Medieval Astronomy (f.4v) - Public domain dedication image
An astronomical chart from the oldest scientific manuscript in the National Library, which contains various Latin texts on astronomy. The volume is written in Caroline minuscule.
Beatrijs (1374 handschrift) - Public domain dedication image
Beatrijs Public domain photograph of 14th-century art, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Lancelotcompilatie - Public domain dedication image
Lancelotcompilatie Public domain photograph of 13th-14th-century medieval illuminated manuscript, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description The Lancelot Compilation, also known as KB 1... More
MelisStokeRijmkroniek - Public domain dedication image
First page of the Rijmkroniek by Melis Stoke (Manuscript A, 14th century). Parchment, 90 pages Nederlands: Eerste pagina van de Rijmkroniek van Melis Stoke (Manuscript A, 14e eeuw). Perkament, 90 bladen
Tonary of Saint-Bénigne de Dijon
The Introit "Repleatur os meum" of the authentic deuterus mode with the psalm 70 "In te domine speravi" and its psalm tone ending (differentia) in William of Volpiano's fully notated Tonary (Abbey Saint-Bénigne... More
Folio226r - Public domain dedication image
A digitized image of Folio 226r from Fr2810.
Leo patrikios praipositos sakellarios presents the Bible to the Virgin...
Leo patrikios praipositos sakellarios presents the Bible to the Virgin Mary, Leo Bible (Vatican, Biblioteca Vaticana MS. Reg. gr. 1), folio 2v, c. 930–940, 41 x 27 cm
München, Staatbibl., Cgm 252, fol. 137v
München, Staatbibl., Cgm 252, fol. 137v (ca 1475) Konrad Bollstatter: Würfelbuch für Liebenden (Fassung II), Fragment: Losspruch 6-6-6 bis 6-6-1
München, Staatsbibl., Cgm 472, Einband II
Bookbinding of München, Staatsbibl., Cgm 472
München, Staatsbibl., Cgm 472, Einband I
Bookbinding of München, Staatsbibl., Cgm 472
Trier Stadtbibl. Hs.1956-1437 4° fol. 2v-3r
Trier, Stadtbibl., Hs. 1956/1437 4°, fol. 2v-3r Sankunst der 16 Richter, Prosaversion
Winchcombe Psalter Christ and Beasts
Page from an Anglo-Saxon manuscript
Montpellier, Bibliothèque Interuniversitaire, Section de Médecine, H 1...
Italiano: Miniatura della prima pagina del De proprietatibus rerum di Bartolomeo Anglico
Lunar eclipse al-Biruni - Public domain dedication image
العربية: مخطوطة بِيد أبي الريحان البيروني (973-1048م) تتناول أطوار أو مراحل القمر المُختلفة، من كتاب التفهيم (المخطوط بِالفارسيَّة). تعريب التعليق: English: Illustration of different phases of the moon, from ... More
Cod Sang 53 Amata Widmung
Deutsch: Zeichnung einer Inschrift «Ad istam paraturam Amata dedit duodecim denarios (an diese Ausstattung gab Amata zwölf Denare)» auf dem Goldblech des Einbandes von Cod. Sang. 53 der Stiftsbibliothek St. Gallen
De rebus Hispaniae, illuminated manuscript
Latina: Manuscrito de De rebus Hispaniae Public domain photograph of 13th-14th-century medieval illuminated manuscript, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Isidore of Seville Four elements
Seasons, four elements and human characters. Miniature from Isidore's of Seville De natura rerum. Polski: Pory roku, żywioły i ludzkie charaktery. Miniatura z De natura rerum Izydora z Sewilli
Laudario Di Cortona - Public domain dedication image
Español: Folio 46v del Laudario di Cortona del siglo XIII, con el "Plangiamo quel crudel basciar[e]"
Liber Diurnus MS Vaticanus f17v f18r
Public domain reproduction of illuminated book page, classical or archaic, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.
Liber Iudiciorum visigòtic, illuminated manuscript
Fragment d'una versió catalana del Liber Iudiciorum visigòtic,reproducció digital del manuscrit de la Biblioteca de l'Abadia de Montserrat, Ms. 1109
Möðruvallabók f13r - Public domain dedication image
Íslenska: Möðruvallabók (AM 132 fol.13r)Brennu Njáls saga English: icelandic manuscript, about 1350 Deutsch: Das Möðruvallabók (AM 132 fol., etwa 1350 entstanden) ist eine der bekanntesten isländischen Handschriften.
Pastime - Public domain dedication image
facsimile of the scores for Pastime with good company, by King Henry VIII. The British Library, London.
Ruodlieb f34r - Public domain dedication image
Public domain reproduction of illuminated manuscript page, classical or archaic, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.
Tertullian Codex Balliolensis 79
Codex Balliolensis, Tertullian's "Apologetics". Public domain photograph of 13th-14th-century medieval illuminated manuscript, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Tractatus Astrarii di Giovanni Dondi dall'Orologio
Book cover Public domain photograph related to the history of Italy, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Unicornis - Public domain dedication image
Deutsch: Einhorn. Albertus Magnus, De animalibus, Holzschnitt, Frankfurt am Main, 1545. English: Unicorn. Albertus Magnus, De animalibus, woodcut, Frankfurt am Main, 1545. Français : Licorne. Albert le Grand... More
Unicornis - Public domain dedication image
Deutsch: Einhorn. Albertus Magnus, De animalibus, Holzschnitt, Frankfurt am Main, 1545. English: Unicorn. Albertus Magnus, De animalibus, woodcut, Frankfurt am Main, 1545. Français : Licorne. Albert le Grand... More
Uroboros - Public domain dedication image
Uroboros as a two-headed winged dragon. Really, is a Amphisbaena.
Royal ms 2 a xviii f032v
Royal MS 2 A XVIII: From the description of this page: October from BL Royal 2 A XVIII, f. 32v Calendar page for October with four additions: 1. the date of Catherine's of Aragon arrival to England in 1501; ... More
Silvester II. and the Devil Cod. Pal. germ. 137 f216v
Picryl description: Public domain image of a portrait of a pope, Catholic church priest, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Maria im Ährenkleid detail2 - Public domain dedication image
Public domain photo of a medieval art painting, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.
Combate de Caballería, siglo XII, Herrade de Landsberg (28492800467)
Une mêlée (miniature d'Herrade de Landsberg). Deux groupes de cavaliers se chargent furieusement à coups de lance et d'épée. Ces gravures reproduisent des copies d'un manuscrit dû à l'abbesse de Holienburg (en ... More
Infantes, siglo XII, Herrade de Landsberg (42457535415)
Groupe de guerriers (miniature d'Herrade de Landsberg). Cotte de mailles, casque avec nasal, bouclier oblong. Ces gravures reproduisent des copies d'un manuscrit dii à l'abbesse de Holienburg (en Alsace), Herra... More
Nova N 176 folio 9 - Public domain illuminated manuscript
Khitan large script manuscript, Nova N 176 leaf 9. This is a medieval (11th or 12th century) manuscript codex that was found in Kyrgyzstan in the early 1950s, and has been held at the Institute of Oriental Man... More
Cantigas de Esquio no Cancioneiro da Vaticana
Cantigas de Esquio no Cancioneiro da Vaticana
Concilio de Aranda (1473) índice de capítulos
Español: Índice de capítulos del Concilio de Aranda celebrado en Aranda de Duero (Burgos - España) y convocado por el arzobispo de Toledo Alonso Carrillo de Acuña en 1473.
Document del Morabetí (1415) - Public domain medieval manuscript
Català: Document més antic que es coneix on figura el nom de Rocafort: Lo Loch de Rocafort: "Del morabatí del dit loch de Rocafort no faç rebuda alguna per tant com en Berenguer Camps del qual es lo dit loch ... More
Giovanni Di Dondi clock - Public domain drawing
Drawing of Giovanni De Dondi's astronomical clock, built 1379, Padua, Italy. It was weight driven This may be the earliest known drawing of a balance wheel (crown shaped, at top) and a verge escapement (whe... More
Gronsdf-Urkunde - Public domain medieval manuscript
Deutsch: Wiedergabe der Urkunde über das Dorf Gronsdorf von 839 aus den Freisinger Traditionen
Harley ms 2253 66v
Folio 66v of British Library MS Harley 2253, with the poem "Mosti ryden by Ribbesdale."
Libro de Alexandre - Public domain medieval manuscript
Español: Libro de Alexandre (primera mitad siglo XIII), ms. del siglo XIV. Incipit: Senores, se quisierdes mio seruiçio prender (h. 1), 154 h. perg.Signatura: VITR/5/10 BNE
Mester de clerecía - Public domain dedication image
Español: Estrofa segunda del Libro de Alexandre, manuscrito O. Texto: «Mester traigo fermoso, non es de joglaría / mester es sin pecado, ca es de clerezía / fablar curso rimado por la cuaderna vía / a sílabas... More
Nikolsburg - Public domain medieval manuscript
The so-called Nikolsburg-Alphabet, found on the parchment endpaper of a Nuremberg incunabulum of 1483 in the library of Nikolsburg castle (in Moravia, modern Mikulov, Czech Republic), now in possession of the ... More
P16-1671 reliure intérieur (6266014262)
P16-1671 reliure intérieur Public domain scan of a medieval illuminated manuscript page, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.
Privilegiebrev 1436a - Public domain medieval manuscript
Svenska: Stockholms privilegiebrev från 1 mai 1436, detalj. Brevet börjar med följande ord: In nomine sancte et indiuidue trinitatis. Vi Olaff, meth Gudz Nadh ærkebiscop i Upsalom, Bengt Lynköpunghe, Sven i Sk... More
Privilegiebrev 1436 - Public domain medieval manuscript
Stockholms privilegiebrev från 1 mai 1436
Rizana assembly manuscript 804 p1
Page 1 of the Rizana Assembly Manuscript, detailing the assembly attended by emissaries of Charlemagne, and governors of the Istrian seaside towns. The assembly took place in the year 804 in Rizana, close to t... More
Stockholms skyddsbrev 1252 - Public domain medieval manuscript
Svenska: Skyddsbrev för Fogdö kloster utfärdat av Birger jarl i Stockholm i juli 1252
Stuttgart, Württembergische Landesbibliothek, HB VI 113, fol. 166r
Photograph of a page from a medieval canon law manuscript (written ca 800, probably in Chur). Image obtained from the Württembergische Landesbibliothek's Collection of digital manuscript images (http://digital... More
V16-0010 contre plat 1 (13911473274)
V16-0010 contre plat 1 Public domain scan of a medieval illuminated manuscript page, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.
V16-0010 contre plat 2 (13911477564)
V16-0010 contre plat 2
Disputa del alma y del cuerpo - Public domain medieval manuscript
Manuscrito de la "Disputa del alma y el cuerpo", poema medieval castellano.
Espéculo de los legos - Public domain dedication image
Espéculo de los legos Public domain photograph of 15th-century art, medieval or early renaissance, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Exemplario contra los engaños del mundo
Exemplario contra los engaños del mundo Public domain photograph of medieval manuscript, folio, 13th-14th-century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Hethum Graz310 - Public domain dedication image
Public domain reproduction of illuminated manuscript page, 14th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.
Kyjevské listy - Public domain medieval manuscript
Čeština: Kyjevské listy, hlaholský rukopis kolem roku 900
Magister Wolfgang de Styria00 - Public domain medieval manuscript
Page from the lecture notes on astronomy compiled by the monk Magister Wolfgang de Styria before the year 1490 at Melk Abbey in Austria.
Mariam matrem virginem - Public domain dedication image
Public domain reproduction of illuminated manuscript page, 14th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.
Sendling History Codex ca 780 - Public domain medieval manuscript
Schenkung von Besitz in Schwabing und Sendling an das Kloster Schäftlarn im Jahre 782. Dieses Dokument gilt als erste namentliche Erwähnung Sendlings. Es ist enthalten auf fol. 171 des Cozroh-Codex (HStA Münche... More
14th century manuscript leaf used for bookbinding
14th century manuscript leaf used for bookbinding
Anseïs de Carthage, Bibliothèque nationale de France, ms fr. 1598, pag...
first page of the chanson de geste Anseïs de Carthage, f53r of manuscript fr. 1598, in the Bibliothèque Nationale de France, dated 1230–1250
Codex No. 1 4to - KSb - An old book with writing on it
Norsk bokmål: Faksimile av Codex No. 1 4to, det Kongelige bibliotek i Stockholm.
De la Gardie - Strengleikar - Public domain medieval manuscript
Norsk bokmål: Faksimile av et norsk håndskrift fra 1200-tallet. Fra De la Garde-samlingen i Uppsala. Utgitt i Strengleikar, av C. R. Unger og R. Keyser, i 1850.
Norske Riksarkiv - 1302
Norsk bokmål: Faksimile av et Diplom fra det norske Riksarkivet. Skrevet av Hauk Erlendsson, forfatteren av Hauksbók. Hentet fra Annalerne til det Det kongelige nordiske Oldskriftselskab, 1847.
REA 552 - Public domain medieval manuscript
Suomi: Tukholma, Riksarkivet, Codices A, 10, f. 189, Registrum ecclesiae Aboensis, SE/RA/0201/A 10. English: Stockholm, Riksarkivet, Codices A, 10, f. 189, Registrum ecclesiae Aboensis, SE/RA/0201/A 10. Svens... More
Statuti Sassaresi XIV century 1a
Medieval statutes of Sassari's republic (XII-XIV century) Italiano: Statuti medioevali della repubblica di Sassari (sec XIII-XIV)
Unger, C.R. - Karlamagnus saga
Norsk bokmål: Faksimiler av 3 pergamentfragmenter fra det norske Riksarkivet.
Þiðriks saga af Bern I
Norsk bokmål: Faksimile av et norsk håndskrift fra 1200-tallet. Fra det kongelige biblioteks håndskriftssamling i Stockholm. Utgitt i Saga Þiðriks Konungs af Bern, av C. R. Unger, i 1853.
Þiðriks saga af Bern II
Norsk bokmål: Faksimile av et norsk håndskrift fra 1200-tallet. Fra det kongelige biblioteks håndskriftssamling i Stockholm. Utgitt i Saga Þiðriks Konungs af Bern, av C. R. Unger, i 1853.
Þiðriks saga af Bern III
Norsk bokmål: Faksimile av et norsk håndskrift fra 1200-tallet. Fra det kongelige biblioteks håndskriftssamling i Stockholm. Utgitt i Saga Þiðriks Konungs af Bern, av C. R. Unger, i 1853.
Þiðriks saga af Bern V
Norsk bokmål: Faksimile av et norsk håndskrift fra 1200-tallet. Fra det kongelige biblioteks håndskriftssamling i Stockholm. Utgitt i Saga Þiðriks Konungs af Bern, av C. R. Unger, i 1853.
Þiðriks saga af Bern IV
Norsk bokmål: Faksimile av et norsk håndskrift fra 1200-tallet. Fra det kongelige biblioteks håndskriftssamling i Stockholm. Utgitt i Saga Þiðriks Konungs af Bern, av C. R. Unger, i 1853.
C952 map of ash-Sham by Ibrahim ibn Muhammad Istakhri
"THE LAND OF ISRAEL IN IBRAHIM IBN MUHAMMAD ISTAKHRI'S MAP OF SYRIA (ca. 952). The 10th and 11th centuries were the era of the 'Atlas of Islam' - collections of maps which usually included representa... More
Codiceemil
Public domain scan of the book page, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Cosmas-Chronica Boemorum - Public domain dedication image
Cosmas: Chronica Boemorum (Budyšínský rukopis Kosmovy Kroniky Čechů) Public domain photograph of medieval manuscript, folio, 13th-14th-century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Cronica pinatense
Crónica pinatense (fol. 1r)
Erwähnung des Aepelin von Counstat
Deutsch: Erwähnung des Aepelin von Counstat im Synodalprotokoll von 1059 Public domain photograph of medieval manuscript, folio, 13th-14th-century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Giovanni Di Dondi clock - Public domain portrait drawing
Drawing of the bottom section of Giovanni de Dondi's astronomical clock, the Astrarium, finished 1364, Padua, Italy. This early weight-driven clock kept time with a balance wheel (crown shape, at top) driven ... More
Glosaemil
Español: Glosa más extensa del Códice Emilianense.
Griffelglosse.3 - Public domain dedication image
Collectio canonum Sanblasiana, Fol. 122v (Detail: mit einer Griffelglosse am linken Rand auf der Höhe der zweiten und dritten Zeile von unten, Griffelglosse oval markiert)
Griffelglosse.2 - Public domain dedication image
Collectio canonum Sanblasiana, Fol. 122v (Detail: mit einer Griffelglosse am linken Rand auf der Höhe der zweiten und dritten Zeile von unten, Griffelglosse oval markiert)
Griffelglosse.1 - Public domain dedication image
Collectio canonum Sanblasiana, Fol. 122v (Detail: mit einer Griffelglosse am linken Rand auf der Höhe der zweiten und dritten Zeile von unten)
Griffelglosse 2 - Public domain dedication image
Collectio canonum Sanblasiana, Fol. 122v (markiertes Detail: mit einer Griffelglosse am linken Rand auf der Höhe der zweiten und dritten Zeile von unten)
Griffelglosse 3 - Public domain dedication image
Ausschnitt aus Collectio canonum Sanblasiana, Fol. 122v (markiertes Detail: mit einer Griffelglosse am linken Rand auf der Höhe der zweiten und dritten Zeile von unten)
Guillaume de Machaut - Kyrie da Missa de Notre Dame
Kyrie da Missa de Notre Dame Public domain photograph of medieval manuscript, folio, 14th-15th-century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Gyongyosikodex - Public domain dedication image
Magyar: A Gyöngyösi-kódex 4. lapja, 16. század első negyede English: 4th page of the Gyöngyösi-Codex, first quarter of the 16th century Deutsch: 4. Seite des Gyöngyösi-Kodex, erstes Quartal des 16. Jahrhunderts
Habsburger Urbar - Public domain medieval manuscript
Deutsch: Habsburger Urbar, Badische Landesbibliothek Karlsruhe, (olim F.F. Hofbibliothek Donaueschingen), MS 691. Abschnitt über Sankt Blasien
Handschrift.karlsruhe.blb - Public domain dedication image
Deutsch: Illuminierte HandschriftFrançais : Livre d'heures de Christophe Ier de Bade, suffrages des saints.
Ingulf historia 1894 - Public domain dedication image
Deutsch: William George Searle: Ingulf and the Historia Croylandensis. Cambridge, Cambridge antiquarian Society, 1894. Frontispiz
Joh. v. flammesf - Public domain dedication image
Deutsch: Rechnung von Johann van Flamersfelt von 1447 Rentmeister der Grafschaft Sayn
Musica enchiriadis Rex celi - Public domain dedication image
Deutsch: Früheste Darstellung eines Organums in einer theoretischen Schrift, der "Musica enchiriadis" aus dem späten 9. Jahrhundert
Otto von Botenlouben (KLD) 308f
Otte von Bottenlouben (Otto von Botenlouben), in: Deutsche Liederdichter des 13. Jahrhunderts, hrsg. von Carl von Kraus, 2. Aufl., durchgesehen von Gisela Kornrumpf, Band 1, S. 308f.
Otto von Botenlouben (KLD) 310f
Otte von Bottenlouben (Otto von Botenlouben), in: Deutsche Liederdichter des 13. Jahrhunderts, hrsg. von Carl von Kraus, 2. Aufl., durchgesehen von Gisela Kornrumpf, Band 1, S. 310f.
Otto von Botenlouben (KLD) 306f
Otte von Bottenlouben (Otto von Botenlouben), in: Deutsche Liederdichter des 13. Jahrhunderts, hrsg. von Carl von Kraus, 2. Aufl., durchgesehen von Gisela Kornrumpf, Band 1, S. 306f.
Otto von Botenlouben (KLD) 316f
Otte von Bottenlouben (Otto von Botenlouben), in: Deutsche Liederdichter des 13. Jahrhunderts, hrsg. von Carl von Kraus, 2. Aufl., durchgesehen von Gisela Kornrumpf, Band 1, S. 316f.
Otto von Botenlouben (KLD) 314f
Otte von Bottenlouben (Otto von Botenlouben), in: Deutsche Liederdichter des 13. Jahrhunderts, hrsg. von Carl von Kraus, 2. Aufl., durchgesehen von Gisela Kornrumpf, Band 1, S. 314f.
Otto von Botenlouben (KLD) 312f
Otte von Bottenlouben (Otto von Botenlouben), in: Deutsche Liederdichter des 13. Jahrhunderts, hrsg. von Carl von Kraus, 2. Aufl., durchgesehen von Gisela Kornrumpf, Band 1, S. 312f.
Palestine in the 952 CE map of ash-Sham by Ibrahim ibn Muhammad Istakh...
The map is shown south-to-north. Jerusalem is represented by the double circle and is named Bayt al-Maqdas."