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Book of Hours, 1500
Royal MS 2 B.xv, f.10v
British Library
#art #illuminatedmanuscript
November 6, 2025 at 5:29 PM
passamezzo.bsky.social
Gaudeamus Omnes - An introit for #AllSaintsDay
From a #15thCentury #Italian #illuminated #gradual.
Sotheby's www.sothebys.com/en/auctions/...

#otd #onthisday #earlymusic #illuminatedmanuscript #choirbook #gradual #illuminatedinitials #renaissancesky #renaissance #renaissanceart
November 1, 2025 at 12:02 PM
saderaveneyes.bsky.social
#Angeltober Day 29-30-31, with a mix of four prompts from #SanctasAngeltober & #UltrAngeltober

Second Death / Gog & Magog / Judgement of Satan + Comet

#Angeltober2025 #Inktober #Inktober2025 #IlluminatedManuscript #InkDrawing #Watercolours #Revelation
A modern illuminated manuscript imitating a medieval one, inked in black. The border is decorated with a night sky, with stars, moons, and comets. The texts are from Revelation, in greek: Rev 20:13-15, 7-9, 10.
October 31, 2025 at 6:31 PM
saderaveneyes.bsky.social
#Angeltober Day 27-28, with a mix of three prompts from #SanctasAngeltober & #UltrAngeltober

Seven Plagues / Winepress of God's Wrath + Nephilim

#Angeltober2025 #Inktober #Inktober2025 #IlluminatedManuscript #InkDrawing #Watercolours #Revelation
A modern illuminated manuscript imitating a medieval one, inked in black. The border is decorated with xxx. On the left page there is the drawing of the seven cups, while on the the right one there is the drawing of a shoot of grapevine. The texts are from Revelation, in greek: Rev 15:1, 5-7; 14:17-20.
October 29, 2025 at 9:36 AM
saderaveneyes.bsky.social
#Angeltober Day 25-26, with a mix of three prompts from #SanctasAngeltober & #UltrAngeltober

False Prophet / Book of Life + Cultist

#Angeltober2025 #Inktober #Inktober2025 #IlluminatedManuscript #InkDrawing #Watercolours #Revelation
A modern illuminated manuscript imitating a medieval one, inked in black. The border is decorated with an inverted chapel. On the left page there is the drawing of the False Prophet/Second Beast, while on the the right one there is the drawing of a book speared on a bloody sword. The texts are from Revelation, in greek: Rev 13:11-14, 8-10.
October 26, 2025 at 10:18 PM
cassieoh.bsky.social
Autumn in the garden ❤️🍁🍂🐍

I really cannot overstate how excited I am about how this one came out

#ceramicart #illuminatedmanuscript #ceramics
October 25, 2025 at 5:59 PM
irishashyt.bsky.social
Adapted from original medieval design in the Northumberland Bestiary, 13th century, showing Adam naming the animals.

Digitally redrawn and recoloured for a modern contemporary finish. A4 size.

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#animals #zoo #medieval #history #archives #illuminatedmanuscript
A4 page with three human figures on top and surround to sides and base with assortment of animals in medieval style Detail of blue bird eating eel Detail of monkey, squirrel, any, hedgehog and warthog
October 25, 2025 at 12:28 PM
saderaveneyes.bsky.social
#Angeltober Day 23-24, with a mix of three prompts from #SanctasAngeltober & #UltrAngeltober

Armageddon / Babylon the Great + Votary

#Angeltober2025 #Inktober #Inktober2025 #IlluminatedManuscript #InkDrawing #Watercolours #Revelation
A modern illuminated manuscript imitating a medieval one, inked in black. The border is simply decorated. On the left page it is written Armageddon in Hebrew ("הר מגירו"), while on the the right one there is the drawing of Babylon the Great. The texts are from Revelation, in greek: Rev 16:14-16; 17:3-6.
October 24, 2025 at 10:32 PM
saderaveneyes.bsky.social
#Angeltober Day 21-22, with a mix of three prompts from #SanctasAngeltober & #UltrAngeltober

The Throne of God / Two Witnesses + Beacon

#Angeltober2025 #Inktober #Inktober2025 #IlluminatedManuscript #InkDrawing #Watercolours #Revelation
A modern illuminated manuscript imitating a medieval one, inked in black. The border is decorated with a geometrical pattern. On the left page there is the drawing of the seven lamps, while on the the right one there is the drawing of two candlesticks and two olive trees. The texts are from Revelation, in greek: Rev 4:2-5; 11:3-6.
October 22, 2025 at 11:05 PM
saderaveneyes.bsky.social
#Angeltober Day 19-20, with a mix of three prompts from #SanctasAngeltober & #UltrAngeltober

First Beast / Slain Lamb + Hierarchy

#Angeltober2025 #Inktober #Inktober2025 #IlluminatedManuscript #InkDrawing #Watercolours #Revelation
A modern illuminated manuscript imitating a medieval one, inked in black and coloured with watercolours. The border is decorated with geometrical patterns. On the left page there is the drawing of the First Beast, while on the the right one there is the drawing of the Slain Lamb. The texts are from Revelation, in greek: Rev Rev 13:1-4; 5:5-8. A modern illuminated manuscript imitating a medieval one, inked in black. The border is decorated with geometrical patterns. On the left page there is the drawing of the First Beast, while on the the right one there is the drawing of the Slain Lamb. The texts are from Revelation, in greek: Rev 13:1-4; 5:5-8.
October 20, 2025 at 9:55 PM
saderaveneyes.bsky.social
#Angeltober Day 17-18, with a mix of three prompts from #SanctasAngeltober & #UltrAngeltober

Angels with Trumpets / Martyrs + Demiurge

#Angeltober2025 #Inktober #Inktober2025 #IlluminatedManuscript #InkDrawing #Watercolours #Revelation
A modern illuminated manuscript imitating a medieval one, inked in black and coloured with watercolours. The border is decorated with flowers, white and blue for the angels, white and red for the martyrs. The texts are from Revelation, in greek: Rev 8:1-6; 7:13-17. A modern illuminated manuscript imitating a medieval one, inked in black. The border is decorated with flowers. The texts are from Revelation, in greek: Rev 8:1-6; 7:13-17.
October 18, 2025 at 2:28 PM
passamezzo.bsky.social
Today's marginal #musicians are playing the #lute and singing from partbooks.
Detail from Cipriano de Rore's Da pacem Domine, in a lavish #choirbook from 1559.
BSB Mus. ms. B(1.
#earlymusic #marginaliamonday #manuscriptmonday #earlymodern #16thCentury #illuminatedmanuscript
October 13, 2025 at 10:10 AM
worldhistory.org
📖 Exciting news! The 'Aberdeen Bestiary', one of the greatest medieval illuminated manuscripts, is now digitized in high resolution and is available online. 

#Medieval #IlluminatedManuscript #AberdeenBestiary #History #HenryVIII
October 12, 2025 at 7:01 PM
cashmerenoir.bsky.social
𝒯𝑜 𝒾𝓂𝒶𝑔𝒾𝓃𝑒 𝓉𝒽𝒾𝓈 𝒶𝓈 𝒶 𝓉𝑜𝓀𝑒𝓃 𝒻𝓇𝑜𝓂 𝒶 𝓁𝑜𝓋𝑒𝓇 🫦

#15thcenturybooks #chansonnier #illuminatedmanuscript
The 15th century chansonnier of Jean de Montchenu, an illuminated manuscript with heart-shaped pages and binding. A person's hands hold it open to reveal musical notations and an illustration of a man and woman walking together.
October 8, 2025 at 7:18 PM
giacomo-bencista.bsky.social
Apocalypse flamande, Pays-Bas méridionaux, 1390-1410
#art #illuminatedmanuscript
Via: gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/b...
October 8, 2025 at 1:51 PM
saderaveneyes.bsky.social
#Angeltober Day 05-06, with a mix of three prompts from #SanctasAngeltober & #UltrAngeltober

War / Famine + Mourning

#Angeltober2025 #Inktober #Inktober2025 #IlluminatedManuscript #InkDrawing #Watercolours #Revelation
A modern illuminated manuscript imitating a medieval one, inked in black and coloured with watercolours. The border is decorated with skulls and belladonna flowers; at the bottom of the left page there is a drawing of the Second Knight, the Red one, usually identified as War, while at the bottom of the right page there is a drawing of the Third Knight, the Black one, usually identified as Famine. The texts are from Revelation, in greek: Rev 6:3-4; 5-6 A modern illuminated manuscript imitating a medieval one, inked in black. The border is decorated with skulls and belladonna flowers; at the bottom of the left page there is a drawing of the Second Knight, usually identified as War, while at the bottom of the right page there is a drawing of the Third Knight, usually identified as Famine. The texts are from Revelation, in greek: Rev 6:3-4; 5-6
October 6, 2025 at 8:29 PM
passamezzo.bsky.social
Today's #marginalmusician is a rather indistinct #lutenist.
Opposite an image of David with a #harp.
From an #illuminatedmanuscript in the National Library of the Czech Republic, iii.h.37, c1500

#marginaliamonday #manuscriptmonday
#earlymusic #lute #earlymodern
October 6, 2025 at 9:40 AM
saderaveneyes.bsky.social
#Angeltober Day 03-04, with a mix of three prompts from #SanctasAngeltober & #UltrAngeltober

John of Patmos / Conquest + Abyssal

#Angeltober2025 #Inktober #Inktober2025 #IlluminatedManuscript #InkDrawing #Watercolours #Revelation
A modern illuminated manuscript imitating a medieval one, inked in black and coloured with watercolours. The border border is decorated with two entwined snakes, one red and one green, and at the bottom of the right page there is the drawing of the First Knight, the White one, usually identified as Conquest. The texts are from Revelation, in greek: Rev 1:9-10; 10:8-11; 6:1-2. A modern illuminated manuscript imitating a medieval one, inked in black. The border is decorated with two entwined snakes, and at the bottom of the right page there is the drawing of the First Knight, usually identified as Conquest. The texts are from Revelation, in greek: Rev 1:9-10; 10:8-11; 6:1-2.
October 4, 2025 at 2:25 PM
fantocha.bsky.social
#medievalsky #medievalart #medieval #marginalia #medievalmanuscript #illuminatedmanuscript #medievalbestiary #bestiary #bestiario #snail #caracol #knight #caballero
October 4, 2025 at 4:06 AM
saderaveneyes.bsky.social
#Angeltober Day 01-02, with a mix of three prompts from #SanctasAngeltober & #UltrAngeltober

Alpha & Omega / Revelation + Sanctuary

#Angeltober2025 #IlluminatedManuscript
A modern illuminated manuscript imitating a medieval one, inked in black and coloured with watercolours. The border decoration resembles a gothic church, and the texts are from the Revelations, in greek: Rev 1:7-8; 21:5-6; 22:12-13; 1:1-3; 22:18-21 A modern illuminated manuscript imitating a medieval one, inked in black. The border decoration resembles a gothic church, and the texts are from the Revelations, in greek: Rev 1:7-8; 21:5-6; 22:12-13; 1:1-3; 22:18-21
October 2, 2025 at 3:28 PM
irishashyt.bsky.social
Cats are always cats, whether it's the medieval period or today.
Those of us that love them understand they have very important ghosts to jump at and shenanigans to plot.
#medieval #cat #history #catpeople #archives #illuminatedmanuscript 😻
October 1, 2025 at 6:28 AM
passamezzo.bsky.social
Today's marginal #musician is playing the #bagpipes.
From a #15thCentury history of #Troy.
Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana Pal.Lat.1962

#marginaliamonday #manuscriptmonday #illuminatedmanuscript #earlymusic
September 29, 2025 at 10:57 AM
fantocha.bsky.social
Centaurs/Centauros, obviamente representan a Sagitario Menacing rabbits #medievalsky #medievalmanuscript #illuminatedmanuscript #medievalart #medieval #marginalia #centaur #centauro #sagitario #sagitarius
September 29, 2025 at 7:49 AM
fantocha.bsky.social
Menacing rabbits #medievalsky #medievalmanuscript #illuminatedmanuscript #medievalart #medieval #marginalia #conejo #rabbit #liebre #hare
Vincent of Beauvais, Speculum historiale, France ca. 1295 (Boulogne-sur-Mer, BM, ms. 130II, f. 319v) Le livre de Lancelot du Lac, sj. Francuska oko 1275-1300 Breviary of Marguerite/Renaud de Bar, c. 1302
September 29, 2025 at 7:45 AM
fantocha.bsky.social
Elefants the best the Monks could #medievalsky #medievalmanuscript #illuminatedmanuscript #medievalart #medieval #elephant #elefante
from the medieval text Das Buch der Natur (The Book of Nature) by Konrad von Megenberg. Guillaume le Clerc, siglo XIII The Marvels of the East, mid-11th century, Cotton MS Tiberius B V 1, f. 81r 3-4/ Add MS 28841, bl.uk
September 29, 2025 at 7:33 AM