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Grand Coutumier de Normandie

1300 French Coutumier de Normandie; 148 leaves of parchment; 27 cm.

A 1403 French de Normandie manuscript: 2 volumes: 99 and 100 leaves, 9 by 7 cm.

hanging (suzani)

Modern suzani. Rectangular hanging suzani consisting of a center field of large floral sprays and multicolor palmettes with tendrils and leaves. The…

Hartigan-Go — British Library MS Arundel 16 f. 2 — Manuscript artwork of a scribe surrounded by animals

This item is a partial page of a medieval manuscript. The focus of the image is the illuminated artwork, following the shape of a capital letter "R".…

Hartigan-Go — British Library MS Arundel 16, f. 1

This item is a partial page of an illuminated medieval manuscript. It depicts colourful artwork of a scribe holding a quill and surrounded by mythical…

Hartigan-Go — British Library MS Arundel 16, f. 2

The items are a page from an illuminated medieval manuscript. The first image depicts the full page, with its artwork and neat handwritten…

Hartigan-Go Exercise

Activity for today's lecture

Harun al-Rashid, "In The Palace of the 'Abbasid Caliph"

Miniature painting taken from a Nigaristan manuscript (East Azerbaijan, province of Iran). The miniature features the grandeur of the Caliph Harun…

This Hebrew Bible (Tanakh) was written and decorated in 1307 in Christian-ruled Toledo at a time when Jewish life in Spain was becoming increasingly…