Gothic Manuscripts

Weeks 5-10ish

Bird's Head Haggadah

Moses Receiving the Law

Southern Germany

c. 1300

Bird Head Man

St. John the Evangelist

Gellone Sacramentary

France, c. 800

Mahzor

Moses Receiving the Law

Southern Germany

c. 1320

Four Evangelists

Book of Kells

Ireland

c. 800

Psalter of St. Louis

Paris, France

Moses Obtaining the Law, Golden Calf

c. 1250

Psalter of St. Louis

Moses and the Tabernacle

Paris, France

c. 1250

Hortus Deliciarum

Crucifixion Scene
c. 1175-95, Alsace

Birds’ Head Haggadah

Seder Preparation

Southern Germany

c. 1300

Hebrew Bible

Leningrad Codex

Egypt

10th Century

Hebrew Bible

Leningrad Codex, Massorah

Egypt

10th Century

Hebrew Bible

Leningrad Codex, Different Massorah

Egypt

10th Century

Golden Haggadah

Scenes from Genesis

Barcelona

c. 1320

Golden Haggadah

Opening Folio

Barcelona

c. 1320

Golden Haggadah

Text

Barcelona

c. 1320

Golden Haggadah

Adam Naming the Animals

Barcelona

c. 1320

Golden Haggadah

Creation of Adam and Eve

Barcelona

c. 1320

Crusader Bible

Creation of Adam and Eve

Paris

c. 1250

Cervera Sephardi Bible

Front Page

Cervera, Spain

Joseph the Frenchman

c. 1300

Cervera Sephardi Bible

Text

Joseph the Frenchman

Cervera, Spain

c. 1300

Cervera Sephardi Bible

Menorah

Joseph the Frenchman

Cervera, Spain

c. 1300

Cervera Sephardi Bible

More Text

Joseph the Frenchman

Cervera, Spain

c. 1300

Cantigas (Florence MS)

CSM 320

Spain

c. 1280s

Book of Chess and Games

Game of Chess

Court of Alfonso X

Spain

c. 1270s

Book of Chess and Games

Game of Backgammon

Court of Alfonso X

Spain

c. 1270s

Verdun Altar

Nicholas of Verdun

Austria (HRE)

c. 1191

Capital with 4 Heads

Southern Italy

c. 1230-50

St. Maurice

Magdeburg

c. 1230-40

Gospels

Christ Crucified

Ethiopia

c. 1500s

Virgin and Child

Ethiopia

c. 1500s

Manuscript Production Jobs

Parchment Making

Ruling

Ink Production

Pigment Production

Quill Pen Cutting

Writing

Painting

Binding

Manuscript Production

Bamberg Monastic Miscellany

Germany (HRE)

12th Century

Parchment Production

Get Animal Skin

Soak It

Stretch It

Dry It

Scrape It

Rupertsberg Manuscript

Hildegard of Bingen

Scivias

Germany (HRE)

c. 1160s

Codex Amiatinus (Bible)

Ezra the Scribe

Jarrow, Northumbria

Early 8th Century

The Book of the Queens

Christine de Pisan

France

c. 1410

Ivory Book Cover

Gregory the Great and Students

c. 1000

Eadwine Psalter

Canterbury

12th Century

Moralized Bible

Colophon Image

Paris

c. 1208

Scriptorium Portrait

Tower at San Salvador de Tabara

Beatus of Liebana - Commentary on the Apocalypse

Madrid, Spain

c. 970

Gigas Codex (Devil’s Bible)

Bohemia

13th Century

Hours of Jeanne d’Evreux

Paris

c. 1320s

The Book of the Queens (again)

Christine de Pisan

France

c. 1410

Hereford Mappa Mundi

England

c. 1300

Psalter

Mappa Mundi

England

c. 1270

Pentateuch

Micrography

Portugal

c. 1470

Pentateuch

Other Micrography

Portugal

c. 1470

Book of Hours

William de Brailes

Oxford

c. 1235