-thābita’ of ‘Abd al-Rahmān al-Ṣūfī), Bologna 1250-1275. BnF, Arsenal 1036, fol. 16r. #medieval #MedievalArt

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Medieval Illumination @medieval-illuminations.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 16/09/2026

Hey #cat. stop licking your butt on the Book of Maccabees or you’ll get an arrow! Biblia Porta, France 13th century. Bibliothèque cantonale et universitaire de Lausanne, U 964, fol. 376r. #medieval #MedievalArt

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Medieval Illumination @medieval-illuminations.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 15/09/2026

Black mouse. ‘The Maastricht Hours’, Liège 14th century, BL, Stowe 17, fol. 129v. #medieval #MedievalArt

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Medieval Illumination @medieval-illuminations.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 14/09/2026

Mediebear. Book of hours, Picardy ca. 1460. Amiens, Bibliothèque municipale, ms. 200, fol. 146r. #medieval #MedievalArt

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Medieval Illumination @medieval-illuminations.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 13/09/2026

#Christ on Majesty flanked by two angels blowing trumpets of the Last Judgement and... a little grey guy licking its butt. Missal, Bavaria ca. 1440-1460. New York Public Library, MA 112, fol. 7r. #medieval #MedievalArt

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Medieval Illumination @medieval-illuminations.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 12/09/2026

#Dragon vs. #lion. Hours of Jean de Montauban, Bretagne ca. 1450. Rennes, Bibliothèque municipale, ms. 1834, fol. 79r. #medieval #MedievalArt

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Medieval Illumination @medieval-illuminations.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 11/09/2026

Creation of the animals. Holkham Bible, England ca. 1320-1330. BL, Add. 47682, fol. 2v. #medieval #MedievalArt

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Medieval Illumination @medieval-illuminations.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 10/09/2026

Sign of Pisces. Matfre Ermengau, Breviari d'amor, Occitania ca. 1300-1350. BL, Harley 4940, fol. 30v. #medieval #MedievalArt

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Medieval Illumination @medieval-illuminations.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 09/09/2026

Crowned cat. Scheibler Armorial, Germany ca. 1450-1480. München, Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, Cod.icon. 312 c, p. 258. #medieval #MedievalArt

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Medieval Illumination @medieval-illuminations.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 08/09/2026

Catwalk. Miracle XXXI: 'How Saint Jerome and his companion beheld a little devil on the train of the dress of a woman of Bethlehem'. Jean Miélot, Jean Le Tavernier (illuminator), La Vie et Miracles de Nostre Dame, Audenarde 1456. BnF, Français 9198, fol. 91r. #medieval #MedievalArt

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Medieval Illumination @medieval-illuminations.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 07/09/2026

Hot bath. Cité de Dieu (French translation of St Augustine’s De Civitate Dei), Paris ca. 1475. Paris, Bibliothèque Sainte-Geneviève, ms. 246, fol. 389r. #medieval #MedievalArt

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