Italian illuminated manuscripts (1450-1500)
Preview Picture Data File Info Comment
Prayer Book of Lorenzo de' Medici
1458
Illumination on parchment
Biblioteca Medicea-Laurenziana, Florence

579*900
True Color
192 Kb



Prayer Book of Lorenzo de' Medici
1458
Illumination on parchment
Biblioteca Medicea-Laurenziana, Florence

589*900
True Color
182 Kb



Bible of Borso d'Este
1450-70
Illumination on parchment
Biblioteca Estense, Modena

618*900
True Color
194 Kb



Florentine Bible
1470s
Illumination on parchment
Biblioteca Medicea-Laurenziana, Florence

640*874
True Color
167 Kb



Missal
1474-75
Illumination on parchment
Museo Nazionale del Bargello, Florence

576*840
True Color
215 Kb



Codex Heroica by Philostratus
1487-90
Illumination on parchment
National Széchényi Library, Budapest

553*900
True Color
191 Kb



Codex Heroica
1487-90
Illumination on parchment
National Széchényi Library, Budapest

484*503
True Color
103 Kb



Codex Heroica
1480s
Illumination on parchment
National Széchényi Library, Budapest

502*504
True Color
92 Kb



Epitome Rerum Hungaricarum
before 1490
Illumination on parchment
National Széchényi Library, Budapest

505*511
True Color
81 Kb



Missal
1485-87
Illumination on parchment
Bibliothčque Royale Albert 1er, Brussels

631*900
True Color
171 Kb



Marlianus Codex
1488
Illumination on parchment
Biblioteca Guarnacci, Volterra

646*891
True Color
161 Kb



On the Architecture by Averulinus
c. 1490
Illumination on parchment
Biblioteca Nazionale Marciana, Venice

497*820
True Color
154 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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