Savoi(re)'s Musical Flowers - Part 1
After over a year of silence (although Servir Antico's Facebook page has served also as depository of images), I return to this blog with...
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 ?),...
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...
Treasures of gold, guts and pipes
After the last post with trumpet-monster images from Egerton MS 3277, 2nd half of the14th century, here some of the wonderful treasures...
The musicians of Salem
Images from the Cistercian monastery in Salem, Southern Germany (by Konstanz). This breviary was commissioned by the Johannes Stantenat,...
The angel-orchestra of the Sforza Hours - 1
The Sforza Hours (1494-1521). Part 1 The vibrant colors of this book of hours is what struck me immediately. And what a nice surprise...