medieval life as the medievals saw it...
Posted: Fri Feb 11, 2011 9:31 pm
I just came across images of an illuminated manuscript found in the Bodleian Library (MS. Bodl. 264). There are high quality pictures hosted online here: http://image.ox.ac.uk/show?collection=b ... =msbodl264
Here's a description from the site:
Here's a description from the site:
I've looked at a few of the folios, and they are loaded with little vignettes that could serve as inspiration for building. It's worth taking a look at what medieval life looked like, as illustrated by a medieval illuminator.(fols. 3r-208r) The Romance of Alexander in French verse, with miniatures illustrating legends of Alexander the Great and with marginal scenes of everyday life, by the Flemish illuminator Jehan de Grise and his workshop, 1338-44; with two sections added in England c. 1400, (fols. 209r-215v, with fol. 1r) Alexander and Dindimus (Alexander Fragment B) in Middle English verse, with coarser miniatures, and (fols. 218r- 71v, with fol. 2v) Marco Polo, Li Livres du Graunt Caam, in French prose, with miniatures by Johannes and his school.
Thanx for posting this stuff guys!