Sunday Morning Viewing Pleasure – French 1425 Broad leaf acanthus and sexy latin calligraphy

Due to the popularity of previous Dutch books posted, here is another pretty little book, scroll ALL the way through to find the best pages! It’s worth the effort, I promise!

VAN ALPHEN HOURS at the Walters Gallery

http://www.thedigitalwalters.org/Data/WaltersManuscripts/html/W782/

Italy 1470 at the Morgan Library The layout is Psalter like but the Italians put their own spin on it after that. A really pretty book, a variety of layouts some simple some more complex, something for everyone.

http://ica.themorgan.org/manuscript/thumbs/77330

Whether it is an Archangel or St George slaying the devil, a demon or a dragon, this is a popular theme in many many books and I felt it deserved it’s moment in the sun this morning, from the Bodleian library.

https://iiif.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/iiif/viewer/eb8f7117-3f6e-401f-91ce-1b4ed1364f48#?c=0&m=0&s=0&cv=296&r=0&xywh=-4994%2C-439%2C15415%2C8033

And something early The Valenciennes Bible:

https://bvmm.irht.cnrs.fr/consult/consult.php?reproductionId=11373

Enjoy!

Antoinette