Alessandro Algardi - The Holy Family with Two Angels
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Giovanni Mauro della Rovere - Flying Angel with Arms Upraised
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Photo of Panel (one of a pair) - Public domain dedication
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Plaque with Censing Angels, Limousin, Occitania, France
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Christ in Limbo: Design for the Standard of a Confraternity
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Muhammad at al-Masjid al-Aqsâ leads the earlier prophets and angels in...
Life of the Prophet Muhammad written at the order of the Mamluk sultan al-Mansûr 'Alâ' al-Dîn 'Alî (d. 778/1376). The work was first illustrated during the reign of the Ottoman sultan Murâd III.
Muhammad, mounted on Burâq accompanied by Jibrîl and host angels, rise...
Life of the Prophet Muhammad written at the order of the Mamluk sultan al-Mansûr 'Alâ' al-Dîn 'Alî (d. 778/1376). The work was first illustrated during the reign of the Ottoman sultan Murâd III.
Plaque with the Crucifixion - Public domain dedication museum photo
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Center Panel of a Triptych with the Crucifixion and the Entombment
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Pendant Brooch with Cameo of Enthroned Virgin and Child and Christ Pan...
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Shrine of O'Donnell, Cathach or Battler
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The Cloisters - Capital with Symbols of the Evangelists
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Enamelled frame with angels holding coat-of-arms
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Adoration of the Magi from BL Eg 1139, f. 2v
Miniature of the Adoration of the Magi, and the Magi being led by an angel. Image taken from f. 2v of Psalter (The 'Melisende Psalter') with canticles, prayers, and litany. Written in Latin. The Egerton Manusc... More
Byzantine Icon of the Lamentation
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Virgin and Child from BL Eg 1139, f. 202v
Detail of a miniature of the Virgin and Child with angels. Image taken from f. 202v of Psalter (The 'Melisende Psalter') with canticles, prayers, and litany. Written in Latin. The Egerton Manuscript Collection... More
The Cloisters - Angel, Burgundy, France
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Base of an Altar Cross with Reading Angels Sitting on Dragons and Stan...
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Base of an Altar Cross with Reading Angels Sitting on Dragons and Stan...
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The Cloisters - Capital with an Angel Emerging from a Cloud, Burgundy,...
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Lintel with Angels Supporting the Lamb of God
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The Cloisters - Lintel with Angels Supporting the Lamb of God, Spain
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The Cloisters - Segment of a Crozier Shaft
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Chasse of Champagnat, Limousin, Occitania, France
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Plaque with the Holy Women at the Sepulchre
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Processional Cross - Public domain dedication museum photo
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Plaque with the Annunciation to the Shepherds
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Plaque from a Portable Altar with Scenes from the Life of Jesus
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Angels Swinging Censers - Public domain dedication museum photo
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Photo of Stand for an altar cross - Public domain dedication
Het voorwerp is in meerdere delen gegoten. Vervolgens is het geciseleerd, hier en daar gegraveerd en in zijn geheel verguld (ook de onderkant). Twee engelen staan naast elkaar op een rechthoekige grond, die rus... More
Reliquary Casket with Scenes from the Martyrdom of Saint Thomas Becket
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Leaf from a Beatus Manuscript: the Seventh Angel Proclaims the Reign o...
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Leaf from a Beatus Manuscript: the Angel of the Church of Philadelphia...
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Leaf from a Beatus Manuscript: the Lamb at the Foot of the Cross, Flan...
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Chasse, Limoges, France, Limousin, Occitania, France
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Leaf from a Beatus Manuscript: Seven Angels Hold the Cups of the Seven...
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Leaf from a Beatus Manuscript: Christ in Majesty with Angels and the ...
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Leaf from a Beatus Manuscript: Angels Restrain the Four Winds; the Ang...
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Leaf from a Beatus Manuscript: Christ in Majesty with Angels and the ...
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Leaf from a Beatus Manuscript: the Lamb at the Foot of the Cross, Flan...
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Leaf from a Beatus Manuscript: Seven Angels Hold the Cups of the Seven...
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Book Cover Plaque with Christ in Majesty, Limousin, Occitania, France
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Book Cover Plaque with the Crucifixion, Limousin, Occitania, France
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Chasse with The Crucifixion and Christ in Majesty, Limousin, Occitania...
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Book-Cover Plaque with Christ in Majesty, Limousin, Occitania, France
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Plaque with the Annunciation - Public domain dedication museum photo
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Illuminated manuscript pages. Angels appearing to shepherds illuminati...
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An angel chastizing zealots from BL YT 31, f. 13v
Miniature of an angel threatening with a sword two seated zealots, who dispute overmuch on the secrets of God; Christ stands to the right of the angel, in Matfré Ermengau of Béziers's Breviari d'Amour. Image ta... More
Revelation from BL YT 10, f. 12v
Miniature of John, holding a palm, and a crowned elder, from Revelation 7:13; miniature of seven angels with trumpets, and another angel holding a golden cense, from Revelations 8:1-3. Image taken from f. 12v o... More
Angel calling birds from BL YT 10, f. 33v
Detail of a miniature of an angel standing on the sun and calling all birds to eat the flesh of men (the birds include a peacock, a hawk, a raven, a dove, a cockerel, a pelican, and an owl), from Revelation 19:... More
Works of Mercy from BL YT 31, f. 110v
Eight-part miniature in Matfré Ermengau of Béziers's Breviari d'Amour of a good man performing a number of works of mercy, including feeding the hungry, clothing the naked, giving shelter to the homeless, visit... More
Angels turning the axis of the world from BL Harley 4940, f. 28
Detail of a diagram with angels turning the axis of the world. Image taken from f. 28 of Breviari d'amor. Written in French. The "BL Harley Manuscript" refers to a collection of medieval manuscripts held in th... More
Fall of Babylon from BL YT 10, f. 24
Detail of a miniature of an angel showing John a vision of the fall of Babylon, from Revelation 18. Image taken from f. 24 of Apocalypse (Revelation). Written in French. Henry Yates Thompson (1838-1928) was a ... More
Giovanni Boccaccio - Tinted drawing from BL Harley 621, f. 1v, illumin...
Tinted drawing of an angel expelling Adam and Eve from the Garden of Eden, and of Cain killing Abel. Image taken from f. 1v of Du Cas des Nobles Hommes et Femmes (index De casibus virorum et feminarum illustriu... More
Virgin and Child and Bernard from BL YT 36, f. 186
Miniature of Dante and Beatrice before the Virgin and Child, seated in a garden and surrounded by angels and a kneeling Bernard, in illustration of Paradiso XXXIII. Image taken from f. 186 of Divina Commedia (i... More
Scenes from Genesis from BL Or 2884, f. 3v
Full-page miniature, upper register: the building of the tower of Babel, the builders attacking each other as a consequence of losing their common language (see Genesis Rabbah 38:10), lower register: Abraham ho... More
Two angels holding the cloth of Veronica from BL Royal 17 A XXVII, f. ...
Miniature of two angels holding the cloth of Veronica. Image taken from f. 72v of Prayers, hymns and miscellaneous religious texts, including verses on the Arma Christi or Symbols of the Passion (ff. 72v-80). W... More
Guillaume de Diguleville preaching from BL Harley 4399, f. 1
Coloured drawings at the beginning of the text, from left to right: Guillaume de Diguleville preaching, his dream, the angel guarding Jerusalem. Image taken from f. 1 of Pèlerinage de vie humaine (index Pelerin... More
Wise and Fooling Virgins from BL Arundel 44, f. 57v
Drawing of the Wise and Fooling Virgins, in the second register, with Christ in Judgement above, and in the lowest register, angels blowing trumpets awakening the dead, at the beginning of epistle VI. Image tak... More
Decorated title page from BL Add 27210, f. 2
Decorated title page depicting an arcade resting on mermaid caryatids and on columns decorated with gold flowers. In the middle of the arch, there is an angel's head with wings. Early seventeenth-century decora... More
Six Ages of the World from BL YT 31, f. 77
Detail of a circular diagram of the Six Ages of the World, with an angel at the centre with outspread arms. Each of the Ages of the World is represented by an emblematic scene. First Age (from Adam to Noah): ... More
Scenes from the life of Adam from BL Or 2884, f. 1v
Full-page miniature, upper register: the creation of Adam by the angels, lower register: Adam naming the animals. Image taken from f. 1v of Haggadah for Passover (the 'Sister Haggadah'). Written in Hebrew.
Debate for the Soul from BL Stowe 39, f. 32v
Miniature of the Debate for the Soul, with a naked man being held by the hair by a devil with a hook, and speared by death, with an angel on the right, Christ with raised hands, and a kneeling Mary interceding ... More
The Angel of Zeal from BL Eg 943, f. 97
The Angel of Zeal shows the way through a rocky pass. Image taken from f. 97 of Divina Commedia (index Divine Comedy): Inferno, Purgatorio, Paradiso, with a short Latin commentary; the Capitolo (ff. 187-187v). ... More
The Nine Choirs of Angels surround Jesus, God the Father, and Mary fro...
Miniature of the Nine Choirs of Angels. In the central roundel are seated God, Christ, and the Virgin Mary in prayer; they are surrounded by the text of the Sanctus repeated three times. Around this roundel a... More
Angels from BL Eg 615, f. 31 - Public domain medieval manuscript
Detail of miniature of angels with musical instruments. Image taken from f. 31 of The Pilgrimage of the Soul, translated from the French of Guillaume de Deguileville. Written in English. The Egerton Manuscript... More
Back cover of an Evangeliary with a Salvator mundi (Blessing Christ)
Achterplat van een evangelieboek van verguld koper en email champlevé. Op het middenveld is op blauwe grond met gestrooide sterren in een mandorla in reliëf de zegenende Christus afgebeeld; in de hoeken de vier... More
Reliquary, Limoges, France, Limousin, Occitania, France
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Virgin and Child and Bernard from BL YT 36, f. 186
Detail of a miniature of Dante and Beatrice before the Virgin and Child, seated in a garden and surrounded by angels and a kneeling Bernard, in illustration of Paradiso XXXIII. Image taken from f. 186 of Divina... More
The temptation of Christ: four angels minister to Christ
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Scenes from the life of Joseph from BL Or 2884, f. 6v
Full-page miniature, upper register: Joseph meeting an angel (see Genesis Rabbah 84:14 on Gen. 37:15), and the council of his brothers (Gen. 37:18), lower register: Joseph's brothers casting him into a pit, the... More
Deeds of devils from BL YT 31, f. 44
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
Scenes from Genesis from BL Add 27210, f. 3
Full-page miniature, upper right: the Noah harvesting, the drunk Noah sleeping naked on the ground, his sons, Japhet and Shem covering him with a robe (Gen. 9:23), upper left: the confusion of the language at t... More
Christ blessing from BL Harley 5790, f. 4
Decorated headpiece with Christ blessing with Mary and John, flanked by angels, at the beginning of Matthew. Image taken from f. 4 of Gospels. Written in Greek. The Evangelist St. Matthew is one of the four au... More
Four Winds and Angel from BL YT 10, f. 11v
Miniature of angels holding the four winds (beasts' heads) at the four corners of the earth, from Revelation 7:1-2; miniature of an angel with red wings, holding a staff with a red cross, from Revelation 7:3. ... More
The Rose of Heaven from BL Eg 943, f. 181
Framed miniature of Dante and Beatrice contemplating the Rose of Heaven, worshipped by five angels. Image taken from f. 181 of Divina Commedia (index Divine Comedy): Inferno, Purgatorio, Paradiso, with a short ... More
Tree of Virtues from BL Arundel 44, f. 29
Drawing of the Tree of Virtues, flanked by angels, with Love at the top with an image of Christ blessing, illustrating epistle IV.1. Image taken from f. 29 of Notebook ('The Codex Arundel'). Written in Italian.... More
Crucifix, Limoges, France, Limousin, Occitania, France
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Two-Sided Pendant with the Archangel Michael and Daniel in the Lion’s ...
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Seth from BL Add 24189, f. 13 - Public domain medieval manuscript
Miniature of Seth, at the gates of Paradise, receiving from an angel a cutting of three seeds of the tree of knowledge. Image taken from f. 13 of Illustrations for Mandeville's Travels (index Voyage d'outre mer... More
Cosmological diagram of the spheres from BL YT 31, f. 66
Circular diagram of the spheres of the Ptolemaic system, including the four elements, the seven planetary spheres, and the sphere of fixed stars, with four angels surrounding them, in Matfré Ermengau of Béziers... More
The Orders of Angels from BL YT 36, f. 180
Detail of a miniature of Beatrice watching as Dante kneels before the orders of angels, who are kneeling before the Trinity; on the right, Dionysius sits, with an open book on his knee, in illustration of Parad... More
Stag and Lion from BL YT 31, f. 2
Detail of the lower section of a full border in the Italian style, with arms, a monkey, a stag couchant, a lion couchant, a hare, and an ocotofoil containing a portrait of an angels, in Matfré Ermengau of Bézie... More
Joseph meeting an angel from BL Add 27210, f. 5
Joseph meeting an angel on the way to his brothers, detail of a miniature depicting scenes from Genesis. Joseph's encounter with an angel is based on a midrashic explanation of Gen. 37:15, 'And a certain man fo... More
Reliquary decorated with Christ, saints and angels
Reliekschrijn van verguld koper en email champlevé. De voorzijde is bekleed met bladgoud waarop in rozetten gevatte stenen opgehecht zijn, naast kleinere rozetvormige stempels. Verder drie opgelegde, plastische... More
St John takes the book from the angel and eats it from BL Add 38842, f...
Full page with a single-column miniature of John eating the book which the angel is holding. Image taken from f. 1v of Apocalypse with commentary in French prose (a fragment from chapters 9-16). Written in French.
Scenes from Genesis from BL Add 27210, f. 5
Full-page miniature, upper right: Jacob wrestling with an angel, upper left: Joseph's dream, lower right: Joseph relating his dream to his father and brothers, lower left: Joseph meeting an angel on the way to ... More
God instilling his divine nature from BL YT 31, f. 35
Miniature of a man kneeling before the standing figure of Christ, who holds an open book; animals and birds gather to the right, while a censing angel flies above. This miniature illustrates the text above, wh... More
Fall of Babylon from BL YT 10, f. 24
Miniature of an angel showing John a vision of the fall of Babylon, from Revelation 18. Image taken from f. 24 of Apocalypse (Revelation). Written in French. Henry Yates Thompson (1838-1928) was a British coll... More
Arms of England from BL Royal 17 F III, f. 120
Detail of a miniature of an angel holding aloft the arms of England, from the right margin of the folio. Image taken from f. 120 of City of God (La cité de Dieu). Written in French. The BL Royal Manuscript Col... More
Mary from BL Harley 5790, f. 143
Headpiece with Mary with raised hands flanked by angels, and a marginal figure of Solomon and David, at the beginning of Luke. Image taken from f. 143 of Gospels. Written in Greek. The "BL Harley Manuscript" r... More
Expulsion from Eden from BL YT 31, f. 89
Detail of a miniature of the expulsion of Adam and Eve from Eden by an angel with a sword, in Matfré Ermengau of Béziers's Breviari d'Amour. Image taken from f. 89 of Breviari d'Amor (Catalan prose version). Wr... More
Tabernacle, Limoges, France, Limousin, Occitania, France
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Augustine and Charles V from BL Royal 14 D I, f. 1
Miniature of Augustine writing, and Charles V, king of France standing in a landscape, with an angel holding a shield with his arms, with a full border containing an unidentified coat of arms, azure a lion ramp... More
The holy city of Jerusalem from BL Harley 4972, f. 39
Miniature of one of the seven angels showing John the holy city of Jerusalem descending from heaven. Image taken from f. 39 of Apocalypse with prologue of Gilbert de la Porrée (ff. 1-43), Prophétie de la sibyll... More
Chasse, Limoges, France, Limousin, Occitania, France
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Front cover of an Evangeliary with the Crucifixion
Voorplat van een evangelieboek van verguld koper en email champlevé. In het middenveld, tegen een blauwe grond, de gekruisigde Christus in reliëf tussen Maria en Johannes met uitsluitend de koppen in reliëf. Bo... More
Joseph of Arimathea injured by a spear from BL Royal 14 E III, f. 30
Detail of a miniature of Joseph of Arimathea seated before an altar while an angel thrusts a spear into his leg; king Nascien and his queen stand by. Image taken from f. 30 of Estoire del Saint Graal, La Queste... More
Jacob and the angel from BL Harley 4381, f. 29v
Miniature of Jacob battling with an angel. Image taken from f. 29v of Bible historiale (vol. 1). Written in French, with some Latin for frontispiece. The "BL Harley Manuscript" refers to a collection of mediev... More
Four Winds from BL YT 10, f. 11v
Detail of a miniature of angels holding the four winds (beasts' heads) at the four corners of the earth, from Revelation 7:1-2. Image taken from f. 11v of Apocalypse (Revelation). Written in French. Henry Yate... More