Roman Illumination

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loveyourpoetry:Picture 47 of the Ambrosian Iliad, Achilles sacrificing to Zeus for Patroclus’ safe r

artofthedarkages:“Dido and Aeneas in the Cave in the Roman Vergil”A framed illumination on folio 180

dafyddaprhys:This is from the Quedlinburg Itala fragment, which is a highly fragmentary 5th century

Charioteer papyrusA 5th-century illustration from an unknown manuscript.

artsyrabbits:The Roman Virgil, Cod. Vat. lat. 3867 fol. 100v Aeneas and Dido Banqueting

romegreeceart:A Roman  illumination from Vergilius Vaticanus (Georgica)

Death of Dido from a Roman manuscript “Vergilius Vaticanus” (c. 400 CE)I have to say tha

art-history-nerd:The Meeting of Sir Lancelot and Queen Guinevere, in “The Romance of Lancelot du Lac

Peter the Hermit and crusaders in the gates of Jerusalem. From the 12th century manuscript Roman du

Illumination from a “Roman de la Rose”,Paris, Bibliothèque Sainte-Geneviève, Ms. 1126, f

medieval:Hortus Deliciarum LeviathanGerman Romanesque ca. 1170 

People dancing in a Roman de la Rose illumination by the Meister des Rosenromans, 1420-30

Miniature with the murder of King Servius Tullius by his son-in-law, L. Tarquinius Superbus, from&nb

An illumination from Vienna Dioscurides Pedanius Dioscorides (40-90 CE), a Greek physician and autho

Illuminations from the Liber feudorum Ceritaniae, circa 1172-1176 in Catalonia, Spain. Illustrations

Illuminations from the Gospels of Holy Roman Emperor Otto III by the Meister der Reichenauer Schule,

Gospels of Henry the LionUnknown Miniaturist, German (active 1175-1188 in Helmarshausen)Between 1175

jeannepompadour:Illuminations from the Gospels of Holy Roman Emperor Otto III by the Meister der Rei

Don’t listen to haters, especially if you’re Alexander the Great. From Le Roman

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