November 11, 2011

Royal Manuscripts: British Library lights up the middle ages – in pictures

See highlights from a new London exhibition which brings to life illustrated books belonging to the kings and queens of medieval England

Genius of Illumination: A Donation of King Cnut and Queen Emma — King Cnut and Queen Emma presenting a cross to the altar of New Minster, Winchester, Stowe 944, f6 Photograph: British Library Board

Genius of Illumination: Charles of Orléans in the Tower of London — Charles of Orléans in the Tower of London, c1483, Royal 16ii, f73 Photograph: British Library Board

Genius of Illumination: Coronation Book of Charles V — The peers of France sustaining the King’s crown, in the Coronation Book of Charles V (Livre du Sacre des Rois de France), Paris, 1365, Cotton Tiberius B, viii, f69v Photograph: British Library Board

Genius of Illumination: Gideon refusing the crown, The Queen Mary Psalter — Gideon refusing the crown in The Queen Mary Psalter, London c1310–20, Royal 2 B, vii, f37 Photograph: British Library Board

Genius of Illumination: King David and the arms of England — King David and the arms of England, in The Alphonso Psalter, London, c1284, f11-25v, with later additions
Photograph: British Library Board Photograph: 11859/British Library Board

Genius of Illumination: King Solomon instructing his son, Bible historiale — King Solomon instructing his son, Bible historiale, Clairefontaine and Paris, 1411, Royal 19D, iii, vol 2, f289 Photograph: British Library Board

Genius of Illumination: Map of the World, Livre des proprietez des choses — Map of the World, Livre des Proprietez des Choses, (Bartholomaeus Anglicus, De Proprietatibus Rerum, translated into French by Jean Corbechon), Bruges, 1482, Royal 15 E, iii, f67v Photograph: British Library Board

Genius of Illumination: Robert of Anjou enthroned — Robert of Anjou enthroned, addressed by a personification of Italy. Carmina Regia: Address of the City of Prato to Robert of Anjou, Tuscany, c1335, Royal 6 E, ix, f10v Photograph: British Library Board

Genius of Illumination: The Annunciation, Beaufort/Beauchamp Hours — The Annunciation, Beaufort/Beauchamp Hours, Bruges and London, c1401-10, Royal 2 A, xviii, f23v Photograph: British Library Board

Genius of Illumination: The Coronation of Henry III, Images of English Kings — The Coronation of Henry III, Images of English Kings, from Edward the Confessor to Edward I, England, c1280-1300, Cotton Vitellius, A, xiii, f6 Photograph: British Library Board

Genius of Illumination: The Seat of Virtue, Filippo Alberici — The Seat of Virtue, Filippo Alberici, Tabula Cebetis, De Mortis Effectibus and Other Poems, Paris, 1507; Cambridge, after 1507, Arundel 317, f20v Photograph: British Library Board

Genius of Illumination: Vincent of Beauvais at work in his study Miroir historial — Vincent of Beauvais at work in his study, Miroir Historial (Vincent of Beauvais, Speculum Historiale, translated into French by Jean de Vignay), Bruges, c1479–80, Royal 14 E, i, vol 1, f3 Photograph: British Library Board

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