
Planets, Muses and The Chess of Love
BNF, Département des manuscrits, Français 143, Evrart de Conty, Le livre des échecs amoureux, text by Jacobus Magnus (1360 ?-1425 ?),...

The Flute & Drum stories of the Spiezer Chronik
Do you know the famous children's book 'Where's Wally'? If you do, you'll find this similar, but instead of finding the man with the...


Between Heaven and Hell
This time not a Book of Hours, but a book of the hours of the Antichrist. Although at the end of this illuminated manuscript there are...

Heidelberg UB, Cod. Sal. IXe, Livre d’heures, Paris, 1420-30
Heidelberg UB, Cod. Sal. IXe, Livre d’heures, Paris, 1420-30

Between Passions and Numbers
In a book mostly dedicated to the lives of Saints and Passions and a last section that comprises a calculus treatise, we find a single...

Find the horn - an 11th century miscellany
Something must they have had with the horns... that even the lyre has horns! BL Cotton MS Tiberius B V/1, 2nd quarter of the 11th century...

The world is a scary place - the ‘Winchester Psalter’
Also known as the 'Psalter of Henry of Blois', this 12th century manuscript is an exquisite example of the English Romanesque...

Pastime with good Companye - The 'Golf Book'
The 'Golf Book' was illustrated by the Flemish artist Simon Bening, "the leading master of illumination in the 16th century". In this...

The Sforza Hours - 2 / 'In Principio...'
The 'Sforza Hours' doesn't cease to delight with its vibrant colors, cute animals and fascinating instruments. After the 1st post showing...

David's search for harmony- 'The Rutland Psalter'
This mid-13th century psalter's first full-page illustration opens with King David's eyes fixed on me, the viewer. As if he was about to...