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Manuscripts and Lettering

Illuminated pages and the scribes’ alphabets.

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The Book of the Fixed Stars (Ottoman Copy)

'Abd al-Rahman al-Sufi

Plate, 18th century

PA-00260from $55

May — The Green Ride

The Limbourg Brothers (Herman, Paul & Jean de Limbourg); later folios completed by Jean Colombe

Illuminated manuscript, c. 1412–1416

PA-00910from $60

Leaf with an Illuminated Initial D

Unidentified illuminator

Illuminated manuscript, 15th century

PA-00305from $55

The Zodiac Man

The Limbourg brothers

Plate, c. 1416

PA-00459from $55

The Melothesia

Engraver unknown

Engraving, c. 1660

PA-00460from $60

The Seven Planets

Engraver unknown

Engraving, c. 1530

PA-00463from $55

The Anatomical Man

The Limbourg Brothers (Herman, Paul & Jean de Limbourg); later folios completed by Jean Colombe

Illuminated manuscript, c. 1412–1416

PA-00918from $55

The Whale Mistaken for an Island

Unknown Franco-Flemish illuminator

Illuminated manuscript, c. 1270

PA-00927from $55

The Sun Rises Over the City

Unknown illuminator (text attributed to Salomon Trismosin)

Plate, 1582 copy

PA-00507from $60

The Four Evangelist Symbols

Unknown Insular scribe-artists (traditionally associated with the community of Columba, Iona and Kells)

Illuminated manuscript, c. 800 AD

PA-00902from $55

The Temptation of Christ

Unknown Insular scribe-artists (traditionally associated with the community of Columba, Iona and Kells)

Illuminated manuscript, c. 800 AD

PA-00904from $55

Christ Enthroned

Unknown Insular scribe-artists

Illuminated manuscript, c. 800 AD

PA-00920from $55

A Plate from the Cloisters Apocalypse

Unknown Norman illuminator

Illuminated manuscript, c. 1330

PA-00922from $55

The Book of the Fixed Stars

'Abd al-Rahman al-Sufi

Plate, Copied late 15th century

PA-00259from $60

Leaf with the Annunciation

Unidentified illuminator

Illuminated manuscript, 15th century

PA-00304from $60

The First Parable: Miners at the Rock

Unknown illuminator (text attributed to Salomon Trismosin)

Plate, 1582 copy

PA-00502from $55

The Eight-Circle Cross

Unknown Insular scribe-artists (traditionally associated with the community of Columba, Iona and Kells)

Illuminated manuscript, c. 800 AD

PA-00903from $55

January — The Duke's New Year

The Limbourg Brothers (Herman, Paul & Jean de Limbourg); later folios completed by Jean Colombe

Illuminated manuscript, c. 1412–1416

PA-00906from $60

August — The Falconry Party

The Limbourg Brothers (Herman, Paul & Jean de Limbourg); later folios completed by Jean Colombe

Illuminated manuscript, c. 1412–1416

PA-00917from $60

Manuscripts and Lettering