Lorenzo Monaco (Piero di Giovanni), Initial C with the Last Judgment. ca. 1406-7. From an antiphonary created for the Camaldolese monastery of Santa Maria degli Angeli, Florence. Tempera, gold, and ink on parchment, 12 3/8 x 10 3/8 in. (31.3 x 26.4 cm).
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Initial D: The Fool with Two Demons (detail) in a psalter, illuminations by the Master of the Ingeborg Psalter, after 1205. Tempera colors, gold leaf, and ink on parchment bound between pasteboard covered with brown calf, each leaf 12 3/16 x 8 5/8 in. The J. Paul Getty Museum, Ms. 66, fol. 56.
Drawing of the Temple Menorah, in Maimonides’ own hand. Manuscript of Perush Hamishnayot, illustrating his comments on Menachot 3:7 (c. 1168-1180). Reproduced in Y. Kafih’s edition of the Mishneh Torah, Jerusalem, 1967, vol 3 p 79.
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Master of the Dominican Effigies (active c. 1328-50), The Garden of the Virtues. Illumination on parchment.
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Anonymous composer, Riant regard, acompli en doulceur (Laughing glance, perfect in sweetness). The Copenhagen Chansonnier, 14 recto. France, 15th c. Parchment, 47 ff.; 5 x 12 cm.
The text and its translation, sheet music, and a commentary on this piece are available at Peter Woetmann Christoffersen’s Open Edition Copenhagen Chansonnier.
(Source: kb.dk)
Fra Angelico, The Annunciation in the Letter R. c. 1430. Tempera and gold on parchment, size unknown.
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Giorgio Liberale, Common octopus. 1558. Parchment, 640 x 870 mm.
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Giovannino de’Grassi, Gothic letters from a model book. 1390. Illumination on parchment, 26 x 18.5 cm.
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