Meister der Bibel des Patrice Léon 001
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Meister der Konkordanztafeln des Eusebius von Ceasarea 001
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Meister nach Cosmas Indicopleustes 001
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Syrischer Maler um 1220 001 - Public domain dedication image
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Agathias (Latin) - Public domain medieval manuscript
The beginning of Agathias’ “Histories”, Latin translation by Cristoforo Persona, in the dedication copy for Pope Sixtus IV, the manuscript Vatican City, Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, Vat. lat. 2004, fol. 2r.... More
Bessarion’s dedication letter to Cesarini
Cardinal Bessarion’s dedication letter to Cardinal Julian Cesarini the Elder in the presentation copy of his Latin translation of Xenophon’s Memorabilia. Rome, Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, Vat. Lat. 1806, f... More
Cicero, De natura deorum, BAV, Urb. lat. 319
The beginning of the dialogue „De natura deorum“ in the manuscript Vatican City, Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, Urb. lat. 319, fol. 2r. Deutsch: Der Anfang des Dialogs „De natura deorum“ in der Handschrift C... More
Curtius Rufus, BAV, Urb. lat. 427
The beginning of the third book of the „Histories of Alexander the Great“ in the manuscript Vatican City, Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, Urb. lat. 427, fol. 2r. Deutsch: Der Anfang des dritten Buches der Ale... More
Dionysius Areopagita, De coelesti hierarchia (Latin)
The beginning of Ambrose Traversari’s Latin translation of the Pseudo-Dionysian “Celestial Hierarchy” in the manuscript Vatican City, Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, Vat. lat. 171, fol. 1r. Deutsch: Der Anfan... More
Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Antiquitates Romanae (Latin)
The beginning of Lampugnino Birago’s Latin translation of the „Roman Antiquities“ in the dedication copy for Pope Paul II, the manuscript Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, Vat. lat. 1819, fol. 1r. Deutsch: Der ... More
Diodorus, Latin translation - Public domain medieval manuscript
The beginning of the eleventh book of the Bibliotheca historica in the Latin translation by Iacopo da San Cassiano dedicated to Pope Pius II. Manuscript Vatican City, Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, Vat. lat. ... More
Et In Terra Pax Homnibus (ms Chigi VIII.234 fol. 154r)
Français : Enlumineur flamand, Codex Chigi, fol. 154r, tempera, feuille d'or et encre sur parchemin, 39 x 29.2 cm.
Ficino, Hipparchus - Public domain medieval manuscript
Ficino’s introduction („argumentum“) to his Latin translation of the dialogue Hipparchus in the manuscript Vatican City, Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, Urb. lat. 185, fol. 7r. Deutsch: Ficinos Einleitung („a... More
Francesco della Rovere, preface
The preface of Cardinal Francesco della Rovere, who later became Pope Sixtus IV, to a manuscript of his works dedicated to Pope Paul II. Manuscript: Vatican City, Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, Vat. lat. 1051... More
Francesco della Rovere, De futuris contingentibus
The beginning of the treatise De futuris contingentibus by Cardinal Francesco della Rovere, who later became Pope Sixtus IV, in the manuscript Vatican City, Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, Vat. lat. 1050, fol.... More
Lorenzo Valla, preface - Public domain medieval manuscript
The beginning of Lorenzo Valla’s preface to his Latin translation of Thucydides’ „History of the Peloponnesian War” in the dedication copy for Pope Nicholas V. Manuscript: Vatican City, Biblioteca Apostolica V... More
Lucretius, Vat. lat. 1569 - Public domain medieval manuscript
The beginning of the poem „De rerum natura“ in a manuscript written for Pope Sixtus IV: Vatican City, Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, Vat. lat. 1569, fol. 1r. Deutsch: Der Anfang des Gedichts „De rerum natura... More
Syriac NT Lectionary, Borgia Syriac Ms 13
A 17th-century liturgical text written in Classical Syriac with Eastern (Madhnkhaya) vowel pointing. Part of the Vatican Library collection of Syriac Christian manuscripts digitized by the Brigham Young Univer... More
Miscellanea Astronomica - Mermen and Capricorn BldK
Mermen and Capricorn, book illustration in Miscellanea Astronomica, Rome, 15th century, Bibliotheca Apostolica e
Aristotle latin manuscript - Public domain dedication image
Aristotle, beginning of Physics. Medieval latin manuscript, original Greek text added in the margins. Hint: The manuscript belongs to the Bibliotheca Apostolica Vaticana (Vaticane, Rome); see the stamp.
Cicero, De amicitia, Vaticanus Palatinus lat. 1523
The beginning of Cicero’s De amicitia, in ms. Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, Vaticanus Palatinus lat. 1523, fol. 1r. Deutsch: Der Anfang von Ciceros De amicitia in der Handschrift Biblioteca Apostolica Vatic... More
Cicero, De officiis, Vaticanus Palatinus lat. 1534
Cicero, De officiis, in ms. Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, Vaticanus Palatinus lat. 1534, fol. 1r. Deutsch: Cicero, De officiis, in der Handschrift Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, Vaticanus Palatinus lat. 15... More
Grandes chroniques de France Jean Fouquet: DavidGoliathBAVVatGr752Fol4...
Battle between David and Goliath, Book of Psalms, Bibliotheca Apostolica Vaticana, Vat. gr. 752, fol. 448v
Decameron DayVstory1 - Vatican Lib - PalLat1989 f150
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Ev Vatican canons 2v, illuminated manuscript
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Grandes chroniques de France Jean Fouquet: Fortymartyrs, illuminated m...
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Helios in His Chariot, illuminated manuscript
Vat. Gr. 1291, the "Handy Tables" of Ptolemy. Public domain reproduction of Greek Byzantine medieval illuminated manuscript page, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Homer, Iliad, Vaticanus Palatinus graecus 246
The beginning of Homer’s Iliad in ms. Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, Vaticanus Palatinus graecus 246, fol. 1r. Deutsch: Der Anfang von Homers Ilias in der Handschrift Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, Vaticanu... More
Inf. 26, Anonimo fiorentino, Il naufragio della nave di Ulisse, 1390-1...
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Letter of Aristeas (Vat. gr. 747 f. 1r)
Beginning of the Letter of Aristeas. Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, Vat. gr. 747, f. 1r
Maria of Antioch - Public domain dedication image
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Paulus Diaconus, History of the Lombards, Urbinas Lat. 984
Paulus Diaconus, History of the Lombards (beginning) in a humanist manuscript. Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, Urbinas Lat. 984, fol. 2r. Deutsch: Paulus Diaconus, Historia gentis Langobardorum (Anfang) in ei... More
Pier Candido Decembrio, De omnium animalium natura
Pier Candido Decembrio, De omnium animalium natura. Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, Codex Urbinas Lat. 276, fol. 41r. Deutsch: Pier Candido Decembrio, De omnium animalium natura. Biblioteca Apostolica Vatican... More
Virgil, Eclogues, Vaticanus Palatinus lat. 1632
The beginning of Virgil’s Eclogues in ms. Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, Vaticanus Palatinus lat. 1632, fol. 3r. Deutsch: Der Anfang von Vergils Eclogae (Bucolica) in der Handschrift Biblioteca Apostolica Va... More
Mondavio Mingucci 1626 - Public domain dedication image
Disegno di Mondavio del 1626, eseguito da Francesco Mingucci da Pesaro, in Codice Barberiniano 4434 della Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana Note: Veduta del castello di Mondavio, opera del pesarese Francesco Mingu... More
Hippocratic Oath Illuminated medieval manuscript
"Twelfth-century Byzantine manuscript the oath was written out in the form of a cross, relating it visually to Christian ideas".
Albericus L. - Public domain illuminated manuscript
Eine Seite aus dem Büchlein, hierːAnweisung zur Gestaltung der Göttin Venus (oben) für Maler, Manuskript mit Illustrationen
Festmissale Papst Alexander - Antonio da Monza
Deutsch: Italienische Buchmalerei: Seite aus dem Festmissale (Messbuch) für Papst Alexander VI. von Fra Antonio da Monza um das Jahr 1500 geschaffen.
Sallustio De Catilinae coniuratione miniatura
Italiano: Frontespizio miniato di un manoscritto del De bello Catilinae di Sallustio, copiato da Bartolomeo San Vito per Bernardo Bembo nel 1471-84, custodito nella Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana. English: Fi... More
Vat Lat 9820 OttoII - Public domain dedication image
Two angels crowning an emperor, presumably Otto II, illustration from the Exultet Roll of Benevento, Vatican Library Lat. 9820. The emperor is wearing a sword (Peterson type S pommel) on his belt, shown with s... More
12th-century unknown painters - Illustration to a Psalter - WGA15935
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13th-century painters - St Dominic Prostrating Himself - WGA15965
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13th-century painters - St Dominic in Prayer - WGA15964
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14th-century painters - Bible of Matteo di Planisio - WGA15976
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BAV Urb lat 1384 03v - Public domain illuminated manuscript
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BAV Barb Gr 520 Fol 48 V - Public domain illuminated manuscript
Tetraevangelia, Bibliotheca Apostolica Vaticana, Barb. gr. 520, fol. 48v. Miniature: Mark the Evangelist
BAV Urb lat 1384 75v - Public domain illuminated manuscript
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BAV Urb lat 1384 65r - Public domain illuminated manuscript
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Belbello da pavia, san girolamo, da bibbia miniata di niccolò d'este, ...
Belbello da pavia, san girolamo, da bibbia miniata di niccolò d'este, 14131-34, ms. barberiniano lat. 613, f. 630r, biblioteca apostolica vaticana
Beneventan loew - Public domain illuminated manuscript
Nederlands: Voorbeeld van Beneventaans schrift 1058-1087 uit Ms. Vatic. lat. 1202
Bible du Panthéon - BAV Lat.12958 f4v
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Botticelli ChartOfDantesHell - Public domain illuminated manuscript
Created after Dante's Divine Comedy. Public domain reproduction of Italian medieval illuminated manuscript page, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Busnois mass - Public domain medieval manuscript
Manuscript of Missa O Crux Lignum by Antoine Busnois Public domain reproduction of illuminated medieval manuscript page, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
End of “corpus” in Byzance - Public domain scan of engraving
Left: Miniature of Church of the Holy Apostles in Constantinople, 12th century. Vatican Library. Right: Engraving of The Arrival of the Crusaders at Constantinople in 1204, 19th century. — End of the “corpus” ... More
Francesco di antonio del chierico, visione di san bernardo in sermones...
Francesco di antonio del chierico, visione di san bernardo in sermones in cantica canticorum di san bernardo e gilberto di hoyland, bibl ap vaticana, ms urb lat 93 f. 7v
Francesco rosselli e maestro dell'iliade medicea, san bernardo e gilbe...
Francesco rosselli e maestro dell'iliade medicea, san bernardo e gilberto di hoyland, sermones in canticorum ms. urb lat 93 f 8r
Lorenzo Monaco - Antiphonary (Cod. Cor. 1, folio 111v) - WGA13615
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Lucretius, De rerum natura - Public domain medieval manuscript
Lucretius, De rerum natura // This elegant manuscript of Lucretius's philosophical poem, copied by an Augustinian friar for a pope, is an example of the interest in ancient accounts of nature taken by the Renai... More
Manuel 1 Marie: medieval miniature of Byzantine emperor
Manouel I Komnenos and his second wife Maria of Antioch Čeština: Manuel I. Komnenos a jeho druhá žena Marie Antiochijská
Master Of The Dominican Effigies - The Garden of the Virtues - WGA1453...
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Missale Gothicum - BAVat. - RegLat317 - f.169-170
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Paul III. und Ludovico Magnasco di Santa Fiora
Deutsch: Widmungsbild: der Kapellmeister und Bischof von Assisi Ludovico Magnasco di Santa Fiora übergibt Papst Paul III. das Exemplar der Konstitutionen der Cappella Sistina
Pinturicchio, Crocifissione con dolenti (Barb. Lat. 614, c. 219), 1502...
Pinturicchio, Crocifissione con dolenti (Barb. Lat. 614, c. 219), 1502 circa, foglio miniato, Città del Vaticano, Biblioteca Vaticana
Pottery Preparation Vat Gr 746 F 61 R - Public domain medieval manuscr...
Kiln for ceramics (miniature, Rome, Vatican Library, Vat. Gr. 746, f. 61r)
Ritratto Alexander VI - Public domain portrait print
Italiano: Stemma e ritratto di papa Alessandro VI dal ms. Borg. lat. 425: Messa di Natale di Alessandro VI Deutsch: Wappen und Portrait Alexanders VI aus dem Missale pontificis in Nativitate Domini, hora tert... More
Sandro Botticelli - Illustration to the Divine Comedy (Inferno) - WGA0...
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Sandro Botticelli - Illustration to the Divine Comedy (Inferno) - WGA0...
Italiano: Il passo dantesco fu tema di discussioni: secondo alcuni Dante avrebbe confuso Fotino di Tessalonica con Fotino di Sirmio, condannato anche lui per eresia; e papa Anastasio con l'imperatore Anastasio... More
Sandro Botticelli - La Carte de l'Enfer
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Sandro Botticelli - The Abyss of Hell - WGA02853
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Timaeus trans calcidius med manuscript
Medieval manuscript of Calcidius' Latin translation of Plato's Timaeus. In the late sixteenth century, this manuscript belonged to Leiden University professor Daniel Heinsius who gave it to his son Nicholas. Ni... More
БОГОРОДИЦА ПОСРЕДНИЦА - Public domain medieval manuscript
Русский: БОГОРОДИЦА ПОСРЕДНИЦА Библия королевы Христины Шведской Византия, Константинополь, 940 г., темпера, 41х27 см. Ватикан, Папская библиотека.
Pope-nicholas-v-receiving-book - Public domain medieval manuscript
Pope Nicholas V receiving book for Vatican Library round 1450 Public domain reproduction of illuminated medieval manuscript page, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Vat.gr.752.pt.2 0311 fa 0449v - Public domain medieval manuscript
Русский: Танцующие женщины, миниатюра из рукописи vat gr 752 449v Public domain reproduction of illuminated medieval manuscript page, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
De Catilinae coniratione Sallustii
Italiano: Frontespizio miniato, con la dedicatoria a papa Leone X, di un codice rinascimentale contenente De coniuratione Catilinae, un'operetta storiografica d'imitazione sallustiana del giureconsulto Costan... More
Poggio Urb. lat. 431 - Public domain dedication image
Poggio Bracciolini miniature portrait, from illuminated Manuscript of Poggio's translation of Diodoro Siculo in the Vatican Library, Cod. Urb. lat. 431
Poggio Niccolo V Vat. lat. 1811
Pope Niccolò V. receives a book from Poggio Bracciolini Public domain photograph of Catholic Church Pope, priest, clergy, papacy, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Poggio Bracciolini 68 Urb. lat. 224
Portrait of Poggio Bracciolini, from illuminated manuscript (De Varietate Fortunae) in the Vatican Library, Urb. lat. 224
Poggio Urb. lat. 224 - Public domain dedication image
De varietate fortunae, Vatican Library, Ms. Urb. lat. 224 Public domain reproduction of illuminated manuscript page, early renaissance, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Regin lat 522 - Public domain dedication image
Rom (Vatikanstadt), Bibl. Apostolica Vaticana, Cod. Regin. lat. 522: Visiones Georgii: Rückkehr Georgs
Wandalbert von Prüm, July, Martyrologium
Wandalbert von Prüm Reichenau um 855. DAS REICHENAUER MARTYROLOGIUM FÜR KAISER LOTHAR I. Cod. Reg. Lat. 438, Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, Rom.
Carpentras lamentations - Public domain dedication image
Polyphonic setting of Lamentations of Jeremiah by Carpentras, from Vatican archive. From [1].
Antiphonary - BAV Capp.Sist.11 f1r (Saint Andrew)
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Aristoteles opera - BAV Vat.Lat.2096 f1
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Iliade Bilingue - BAV Gr1626 f1v-2r
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Pope alexander VI - Public domain book illustration drawing
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Moses receives the Law, Leo Bible (Vatican, Biblioteca Vaticana MS. Re...
Moses receives the Law, Leo Bible (Vatican, Biblioteca Vaticana MS. Reg. gr. 1), folio 155v, c. 930–940, 41 x 27 cm
Valerius Maximus, De dictis factisque mirabilius - VAT Reg.lat.939 f1r
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