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Facsimile of the Ellesmere Chaucer - The Nun's Priest.
The Ellesmere manuscript is an early 15th century manuscript of Geoffrey Chaucer's Canterbury Tales, commonly referred to as the "Ellesmere Chaucer". It is one of the most valuable and cherished manuscripts in the Huntington Library. Compiled within five years of Chaucer's death in 1400, it is considered by most experts to be the definitive manuscript of this cornerstone of English literature. Here a facsimile is shown which is on display in London's Victoria and Albert Museum.
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Facsimile of the Ellesmere Chaucer - The Nun's Priest. The Ellesmere manuscript...

Facsimile of the Ellesmere Chaucer - The Second Nun.
The Ellesmere manuscript is an early 15th century manuscript of Geoffrey Chaucer's Canterbury Tales, commonly referred to as the "Ellesmere Chaucer". It is one of the most valuable and cherished manuscripts in the Huntington Library. Compiled within five years of Chaucer's death in 1400, it is considered by most experts to be the definitive manuscript of this cornerstone of English literature. Here a facsimile is shown which is on display in London's Victoria and Albert Museum.
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Facsimile of the Ellesmere Chaucer - The Second Nun. The Ellesmere manuscript i...

Moses and the Commandments.
Above left: Moses receives the commandments from God. Above right: he breaks the tablets before God who holds a scroll. Below left: three men blowing trumpets. Below right: the golden calf under an elaborate architectural canopy. From "La Somme Le Roy" by Friar Laurent
Paris or Maubuisson?, France; between 1290 and 1300.
Shelfmark: Add. 28162
Page Folio Number: f.2v
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Moses and the Commandments. Above left: Moses receives the commandments from Go...

Illumination depicting early artillery device. The gun is mounted on a trestle like a great crossbow might be and its ammunition is quite clearly an enormous bolt.
From Walter de Milemete's "De Nobilitatibus, Sapientiis et Prudentiis Regum". Illuminated Manuscript; 1326-27.
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Illumination depicting early artillery device. The gun is mounted on a trestle l...

Dante and Virgil with plague-stricken in Hell.
From Dante's Divina Commedia. Italian; 14th century.
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Dante and Virgil with plague-stricken in Hell. From Dante's Divina Commedia. It...

Dante and Virgil on their way to Limbo.
From Dante's Divina Commedia. Italian; 14th century.
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Dante and Virgil on their way to Limbo. From Dante's Divina Commedia. Italian;...

The creation of the animals.
The Creator among his animals. There are seven kinds of trees, with the vine emerging from God's halo.The animals include a lion, elephant, and unicorn. The birds are carefully studied; some are shown flying, some like the owl perch on trees, and others by the water. There are two fishes, apparently pike.
From the Holkham Bible Picture Book. England; around 1320-1330.
Shelfmark: Add. 47682
Page Folio Number: f.2v
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The creation of the animals. The Creator among his animals. There are seven kin...

The capture of Jerusalem by Saladin on October 2, 1187 which caused the Third Crusade (1189-92). Balian of Ibelin surrenders and hands over the keys to the Tower of David to Saladin. From the chronicle of David Aubert. Illuminated manuscript; 15th century.
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The capture of Jerusalem by Saladin on October 2, 1187 which caused the Third Cr...

Pharaoh commands the Israelites to leave Egypt; the plague of the first born; the passage of the Red Sea; the pursuit by the Egyptians. Vellum manuscript. Vellum manuscript. From "The Golden Haggadah". Catalonia; early 14th century.
Shelfmark: Add. 27210
Page Folio Number: f.14v
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Pharaoh commands the Israelites to leave Egypt; the plague of the first born; th...

The building of the Tower of Babel; in an architectural framework. From the Mass of the Virgin, Book of Hours illustrated by Gerard Horenbout.
S. Netherlands (Bruges or Ghent), circa 1500.
Shelfmark: Add. 35313
Page Folio Number: f.34
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The building of the Tower of Babel; in an architectural framework. From the Mass...

The building of the Tower of Babel.
Building works include stones being raised on pulleys, wooden platforms, from which a man falls, and mixing mortar. Stone being carried by a camel. In foreground, stonemasons working with their tools. From the Bedford Hours illustrated by the Master of the Munich Golden Legends. France, Paris; 1414-1423.
Shelfmark: Add. 18850
Page Folio Number: f.17v
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The building of the Tower of Babel. Building works include stones being raised...

Hours of the Holy Ghost - Pentecost. An angel and a man ringing bells. From the Bedford Hours; Workshop of the Master of the Duke of Bedford. France, Paris; 1414-1423.
Shelfmark: Add. 18850
Page Folio Number: f.132
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Hours of the Holy Ghost - Pentecost. An angel and a man ringing bells. From the...