Showing posts with label 1480s. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 1480s. Show all posts

Monday, 7 November 2016

Tacuinum sanitatis (ÖNB, Ms. 2396)

Liquorice (liquiricia), f. 13v.

Colloquial name(s): Tacuinum sanitatis, by Ibn Butlân
Official name(s): Österreichische Nationalbibliothek, Ms. 2396 [formerly Eug. Q. 59]

Date: 1476-1500 (source), 1480-99 (source)
Origin: unknown

Online facsimile available via: Österreichische Nationalbibliothek

Tuesday, 1 March 2016

Très Riches Heures du Duc de Berry (Chantilly, Musée Condé, MS 65)

February, f. 2v.

Colloquial name(s): Très Riches Heures du Duc de Berry
Official name(s): Chantilly, Musée Condé, MS 65

Date: 1412-1416 (Limburg brothers' illustrations), 1420s or 1440s (further embellishments by an anonymous painter), 1485-1489 (illustrations completed or added by Jean Colombe) (source)
Origin: made for the French prince, John, Duke of Berry, France (source)

Online facsimile available via: Mirador (full, zoomable facsimile), Wikimedia Commons (next best online facsimile), Christus Rex (inferior online facsimile)