sofitheviking: “aubreylstallard: “shout of to the Book of Kells ” All ‘bout dat Chi Rho page ”
stonypathsstrongshoes Chi-Ro page of the Book of Kells. I love the Illuminated Gospels! naminganimals Always reblog the Book of Kells.
bookeofhowrs venusofwillendorf Chi-Rho-Iota page of the Book of Kellsc. 800 CE considermycat Central to the plot of The Secret of Kells, this…
bookshelfporn bookshelfporn Trinity College Dublin’s Library, Ireland Was built in 1592 and houses the 1,000-year-old Book of Kells. considermycat dat roof.
ashleynef hildegardavon Jessie Bayes, 1876-1970 Athena, Hymns to the Elements, ca 1923. One of Bayes’ largest and most elaborate illuminated manuscripts. Close-up of Athena, Mistress of the Air. Cranbrook Kitchen Sink
sexycodicology sexycodicology Gospels, Virgin and Child Enthroned (Theotokos), Worshiped by Pʿilipos and his brothers Yusēpʿ and Sultanša, Walters Manuscript W.543, fol. 14v by Walters Art Museum Illuminated Manuscripts http://flic.kr/p/e8g37G
ashleynef theparisreview The British Library announces that more than thirty-five-thousand digital images from their illuminated manuscripts collection will be available under a public domain mark. considermycat Beautiful medieval illuminated manuscript.
sexycodicology theallseeingcat Très Riches Heures du Duc de Berry or Très Riches Heures is probably the most important illuminated manuscript of the 15th century, “le roi des manuscrits enluminés” (“the king of illuminated manuscripts”). It is a very richly decorated Book of Hours containing over 200 folios, of which about half are full page illustrations.It was painted sometime between 1412 and 1416 by the Limbourg brothers for their patron Jean, Duc de Berry . They left it unfinished at their (and the Duke’s) death in 1416. Charles I, Duke I of Savoy commissioned Jean Colombe to finish the paintings between 1485-1489.Wikimedia
augustinepdf yesterdaysprint Evansville Press, Indiana, February 5, 1912 sapphic-agent-4 it’s a leap yeap morganoperandi My nightmare: making a typo that people are still talking about over a century later 40ouncesandamule Happy leap yeap! considermycat The typo heard round the world