Gothic illuminated manuscripts (1400-1450) Page 1
Preview Picture Data File Info Comment
Book of Hours of Maréchal de Boucicaut
1405-08
Parchment, 27,4 x 19 cm
Musée Jacquemart-André, Paris

624*871
True Color
230 Kb



Book of Hours
c. 1423
Illumination on parchment, 41 x 28 cm
British Library, London

528*778
True Color
118 Kb



Vir Dolorum (Man of Sorrows)
1400-20
Lead and tempera on wood, 8,7 x 12,6 cm
Deutsche Staatsbibliothek, Berlin

636*446
True Color
85 Kb



Charles VI Talking to Pierre Salmon
1412
Vellum, 26,5 x 10,5 cm
Bibliothèque Publique et Universitaire, Geneva

638*1051
True Color
187 Kb



Lament over the Dead Christ
c. 1418
Vellum, 29 x 80.8 cm
Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris

744*1042
True Color
198 Kb



Vision of the Throne of the Lord (The Paris Apocalypse)
c. 1400
Vellum, 27,5 x 18,5 cm
Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris

660*936
True Color
186 Kb



La Cité des Dames of Christine de Pisan
1410s
Illumination on parchment, 12 x 18 cm
Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris

1039*675
True Color
153 Kb



Bellifortis
1414-15
Illumination on parchment
Library of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest

624*900
True Color
153 Kb



Les très riches heures du Duc de Berry
1412-16
Illumination on parchment
Musée Condé, Chantilly

585*940
True Color
103 Kb



Lectionarium
c. 1400
Illumination on parchment
Library of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest

654*900
True Color
185 Kb



Comments on Ptolemai
c. 1400
Illumination on parchment
Österreichische Nationalbibliothek, Vienna

640*880
True Color
199 Kb



Christ on the Cross between the Virgin and St John the Evangelist
1413
Vellum, 41,5 x 29,5 cm
Town Archive, Brno

659*970
True Color
135 Kb



St Benedict
1420
Vellum, 15,5 x 16,1 cm
Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest

800*760
True Color
172 Kb



Breviarium
c. 1400
Illumination on parchment
Biblioteka Jagiellonska, Cracow

533*900
True Color
149 Kb



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Summary of illuminated manuscripts (miniatures)
1150-1200 | 1200-1250 | 1250-1300 | 1300-1350 | 1350-1400 | French
1400-1450, page 1 | 1400-1450, page 2 | 1500-1550
1450-1500
French | Netherlandish | Italian | Hungarian | Various


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