Outstanding illuminations

Leslie Main Johnson says: Well- I love blue....this is a graceful and lovely piece. Wish I could read the Arabic script.

Illuminated Manuscript of Five Poems (Quintet), Walters Art Museum Ms. W.605, fol.1b by Walters Art Museum Illuminated Manuscripts

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Leslie Main Johnson says: Another remarkable harmonious design and blend of colours...and I'm a sucker for pretty gilding. I always liked paisley and Persian carpets and Indian prints...so of course I find this really beautiful.

Collection of poems (divan), Double-page illuminated frontispiece, Walters Manuscript W.636, fol. 2b by Walters Art Museum Illuminated Manuscripts

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Leslie Main Johnson says: classic Persian representational illumination with a fine landscape and wonderful range of colours in the garb of the figures...also lovely calligraphy and again the gilding....

Burning and melting, Prince Dāniyāl accompanies the young Hindu girl to the funeral pyre, Walters Manuscript W.649, fol. 17b by Walters Art Museum Illuminated Manuscripts

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Leslie Main Johnson says: I enjoy the clear fresh colours and design of the floral motif, and also find the calligraphy ineresting. It's quite distinct from the more ornate manuscript above.

Illuminated Manuscript, Gospels, Walters Art Museum Ms. W.592, fol. 19b by Walters Art Museum Illuminated Manuscripts

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Leslie Main Johnson says: the gold floral design and the mandala like circular motif are both very elegant

Five poems (quintet), Illuminated finispiece, Walters Manuscript W.624, fol. 211b by Walters Art Museum Illuminated Manuscripts

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Leslie Main Johnson says: wonderful rich colours, gold work and lovely design with the calligraphy confined to the circular motif (almost)

Illuminated Manuscript Koran, The right side of a double-page illumination, Walters Art Museum Ms. W.577, fol.1b by Walters Art Museum Illuminated Manuscripts

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Leslie Main Johnson says: I was really intrigued by the lug wheeled wagon and the horse collar....also the lovely diaper work in the sky. There are not many images I've seen that really show Medieval conveyances.

Elijah; ascension Illus Jean Bondol KB NL by Tony Harrison

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Leslie Main Johnson says: The visible homey detail in this domestic scene is wonderfully evocative of daily life....the mechanism of the pot hanger, the tongs, the grill, the kettle on the hob, Joseph's pattens, and the good pewter dishes all carefully placed on the high shelf...

The cozy holy family by YIP2

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Leslie Main Johnson says: I've known of this image for a long time, but it was in grainy black and white in my source. I think the wooden baby walker is amazing [of course- Papa is a carpenter], and I love the band loom with its little cloth beam and warp beam which is very intriguing. Also Joseph planing the beam...and wonderful BLUE colour on Mary's gown.

The cozy holy family by YIP2

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Leslie Main Johnson says: I'm fascinated by traditional fishing technologies, and value this image of European fish traps and dipnet. It makes a very interesting comparison with Indigenous North American fishing technologies.

Fishing by YIP2

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Leslie Main Johnson says: The illuminations of the 12 century St Alban's Psalter are distinctive and lovely....very elongated, ethereal figures. The colour balance of this scan is more toward yellows, changing violet tints to browns, and making the greens and golds quite vibrant

Art Mary Magdalen announcing the Resurrection to the Apostles, St Albans Psalter by Karen

Genève, Bibliothèque de Genève, Ms. lat. 6, f. 16r by e-codices

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Genève, Bibliothèque de Genève, Ms. lat. 6, f. 02r by e-codices

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