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Medieval Manuscripts:
http://www.moyenageenlumiere.com/themes/ The Illuminated Middle Ages database presents several hundred recently digitized illuminated texts from French national library collections. While the full collection, in even higher resolution, is available for purchase on DVD-ROM, this web site gives access to the entire database. Only a portion of the full collection has been translated into English for the web site, but visitors may also view the French-language galleries in the site, where a dozen texts from each of the ten themes are presented daily. To see every text in high resolution, you will have have to either visit the site daily or order the DVD. In the meantime, the search interface allows you to perform full-text searches across the complete database. You are sure to enjoy this collection of breathtaking texts dating from the year 500 through the 1400s.


Medieval Manuscripts From Chris Whitcome's Art History links.
Bodleian Library Medieval
LES TRES RICHES HEURES DU DUC DE BERRY
http://humanities.uchicago.edu/images/heures/heures.html

Leaves of Gold: Treasure of Manuscript Illumination from Philadelphia Museum of Art collection
University of Kentucky Manuscript collection:
http://www.byu.edu/~hurlbut/dscriptorium/ukentucky/uky.html
 
 
Early Manuscripts at Oxford University. This site provides access to over 80 early manuscripts now in institutions associated with the University of Oxford. http://image.ox.ac.uk/
 
Hill Monastic Manuscript Library (See Collections)
http://www.hmml.org/coll/index.asp

Medieval Illuminated Manuscripts - Meermanno Museum- Netherlands. site gives introduction. Highlights - browse by subject. http://www.kb.nl/kb/manuscripts/
 
Medieval Illuminated Manuscript - How to demonstration (use caution with students - has banner ad on site).
http://www.randyasplund.com/browse/scribepg/scribe.html
 
Dutch Illuminated Manuscripts. Browse the Highlights A Hundred Highlights from the Koninklijke Bibliotheek.
http://www.kb.nl/kb/100hoogte/menu-tours-en.html


The Guide to Illumination -This glossary is primarily based on "Understanding Illuminated Manuscripts: A Guide to Technical Terms" By Michelle P. Brown. All of the definitions from her book, as well as all other sources, are referenced.
http://win-www.uia.ac.be/u/pavp/genea/kirby/glossary.html
 
Bibliothèque Méjanes, Aix-en-Provence (French - but nice images) 132 illuminations on 11 folios. Click on the icons in the left and right margins to see an enlarged image of each miniature.
http://www.byu.edu/~hurlbut/dscriptorium/aix166/index.html

Aberdeen Bestiary Project-- History and Images. What is a Bestiary
Introduction - Table of Contents Index to images View by folio
The Aberdeen Bestiary Project (this is already on my site)
Regional and Global Characteristics of Illuminated Manuscripts
http://win-www.uia.ac.be/u/pavp/genea/kirby/global1.html (has hyper-links to definitions)
 
Bodleian Library: Illuminated Manuscript Images
http://www.bodley.ox.ac.uk/dept/scwmss/wmss/medieval/browse.htm
 
 
 
Age of King Charles - 1,000 Illuminations from the Department of Manuscripts.
http://www.bnf.fr/enluminures/aaccueil.htm
(links on page do not work last I checked)

Medieval Manuscripts Lesson Plan Utah Museum of Fine Arts http://www.umfa.utah.edu/?id=MTQx
Celtic Manuscripts - Symbolism
Series of books for Celtic design - here is animals:
http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/Celtic_Design/anipat.htm#cvr
http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/Celtic_Design/index.htm
 
Interested in Celtic fonts? Various font packages can be ordered online.
http://fontcraft.com/artype/celtic/


Medieval Symbolism: [Top pf page]
Text – no images -- Catholic Encyclopedia http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14373b.htm

Value of Symbols during the Middle Ages: http://www.alyseus.com/inglese/simbolo/universo.htm

Meaning of symbols (positive-negative) - Keep in mind that some of these symbols have double meanings.
http://www.crossroad.to/Books/symbols.html

Symbolism of the heart:
http://www.praiseofglory.com/protheartjesus.htm

The Religious Paintings of Hieronymus Bosch - Symbolism
See Bosch Online for more.
Heraldry Clip Art - Symbolism - Images and more!
Plants and their significance [Top pf page]

Religious names for plants
http://www.mgardens.org/JS-FOOLGATC-MG.html

Tales of the Middle Ages - Gardens
http://www.godecookery.com/mtales/mtales16.htm

Medieval Times - History
Middle Ages Find out about life in the Middle Ages. Most people lived on a manor, which consisted of the castle, the church, the village, and the surrounding farm land. Annenberg Exhibit.

Links page - Georgetown University:
http://www.georgetown.edu/labyrinth/subjects/mss/mss.html

Art History Resources - Middle Ages (Chris Witcombe's):
http://witcombe.sbc.edu/ARTHmedieval.html

Painting before 1300 AD
http://www.beyondbooks.com/art11/2e.asp

Design Theory in Architecture - text. Click on links at bottom for line drawing illustrations.
http://www.uiah.fi/projects/metodi/135

 

 

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