Art 315
Illuminated Manuscripts
Week 5

Erik Inglis, Department of Art


Plaques: Passion Scenes
Early Christian Ivory
420-430 CE
London, British Museum

Casket: Suicide of Judas
& Crucifixion (detail)
Early Christian
ivory
ca. 420 CE
London, British Museum

Rabbula Gospels: Crucifixion of Christ
Early Christian
586 CE
vellum codex
Florence, Laurentian Library
Ms.Cod. Plut.I, 56

Prayer Book of Charles the Bald
St. John in Principio
Carolingian
850-860 CE
Munich, Schloss Nymphenburg

Gero Crucifix
Ottonian
wood
before 976
Cologne Cathedral

Gero Crucifix (detail)
Ottonian
wood
before 976
Cologne Cathedral

Gero Codex: Gero Presents
His Manuscript to Saint Peter
Ottonian
ivory
ca. 975
Darmstadt, Landesbibliothek
Ms. HS.1948, folio 6v

Hortus Deliciarum Leviathan
German Romanesque
ca. 1170
engraving after original
Strasbourg (now destroyed)

Albani (St Albans) Psalter:
Initial B & King Solomon
English Romanesque
ca. 1125
Hildesheim: Basilica of
Saint Godehard, folio, 72
Saint Albans Psalter

Saint Swithin Psalter:
Jaws of Hell
English Romanesque
1140-50
London, British Museum
Ms. Cotton Nero C IV, folio 39

Saint Swithin Psalter:
Angels and Shepherds
English Romanesque
1140-50
London, British Museum
Ms. Cotton Nero C IV

Saint Swithin Psalter:
Death of the Virgin
English Romanesque
1140-50
London, British Museum
Ms. Cotton Nero C IV, folio 29v

Saint Swithin Psalter:
Virgin Enthroned
English Romanesque
1140-50
London, British Museum
Ms. Cotton Nero C IV, folio 30r

Ingeborg Psalter:
Abraham and Three Angels
French Romanesque
ca. 1195
Chantilly, Musee Conde
Ms. 9, folio 10v

Ingeborg Psalter:
Pentecost / Last Judgement
French Romanesque
ca. 1195
Chantilly, Musee Conde
Ms. 9, folios 32v-33r

Ingeborg Psalter:
Theophilis and The Devil
French Romanesque
ca. 1195
Chantilly, Musee Conde
Ms. 9, folio 35v

Ingeborg Psalter:
Virgin Saves Theophilis
French Romanesque
ca. 1195
Chantilly, Musee Conde
Ms. 9, folio 36r

Ingeborg Psalter:
Psalm 51, David & Goliath
French Romanesque
ca. 1195
Chantilly, Musee Conde
Ms. 9, folio 84v

Ingeborg Psalter:
Sacrifice of Isaac
French Romanesque
ca. 1195
Chantilly, Musee Conde
Ms. 9, folio 111r

Bury Psalter: Psalm 82
"Make me as on to a wheel"
Anglo-Saxon
1000-1050
Rome, Vatican Libraries
Ms.Reg.Lat. 12, folio 90v

Bury Edmunds Psalter
Anglo-Saxon
1000-1050
Rome, Vatican Libraries
Ms.Reg.Lat. 12, folio 21r

Canterbury (Eadwine) Psalter
Psalm 1 - Beatus Vir.
Anglo-Saxon
Cambridge, Trinity College
Ms. R.17,1, folio 5b

Canterbury (Eadwine) Psalter
Portrait of Eadwine
Anglo-Saxon
Cambridge, Trinity College
Ms. R.17,1, folio 283v

Canterbury (Eadwine) Psalter
Waterworks of the Monastery
of Christ Church, Plan
Anglo-Saxon
Cambridge, Trinity College
Ms. R.17,1, folio 284b

Abbey Church
Sainte-Marie, Trumeau
(now against inner western wall)
French Romanesque
1120-35
Souillac, France

Citeaux - Initial Page
(detail of `Q')
French Romanesque
12th C
Dijon, Bibliotheque Municipale,
Ms. 170, folio 59r

Citeaux - Initial Page
(detail of `Q')
French Romanesque
12th C
Dijon, Bibliotheque Municipale,
Ms. 173, folio 20r

Citeaux - Initial Page
(detail of `P')
French Romanesque
12th C
Dijon, Bibliotheque Municipale,
Ms. 173, folio 103v

Citeaux - St. Paul
& King Agrippa II
(detail initial)
French Romanesque
12th C
Dijon, Bibliotheque Municipale,
Ms. 135, folio 107v

Citeaux - St. Gregory:
Moralia in Job, frontispiece
French Romanesque
12th C
Dijon, Bibliotheque Municipale,
Ms. 173

Citeaux - St. Gregory:
Moralia in Job, Initial I
French Romanesque
12th C
Dijon, Bibliotheque Municipale,
Ms. 173

Citeaux - St. Gregory:
Moralia in Job, St. Gregory
French Romanesque
12th C
Dijon, Bibliotheque Municipale,
Ms. 173

Citeaux - St. Gregory:
Moralia in Job,
Initial with Figures
French Romanesque
12th C
Dijon, Bibliotheque Municipale,
Ms. 173

Moralia in Job: Commemorative Labyrinth
Iberian
ca. 945
Madrid, National Library
Ms. Cod. 80, folio 3r

Moralia in Job: Christ in Majesty
Iberian
ca. 945
Madrid, National Library
Ms. Cod. 80, folio 2r

Leon Bible: Omega
Iberian
ca. 960
Leon, Colegiata de San Isidoro
Ms. Cod. 2, folio 514r

Tower
Iberian
ca. 970
Madrid, National Historical Mus.
Ms. Cod.1097 B, folio 167v

Evangeliary of Henry II
Echternach Scriptorium
Ottonian
ca. 1020
Bremen, University Library
Ms. 216, folio 124v

Codicology: Scriptorium
German Gothic
ca. 1200
Bamberg, Staatsbibliothek
Ms. Patr. 5, folio 1r

Codicology: Parchment Vendor
German Gothic
ca. 1200
Copenhagen, Royal Library
Ms. 4.2

Codicology: Preparing the Page
German Gothic
ca. 1200
Copenhagen, Royal Library
Ms. 4.2

Codicology: Ruling
German Gothic
ca. 1200
Copenhagen, Royal Library
Ms. 4.2

Codicology: Preparing the Page
German Gothic
ca. 1200
Copenhagen, Royal Library
Ms. 4.2

Codicology: Illuminator
Involved in His Work
German Gothic
ca. 12th Century
Sigmaringen, Hofbib.
Ms. G, folio 244r

Codicology: Illuminators at Work
German Gothic
ca. 1200
Prague, Chapter library
Ms. Cod. A 21, foilio 153r

Codicology: Scribe
German Gothic
ca. 1200
Copenhagen, Rigsbibli.
Ms. GL Kgl.S, 4.4.2

Collector of Olmutz
Bohemian Romanesque
ca. 1140
Stockholm, Kungliga Bibl.
Ms. Cod, A 144

Codicology: Lectionary
Mosan Gothic
1150-1200
Dusseldorf, Haupstaatsarchiv
Ms. Hs.G XI 1

Jackson Pollock
Action Painting in His Studio
American, 1950

Codicology: Illuminators at Work
German Gothic
ca. 1200
Prague, Chapter library
Ms. Cod. A 21, foilio 153r

Codicology: Scribe
German Gothic
ca. 1200
Copenhagen, Rigsbibli.
Ms. GL Kgl.S, 4.4.2

Collector of Olmutz
Bohemian Romanesque
ca. 1140
Stockholm, Kungliga Bibl.
Ms. Cod, A 144

Codicology: Lectionary
Mosan Gothic
1150-1200
Dusseldorf, Haupstaatsarchiv
Ms. Hs.G XI 1

Judith Leyster
Self Portrait
Dutch, 17th Century
Washington, D.C.
National Gallery

Codicology: Tiny Self Portrait
of Hugo Pictor, Scribe
English Romanesque
ca. 1025

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