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 ?),...
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...
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...
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...