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Ancient Indian manuscript

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shuddhi:

Betrayal and Agony in the Garden
Within a Garden of Gethsemane enclosed by a circle of wattle fencing, the leader of a large party of armed men lays hands on Christ to arrest him as Judas thrusts his face forward to kiss Christ. To the left, St Peter raises his sword to cut off Malchus’s ear. Christ’s earlier agony, with the disciples sleeping and the soldiers approaching, is depicted in miniature (upper left). Above, God gazes down upon the scene, with Jerusalem (and a windmill) in the distance. From a Book of Hours produced in Normandy (c.1440-50) for the English market; the work of an artist known as the Master of Sir John Falstolf.

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porentreletras:

Book of Hours Valencia, c. 1460 Vellum, 167 leaves, 150 x 100 mm. Chemise binding. Collection of the Koninklijke Bibliotheek

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emmasdilemma:

Matthew, Man from Book of Durrow

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shuddhi:

Building of the Ark
c. 1423
MASTER of the Duke of Bedford

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langoaurelian:

Insignia Neapolitanorum : Papal Arms
Pope Boniface IX (1350 – October 1, 1404), born Piero Tomacelli

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Montaigne kept re-editing his essays throughout his life. This is his own copy of the second edition of the essays.

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harpy:

Sermon collection - Margin ornaments of an Armenian manuscript, 1204 From Miniatures Arméniennes, Hayastan, Erevan, 1969

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nends:

The Prayer Book of Claude de France - tiny, jewel-like manuscript made around 1517

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touba:

A volume of Shiite prayers copied in naskh script by the princess Umm Salamah, a daughter of Fath’ali Shah Qajar, for her nephew, Prince Muhammad Husayn Mirza. Iran, c.1823. *

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mediumaevum:

Chiromantic drawings of both hands, with ornamental ground.
c. 1292

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posthorn:

16th Century gunner from Artilleriebuch by Walther Litzelmann, in the Bavarian State Library.

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posthorn:

“Mouth of Hell” from the Hours of Catherine of Cleves (illuminated manuscript), by the Master of Catherine of Cleves, c. 1440.

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