French secular manuscripts (1451-1500)
Preview Picture Data File Info Comment
Le champion des dames
1451
Manuscript (MS Fr. 12476)
Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris

665*900
True Color
110 Kb



Le champion des dames
1451
Manuscript (MS Fr. 12476)
Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris

585*700
True Color
58 Kb



Giovanni Colonna: Mare historiarum
1447-55
Manuscript (Ms. lat. 4915), 455 x 325 mm
Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris

900*1312
True Color
212 Kb



Heinrich Suso: Little Book of Eternal Wisdom
1455-60
Manuscript (Ms. IV. 111), 370 x 255 mm
Bibliothèque Royale de Belgique, Brussels

800*1231
True Color
251 Kb



Heinrich Suso: Little Book of Eternal Wisdom
1455-60
Manuscript (Ms. IV. 111), 370 x 255 mm (folio size)
Bibliothèque Royale de Belgique, Brussels

1079*800
True Color
152 Kb



Tractatus de Herbis
1458
Manuscript (Ms. Lat. 993)
Biblioteca Estense, Modena

1000*1210
True Color
204 Kb



Tractatus de Herbis
1458
Manuscript (Ms. Lat. 993)
Biblioteca Estense, Modena

800*1118
True Color
149 Kb



Jean Mansel: Fleur des Histoires
1450s
Manuscript (Ms. fr. 932)
Bibliothèque Royale de Belgique, Brussels

565*800
True Color
192 Kb



Traité du crisme de Vauderie by Johannes Tinctoris
c. 1460
Manuscript (MS Fr 961)
Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris

734*1000
True Color
169 Kb



Boethius: The Consolation of Philosophy
c. 1460
Manuscript (Ms. français 809), 345 x 250 mm
Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris

800*1118
True Color
252 Kb



Boethius: De Consolatione Philosophiae
1460s
Manuscript, 241 x 165 mm
Wallace Collection, London

737*1050
True Color
191 Kb



Lancelot-Grail
c. 1470
Manuscript (MS Fr 112)
Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris

600*738
True Color
113 Kb



Lancelot-Grail
c. 1470
Manuscript (MS Fr 112)
Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris

1034*800
True Color
183 Kb



Jehan de Wavrin, Anciennes et nouvelles chroniques d'Angleterre
1470s
Manuscript (Royal MS 14 E IV.)
British Library, London

1074*750
True Color
210 Kb



Tristan and Isolde
1450-1500
Manuscript (Mss. 645-647, 3 volumes), 455 x 310 mm
Musée Condé, Chantilly

785*1100
True Color
225 Kb



Tristan and Isolde
1450-1500
Manuscript (Mss. 645-647, 3 volumes), 455 x 310 mm
Musée Condé, Chantilly

760*900
True Color
143 Kb



Boccaccio: Of Famous Women
1465-70
Manuscript (Ms. 191), 427 x 308 mm
Bibliothèque Publique et Universitaire, Geneva

800*1176
True Color
235 Kb



Sébastien Mamerot: The Campaigns of the French against the Turks
1474-75
Manuscript (Ms. français 5594), 320 x 230 mm
Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris

750*1074
True Color
214 Kb



Sébastien Mamerot: The Campaigns of the French against the Turks
1474-75
Manuscript (Ms. français 5594), 320 x 230 mm (folio size)
Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris

874*750
True Color
164 Kb



Le Chansonnier Cordiforme (Chansonnier de Jean de Montchenu)
c. 1475
Manuscript, heart-shaped (MS Rothschild 2973), 220 x 160 mm
Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris

1200*872
True Color
136 Kb



Le Chansonnier Cordiforme (Chansonnier de Jean de Montchenu)
c. 1475
Manuscript, heart-shaped (MS Rothschild 2973), 220 x 160 mm
Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris

1446*1000
True Color
191 Kb



Grandes Chroniques de France
1487
Manuscript (Royal 20 E VI)
British Library, London

800*1260
True Color
248 Kb



Grandes Chroniques de France
1487
Manuscript (Royal 20 E VI)
British Library, London

726*800
True Color
161 Kb



'Livre des Proprietes des Choses' by Barthelemy l'Anglais
c. 1480
Manuscript (MS Fr. 9140)
Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris

1110*1100
True Color
171 Kb



Gilles Romain: Livres de Gouvernement des Princes
1480-1500
Incunable (MS 5062)
Bibliothèque de l'Arsenal, Paris

913*800
True Color
143 Kb



Les Vigils de Charles VII
1490s
Manuscript (MS Fr. 5054)
Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris

1171*800
True Color
176 Kb



Les Échecs amoureux
c. 1500
Manuscript (MS Fr 143)
Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris

728*1000
True Color
180 Kb



Histoire de Troyes by Raoul Lefèvre
15th century
Manuscript (Ms. Fr. 22552)
Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris

1000*1011
True Color
162 Kb



Jean Creton, Histoire rimée de Richard II
15th century
Manuscript (Harley MS 1319)
British Library, London

1094*900
True Color
170 Kb



Hunting
15th century
Manuscript
Musée Condé, Chantilly

627*900
True Color
136 Kb



Roman de la Rose
15th century
Manuscript (MS Fr. 19153)
Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris

783*1000
True Color
148 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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