Gallery of illuminated manuscript images

Peresopnytsia Gospel from 1561.

Page from Svyatoslav II's Miscellanies (1073).

Ostromir Codex, the oldest dated Russian book (1056).

Page from the Spiridon Psalter illustrating creation of Adam and his life in Paradise (1397).

From the Paris Psalter (10th-century, Constantinople).

From an unidentified manuscript, the capture of Jerusalem in 1099. Used in First Crusade, Siege of Jerusalem (1099), and Template:Crusade (and from there in all other crusade articles)

From the First Bible of Charles the Bald, folio 11r, incipit to the Book of Genesis.

From the Aachen Gospels, folio 13r, the four Evangelists.

From a 14th century manuscript, Abelard and Heloise. Used in Pierre Abélard.

From the Aberdeen Bestiary, folio 56r, the Phoenix. Used in Aberdeen Bestiary and Blackletter.

From the Aberdeen Bestiary, detail of the Phoenix miniature. Used in Phoenix.

From the Ada Gospels, folio 85v, portrait of Luke the Evangelist.

From an unidentified manuscript, battle of Agincourt. Used in Battle of Agincourt.

From an unidentified manuscript if al-Sufi's 'Depiction of Celestial Constellations'. Used in Abd Al-Rahman Al Sufi.

From an unidentified manuscript, Byzantine Emperor, Alexius IV. Used in Alexius IV Angelus.

From an unidentified manuscript, Alexius I. Used in Alexius I Comnenus, Treaty of Devol, and Comnenus.

From a 12th century copy of the Qur'an made in Al-Andalus. Manuscript is in King Abdulaziz Public Library in Medina, Saudi Arabia. Used in Religion, Qur'an, Arabic calligraphy, and Al-Andalus.

From the Apocalypse of Saint-Sever, folio 137v, the Rain of Fire and Blood.

From an unidentified Arabic manuscript of Dioscurides, Cumin and Dill. Used in Herbalism.

From the Ashburnham Pentateuch, Folio 6r, Cain and Abel.

From the St. Augustine Gospels, folio 125r, scenes from the Passion.

From an unidentified manuscript, Frederick Barbarossa. Used in Frederick I, Holy Roman Emperor.

From the Barberini Gospels, Folio 125r, incipit to the Gospel of John.

From an unidentified manuscript, Basil II. Used in Byzantine Empire, Basil II, and Christian art.

From an unidentified Swiss illustrated chronicle manuscript of Diebold Schilling the Elder, Battle of Laupen. Used in Old Swiss Confederacy.

From an unidentified manuscript, the Battle of Tewkesbury. Used in Battle of Tewkesbury.

From a manuscript of the Chronicles of Jean Froissart (Paris, Bibliothèque Nationale, MS fr. 2643), folio 72r, the Battle of Sluys.

From the Benedictional of St. Æthelwold, folio 25r, the Baptism of Christ.

From manuscript of the Rule of St. Benedict (Monte Cassino, Biblioteca dell'Abbazia, Cas. 444). Used in Beneventan script.

From the Bern Physiologus, folio 12v.

From manuscript of Grandes Chroniques de France (Berlin, Deutsche Staatsbibliothek, Phill. 1917), fol. 7v, the Coronation of Clovis. Not in use.

From Paris, Bibliotheque Nationale, MS fr. 2829, folio 18, Henry III lands in Aquitain. Used in Henry III of England.

From the Ambrosiana Jerome, Initial.

From the Ambrosiana Orosius, Carpet page.

From a manuscript of the Roman de la Rose (Oxford, Bodleian Library, MS Douce 195), folio 1r, Guillaume de Lorris.

From Oxford, Bodleian Library, MS Douce 231, folio 1r, miniature of Edmund Crouchback with St. George. Used in Edmund Crouchback.

From a manuscript of the Roman de la Rose (Oxford, Bodleian Library, MS Douce 364), folio 83, Mirth and Gladness lead a dance. Used in Roman de la Rose.

From the Book of Cerne, Symbol and Portrait of Mark the Evangelist.

From the Book of Deer, folio 29v, portrait of Luke the Evangelist.

From the Book of Deer, Folio 5r, the text of the Gospel of Matthew starting at Matt. 1:18. The margins contain text written in Gaelic.

From the Book of Dimma, evangelist portrait.

From thr Book of Mulling, Folio 193r, portrait of John the Evangelist.

From the Book of Nunnaminster, includes a zoomorphic initial.

From the Book of Durrow, beginning of the Gospel of Mark. Used in Book of Durrow and Insular script.

From an 8th century Gospel Book (British Library Add. MS. 406180), folio 21v, Portrait of Luke.

A 10th Century portrait added to an 8th century Gospel Book (British Library Add. MS. 406180), folio 22v, Portrait of Luke.

From London British Library, Cotton Nero D I, folio 183v, Jews being persecuted. Used in Anti-Semitism and Yellow badge.

From London, British Library, MS Royal 14 C VII, folio 6r, self portrait of Matthew Paris. Used in Matthew Paris

From London, British Library, MS Royal 14 C VII, folio 123, the wedding of Frederick II and Isabella of England. Used in Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor and Isabella Plantagenet.

From a manuscript of Diebold Schilling, Chronik der Burgunderkriege, the burning of accused sodomites. Used in Homosexuality, Violence against gays, lesbians, bisexuals, and the transgendered, Execution by burning, History of sexuality, and Paragraph 175.

From the Caedmon manuscript, page 46, the expulsion of Adam and Eve from the Garden of Eden. Used in Garden of Eden and Caedmon manuscript.

From the E codex of the Cantigas de Santa Maria (Escorial, Real Biblioteca, MS. T. I. I), Pan Pipes. Used in Cantigas de Santa Maria.

From the Carmina Burana manuscript in the Bavarian State library, Fortune. Used in Goliard, Fortuna (luck).

From the Carmina Burana manuscript in the Bavarian State library.

From the Cathach of St. Columba, text with decorated initial. Not in use.

From the Cathach of St. Columba, text with decorated initial.

From an unidentified manuscript, Cathars being expelled from Carcassonne, France. Used in Cathar, Albigensian Crusade, and Carcassonne.

From the Ellesmere manuscript, portrait of Geoffrey Chaucer as a pilgrim to Canterbury. Used in The Canterbury Tales.

From manuscript Cgm 3711, in Munich, folio 37r, fencing with the long sword. Used in Jörg Wilhalm.

From manuscript Cgm 3711, in Munich, folio 57r, armored foot combat. Used in Jörg Wilhalm.

From a 1407 manuscript of Augustine's City of God (New York, Public Library, Spencer Collection Ms. 30), folio 1r, opening of text with historiated initial and vinestem border. Used in The City of God.

From a manuscript of Paulus Hector Mair's Compendium (Dresden, Saxon state library, Mscr. Dresd. C 93). Used in Paulus Hector Mair and Jörg Breu the Younger.

From an unidentified manuscript, portrait of Canute the Great within an historiated initial. Used in Canute the Great.

From Vienna, Österreichische Nationalbibliothek, cod.2823, fol.150r, battle scene. Used in Plate armour.

From the Codex Wallerstein, fencer. Used in Historical European Martial Arts and Codex Wallerstein.

From the Codex Alexandrinus, folio 165v, explicit of the Gospel of Luke.

From the Codex Argenteus. Used in Codex Argenteus and Uppsala University.

From the Codex Manesse, folio 81, Walther von Klingen jousting. Used in Jousting.

From the Codex Aureus of St. Emmeram, adoration of the lamb.

From the Codex Manesse, folio 149v, Wolfram von Eschenbach. Used in Codex Manesse and Wolfram von Eschenbach.

From the Codex Usserianus Primus, folio 149v, explicit cross.

From the Codex Amiatinus, folio 5r, Ezra the Scribe.

From the Cotton Genesis, fragment 26v, Abraham and the Angels. Used in Cotton Genesis and Cotton library.

From an unidentified manuscript, Louis IX of France leading crusaders attacking Damietta, Egypt. Used in Crusade and Seventh Crusade.

From an unidentified manuscript, St. Denis. Used in Denis.

From the Durham Cassiodorus, David as victor.

From the Drogo Sacramentary, folio 71v, initial with the Ascension.

From Durham, Cathedral Library, MS A II 10, folio 3v, colophon to the Gospel of Matthew. Used in Durham Gospel Fragment.

From the Durham Gospels, Crucifixion.

From the Echternach Gospels, image of the Lion.

From a 17th century manuscript of Egils Saga, Egill Skallagrímsson. Used in Egils Saga and Egill Skallagrímsson.

From an unidentified manuscript, Einhard as a scribe. Used in Einhard.

From the Ellesmere manuscript, portrait of the Knight.

From the Abingdon Chronicle, Ethelred II of England.

From the Gladiatoria, folio 7r, technique of unscrewing the pommel and throwing it at the opponent.

From the Gladiatoria, folio 55r, fighting with a messer and a "hungarian shield". Used in Grosses messer and Gladiatoria.

From the Godescalc Evangelistary, fountain of life and facing page.

From an ubidentified Byzantine manuscript, Greek fire.

From an unidentified manuscript, the Harrowing of Hell. Used in Harrowing of Hell.

From the Hengwrt manuscript, folio 1r, opening to the General Prologue of The Canterbury Tales.

From an unidentified manuscript, Hildegard of Bingen receiving divine inspiration. Used in Hildegard of Bingen.

From an unidentified 12th century Hungarian manuscript, burial of Jesus. Used in Shroud of Turin.

Great Standing on the Ugra River, Russian illumination from the 16th-century Litsevoy Svod

From an unidentified "Bosnian Christian Hval Miscellany", The Annunciation?. Used in History of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

From a 15th century Belgian illuminated Bible at Malmesbury Abbey, text with historiated initial containing St. Peter. Used in Illuminated manuscript.

From a 15th century Belgian illuminated Bible at Malmesbury Abbey, historiated initial containing St. Peter. Used in Illuminated manuscript.

From the Melisende Psalter, Christ enthroned.

From a manuscript of the Canon of Medicine by Ibn Sina (Bethesda, MD, National Library of Medicine, MS A 53), opening of Fourth Book. Used in History of science.

From a 15th century manuscript (Florence, Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana, Codici Ashburnhamiani 1166), Geber (Abu Musa Jabir Ibn Hayyan). Used in Geber.

From an unidentified manuscript of Froissart's Chronicle, the Jacquerie.

From The Gospel of Miroslav. Used in Serbian language.

From an unidentified 1505 manuscript, Joan of Arc on horseback. Used in Joan of Arc.

From a 1459 manuscript of The Travels of Sir John Mandeville (New York, Public Library, Spencer Collection Ms. 037), Folio 1v, portrait of Mandeville. Used in John Mandeville.

From the Book of Kells, folio 291v, portrait of John the Evangelist

From the Book of Kells, zoomorphic decorated initial. Used in Book of Kells and Zoomorphism.

From the Book of Kells, folio 3r, Eusebian Canon Table.

From the Book of Kells, folio 5r, Eusebian Canon Tables.

From the Book of Kells, folio 7v, Madonna and Child. Used in Trinity College, Dublin and Book of Kells.

From the Book of Kells, folio 19v, Breves Causae of Luke.

From the Book of Kells, folio 27r, four evangelist symbols. Used in Book of Kells and Culture of Ireland.

From the Book of Kells, folio 29r, incipit to the Gospel of Matthew.

From the Book of Kells, folio 34r, Chi-Rho Monogram.

From the Book of Kells, folio 34r, detail of Chi Rho monogram.

From the Book of Kells, folio 292r, incipit to the Gospel of John.

From the Book of Kells, folio 309r, text. Used in Uncial and Book of Kells.

From an unidentified manuscript, portrait of Francesco Landini. Used in Francesco Landini.

From the Très Riches Heures du Duc de Berry, folio 2r, January. Used in Très Riches Heures du Duc de Berry and Book of Hours.

From the Lichfield Gospels, evangelist portrait.

From the Lindisfarne Gospels, incipit to the Gospel of Matthew. Used in Lindisfarne Gospels , Book of Kells, Cotton library.

From the Gospels of Tsar Ivan Alexander, Tsar Ivan Alexander. Used in History of Bulgaria and Bulgarian Orthodox Church.

From the London Canon Tables.

From the Morgan Bible, folio 3r, the Tower of Babel. Used in Tower of Babel.

From the Chronica Major of Matthew Paris (Cambridge, Corpus Christi College), volume 2, page 85, William Marshal at a joust. Used in William Marshal.

From a Book of Hours (Milan, Biblioteca Trivulziana, Cod. 470), two folios showing the Annunciation to the shepherds and a decorated initial.

From the Morgan Bible, detail of folio 10r, Israelites repulsed from Hai.

From the Morgan Bible, detail of folio 28r, David rejects armour. Used in Chainmail.

From the Morgan Bible, Warbrand.

From Manuscript I.33, folio 4v, sacerdos and scolaris fencing.

From Manuscript I.33, folio 32r, sacerdos and Walpurgis fencing.

From an unidentified manuscript, murder of Thomas Becket. Used in Thomas Becket, Richard le Breton, and Illuminated manuscript.

From an 18th century manuscript of the Qur'an. Used in Qur'an.

From the Novak Missal|Used in Croatian language

From the Parc Abbey Bible, detail of folio 20r, Virgin and Child.

From the Très Riches Heures du Duc de Berry, detail of miniature for June. Used in Palace and Sainte-Chapelle.

From an unidentified manuscript, Massacre of the Peoples' Crusade army. Used in People's Crusade.

From the Pericopes of Henry II, folio 117r, angel on the empty tomb.

From an unidentified manuscript, workers picking grapes. Used in Malmsey.

From the Luttrell Psalter. Used in Piers Plowman, Blackletter, and Drolleries.

From an unidentified manuscript, Marco Polo meets the Khan. Used in Marco Polo and Silk Road.

From an unidentified polyglot Psalter, the psalms in Hebrew and Latin. Used in Names of God in Judaism.

From the Quedlinburg Itala fragment, scenes from the Book of Kings, chap. 15.

From the Rabula Gospels, folio 113v, the Ascension.

From the Ranworth Antiphoner, folio 122r.

From an unidentified manuscript, Roland pledges his fealty to Charlemagne. Used in Fealty, Roland, Paladin, Old French, and Chanson de geste.

The Romance Papyrus.

From the Rossano Gospels, Christ before Pilate.

From an unidentified Russian manuscript. portrait of a chronicler. Used in Russian phonetics.

From an unidentified manuscript of the poems of Shota Rustaveli.

From the Très Riches Heures du Duc de Berry, monk writing in a scriptorium. Used in Anno Domini.

From an 11th century Syriac manuscript of the Hermologion (The Schøyen Collection MS 577). Used in Aramaic language and Syriac alphabet.

From the Seton Armorial, John Ballio and his wife. Used in John Balliol.

From the Seton Armorial, Robert the Bruce & Elizabeth de Burgh. Used in Elizabeth de Burgh.

From an unidentified manuscript, Shah Abbas and Wine Boy. Used in Bisexuality, Homosexuality, Abbas I of Safavid, and History of sexuality.

From the Sinope Gospels, Christ healing the blind.

From Cod. icon. 394, a Fechtbuch by Hans Talhoffer, p. 170, rondel dagger combat. Used in Hans Talhoffer.

From an unidentified manuscript, the Siege of Antioch.

From the Syriac Bible of Paris, folio 8r, Moses before Pharaoh

From Thott 290 2, Kongelige Bibliothek, Copenhagen, a Fechtbuch by Hans Talhoffer, folios 101v and 102r, portrait and coat of arms. Used in Hans Talhoffer.

From an unidentified manuscript of Jacques de Longuyon, Les Voeux du Paon, Templar kissing a cleric. Used in Knights Templar and Anal-oral contact.

From an unidentified manuscript, Templars being burnt. Used in Knights Templar and Jacques de Molay.

From the Tiberius Bede, folio 60v, initail "A".

From an unidentified manuscript of the poems of Charles, Duke of Orleans, the Tower of London. Used in History of London and Tower of London.

From an unidentified manuscript, the inauguration ceremony of the University of Basel in 1460.

From the Utrecht Psalter. Not in use.

From a Croatian Prayer Book in the Vatican. Used in Croatian language.

From the Vergilius Vaticanus, folio 122r, the Aeneid, the flight from Troy.

From the Vergilius Romanus, folio 234v, council of the Gods.

From the Vespasian Psalter, folio 30v, David with musicians.

From an unidentified manuscript, person playing the vielle. Not in use.

From the Vienna Dioscurides, folio 6v, donor portrait.

From the Vienna Dioscurides, Folio 483v, birds.

From the Vienna Dioscurides, pimpernel.

From the Vienna Genesis, folio 12v, story of Jacob.

From the Vinodol Codex. Used in Croatian language.

From the Vergilius Romanus, folio 14r, Vergil portrait. Used in Rustic capitals and Vergilius Romanus.

From the Codex Manesse, portrait of Walther von der Vogelweide. Used in Walther von der Vogelweide.

From an unidentified manuscript, medieval wine production. Used in Butt (unit).

From Kings Ms. 5, f. 20. Holland, beginning of the fifteenth century. Used in Allegory in the Middle Ages.

Noah and the "baptismal flood" on top panel typologically linked with Christ and John the Baptist in the bottom panel. Used in Allegory in the Middle Ages.

Mark the Evangelist from the 10th-century Trebizond Gospel

Defense of Moscow from Tokhtamysh in 1382. Miniature from the Hypatian Codex.

Illustration from the Siysky Gospel (1339).

Theotokos Panachranta from the Gertrude Psalter (1070s)

Illumination from the Gertrude Psalter (1070s)

Illumination from Armenian 1482 MSS illustrating the Battle of Avarayr

From the Apocalypse in a Biblia Pauperum illuminated at Erfurt around the time of the Great Famine of 1315–1317. Death "(Mors") sits astride a lion whose long tail ends in a ball of flame (Hell). Famine ("Fames") points to her hungry mouth.

Jesus Christ and the Four Evangelists from the Georgian Vani Gospels, 12th-13th centuries

From the Codex Calixtinus c1130-1140, showing the apostle Saint James the Great

From the Georgian Adysh Gospels, AD 897, showing St Luke and St John.

From the Georgian Adysh Gospels, AD 897.

From the 1646 Georgian manuscript of The Knight in the Panther's Skin, showing King Rostevan and Avtandil on a hunt, by Mamuka Tavakarashvili.

From the 1355-1356 Bulgarian Tetraevangelia of Ivan Alexander, depicting the tsar and the royal family.

From the 1060 Armenian manuscript Mugni Gospel, depicting the baptism of Christ.