1. demonagerie: Autun, Bibliothèque municipale, ms. 0269, f. 170v. Book of Hours, use of Autun (Heures de Philibert Pillot). Autun, c.1480-1490. St Catherine of Siena.

    demonagerie:

    Autun, Bibliothèque municipale, ms. 0269, f. 170v. Book of Hours, use of Autun (Heures de Philibert Pillot). Autun, c.1480-1490. St Catherine of Siena.

  2. illumanu:

    second quarter of the 14th century (1325-1350), English - London?

    British Library

    Yates Thompson 13: the Taymouth Hours

    folios 8v, 9v, 10v

    http://www.bl.uk/catalogues/illuminatedmanuscripts/record.asp?MSID=8148

  3. everytimeyoucan: — illustration from 16th century Ottoman manuscript showing a giant armillary sphere.

    everytimeyoucan:

    — illustration from 16th century Ottoman manuscript showing a giant armillary sphere.

  4. demonagerie: Bibliothèque nationale de France, Français 1654, detail of f. 171r. Pierre Michault, Le Doctrinal rural and La danse aux aveugles. 1466

    demonagerie:

    Bibliothèque nationale de France, Français 1654, detail of f. 171r. Pierre Michault, Le Doctrinal rural and La danse aux aveugles. 1466

  5. The Mouth of Hell, from the Book of Hours of Catherine of Cleves, circa 1440.

    The Mouth of Hell, from the Book of Hours of Catherine of Cleves, circa 1440.

    (Source: antitacta)

  6. demonagerie: St. Gallen, Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. Sang. 357, f. 279 (St Gall and his companion bear). Pontifical-Missal of the St. Gallen Abbot Diethelm Blarer (1530-1564). St Gall, 1555.

    demonagerie:

    St. Gallen, Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. Sang. 357, f. 279 (St Gall and his companion bear). Pontifical-Missal of the St. Gallen Abbot Diethelm Blarer (1530-1564). St Gall, 1555.

  7. signorcasaubon: Vision of the Angelic Hierarchy, based on the writings of St. Hildegrad von Bingen; 12th century.

    signorcasaubon:

    Vision of the Angelic Hierarchy, based on the writings of St. Hildegrad von Bingen; 12th century.

  8. demonagerie:

    Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, - BSB Cod.icon. 340, f. 33r. Beschreibung der historischen und allegorischen Personen der acht Inventionen zum Ringelrennen in den Aufzügen gehalten 1596 anläßlich der Taufe der Prinzessin Elisabeth von Hessen, 1600.

  9. medieval: Icelandic manuscript featuring Odin. 

    medieval:

    Icelandic manuscript featuring Odin. 

  10. vintageindia: Shah Jahan’s Rosette - Mughal ca.1645

    vintageindia:

    Shah Jahan’s Rosette - Mughal ca.1645

  11. research-images: The Garden of Eden from Tres Riches Heures du Duc de Berry  15th Century Limbourg Brothers

    research-images:

    The Garden of Eden from Tres Riches Heures du Duc de Berry  15th Century

    Limbourg Brothers

  12. caravaggista: Georges Trubert, Madonna of the Burning Bush, c. 1480-90Tempera colors, gold leaf, and gold paint on parchment  The bush that burned but was not consumed, which Moses encountered while on Mount Sinai, appears below the image of the Virgin crowned as Queen of Heaven. Medieval theologians likened the bush to Mary’s virginity, which remained intact after the conception of Christ.  Learn more.

    caravaggista:

    Georges Trubert, Madonna of the Burning Bush, c. 1480-90
    Tempera colors, gold leaf, and gold paint on parchment 

    The bush that burned but was not consumed, which Moses encountered while on Mount Sinai, appears below the image of the Virgin crowned as Queen of Heaven. Medieval theologians likened the bush to Mary’s virginity, which remained intact after the conception of Christ. 

    Learn more.

  13. windypoplarsroom: Barthelemy l’Anglais “Livre des Proprietes des Choses (traduction Jean Corbichon), France, Paris, XIV-XVs”

    windypoplarsroom:

    Barthelemy l’Anglais

    “Livre des Proprietes des Choses (traduction Jean Corbichon), France, Paris, XIV-XVs”

  14. miss-mary-quite-contrary: Rothschild Canticles

    miss-mary-quite-contrary:

    Rothschild Canticles

    (Source: venusmilk)

  15. ludmirermoyd: Decorated initial-word panel with a marginal illumination of a man lighting the Hanukkah lamp, from the Decisions of Isaiah of Trani the Younger (Pisqei Rabbi Yesha’yah Aharon), Italy (Perugia), 1374, Oriental 5024, f. 19

    ludmirermoyd:

    Decorated initial-word panel with a marginal illumination of a man lighting the Hanukkah lamp, from the Decisions of Isaiah of Trani the Younger (Pisqei Rabbi Yesha’yah Aharon), Italy (Perugia), 1374, Oriental 5024, f. 19