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This 1540 edition of Thucydides’s History of the Peloponnesian War is printed in the original

PentecostWorkshop of Maître François (François Le Barbier?)Paris, ca. 1475–80Horæ (Book of Hours) fo

This week, we’ll be looking at Psalters - specifically the decorated or historiated initial &l

If your knowledge of the Bible is mostly from Protestant sources, one thing you are missing out on i

cma-medieval-art:Historiated Initial Excised from a Bible (set of nine), 1200, Cleveland Museum of A

Judith beheading Holofernes on fol. 182r of Ms. Codex 236, an illuminated Vulgate Bible. What an ins

On fol. 287r of Ms. Codex 236, actual Disney princess Daniel huddles in a lions’ den and makes some

A collection of four historiated initials from the mid 16th century that depict nobleman hunting on

Ezekiel, dreaming of something that is almost but not quite like the Living Creatures of Ezekiel 1,

Fitting the Tree of Jesse inside the shape of an initial L? This scribe knows all about effective us

cma-medieval-art: Fol. 1r, Genesis, with a full-length historiated initial I, showing the Creation a

cma-medieval-art: Fol. 273r, Isaiah, historiated initial V, the martyrdom of Isaiah, c. 1275-1300, C

cma-medieval-art: Historiated Initial ® Excised from a Gradual: The Three Marys at the Tomb, c. 1200

cma-medieval-art: Fol. 361v, Habbakuk, historiated initial O, Habbakuk holding a basket and two ston

From fol. 75r of Ms. Codex 738, a Flemish Hours of the Virgin, here is Christ holding the Holy Hand

cma-medieval-art:Historiated Initial ® Excised from a Gradual: The Three Marys at the Tomb, c. 1

Typography TuesdayLast week we presented wood engravings by the English-American artist Nora S.

Woodcut Wednesday: Watch it with that!What would this winged fellow need with a knife? We must assum

Fragment of a Choir Book with Historiated Initial (H): Birth of the Virgin, 13th Century, Cleveland

cma-medieval-art: Historiated Initial (O) Excised from an Antiphonary: The Donor, Gorus Fucci, Kneel

This week, we’ll be looking at inhabited, illuminated, decorated, and historiated initials in

These unique initials are among the finest found in our collection. Rather than being printed from w

Leaf from the Wettinger Gradual: Historiated Initial (I) with Scenes from the Life of St. Augustine,

cma-medieval-art: Historiated Initial (D) Excised from a Choir Book: Two Martyr Saints, Girolamo dai

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