French secular manuscripts (1401-1450)
Preview Picture Data File Info Comment
Boccaccio: Of Famous Women
1403
Manuscript (Ms. français 12420), 355 x 240 mm (folio size)
Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris

591*700
True Color
90 Kb



Boccaccio: Of Famous Women
1403
Manuscript (Ms. français 12420), 355 x 240 mm (folio size)
Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris

603*700
True Color
84 Kb



Boccaccio: Of Famous Women
1403
Manuscript (Ms. français 12420), 355 x 240 mm (folio size)
Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris

613*700
True Color
93 Kb



Virgil: Eclogues, Georgics, Aeneid
c. 1403
Manuscript (Med. Pal. 69)
Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana, Florence

900*1283
True Color
238 Kb



Nine Heroes
c. 1404
Manuscript (Ms. français 12559)
Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris

1100*889
True Color
221 Kb



Nine Heroines
c. 1404
Manuscript (Ms. français 12559)
Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris

1100*805
True Color
208 Kb



Christine de Pisan: The Book of the City of Ladies
c. 1405
Manuscript (Ms. français 606), 360 x 270 mm
Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris

1000*667
True Color
144 Kb



Christine de Pisan: Epistles of Othea
1404-08
Manuscript (Ms. français 606), 360 x 270 mm
Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris

900*1165
True Color
219 Kb



Christine de Pisan: Epistles of Othea
1404-08
Manuscript (Ms. français 606), 360 x 270 mm (folio size)
Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris

456*700
True Color
64 Kb



Christine de Pisan: Epistles of Othea
1404-08
Manuscript (Ms. français 606), 360 x 270 mm (folio size)
Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris

520*700
True Color
71 Kb



Christine de Pisan, Collected works ('The Book of the Queen')
1410-12
Manuscript (Harley MS 4431), 368 x 285 mm
British Library, London

682*900
True Color
148 Kb



Christine de Pizan, Collected works ('The Book of the Queen')
1410-12
Manuscript (Harley MS 4431)
British Library, London

566*800
True Color
96 Kb



Christine de Pisan, Collected works ('The Book of the Queen')
1410-12
Manuscript (Harley MS 4431)
British Library, London

641*900
True Color
82 Kb



Christine de Pisan, Collected works ('The Book of the Queen')
1410-12
Manuscript (Harley MS 4431)
British Library, London

646*800
True Color
95 Kb



Plays by Terence
1410-15
Manuscript (Ms. lat. 664), 335 x 240 mm
Bibliothèque de l'Arsenal, Paris

655*1000
True Color
110 Kb



Plays by Terence
1410-15
Manuscript (MS Arsenal 664)
Bibliothèque de l'Arsenal, Paris

686*1100
True Color
143 Kb



Gaston Phoebus: Book of the Hunt
1405-10
Manuscript (Ms. français 616), 370 x 280 mm
Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris

924*1200
True Color
243 Kb



Gaston Phoebus: Book of the Hunt
1405-10
Manuscript (Ms. français 616), 370 x 280 mm (folio size)
Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris

864*800
True Color
149 Kb



Gaston Phoebus: Book of the Hunt
1405-10
Manuscript (Ms. français 616), 370 x 280 mm (folio size)
Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris

746*700
True Color
118 Kb



Gaston Phoebus: Book of the Hunt
1405-10
Manuscript (Ms. français 616)
Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris

884*800
True Color
165 Kb



Gaston Phoebus: Book of the Hunt
1405-10
Manuscript (Ms. français 616)
Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris

905*800
True Color
169 Kb



Pierre Salmon: Réponses à Charles VI et Lamentation au Roi sur son état
c. 1410
Manuscript (Ms. français 23279), 280 x 205 mm
Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris

849*1200
True Color
190 Kb



Pierre Salmon: Réponses à Charles VI et Lamentation au Roi sur son état
c. 1412
Manuscript (Ms. français 165), 280 x 205 mm
Bibliothèque Publique et Universitaire, Geneva

705*1000
True Color
138 Kb



Livre des Merveilles du Monde
1410-12
Manuscript (Ms. français 2810)
Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris

1025*650
True Color
130 Kb



Boccaccio: Decameron
1414-19
Manuscript (Pal. lat. 1989), 300 x 225 mm
Biblioteca Apostolica, Vatican

910*1200
True Color
241 Kb



Des cleres et nobles femmes, by Giovanni Boccaccio
1420-25
Manuscript (Ms Royal 20 C. V.)
British Library, London

709*1000
True Color
136 Kb



Le livre de femmes nobles et renomées
c. 1440
Manuscript (Royal 16 G V)
British Library, London

556*850
True Color
93 Kb



Cicero: Pro Marcello, De Senectute
1445-50
Manuscript (Ms. 693)
Biblioteca Trivulziana, Milan

900*1304
True Color
221 Kb



Lancelot
c. 1450
Manuscript (MS 3479)
Bibliothèque de l'Arsenal, Paris

922*900
True Color
203 Kb



Birth by Caesarean Section
15th century
Manuscript
Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris

1025*800
True Color
204 Kb



Rich family
15th century
Manuscript (MS Fr. 218)
Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris

907*850
True Color
159 Kb



Market scene
15th century
Manuscript
Bibliothèque Municipale, Rouen

934*800
True Color
167 Kb



Ploughing
15th century
Manuscript
British Library, London

1085*650
True Color
121 Kb



Hôtel-Dieu of Paris
15th century
Manuscript
Staatsbibliothek, Berlin

922*700
True Color
146 Kb



Petit Traite d'hygiène et Médecine
15th century
Manuscript (MS Lat. 11229)
Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris

768*900
True Color
125 Kb



Dedication
15th century
Manuscript
Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris

786*850
True Color
122 Kb




Summary of illuminated manuscripts (miniatures)
Late Antique and Pre-Romanesque periods
351-400 | 401-450 | 451-500 | 501-550 | 551-600 | 601-650 | 651-700
701-750 | 751-800 | 801-850 | 851-900 | 901-950 | 951-1000
Romanesque period
1001-1050 | 1051-1100 | 1101-1150
Early and High Gothic periods
1151-1200 | 1201-1250 | 1251-1300
Late Gothic and Renaissance periods
1301-1350 | 1351-1400 | 1401-1450 | 1451-1500 | 1501-1550
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Illuminations by known masters
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