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The Devil
Portrait of the Devil, Codex Gigas, f. 290r., created in the early 13th century CE in Bohemia (modern-day Czech Republic).
National Library of Sweden, Stockholm.
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Lindisfarne Gospels
Initial page of the Gospel of St. Mark from the Lindisfarne Gospels (c. 700-715 CE), created at the Lindisfarne Priory on the “Holy Island” off the coast of Northumbria, Britain.
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Book of Hours of Jeanne d'Evreux
Jean Pucelle: Hours of Jeanne d'Evreux. 1325-28 CE, Metropolitan Museum, New York.
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Monk Working in Scriptorium
Depiction of a monk at work copying a text by hand in a writing room known as a scriptorium. From the 5th to the 13th century CE monasteries were the sole producers of books. The scriptorium was a large room with wooden chairs and writing...
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Book of Kells, Folio 5
Folio 5 of the Book of Kells with the Eusebian Canons.
Trinity College Library
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Grimani Breviary
December, Brevarium Grimani, fol. 13v, Flemish, c. 1510 CE.
Biblioteca Marciana, Venice
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Medieval Manuscript Illustration of the Nativity
A 1310-1320 CE manuscript illustration of the Nativity. Made in East Anglia. (National Library of Wales)
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The New Jerusalem
The vision of a new Jerusalem as described in the book of Revelation, folio 55 recto, MS A. II. 42, Bamberger Apokalypse, c. 1000.
Staatsbibliothek, Bamberg.
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Lindisfarne Gospels Cover
A cover of the Lindisfarne Gospels, produced in the Kingdom of Northumbria 8-10th century CE. (British Library, London)
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Page from the Masnavi
Collection of poems (masnavi), Walters Art Museum Ms. W.625, fol. 51b A leaf from an elegantly calligraphed and illuminated copy of the collection of poems, known as Mas̱navī-i maʿnavī, by Jalāl al-Dīn Rūmī (d.672 AH / 1273 CE). This codex...