Caladrius

Sloane 3544 f. 24 Caladrius bird. BL, originally uploaded by renzodionigi.

The Magician

The Magician, originally uploaded by Aria Nadii.

original page 27 from William Lilly's Catastrophe Mundi 1683

Strange Beasts

Strange Beasts, originally uploaded by Aria Nadii.

original page 41 from William Lilly's Catastrophe Mundi 1683

Reiner Musterbuch

Reiner Musterbuch, originally uploaded by petrus.agricola.

Patternbook from Zisterzienserstift monastery Rein near Graz, Austria 1208-1213

Huntress

The virgin with a Byzantine crown speaks to the Unicorn

The virgin with a Byzantine crown speaks to the Unicorn, originally uploaded by petrus.agricola.

Smyrna Physiologus with text by Cosmas - Scola Evangelica Smyrna cod B8 (Manuscript from c. 900 CE, the codex was destroyed in 1922)

Upper board inside from Koran, Walters Art Museum Ms. W.853.II

Upper board inside from Koran, Walters Art Museum Ms. W.853.II, originally uploaded by Walters Art Museum Illuminated Manuscripts.

Upper board inside from Koran, Walters Art Museum Ms. W.853.II

This manuscripts is volume two (chapters 19-114) of a decorated two-volume set of the Koran (Qur'an) produced in sub-Saharan (West) Africa in the 13th century AH / 19th CE. Written in Sūdānī script on loose leaves, this manuscript is enclosed in two decorated covers and a leather pouch (satchel).

Al-Qurʾān from Koran, Walters Art Museum Ms. W.853.II, fol.1b

Al-Qurʾān from Koran, Walters Art Museum Ms. W.853.II, fol.1b, originally uploaded by Walters Art Museum Illuminated Manuscripts.