Book Art Collection (page 5)

Louis de Gruuthuse before an astronomical clock (From: Horloge de Sapience by Henri Suso), ca. 1470-1480. Found in the Collection of Bibliothe que Nationale de France

The translator reading the Latin text in the library, ca 1460. Found in the Collection of Bibliothe que Nationale de France

Market scene and Presentation of the book to Philip the Good. From: Conquestes et croniques de Charlemagne by David Aubert, ca 1459. Found in the Collection of Bibliothe que royale de Belgique

Meeting of the Order of the Golden Fleece chaired by Charles the Bold, 1475-1480. Found in the Collection of Bibliothe que Nationale de France

Philip the Good (from: The Great Armorial of the Knights of the Golden Fleece), 1430-1461. Found in the Collection of Bibliothe que Nationale de France

Jean Wauquelin presenting his Chroniques de Hainaut to Philip the Good, 1447. Found in the Collection of Bibliothe que royale de Belgique

The Knights Tournament. From: Der Theuerdank by Melchior Pfinzing, 1517. Found in the Collection of Herzog August Bibliothek Wolfenbüttel

Jan Hus burned at the stake, and his ashes thrown into the Rhine. (Illustration from the Richentals illustrated chronicle), 1483. Found in the Collection of Herzog August Bibliothek Wolfenbüttel

Jan Hus delivered over to the secular power (Illustration from the Richentals illustrated chronicle), 1483. Found in the Collection of Herzog August Bibliothek Wolfenbüttel

The Gutenberg Bible, 1454. Found in the Collection of University of Go ttingen

Theophany of Divine Love. (Vision from Liber Divinorum Operum), ca 1220-1230. Found in the Collection of Biblioteca Statale, Lucca

The Cosmic Spheres and Human Being. (Vision from Liber Divinorum Operum), ca 1220-1230. Found in the Collection of Biblioteca Statale, Lucca

Living, Dying and Purgatory. (Vision from Liber Divinorum Operum), ca 1220-1230. Found in the Collection of Biblioteca Statale, Lucca

The Completion of the Cosmos (Vision from Liber Divinorum Operum), ca 1220-1230. Found in the Collection of Biblioteca Statale, Lucca

Macrocosm and Microcosm (Vision from Liber Divinorum Operum), ca 1220-1230. Found in the Collection of Biblioteca Statale, Lucca

Cosmos, Body, and Soul. (Vision from Liber Divinorum Operum), ca 1220-1230. Found in the Collection of Biblioteca Statale, Lucca

Title page for the story The Queen of spades by A. Pushkin, 1834. Found in the Collection of State Museum of A.S. Pushkin, Moscow

Narrative of the wonderous Life of the Noted Chivalrous Courageous Knight Popirai Podvigaevich, Early 19th cen.. Private Collection

Alexander Griboyedov. Frontispiece to the comedy Woe from Wit by Alexander Griboyedov, 1913. Found in the Collection of Russian State Library, Moscow

Die Kunstismen. (The Isms of Art) by El Lissitzky und Hans Arp, 1925. Private Collection

Illustration to the comedy Woe from Wit by Alexander Griboyedov, 1913. Found in the Collection of Russian State Library, Moscow

View of Venice. From: Peregrinatio in terram sanctam, 1486. Found in the collection of Bibliotheque Nationale de France

Surgical instruments. Manuscript of Al-Tasrif (The Method of Medicine) by Abulcasis, ca 1213-1223. Found in the collection of Bibliotheque Nationale du Royaume du Maroc, Rabat

Ivan Alexander of Bulgaria with Jesus Christ and Constantine Manasses (Miniature of Manasses chronic)
Ivan Alexander of Bulgaria with Jesus Christ and Constantine Manasses (Miniature of Manasses chronicle), Mid of the 14th cen.. Found in the collection of Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana

Emperor Theophilos kisses a Christ icon on an encolpion. The Triumph of Orthodoxy (Miniature of Mana)
Emperor Theophilos kisses a Christ icon on an encolpion. The Triumph of Orthodoxy (Miniature of Manasses chronicle), Mid of the 14th cen.. Found in the collection of Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana

Ivan Alexander of Bulgaria, his second wife Sarah-Theodora, and their sons. Tetraevangelia of Ivan Alexander (Four Gospels), 1355-1356. Found in the collection of British Library

Alexius I Comnenus before Christ, 12th century. Found in the collection of Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana

View of Venice. From: Liber chronicarum by Hartmann Schedel, 1493. Found in the collection of Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, Munich

Hannibal defeated the Romans. From the Romuleon, c. 1480. Private Collection

Hobgoblin. Illustration from The Pink Fairy Book by Andrew Lang, 1904. Private Collection

Cover design for the book Childrens Island by Sasha Chorny, 1921. Private Collection

Das Rheingold (The Rhinegold), 1896. Found in the Collection of Providence School of Design, Museum of Art

Cover of the Libretto of Lohengrin by Richard Wagner. Barcelona, Associacio Wagneriana, 1926. Found in the Collection of Biblioteca de Catalunya

A leaf from the La Sforziada with the portrait of Francesco Sforza in the initial space, 1479. Found in the Collection of Biblioteka Narodowa, Warszawa

Illustration to From the Earth to the Moon by Jules Verne, 1877. Private Collection

Illustration to the Fairy Tales by Alexander Roslavlev, 1909. Private Collection

Illustration from Statuti della Societa dei Drappieri, 1407. Found in the Collection of Museo Civico Medievale, Bologna

The preparation of the pulp and papermaking in the Islamic World, 19th century. Found in the Collection of British Library

The Teaching in an Armenian primary school. Detail of a miniature from Mashtots Matenadaran, 1417. Found in the collection of Mesrop Mashtots Institute of Ancient Manuscripts (Matenadaran), Yerevan

A Zodiac Man diagram showing the seasons for bloodletting. From Liber Cosmographiae, 1408. Found in the collection of Trinity College Library, Cambridge

Illustration for the book Hunting in the North, Early 1930s. Private Collection

The Tale The Golden Cockerel by A. Pushkin, 1907. Private Collection

Illustration to Puss in Boots by Ch. Perrault. Private Collection

The Investiture of the Knight. From: Lancelot du Lac. Found in the Collection of Bibliotheque Nationale de France

Illustration for The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam. Private Collection

Illustration for War of Petrushka and Stepka-Rastrepka by Evgeni Schwartz, 1925. Private Collection

Inferno. Illustration to the Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri. Private Collection

Illustration for The Wandering Jew. Private Collection

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