Historiated Initial ‘A’ from a Bible showing a Nun at Diepenveen Convent

A fifteenth century Netherlandish manuscript painted by a Nun at the Diepenveen Convent.

A fifteenth century Netherlandish manuscript painted by a Nun at the Diepenveen Convent.

This miniature is likely from a French Book of Hours, produced in Paris, France, dating between 1420-30.

This cutting from an Italian choir book is a religious scene of the finding of the cross, embellished with ornate details.

This action-packed illustration is part of a larger set of romances belonging to the Cycle des Sept sages (Cycle of the Seven Sages).

Kissing is a frequent motif in illuminated manuscripts and symbolises devotion and reverence.

This cutting is a forgery painted in the 1900s on top of a manuscript from a 14th or 15th-century Italian antiphonary.

This cutting from a Parisian thirteenth-century bible shows the physical alterations and wear to the manuscript over time.

This cutting is a forgery painted in the 1900s on top of a manuscript from a 14th or 15th-century Italian antiphonary.

This is an Italian choir book cutting, produced in Verona, Italy in the early sixteenth century by painter, Domenico Morone.

In this incredibly detailed leaf, the letter U is shown while two figures are around it.