A Crane
A Crane; Unknown; Thérouanne ?, France (formerly Flanders); fourth quarter of 13th century (after 1277); Tempera colors, pen and ink, gold leaf, and gold paint on parchment; Leaf: 23.3 x 16.4 cm (9 3/16 x 6 7/16 in.); Ms. Ludwig XV 4, fol. 36
A Crocodile Devouring a Water Snake
A Crocodile Devouring a Water Snake; Unknown; Thérouanne ?, France (formerly Flanders); fourth quarter of 13th century (after 1277); Tempera colors, pen and ink, gold leaf, and gold paint on parchment; Leaf: 23.3 x 16.4 cm (9 3/16 x 6 7/16 in.); Ms. Ludwig XV 4, fol. 88v
A Fisherman on the Back of a Whale
A Fisherman on the Back of a Whale; Unknown; Thérouanne ?, France (formerly Flanders); fourth quarter of 13th century (after 1277); Tempera colors, pen and ink, gold leaf, and gold paint on parchment; Leaf: 23.3 x 16.4 cm (9 3/16 x 6 7/16 in.); Ms. Ludwig XV 4, fol. 94v
A Dragon and Two Doves in a Tree
A Dragon and Two Doves in a Tree; Unknown; Thérouanne ?, France (formerly Flanders); fourth quarter of 13th century (after 1277); Tempera colors, pen and ink, gold leaf, and gold paint on parchment; Leaf: 23.3 x 16.4 cm (9 3/16 x 6 7/16 in.); Ms. Ludwig XV 4, fol. 103
A Demoiselle Delivering a Letter from Tristan to Lancelot
A Demoiselle Delivering a Letter from Tristan to Lancelot; Unknown; Paris, France; about 1320 - 1340; Tempera colors, gold paint, and silver and gold leaf on parchment; Leaf: 39.4 x 29.8 cm (15 1/2 x 11 3/4 in.); Ms. Ludwig XV 5, fol. 176
A Demoiselle Speaking to Tristan, Palamedes, and Dynadan in Pris
A Demoiselle Speaking to Tristan, Palamedes, and Dynadan in Pris; Jeanne de Montbaston (French, active about 1320 - 1355); Paris, France; about 1320 - 1340; Tempera colors, gold paint, and silver and gold leaf on parchment; Leaf: 39.4 x 29.8 cm (15 1/2 x 11 3/4 in.); Ms. Ludwig XV 5, fol. 320v
A Dead Hunter
A Dead Hunter; Florence Kingsford Cockerell (English, 1871 - 1949); England; 1908; Tempera, watercolors, gold leaf, and silver and gold paints on parchment bound between pasteboard covered with blue morocco; Leaf: 21.7 x 13.5 cm (8 9/16 x 5 5/16 in.); Ms. Ludwig XV 12, fol. 19v
A Group of Men and Women Worship Two Idols
A Group of Men and Women Worship Two Idols; Follower of Hans Schilling (German, active 1459 - 1467), from the Workshop of Diebold Lauber (German, active 1427 - 1467); Hagenau, Alsace, France (formerly Germany); 1469; Ink, colored washes, and tempera colors on paper; Leaf: 28.6 x 20.3 cm (11 1/4 x 8 in.); Ms. Ludwig XV 9, fol. 269v
Warming by the Fire; Zodiacal Sign of Pisces
Warming by the Fire; Zodiacal Sign of Pisces; Unknown; Strasbourg, France; early 16th century; Tempera colors on parchment; Leaf: 13.5 x 10.5 cm (5 5/16 x 4 1/8 in.); Ms. Ludwig IX 16, fol. 2
The Crucifixion
The Crucifixion; Master of St. Veronica (German, active about 1395 - 1415); Cologne, Germany; about 1400 - 1410; Tempera colors, gold paint, and gold leaf on parchment; Leaf: 23.7 x 12.4 cm (9 5/16 x 4 7/8 in.); Ms. Ludwig Folia 2, leaf 1
Saint Anthony Abbot Blessing the Animals, the Poor, and the Sick
Saint Anthony Abbot Blessing the Animals, the Poor, and the Sick; Master of St. Veronica (German, active about 1395 - 1415); Cologne, Germany; about 1400 - 1410; Tempera colors, gold paint, and gold leaf on parchment; Leaf: 23.7 x 12.4 cm (9 5/16 x 4 7/8 in.); Ms. Ludwig Folia 2, leaf 2
Wisdom
Wisdom; Unknown; Hildesheim, Germany; probably 1170s; Tempera colors, gold leaf, silver leaf, and ink on parchment; Leaf: 28.2 x 18.9 cm (11 1/8 x 7 7/16 in.); Ms. 64, fol. 11
A Comet
A Comet; Unknown; Thérouanne ?, France (formerly Flanders); fourth quarter of 13th century (after 1277); Tempera colors, pen and ink, gold leaf, and gold paint on parchment; Leaf: 23.3 x 16.4 cm (9 3/16 x 6 7/16 in.); Ms. Ludwig XV 4, fol. 155v
Philosophy Consoling Boethius and Fortune Turning the Wheel
Artist/Maker: Coëtivy Master (Henri de Vulcop?) active about 1450 - 1485.
Culture: French
Date: about 1460 - 1470
Medium: Tempera colors, gold leaf, and gold paint on parchment
Dimensions: Leaf: 7.3 x 17 cm (2 7/8 x 6 11/16 in.)
At the left, Philosophy, personified as a fashionably dressed young woman, visits Boethius, who had lost his exalted position as Roman envoy. She asks him why he is despondent, saying, "you are wrong if you think that Fortune has changed towards you. Change is her normal behavior." On the right, Fortune, a beautiful woman, spins her wheel, which represents the changes she brings about in men's lives. A king sits on top of the wheel, but a simple turn of the wheel can bring him down in station while it raises the fortunes of another. Philosophy demonstrates that Fortune rules the world and that the wise person ignores her ever-shifting ways, preferring eternal truths.
Philosophy Presenting the Seven Liberal Arts to Boethius
Philosophy Presenting the Seven Liberal Arts to Boethius; Coëtivy Master (Henri de Vulcop?) (French, active about 1450 - 1485); Paris, France; about 1460 - 1470; Tempera colors, gold leaf, and gold paint on parchment; Leaf: 6 x 17 cm (2 3/8 x 6 11/16 in.); Ms. 42, leaf 2v
Philosophy Instructing Boethius on the Role of God
Philosophy Instructing Boethius on the Role of God; Coëtivy Master (Henri de Vulcop?) (French, active about 1450 - 1485); Paris, France; about 1460 - 1470; Tempera colors, gold leaf, and gold paint on parchment; Leaf: 7 x 17 cm (2 3/4 x 6 11/16 in.); Ms. 42, leaf 3
Young Men and Women Outdoors
Young Men and Women Outdoors; Unknown; France; about 1460 - 1470; Tempera colors, gold leaf, gold paint, and ink on parchment; Leaf: 17.6 x 11.4 cm (6 15/16 x 4 1/2 in.); Ms. 68, fol. 8
Cutting from a choir book
Cutting from a choir book; Niccolò di Giacomo da Bologna (Italian, active 1349 - 1403); Bologna, Italy; about 1392 - 1402; Tempera and gold on parchment; Leaf: 21.6 × 21 cm (8 1/2 × 8 1/4 in.); Ms. 86
Frontispiece with Coat of Arms of Claude de Lorraine, Duc d'Aumale
Frontispiece with Coat of Arms of Claude de Lorraine, Duc d'Aumale; Unknown; Paris, France; about 1557; Leaf: 29.1 x 19.1 cm (11 7/16 x 7 1/2 in.); Ms. Ludwig XIII 4, fol. 1
Adoration of the Magi
Adoration of the Magi; Master of Cardinal Bourbon (French, about 1480 - 1500); Paris, France; about 1500; Tempera colors, ink and gold on parchment; Leaf: 13.3 x 8.7 cm (5 1/4 x 3 7/16 in.); Ms. 109, fol. 101v
Saint Dominic
Saint Dominic; Niccolò di Giacomo da Bologna (Italian, active 1349 - 1403); Bologna, Italy; about 1386; Tempera and gold on parchment; Leaf: 35 x 24.5 cm (13 3/4 x 9 5/8 in.); Ms. 82, recto