Western Manuscripts and Miniatures

1: TUSCAN ILLUMINATOR Decorated initial ‘N’ from an Atlantic Bible, in Latin, illuminated manuscript on parchment [Italy, Tuscany, c. 1175–1200]

2: TUSCAN ILLUMINATOR Historiated initial ‘Q’ from an unknown manuscript, in Latin, illuminated manuscript on parchment [Italy, Lucca, c. 1175]

3: CENTRAL ITALIAN ILLUMINATOR Cutting of a decorative initial 'Q' ('Quid mirum si aeterna…'), from the opening of Chapter 19 of Gregory the Great's Moralia in Job. Ink and paint on vellum. Italy, early 12th century

4: MOSAN ILLUMINATOR(?) Single leaf with decorated Initial ‘T’ from a Lectern Bible, in Latin, illuminated manuscript on parchment [The Netherlands, Mosan? c. 1150]

5: TUSCAN ILLUMINATOR Fragment with an initial ‘A’ from De patriarchis, in Latin, illuminated manuscript on parchment [Italy, Tuscany, c. 1150]

6: MOZARABIC ILLUMINATOR Leaf from a Mozarabic Antiphonary with a historiated initial ‘D’ depicting a female saint, in Latin, illuminated manuscript on parchment [Spain, first half(?) of the thirteenth century]

7: ALMAGEST MASTER Single leaf from a Bible, with a historiated initial of the winged lion of Saint Mark, illuminated manuscript on parchment [France, Paris, c. 1220s]

8: JOHANNES GRUSCH ATELIER (active Paris c. 1230s–1270s) Single leaf with historiated Initial ‘F’ with The Killing of the Sons of Heli from a Bible, in Latin, illuminated manuscript on parchment [France, Paris, c. 1250]

9: CIRCLE OF WILLIAM DE BRAILES (active Oxford, c. 1230-1260) Leaf from a Bible with a historiated initial ‘A’ depicting Saint John writing the Book of Revelation, in Latin, illuminated manuscript on parchment [England, Oxford, c. 1250–1270]

10: SOUTHERN FRENCH ILLUMINATOR Leaf with a historiated initial ‘P’ of Saint Paul from the Mailhac-Faber Bible, in Latin, illuminated manuscript on parchment [Southern France, late 13th–early 14th century]

11: NORTHERN FRENCH ILLUMINATOR Leaf from a Psalter with an inhabited initial ‘D’ from the beginning of Psalm 130, and a decorated initial ‘M’, in Latin, illuminated manuscript on parchment [France or Paris, c. 1200-1250]

12: FOLLOWER OF THE MASTER OF BAGNACAVLLO and THE MASTER OF IMOLA Cutting with historiated initial ‘P’ of Saint Paul from an Atlantic Bible, in Latin, illuminated manuscript on parchment [Italy, Bologna, c. 1270]

13: MASTER OF SANT’ALESSIO IN BIGIANO (active ca. 1275–1300) Leaf with a historiated initial ‘P’ of The Ascension from an Antiphonary, in Latin, illuminated manuscript on parchment [Florence, ca. 1280–1285]

14: MASTER OF MONZA (active Northern Italy, c. 1250-1270?) Cutting of Saint Boniface from a Legendary, in Latin, illuminated manuscript on parchment [Italy, Lombardy, c. 1285–1290]

15: RHENISH ILLUMINATOR(?) Cutting with historiated initial ‘E’ of the Adoration of the Magi, probably from a Gradual, in Latin, illuminated manuscript on parchment [Germany, The Rhineland? c. 1240–1260]

16: RHENISH ILLUMINATOR(?), Cutting with historiated initial ‘P’ of the Nativity probably from a Gradual, in Latin, illuminated manuscript on parchment [Germany, The Rhineland? c. 1240–1260]

17: CIRCLE OF THE MASTER OF IMOLA (active Emilia Romagna, c. 1265-1280) Single leaf with historiated initial ‘S’ with Christ the Redeemer from an Antiphonal, in Latin, illuminated manuscript on parchment [Italy, Bologna or Emilia, c. 1275]

18: EMILIA-ROMAGNA ILLUMINATOR Cutting with Initial ‘D’ with the Life of Saint Lucy from a Gradual, in Latin, Illuminated manuscript on parchment [Italy, Emilia-Romagna? c. 1290–1300]

19: METZ SCHOOL Single Leaf from a Missal with historiated initial of the Elevation of the Mass, in Latin, illuminated manuscript on parchment [France, Metz or Verdun, c. 1300–1315]

20: WORKSHOP OF SAN DOMENICO (DECORATOR B) (active Bologna, first quarter of the 14th century) Leaf with a historiated initial ‘D’ of Saint John the Baptist from a Gradual, in Latin, illuminated manuscript on parchment [Italy, Bologna, c. 1310–1330]