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Portrait of the high admiral Alexius Apocaucos, illuminated manuscript page from...
Courtesy of the Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris
Magnificat
Initial letter of the Magnificat, from the Book of Hours of Gian Galeazzo Visconti,...
SCALA/Art Resource
Romulus and Remus
Romulus and Remus suckling a she-wolf on the bank of the Tiber River (foreground)...
The British Library (Public Domain)
October, illuminated manuscript page from Les Très Riches Heures du duc de Berry...
Giraudon—Art Resource/Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.
Moses and the Israelites
Moses leading the children of Israel through the Red Sea, 15th century; illustration...
Ann Ronan Pictures/Heritage Image/age fotostock
Bible
St. Mark, illuminated manuscript page from the Gospel Book of the Court school of...
Stadtbibliothek, Trier, Ger.
Decorated initial for the story about the unicorn in a late 12th-century Latin bestiary...
Reproduced by permission of the British Library Board
Liberale da Verona: Jesus Before the Gates of Jerusalem
Jesus Before the Gates of Jerusalem, manuscript illumination by Liberale...
SCALA/Art Resource, New York
Marco Polo sailing from Venice
Marco Polo sailing from Venice in 1271, detail from an illuminated manuscript, c....
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feudalism
Peasants at work before the gates of a town. Miniature painting from the Breviarium...
The History Collection/Alamy
Bury Bible
Moses expounding the law, illuminated manuscript page from the Bury Bible, about...
Courtesy of the Master and Fellows of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge
Ferdowsī (lower left corner) with three poets in a garden, miniature from a Persian...
Courtesy of the trustees of the British Library
Shāh-nāmah: Hormuz
Hormuz tied to a column and beaten, illustration from a manuscript page of Ferdowsī's...
Photograph by Beesnest McClain. Los Angeles County Museum of Art, The Nasli M. Heeramaneck Collection, gift of Joan Palevsky, M.73.5.463
Shāh-nāmah: Aradashīr, Haftvad
Ardashīr feeding molten metal to Haftvad's worm, illustration from a manuscript page...
Photograph by Beesnest McClain. Los Angeles County Museum of Art, The Nasli M. Heeramaneck Collection, gift of Joan Palevsky, M.73.5.411
The illustration for January from Les Très Riches Heures du duc de Berry,...
Giraudon/Art Resource, New York
The illustration for February from Les Très Riches Heures du duc de Berry,...
Giraudon/Art Resource, New York
The illustration for March from Les Très Riches Heures du duc de Berry,...
Giraudon/Art Resource, New York
The illustration for April from Les Très Riches Heures du duc de Berry,...
Giraudon/Art Resource, New York
Très Riches Heures du duc de Berry
Calendar illustration for April from the Très Riches Heures du duc de Berry,...
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The illustration for May from Les Très Riches Heures du duc de Berry, manuscript...
Courtesy of the Musée Condé, Chantilly, Fr.; photograph, Giraudon/Art Resource, New York
The illustration for June from Les Très Riches Heures du duc de Berry, manuscript...
Giraudon/Art Resource, New York
The illustration for July from Les Très Riches Heures du duc de Berry, manuscript...
Giraudon/Art Resource, New York
The illustration for August from Les Très Riches Heures du duc de Berry,...
Giraudon/Art Resource, New York
The illustration for September from Les Très Riches Heures du duc de Berry,...
Giraudon/Art Resource, New York
The illustration for October from Les Très Riches Heures du duc de Berry,...
Giraudon/Art Resource, New York
The illustration for November from Les Très Riches Heures du duc de Berry,...
Giraudon/Art Resource, New York
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