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- Weighing of the Dead Man's Conscience
- The Book of the Dead, Papyrus of the Royal Scribe
- 19th Dynasty, 1320-1200BC
- Thebes, Egypt
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- Last Judgment of Hu-Nefer, His tomb at Thebes, Egypt
- Dynasty XIX, ca. 1290-1280 B.C.
- Painted Papyrus scroll
- Approximately 1' 6''
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- The Mistress of the Harem of Amun [Here-Ubekhe]
- Granddaughter of the High Priest Menkheperre Praying the Crocodile Geb
- Papyrus from the hoard of the priest of amun of Dier el Bahri
- Egypt [21st Dynasty c. 1885-950 B.C.]
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- Codex Borbonicus
- Calendar Sheet
- Folio 21
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- Codex Borbonicus
- Xipe Totec
- God of Spring and Renewed Vegetation, Clad in the skin of a human victim
- Facing him, a serpent, Symbol of Quetzalcoatl, swallowing a human being
- Folio 14
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- Early Christian/Byzantine
- Theriaca (Young Man Frightened by Snakes)
- 11th century vellum copy by Nicander of Colophon
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- Early Christian/Byzantine
- Page from De Materia Medica (Plate of 24 Birds)
- Pedanius Dioscorides
- 1st century
- Copy made and illustrated in Constantinople for Princess Anicia Juliana
- c. 512
- Tempera on Vellum, Vienna
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- Early Christian/Byzantine
- Page from De Materia Medica
- Pedanius Dioscoridesa
- Page with Wild Blackberry
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- Early Christian/Byzantine
- Page with Rebecca at the Well
- Book of Genesis
- probably made in Syria or Palestine
- Early 6th century
- Tempera, gold, silver paint on purple-dyed vellum
- Vienna
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- Page with The Crucifixion
- From the Rabbula Gospels
- From Beth Zagba, Syria
- 586
- Florence
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- Early Christian/Byzantine
- Page with The Ascension
- From the Rabbula Gospels
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- Early Christian/Byzantine
- Vergilius Vaticianus (Vatican Vergil)
- Aeneas founding the Town of Thrace
- From the Aeneid III, 13-22
- Vellum
- 4-5th Century
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- Early Christian/Byzantine
- The Old Farmer (of Corycus)
- Miniature from the Vatican Vergil
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- Early Christian/Byzantine
- The Crucifixion and Iconoclasts
- From the Khludoy Psalter
- After 843 CE
- Tempera on Vellum
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- Early Christian/Byzantine
- St. John of Damascus
- Illuminated vellum leaves from the Sacra Parellela
- 9th century
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- Early Christian/Byzantine
- Page with David the Psalmist
- From The Paris Psalter
- Mid-10th Cnetury
- Paint on Vellum
- Bibliotheque Nationale, Paris
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- Early Christian/Byzantine
- Illuminated Vellum Leaves
- From The Joshua Roll
- 10th Century
- Grisaille
- Vatican Library
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- Early Medieval
- Page with Lion, Book of Mark
- Gospel Book of Durrow
- Probably made at Iona, Scotland
- c. 675
- ink and tempera on parchment
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- Early Medieval
- Lindisfarne Gospel
- Cover
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- Early Medieval
- Lindisfarne Gospel
- Carpet Page
- Late 7th Century
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- Early Medieval
- Beginning of Gospel of Matthew
- Lindisfarne Gospel
- Late 7th Century
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- Early Medieval
- Cross Page
- Lindisfarne Gospel
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- Early Medieval
- Virgin and Child
- The Book of Kells
- Probalby made at Iona, Scotland
- Late 8th or Early 9th Century
- Tempera on Vellum
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- Early Medieval
- Carpet Page
- The Book of Kells
- Probably made at Iona, Scotland
- Late 8th or Early 9th Century
- Tempera on Vellum
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- Early Medieval
- St. John
- The Book of Kells
- Probably made at Iona, Scotland
- Late 8th or Early 9th Century
- Tempera on Vellum
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- Early Medieval
- Opening of Saint John's Gospels
- The Book of Kells
- Probably made at Iona, Scotland
- Late 8th or Early 9th Century
- Tempera on Vellum
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- Early Medieval
- Opening of Saint Matthew's Gospel
- The Book of Kells
- Probabl made at Iona, Scotland
- Late 8th-Early 9th century
- Tempera on Vellum
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- Early Medieval
- Chi Rho Iota page
- Book of Matthew
- The Book of Kells
- Probably made at Iona, Scotland
- Late 8th- Early 9th Century
- Tempera on Vellum
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- Early Medieval
- Ornamental Initial
- Carolingian Gospel Book
- from the Abbey of Saint-Martin, Tours
- C. 857-862
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- Early Medieval
- Page with Mark the Evangelist
- Book of Mark
- Godescalc Evangelistary
- 781-31
- Ink and Colors on Vellum
- Bibliotheque Nationale, Paris
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- Early Medieval
- St. John
- The Gospel Book of Charlemagne (Coronation Gospels)
- c. 800-810
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- Early Medieval
- Page with Matthew the Evangelist
- Book of Matthew, Ebbo Gospels
- c. 816-840
- Ink and Color on Vellum
- France
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- Early Medieval
- Page with the end of Psalm 111 and 112 with an illustration for Psalm 112 (CXI in the Vulgate Bible)
- Utrecht Psalter
- C. 825-50
- Ink on Vellum or Parchment
- Utrecht
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- Early Medieval
- Crucifixion with Angels and Mourning Figure (outer cover)
- Lindau Gospel
- c. 870-880
- Gold, Pearls, and Gems
- Pierpont Morgan Library, NY
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- Early Medieval
- Page with Otto III Enthroned
- Liuther Gospels (Aachen Gospels)
- c. 1000
- Ink and Colors on Vellum
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- Early Medieval
- Page with Christ Washing the Feet of his Disciples
- Gospels of Otto III
- c. 1000
- Munich
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- Early Medieval
- The Four Provinces Pay Homage to Otto III
- Gospel Book of Otto III
- Late 10th century or (c. 1000)
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- Early Medieval
- Otto III Surrounded by Ecclesiastics and Secular Dignitaries
- Gospel Book of Otto III
- Late 10th Century (c. 1000)
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- Early Medieval
- Scenes from the Life of Saint Jerome
- First Bible of Charles the Bald (Vivian Bible), Tours
- c. 846
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- Early Medieval
- Second Bible of Charles the Bald
- Fanco-Saxon School
- 9th Century
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- Romanesque
- Stephanus Garsia
- Page with Flood
- Commentary of the Apocalyspse by Beatus of Liebana
- Made for the Abbey of Saint-Sever
- Gascony, France
- 1028-72
- Ink and Tempera on Vellum
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- Romanesque
- IBID
- Ornamental Design around the name of Abbot of Saint-Sever
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- IBID
- Beginning the Genealogy with Adam and Eve
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- Romanesque
- Page with Pentecost
- Cluny Lectionary
- Early 12th Century
- Ink and Tempera on Vellum
- Bibliotheque National Paris
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- Romanesque
- Page with The Tree of Jesse
- Explanatio in Isaiam (S. Jerome's Commentary on Isaiah)
- From Abbey, Citeaux, Burgundy, France
- C. 1125
- Ink and Tempera on Vellum
- Dijon, France
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- Romanesque
- John of Worchester
- Page with Dream of Henry 1
- Worecester Chronicle
- Worcester, England
- c. 1140
- Ink and Tempera on Vellum
- Oxford
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- Romanesque
- Page with Hellmouth
- Winchester Psalter
- Winchester, England
- c. 1150
- Ink and Tempera on Vellum
- London
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- Romanesque
- Page of facsimile with Hildegard's Vision
- Liber Scivias
- c. 1150-1200
- Original lost during WWII
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- Romanesque
- Page with Initial Q
- In a Psalter from a nunnery in Augsburg, Germany
- Late 12th Century
- Tempera on Vellum
- Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore
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- Romanesque
- Lambert's Liber Floridus (the 8 Trees of the Beatitudes)
- Vellum, copy of the second half of the 13th century
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- Romanesque
- Original Manuscript of the Liber Florida: The Mystical Palm
- Saint-Omer
- C. 1120
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- Gothic
- Villard deHonnecourt
- Page from a sketchbook with geometric figures and ornaments
- From Paris
- 1220-35
- Ink on Vellum
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- Gothic
- Page with Louis IX and Queen Blanche of Castile
- Moralized Bible
- from Paris
- 1226-34
- Ink, tempera, and gold leaf on vellum
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- Gothic
- Page with Abraham, Sarah, and the Three Strangers
- Psalter of S. Louis
- From Paris
- 1253-70
- Ink, tempera, gold leaf on vellum
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- Gothic
- Page with Joshua Bidding the Sun to Stand Still
- Psalter of St. Louis
- From Paris
- 1253-70
- Ink, tempera, gold leaf on vellum
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- Gothic
- Master Honore (attributed to] David Anointed by Samuel
- MS illumination from the Prayer Book [Breviary] of Philip the Fair
- 1295
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- Jean Pucelle
- Pages with Betrayal and Arrest of Christ
- Folio 15y (left) and Annunciation, Folio 16 (right)
- Petites Heures
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