And Gold On Vellum Collection

Creator: William de Brailes (English, active c. 1230), circle or workshop of
13th century, active c. 1230, and gold on vellum, circle or workshop of, england, english, heritage art, ink, ink, tempera, and gold on vellum, manuscript, oxford, tempera

Leaf Excised from a Book of Hours: Angel with a Banderole within a Flourished Border (Prayer to the Holy Trinity), c. 1475

Title Page of St. Gregorys Moralia : Job Visited by His Three Friends (above)
Title Page of St. Gregorys " Moralia" : Job Visited by His Three Friends (above) and Gregory the Great and His Deacon Peter (below), c. 1143-1178

Title Page of Abbot Bernos Tonarius: Initial D[omino], c. 1030. Creator: Unknown
Title Page of Abbot Bernos " Tonarius:" Initial D[omino], c.1030. This leaf originally served as the dedication page of the Tonarius, or Tonary

Single Leaf Excised from an Antiphonary: Inital A[spiciens a longe] with Christ in Majesty, c. 1330-1350. This massive historiated initial A, among the largest painted by Renaissance illuminators

Single Leaf Excised from a Choir Psalter: Initial E[xultate Deo] with King David Playing…
Single Leaf Excised from a Choir Psalter: Initial E[xultate Deo] with King David Playing the Lute (Psalm 80), c. 1408. This leaf once formed part of a deluxe choir psalter produced for the Franciscan

Single Leaf Excised from a Gospel Book with Initial L[iber generationis]: St. Matthew (verso), c. 1190. The text introduced the gospel of Saint Matthew: Liber generationis

Single Leaf: Table of Consanguinity, c. 1200. Creator: Unknown
Single Leaf: Table of Consanguinity, c. 1200. Consanguinity diagrams were used to show the degree of kinship between an individual and his or her " blood" relations

Single Leaf from a Missal: The Crucifixion, c. 1480. Creator: Unknown
Single Leaf from a Missal: The Crucifixion, c. 1480. In addition to the Virgin and St. John, this image includes a kneeling bishop (probably the donor of the manuscript)

Single Leaf from a Missal: The Crucifixion, c. 1390. Creator: Nicolo da Bologna (Italian, c)
Single Leaf from a Missal: The Crucifixion, c. 1390. Symbolizing the Eucharist, this leaf depicts angels holding chalices to collect blood from Christs five wounds

Single Leaf from a Bible: Initial E[t factum est] with Jonah Swallowed by the Whale, c. 1290. This leaf and the bifolium (double-leaf) displayed to the right both come from the same manuscript

Single Leaf Excised from a Psalter: Initial D[ominus illuminatio mea] with Samuel…, c
Single Leaf Excised from a Psalter: Initial D[ominus illuminatio mea] with Samuel Anointing David, c. 1270-1290. This historiated initial serves as a visual lead to Psalm 26

Single Leaf Excised from a Gradual and Sacramentary: Initial A[d te lavavi], c. 1000-1010. A large initial A introduces the opening words from Psalm 25

Single Leaf Excised from a Gospel Book: The Nativity (recto) and St. Matthew (verso), c. 1190. This leaf comes from a volume that is preserved in the Trier Cathedral Library in Germany (Codex 142)

Partial Leaf from a Latin Bible: Initial I[n principio] with the Marriage at Cana, c. 1260-1270. The illuminator of this initial placed three small scenes one above another to suggest the vertical

Initials from a Gradual: St. Augustine, c. 1420. Creator: Master of the Murano Gradual (Italian)
Initials from a Gradual: St. Augustine, c. 1420. This initial belongs to a large group of excised miniatures of saints once part of a gradual used in a Venetian Camaldolese monastery

Initial G[audeamus omnes] from a Gradual: The Court of Heaven, 1371-77. This elegant and colourful initial G comes from a multivolume set of choral books illuminated by Don Silvestro

Initial M[issus est] Excised from an Antiphonary: The Annunciation, 1430-1438. Creator
Initial M[issus est] Excised from an Antiphonary: The Annunciation, 1430-1438. This masterful initial M, colourful and crowded with playful animals and fantastic forms

Initial S[alve sancta parens] from a Gradual: Madonna and Child, c. 1370-1374. Creator
Initial S[alve sancta parens] from a Gradual: Madonna and Child, c. 1370-1374. Along with several other excised leaves and miniatures that survive in various libraries and museums

Initial C Excised from a Choral Book: St. Anthony with Antonite Friars, c. 1400-1440. The focus of this initial is an imposing portrait of Saint Anthony

Leaf Excised from a Decretum by Gratian: Initial C... c. 1300-1310. Creator: Unknown
Leaf Excised from a " Decretum" by Gratian: Initial C[anonici cuiusdam ecclesiae] with a Seated Cleric, c. 1300-1310

Leaf from a Book of Hours: Christ in Judgment, c. 1415. Creator: Boucicaut Master (French
Leaf from a Book of Hours: Christ in Judgment, c. 1415

Leaf from a Book of Hours: Initial D: Flight into Egypt (2 of 2 Excised Leaves), early 1300s. These initials introduce the text Deus in adiutorium meum intende (God come to my assistance)

Leaf Excised from the Tarleton Hours: Christ Carrying the Cross (Terce, Office of the Virgin), c. 1430. This leaf was formerly folio 74 of the Tarleton Hours

Leaf Excised from a Book of Hours: Decorated Initial H, c. 1470-1480. Creator: Unknown
Leaf Excised from a Book of Hours: Decorated Initial H, c. 1470-1480. The difficulty in localizing Dutch manuscripts of the second half of the 15th century is formidable

Miniature from a Speculum Historiale: Claudius Designates Nero as His Successor, 1447-60

Miniature from a Manuscript of the Apocalypse: The War in Heaven, c. 1295. Creator: Unknown
Miniature from a Manuscript of the Apocalypse: The War in Heaven, c. 1295. The visionary text of St. John the Evangelists Apocalypse, the final book of the New Testament

Miniature Excised from a Psalter: Christ in Majesty with Symbols of the Four Evangelists, c. 1235. Christ is seated within a cusped frame representing his aura

Miniature from a Book of Hours: The Pentecost, c. 1500. Creator: Jean Poyet (French)
Miniature from a Book of Hours: The Pentecost, c. 1500. The city of Tours in the Loire Valley, then the seat of the French court

Miniature Excised from a Compendium in historiae genealogia Christi…, 1200-1250
Miniature Excised from a Compendium in historiae genealogia Christi by Peter Poitiers: The Sacrifice of Isaac, 1200-1250

Miniatures from a Manuscript of the Apocalypse, c. 1295. Creator: Unknown
Miniatures from a Manuscript of the Apocalypse, c. 1295. The visionary text of Saint John the Evangelists Apocalypse, the final book of the New Testament, inspired these images of salvation, sin

Miniature from a Manuscript of the Apocalypse: The Woman Clothed with the Sun, c. 1295. The visionary text of St. John the Evangelists Apocalypse, the final book of the New Testament

Miniature from a Manuscript of the Apocalypse: The Fall of Babylon, c. 1295. Creator: Unknown
Miniature from a Manuscript of the Apocalypse: The Fall of Babylon, c. 1295. The visionary text of St. John the Evangelists Apocalypse, the final book of the New Testament

Miniature Excised from a Psalter: The Nativity, c. 1270. Creator: Unknown
Miniature Excised from a Psalter: The Nativity, c. 1270. This miniature survives with other fragments from a psalter preserved in the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City

Hours of Queen Isabella the Catholic, Queen of Spain, c. 1500. A great lover of Flemish art, Queen Isabella treasured her many devotional books

Gospel Book with Evangelist Portraits, c. 1480. Creator: Hausbuch Master (German)
Gospel Book with Evangelist Portraits, c. 1480. The four gospels are preceded by a full-page portrait miniature of the appropriate evangelist

Creator: Master of the First Prayerbook of Maximillian (Flemish, c. 1444-1519); Associates
Hours of Queen Isabella the Catholic, Queen of Spain: Fol. 80v, Virgin & Christ with Angels, c. 1500. This manuscript was illuminated by a circle of at least five highly organized manuscript painters

Gospel Book with Evangelist Portraits: Saint Mark, c. 1480. Creator: Hausbuch Master (German)
Gospel Book with Evangelist Portraits: Saint Mark, c. 1480. Each of the four gospels, here in Latin, are preceded by a full-page miniature of the appropriate Evangelist

Gospel Book with Evangelist Portraits: Saint John, c. 1480. Creator: Hausbuch Master (German)
Gospel Book with Evangelist Portraits: Saint John, c. 1480. Each of the four gospels, here in Latin, are preceded by a full-page miniature of the appropriate Evangelist

Gospel Book with Evangelist Portraits: Saint Matthew, c. 1480. Creator: Hausbuch Master (German)
Gospel Book with Evangelist Portraits: Saint Matthew, c. 1480. Each of the four gospels, here in Latin, are preceded by a full-page miniature of the appropriate Evangelist

Gospel Book with Evangelist Portraits: Saint Luke, 1480-1500. Creator: Hausbuch Master (German)
Gospel Book with Evangelist Portraits: Saint Luke, 1480-1500. The four gospels are preceded by a full-page portrait miniature of the appropriate evangelist

Gospel Book with Evangelist Portraits: Decorated Initial, c. 1480. Creator: Hausbuch Master
Gospel Book with Evangelist Portraits: Decorated Initial, c. 1480. The four gospels are preceded by a full-page portrait miniature of the appropriate evangelist

Hours of Charles the Noble, King of Navarre (1361-1425), fol. 284v, Four Doctors of the Church, c. 1405. This precious volume was obviously highly prized by its owner

Book of Hours (Use of Rouen): fol. 91v, c. 1470. Creator: Master of the Geneva Latini (French)
Book of Hours (Use of Rouen): fol. 91v, c. 1470. In the late 1400s and early 1500s Rouen was an established and important center of book production

Book of Hours (Use of Rouen): fol. 82r, c. 1470. Creator: Master of the Geneva Latini (French)
Book of Hours (Use of Rouen): fol. 82r, c. 1470. In the late 1400s and early 1500s Rouen was an established and important center of book production

Book of Hours (Use of Rouen): fol. 80v, c. 1470. Creator: Master of the Geneva Latini (French)
Book of Hours (Use of Rouen): fol. 80v, c. 1470. In the late 1400s and early 1500s Rouen was an established and important center of book production

Book of Hours (Use of Rouen): fol. 99r, c. 1470. Creator: Master of the Geneva Latini (French)
Book of Hours (Use of Rouen): fol. 99r, c. 1470. In the late 1400s and early 1500s Rouen was an established and important center of book production

Book of Hours (Use of Rouen): fol. 86v, c. 1470. Creator: Master of the Geneva Latini (French)
Book of Hours (Use of Rouen): fol. 86v, c. 1470. In the late 1400s and early 1500s Rouen was an established and important center of book production

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