Miniature of an angel weighing the virtues and vices of two souls on its scales, while stabbing at a devil who tries to tip the balance; miniature of three sinners in a fiery hell-mouth, being tormented by devi More
Miniature of a young priest absolving a kneeling penitent of his sins, in Matfré Ermengau of Béziers's Breviari d'Amour. Image taken from f. 167v of Breviari d'Amor (Catalan prose version). Written in Spanish ( More
Miniature of a Jew pointing to an open book while a horned devil with webbed feet covers his eyes, representing the blindness of the Jews to the Christian fulfillment of Old Testament prophecy, in Matfré Ermeng More
Miniature of a two-faced woman holding up a key in each hand, representing January; miniature of woman stirring a pot over a fire with a hare hung above, representing February, in Matfré Ermengau of Béziers's B More
Miniature of the arrested Christ being brought before a seated Pilate; miniature of the death of Judas by hanging, in Matfré Ermengau of Béziers's Breviari d'Amour. Image taken from f. 236v of Breviari d'Amor ( More
Miniature of a man beating down acorns for his pigs to feed, representing November; miniature of a man and a woman slaughtering a pig, representing December, in Matfré Ermengau of Béziers's Breviari d'Amour. Im More
Miniature of Peter, Christ, an angel, and Paul standing over the Virgin Mary's deathbed; Christ holds Mary's soul, depicted as the figure of a small child. On the right, a miniature of the Coronation of the Vi More
Miniature of a maiden holding a wreath, in Matfré Ermengau of Béziers's Breviari d'Amour. Image taken from f. 56v of Breviari d'Amor (Catalan prose version). Written in Spanish (Catalan), with some Hebrew (ff. More
Two miniatures of the offices of angels. In the upper miniature, an angel brings food and a jug of wine to a kneeling Ezekiel; in the lower miniature, two angels carry the soul of a dead holy man to heaven as h More
Miniature of Christ, standing on the shore, calling to the fisherman Andrew and Peter to be his disciples, in Matfré Ermengau of Béziers's Breviari d'Amour. Image taken from f. 224v of Breviari d'Amor (Catalan More
Full-page miniatures of the deeds of devils, divided into three tiers. Upper tier: miniature of the fall of the angels from heaven, with God seated on the left and a gaping hell-mouth below. Central tier (fro More
Circular diagram of the seven planets, each of which governs a day of the week, set around a wheel. Each planet is depicted as a human figure: the Sun as a woman with a flower, Venus swimming, Mercury with a More
Wheel-shaped miniature of the sphere, inscribed with the poles, cardinal points, twelve signs, and course of the sun, in Matfré Ermengau of Béziers's Breviari d'Amour. Image taken from f. 49v of Breviari d'Amor More
Detail of a wheel-shaped miniature of the sphere, inscribed with the poles, cardinal points, twelve signs, and course of the sun, in Matfré Ermengau of Béziers's Breviari d'Amour. Image taken from f. 49v of Bre More
Miniature of the planet Saturn, represented as an elderly man holding a sickle; miniature of the planet Jupiter, incorrectly represented as a fully-robed woman (this miniature should actually be representing th More
Miniature of Bernard holding a scroll; miniature of a Jew holding an open book while a devil covers his eyes, representing the blindness of the Jews to the Christian fulfillment of Old Testament prophecy; minia More
Illuminated initial 'T'(otes), in red, blue, white and gold, in Matfré Ermengau of Béziers's Breviari d'Amour. Image taken from f. 65v of Breviari d'Amor (Catalan prose version). Written in Spanish (Catalan), w More
Illuminated initial 'O', in gold, blue, pink, red, and gold, in Matfré Ermengau of Béziers's Breviari d'Amour. Image taken from f. 49 of Breviari d'Amor (Catalan prose version). Written in Spanish (Catalan), wi More
Detail of a miniature of the bearded author of the text, Matfré Ermengau of Bézier, kneeling among rocks and trees before Christ, with a portion of an illuminated initial 'P', at the beginning of Matfré Ermenga More
Illuminated initial 'E'(aqu) in red, orange, blue, white and gold colours, in Matfré Ermengau of Béziers's Breviari d'Amour. Image taken from f. 251v of Breviari d'Amor (Catalan prose version). Written in Spani More
Miniature of the flowering of Aaron's staff, with an illuminated initial 'E' in red, blue, white and gold, in Matfré Ermengau of Béziers's Breviari d'Amour. Image taken from f. 127v of Breviari d'Amor (Catalan More
Miniature of the Virgin and Child enthroned, flanked by two angels holding tapers, and an illuminated initial 'P'(usquels) in red, blue, white and gold, in Matfré Ermengau of Béziers's Breviari d'Amour. Image t More
Illuminated initial 'E', in red, blue, orange, white and gold, in Matfré Ermengau of Béziers's Breviari d'Amour. Image taken from f. 172 of Breviari d'Amor (Catalan prose version). Written in Spanish (Catalan), More
Detail of a miniature of the bearded author of the text, Matfré Ermengau of Bézier, kneeling among rocks and trees before Christ, with a full border in the Italian style including peacocks and ocotofoils contai More
Illuminated initial 'P'(er), in red, blue and gold, in Matfré Ermengau of Béziers's Breviari d'Amour. Image taken from f. 66v of Breviari d'Amor (Catalan prose version). Written in Spanish (Catalan), with some More
Illuminated initial 'A'(pres), in red, blue, white and gold colours, in Matfré Ermengau of Béziers's Breviari d'Amour. Image taken from f. 231v of Breviari d'Amor (Catalan prose version). Written in Spanish (Ca More
Illuminated initial 'E'(sapiats) in red, orange, blue and gold colours, in Matfré Ermengau of Béziers's Breviari d'Amour. Image taken from f. 239v of Breviari d'Amor (Catalan prose version). Written in Spanish More
Illuminated initial 'O', in red, orange, blue, purple, and gold, in Matfré Ermengau of Béziers's Breviari d'Amour. Image taken from f. 228 of Breviari d'Amor (Catalan prose version). Written in Spanish (Catalan More
Illuminated initial 'C'(on0, in red, orange, blue, white and gold colours, in Matfré Ermengau of Béziers's Breviari d'Amour. Image taken from f. 232v of Breviari d'Amor (Catalan prose version). Written in Spani More
Miniature of the Virgin holding the Christ child, as she denigrates the serpent, with an adult Christ on the left holding a scroll reading 'fembra te fara tempesta. Tal qu el trencera la testa.' With an illumi More
Miniature of the bearded author of the text, Matfré Ermengau of Bézier, kneeling among rocks and trees before Christ, with a full border in the Italian style, with arms, a monkey, a stag couchant, a lion coucha More