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The Sphere of the Sun from BL YT 36, f. 147

The Sphere of the Sun from BL YT 36, f. 147

Miniature of Dante and Beatrice in the sphere of the sun being greeted by Aquinas and Albertus Magnus, while ten other great intellectural authorities (the Doctors of the Church) are seated below, including Bed... More

Hearts from BL King's 322, f. 6v

Hearts from BL King's 322, f. 6v

Illuminated initials 'S'(i) and 'C'(hi) in a sonnet, with red hearts replacing the word 'cuoere’ ('heart'). Image taken from f. 6v of 49 love sonnets. Written in Italian.

f. 155, displayed as an open bifolium with f. 156v: text page from BL Arundel 263

f. 155, displayed as an open bifolium with f. 156v: text page from BL ...

The Allegory of the Cave. Image taken from f. 155 of Notebook ('The Codex Arundel'). Written in Italian. The Arundel Manuscript Collection was amassed by the Howard family, particularly Thomas Howard, the 2nd ... More

Shield from BL King's 322, f. 1

Shield from BL King's 322, f. 1

Detail of a shield have been overpainted with two hearts burning in a fire the Zucharia's monogram 'MZ' to the right of a shield overpainted, but that of 'AM' (perhaps Andrea Matteo Acquaviva), to the left of t... More

Lion from BL King's 322, f. 1v - Public domain medieval manuscript

Lion from BL King's 322, f. 1v - Public domain medieval manuscript

Pen-flourished initials and heraldic shield with a lion in the lower border. Image taken from f. 1v of 49 love sonnets. Written in Italian.

f. 156v, displayed as an open bifolium with f. 155: text page. from BL Arundel 263

f. 156v, displayed as an open bifolium with f. 155: text page. from BL...

Palaeontological observations; notes on the 'heart and soul', Man as 'model of the world', and generative processes of nature. Image taken from f. 156v of Notebook ('The Codex Arundel'). Written in Italian. Th... More

Heart from BL King's 322, f. 1 - Public domain medieval manuscript

Heart from BL King's 322, f. 1 - Public domain medieval manuscript

Detail of marginal imagery of a heart. Image taken from f. 1 of 49 love sonnets. Written in Italian.

Zoroaster from BL YT 28, f. 51 - Public domain dedication image

Zoroaster from BL YT 28, f. 51 - Public domain dedication image

Detail of a mminiature of Zoroaster with two demons, from Pseudo-Aristotle's Secreta secretorum. Image taken from f. 51 of Secreta secretorum (ff. 1-43); Il Tesoro (translation of Li Livres dou Tresor) (ff. 43v... More

f. 169, displayed as an open bifolium with f. 172v: diagram from BL Arundel 263

f. 169, displayed as an open bifolium with f. 172v: diagram from BL Ar...

Notes and diagram. Image taken from f. 169 of Notebook ('The Codex Arundel'). Written in Italian. The Arundel Manuscript Collection was amassed by the Howard family, particularly Thomas Howard, the 2nd Earl of... More

f. 271, displayed as an open bifolium with f. 278v: notes and sketches from BL Arundel 263

f. 271, displayed as an open bifolium with f. 278v: notes and sketches...

Note on Leonardo's debts, struck through (not in Leonardo's hand, probably by Gian Giacomo Caprotti, 'Salaì'); note by Simone Matteo Migliorotti; study of a bird's wing by Leonardo. Image taken from f. 271 of N... More

f. 177v, displayed as an open bifolium with f. 180: sketches from BL Arundel 263

f. 177v, displayed as an open bifolium with f. 180: sketches from BL A...

Rough sketches; mathematical calculations (side-on). Image taken from f. 177v of Notebook ('The Codex Arundel'). Written in Italian. The Arundel Manuscript Collection was amassed by the Howard family, particul... More

f. 71v, displayed as an open bifolium with f. 70: note and geometrical sketch from BL Arundel 263

f. 71v, displayed as an open bifolium with f. 70: note and geometrical...

Geometrical sketch; note referring to Roger Bacon ('Rugieri Bacon fatto in isstanpa'); some arithmetical calculations. Image taken from f. 71v of Notebook ('The Codex Arundel'). Written in Italian. The Arundel... More

f. 171, displayed as an open bifolium with f. 170v: diagrams from BL Arundel 263

f. 171, displayed as an open bifolium with f. 170v: diagrams from BL A...

Notes and diagrams. Image taken from f. 171 of Notebook ('The Codex Arundel'). Written in Italian. The Arundel Manuscript Collection was amassed by the Howard family, particularly Thomas Howard, the 2nd Earl o... More

f. 74, displayed as an open bifolium with f. 77v: diagrams, sketch from BL Arundel 263

f. 74, displayed as an open bifolium with f. 77v: diagrams, sketch fro...

Notes and diagrams on geometry (side-on); memorandum relating to 'vicario di provisione' (side-on); faint pencil sketch of the head of a lion (?). Image taken from f. 74 of Notebook ('The Codex Arundel'). Writt... More

Sketches and diagrams from BL Arundel 263, f. 211

Sketches and diagrams from BL Arundel 263, f. 211

Notes, sketches and diagrams. Image taken from f. 211 of Notebook ('The Codex Arundel'). Written in Italian. The Arundel Manuscript Collection was amassed by the Howard family, particularly Thomas Howard, the ... More

f. 139, displayed as an open bifolium with f. 140v: text page from BL Arundel 263

f. 139, displayed as an open bifolium with f. 140v: text page from BL ...

Notes and small sketch. Image taken from f. 139 of Notebook ('The Codex Arundel'). Written in Italian. The Arundel Manuscript Collection was amassed by the Howard family, particularly Thomas Howard, the 2nd Ea... More

f. 22, displayed as an open bifolium with f. 23v: diagram from BL Arundel 263

f. 22, displayed as an open bifolium with f. 23v: diagram from BL Arun...

Notes and diagram. Image taken from f. 22 of Notebook ('The Codex Arundel'). Written in Italian. The Arundel Manuscript Collection was amassed by the Howard family, particularly Thomas Howard, the 2nd Earl of ... More

f. 278v, displayed as an open bifolium with f. 271: notes and sketches from BL Arundel 263

f. 278v, displayed as an open bifolium with f. 271: notes and sketches...

Notes on the sense of reality in dreams, on water, and the Rivers Sieve and Arno (upside-down). Image taken from f. 278v of Notebook ('The Codex Arundel'). Written in Italian. The Arundel Manuscript Collection... More

Diagrams and sketches from BL Arundel 263, f. 129v

Diagrams and sketches from BL Arundel 263, f. 129v

Notes, diagrams and sketches. Image taken from f. 129v of Notebook ('The Codex Arundel'). Written in Italian. The Arundel Manuscript Collection was amassed by the Howard family, particularly Thomas Howard, the... More

f. 56v, displayed as an open bifolium with f. 47: note from BL Arundel 263

f. 56v, displayed as an open bifolium with f. 47: note from BL Arundel...

Quella causa'. Image taken from f. 56v of Notebook ('The Codex Arundel'). Written in Italian. The Arundel Manuscript Collection was amassed by the Howard family, particularly Thomas Howard, the 2nd Earl of Aru... More

f. 70, displayed as an open bifolium with f. 71v: diagrams and sketches from BL Arundel 263

f. 70, displayed as an open bifolium with f. 71v: diagrams and sketche...

Notes and diagrams on optics, concerning Alhazen's problem; schematic sketches and notes on mechanics, concerning Leonardo's study of gravity. Image taken from f. 70 of Notebook ('The Codex Arundel'). Written i... More

f. 271v, displayed as an open bifolium with f. 278: notes and sketches from BL Arundel 263

f. 271v, displayed as an open bifolium with f. 278: notes and sketches...

Note on the arrival in Leonado's workshop of Jacopo Tedesco; notes on payments; sketches and notes on water (1504). Image taken from f. 271v of Notebook ('The Codex Arundel'). Written in Italian. The Arundel M... More

Diagram from BL Arundel 263, f. 20

Diagram from BL Arundel 263, f. 20

Notes and diagram. Image taken from f. 20 of Notebook ('The Codex Arundel'). Written in Italian. The Arundel Manuscript Collection was amassed by the Howard family, particularly Thomas Howard, the 2nd Earl of ... More

f. 218v, displayed as an open bifolium with f. 215: diagrams from BL Arundel 263

f. 218v, displayed as an open bifolium with f. 215: diagrams from BL A...

Notes and diagrams. Image taken from f. 218v of Notebook ('The Codex Arundel'). Written in Italian. The Arundel Manuscript Collection was amassed by the Howard family, particularly Thomas Howard, the 2nd Earl ... More

Wise and Fooling Virgins from BL Arundel 44, f. 57v

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

Diagrams from BL Arundel 263, f. 193v

Diagrams from BL Arundel 263, f. 193v

Notes and diagrams (side-on). Image taken from f. 193v of Notebook ('The Codex Arundel'). Written in Italian. The Arundel Manuscript Collection was amassed by the Howard family, particularly Thomas Howard, the... More

f. 140, displayed as an open bifolium with f. 139v: diagrams from BL Arundel 263

f. 140, displayed as an open bifolium with f. 139v: diagrams from BL A...

Notes and schematic sketches. Image taken from f. 140 of Notebook ('The Codex Arundel'). Written in Italian. The Arundel Manuscript Collection was amassed by the Howard family, particularly Thomas Howard, the ... More

Purgatory: Dante observes the lustful from BL Eg 943, f. 110

Purgatory: Dante observes the lustful from BL Eg 943, f. 110

Framed miniature of Dante (with Statius and Virgil) observing the lustful. Image taken from f. 110 of Divina Commedia (index Divine Comedy): Inferno, Purgatorio, Paradiso, with a short Latin commentary; the Cap... More

f. 171v, displayed as an open bifolium with f. 170: diagrams from BL Arundel 263

f. 171v, displayed as an open bifolium with f. 170: diagrams from BL A...

Notes and diagrams. Image taken from f. 171v of Notebook ('The Codex Arundel'). Written in Italian. The Arundel Manuscript Collection was amassed by the Howard family, particularly Thomas Howard, the 2nd Earl ... More

Dante and Virgil contemplating the sin of pride from BL Eg 943, f. 83v

Dante and Virgil contemplating the sin of pride from BL Eg 943, f. 83v

Text page with a miniature of Dante and Virgil looking down at the examples of the sin of pride in a rocky crevice. Image taken from f. 83v of Divina Commedia (index Divine Comedy): Inferno, Purgatorio, Paradis... More

Medici devices from BL Harley 5761, ff. 10v-11

Medici devices from BL Harley 5761, ff. 10v-11

Frontispiece with the title in epigraphic capitals within the Medici device of a diamond ring (f. 10v). On the facing page, a full border with flowers, birds, putti, portrait medallions, and the Medici ring dev... More

Dante and Adam from BL YT 36, f. 176

Dante and Adam from BL YT 36, f. 176

Miniature of Beatrice watching as Dante kneels before Adam, who stands within a circle of golden stars with five naked souls. Image taken from f. 176 of Divina Commedia (index Divine Comedy). Written in Italian... More

Traitors in ice from BL Eg 943, f. 57

Traitors in ice from BL Eg 943, f. 57

Framed miniature of Dante and Virgil looking at traitors in ice up to their necks. Image taken from f. 57 of Divina Commedia (index Divine Comedy): Inferno, Purgatorio, Paradiso, with a short Latin commentary; ... More

Dante, Beatrice, four men, and the heaven of Venus from BL Eg 943, f. 142v

Dante, Beatrice, four men, and the heaven of Venus from BL Eg 943, f. ...

Framed miniature of Dante, Beatrice, and four men in the heaven of Venus. Image taken from f. 142v of Divina Commedia (index Divine Comedy): Inferno, Purgatorio, Paradiso, with a short Latin commentary; the Cap... More

Dante and Virgil watch the minotaur from below from BL Eg 943, f. 21v

Dante and Virgil watch the minotaur from below from BL Eg 943, f. 21v

Framed miniature of Dante and Virgil watching the minotaur. Image taken from f. 21v of Divina Commedia (index Divine Comedy): Inferno, Purgatorio, Paradiso, with a short Latin commentary; the Capitolo (ff. 187-... More

Purgatory: Statius, Matilda and a sleeping Dante from BL Eg 943, f. 122v

Purgatory: Statius, Matilda and a sleeping Dante from BL Eg 943, f. 12...

Detail of a framed miniature of Satius and Matilda standing behind a sleeping Dante. Image taken from f. 122v of Divina Commedia (index Divine Comedy): Inferno, Purgatorio, Paradiso, with a short Latin commenta... More

Beatrice and Dante beneath stars from BL Eg 943, f. 149

Beatrice and Dante beneath stars from BL Eg 943, f. 149

Framed miniature of Beatrice, Dante and a starry sky. Image taken from f. 149 of Divina Commedia (index Divine Comedy): Inferno, Purgatorio, Paradiso, with a short Latin commentary; the Capitolo (ff. 187-187v).... More

Hugh Capet from BL Eg 943, f. 99

Hugh Capet from BL Eg 943, f. 99

Detail of a miniature of Hugh Capet speaking of the crimes of the Capetian house. Image taken from f. 99 of Divina Commedia (index Divine Comedy): Inferno, Purgatorio, Paradiso, with a short Latin commentary; t... More

Diagrams from BL Arundel 263, f. 187v

Diagrams from BL Arundel 263, f. 187v

Notes and diagrams (side-on). Image taken from f. 187v of Notebook ('The Codex Arundel'). Written in Italian. The Arundel Manuscript Collection was amassed by the Howard family, particularly Thomas Howard, the... More

Illuminated initials from BL YT 36, f. 92v

Illuminated initials from BL YT 36, f. 92v

Illuminated initials on a text page. Image taken from f. 92v of Divina Commedia (index Divine Comedy). Written in Italian. Henry Yates Thompson (1838-1928) was a British collector and philanthropist who assemb... More

Illuminated initials from BL YT 36, f. 83v

Illuminated initials from BL YT 36, f. 83v

Illuminated initials on a text page. Image taken from f. 83v of Divina Commedia (index Divine Comedy). Written in Italian. Henry Yates Thompson (1838-1928) was a British collector and philanthropist who assemb... More

Three Dominicans from BL Eg 943, f. 151

Three Dominicans from BL Eg 943, f. 151

Framed miniature of Dante addressing the souls of three Dominicans. Image taken from f. 151 of Divina Commedia (index Divine Comedy): Inferno, Purgatorio, Paradiso, with a short Latin commentary; the Capitolo (... More

The Three Giants from BL YT 36, f. 56v

The Three Giants from BL YT 36, f. 56v

Miniature of Dante and Virgil encountering the three giants, Nimrod, Ephialtes, and Ataeus, with Antaeus carrying Dante and Virgil across a stream, in illustration of Canto XXXI. Image taken from f. 56v of Divi... More

Falconers from BL Eg 2347, f. 8

Falconers from BL Eg 2347, f. 8

Miniature of falconers. Image taken from f. 8 of Treatise on Falconry. Written in Italian. The Egerton Manuscript Collection is named after its founder, Sir Thomas Egerton (1540-1617), 1st Viscount Brackley, w... More

Illuminated initials from BL YT 36, f. 69v

Illuminated initials from BL YT 36, f. 69v

Illuminated initials on a text page. Image taken from f. 69v of Divina Commedia (index Divine Comedy). Written in Italian. Henry Yates Thompson (1838-1928) was a British collector and philanthropist who assemb... More

Illuminated initials from BL YT 36, f. 45

Illuminated initials from BL YT 36, f. 45

Illuminated initials on a text page. Image taken from f. 45 of Divina Commedia (index Divine Comedy). Written in Italian. Henry Yates Thompson (1838-1928) was a British collector and philanthropist who assembl... More

Illuminated initials from BL YT 36, f. 106v

Illuminated initials from BL YT 36, f. 106v

Illuminated initials on a text page. Image taken from f. 106v of Divina Commedia (index Divine Comedy). Written in Italian. Henry Yates Thompson (1838-1928) was a British collector and philanthropist who assem... More

The Avaricious and the Prodigal. from BL Eg 943, f. 100

The Avaricious and the Prodigal. from BL Eg 943, f. 100

Detail of a miniature illustrating Dante and Virgil as the mountain shakes and the soul's cry 'Gloria in Excelsis tutti Deo' from Canto XX. Image taken from f. 100 of Divina Commedia (index Divine Comedy): Infe... More

Illuminated initials from BL YT 36, f. 141v

Illuminated initials from BL YT 36, f. 141v

Illuminated initials on a text page. Image taken from f. 141v of Divina Commedia (index Divine Comedy). Written in Italian. Henry Yates Thompson (1838-1928) was a British collector and philanthropist who assem... More

Dante and Virgil from BL YT 36, f. 16

Dante and Virgil from BL YT 36, f. 16

Detail of a miniature of Virgil holding Dante's eyes to prevent him seeing the Gorgon pass, and Virgil and Dante entering the city of Dis, in illustration of Canto IX. Image taken from f. 16 of Divina Commedia ... More

Dante's visions of Mary and Peisistratus's wife from BL Eg 943, f. 90

Dante's visions of Mary and Peisistratus's wife from BL Eg 943, f. 90

Framed miniatures of Dante seeing a vision of Mary in the temple, above, and a vision of Peisistratus's wife, below. Image taken from f. 90 of Divina Commedia (index Divine Comedy): Inferno, Purgatorio, Paradis... More

Illuminated initials from BL YT 36, f. 122v

Illuminated initials from BL YT 36, f. 122v

Illuminated initials on a text page. Image taken from f. 122v of Divina Commedia (index Divine Comedy). Written in Italian. Henry Yates Thompson (1838-1928) was a British collector and philanthropist who assem... More

Illuminated initials from BL YT 36, f. 43v

Illuminated initials from BL YT 36, f. 43v

Illuminated initials on a text page. Image taken from f. 43v of Divina Commedia (index Divine Comedy). Written in Italian. Henry Yates Thompson (1838-1928) was a British collector and philanthropist who assemb... More

Virgil explains to Dante why the sun is in the north from BL Eg 943, f. 68v

Virgil explains to Dante why the sun is in the north from BL Eg 943, f...

Detail of a miniature of Dante and Virgil seated on a rock, with Virgil explaining the position of the sun. Image taken from f. 68v of Divina Commedia (index Divine Comedy): Inferno, Purgatorio, Paradiso, with ... More

Illuminated initials from BL YT 36, f. 157v

Illuminated initials from BL YT 36, f. 157v

Illuminated initials on a text page. Image taken from f. 157v of Divina Commedia (index Divine Comedy). Written in Italian. Henry Yates Thompson (1838-1928) was a British collector and philanthropist who assem... More

Illuminated initials from BL YT 36, f. 131v

Illuminated initials from BL YT 36, f. 131v

Illuminated initials on a text page. Image taken from f. 131v of Divina Commedia (index Divine Comedy). Written in Italian. Henry Yates Thompson (1838-1928) was a British collector and philanthropist who assem... More

Illuminated initials from BL YT 36, f. 171v

Illuminated initials from BL YT 36, f. 171v

Illuminated initials on a text page. Image taken from f. 171v of Divina Commedia (index Divine Comedy). Written in Italian. Henry Yates Thompson (1838-1928) was a British collector and philanthropist who assem... More

Back binding from BL YT 36 - Public domain medieval manuscript

Back binding from BL YT 36 - Public domain medieval manuscript

Back binding. Image taken from binding of Divina Commedia (index Divine Comedy). Written in Italian. Henry Yates Thompson (1838-1928) was a British collector and philanthropist who assembled this remarkable co... More

Beatrice speaks of the doctrine of free will from BL Eg 943, f. 135v

Beatrice speaks of the doctrine of free will from BL Eg 943, f. 135v

Framed miniature of Beatrice and Dante beneath the heaven of Mercury, with Beatrice discussing free will. Image taken from f. 135v of Divina Commedia (index Divine Comedy): Inferno, Purgatorio, Paradiso, with a... More

Earthly Paradise from BL YT 36, f. 116v

Earthly Paradise from BL YT 36, f. 116v

Detail of a miniature of Dante and Virgil with others within the earthly Paradise. Image taken from f. 116v of Divina Commedia (index Divine Comedy). Written in Italian. Henry Yates Thompson (1838-1928) was a ... More

Daughters of Count Berengar from BL YT 36, f. 140

Daughters of Count Berengar from BL YT 36, f. 140

Detail of a miniature of Dante and Beatrice before the four daughters of Count Berengar. Image taken from f. 140 of Divina Commedia (index Divine Comedy). Written in Italian. Henry Yates Thompson (1838-1928) w... More

Dante and Virgil from BL YT 36, f. 29

Dante and Virgil from BL YT 36, f. 29

Miniature of Dante and Virgil being approached by three souls, Guidoguerra, Tegghiaio Aldobrandi, and Jacopo Rusticucci, and Virgil throwing Dante's cord into a lake and drawing up the woman-headed monster Gery... More

Illuminated initials from BL YT 36, f. 59v

Illuminated initials from BL YT 36, f. 59v

Illuminated initials on a text page. Image taken from f. 59v of Divina Commedia (index Divine Comedy). Written in Italian. Henry Yates Thompson (1838-1928) was a British collector and philanthropist who assemb... More

Seducers and Flatterers from BL YT 36, f. 32

Seducers and Flatterers from BL YT 36, f. 32

Detail of a miniature of Virgil and Dante entering the eighth circle, that of adulterers, seducers, and flatterers, in illustration of Canto XVIII. Image taken from f. 32 of Divina Commedia (index Divine Comedy... More

Illuminated initials from BL YT 36, f. 186v

Illuminated initials from BL YT 36, f. 186v

Illuminated initials on a text page. Image taken from f. 186v of Divina Commedia (index Divine Comedy). Written in Italian. Henry Yates Thompson (1838-1928) was a British collector and philanthropist who assem... More

Triumph of Love from BL Harley 5761, f. 13v

Triumph of Love from BL Harley 5761, f. 13v

Partial floral border at the beginning of the first chapter of the Triumph of Love. Image taken from f. 13v of Trionfi (index Triumphs) (ff. 11-52v); Rime (ff. 55-195). Written in Italian. The "BL Harley Manus... More

Illuminated initials from BL YT 36, f. 77v

Illuminated initials from BL YT 36, f. 77v

Illuminated initials on a text page. Image taken from f. 77v of Divina Commedia (index Divine Comedy). Written in Italian. Henry Yates Thompson (1838-1928) was a British collector and philanthropist who assemb... More

Pope Adrian from BL Eg 943, f. 97v

Pope Adrian from BL Eg 943, f. 97v

Detail of a miniature of Dante speaking to Pope Adrian. Image taken from f. 97v of Divina Commedia (index Divine Comedy): Inferno, Purgatorio, Paradiso, with a short Latin commentary; the Capitolo (ff. 187-187v... More

Death of Cacciaguida from BL YT 36, f. 156

Death of Cacciaguida from BL YT 36, f. 156

Miniature of Dante witnessing the death of Cacciaguida. Image taken from f. 156 of Divina Commedia (index Divine Comedy). Written in Italian. Henry Yates Thompson (1838-1928) was a British collector and philan... More

Dante is led to Beatrice from BL Eg 943, f. 121

Dante is led to Beatrice from BL Eg 943, f. 121

Detail of a framed miniature of Dante being led to Beatrice who is seated in the car with two ladies. Image taken from f. 121 of Divina Commedia (index Divine Comedy): Inferno, Purgatorio, Paradiso, with a shor... More

Sowers of Discord from BL YT 36, f. 51

Sowers of Discord from BL YT 36, f. 51

Detail of a miniature of Dante and Virgil encountering the sowers of discord, scandalmongers and schismatics, including Mohammed and Bertrand de Born, in illustration of Canto XXVIII. Image taken from f. 51 of ... More

Front binding from BL YT 36 - Public domain medieval manuscript

Front binding from BL YT 36 - Public domain medieval manuscript

Front binding. Image taken from binding of Divina Commedia (index Divine Comedy). Written in Italian. Henry Yates Thompson (1838-1928) was a British collector and philanthropist who assembled this remarkable c... More

Illuminated initials from BL YT 36, f. 74

Illuminated initials from BL YT 36, f. 74

Illuminated initials on a text page. Image taken from f. 74 of Divina Commedia (index Divine Comedy). Written in Italian. Henry Yates Thompson (1838-1928) was a British collector and philanthropist who assembl... More

Illuminated initials from BL YT 36, f. 95v

Illuminated initials from BL YT 36, f. 95v

Illuminated initials on a text page. Image taken from f. 95v of Divina Commedia (index Divine Comedy). Written in Italian. Henry Yates Thompson (1838-1928) was a British collector and philanthropist who assemb... More

The black cloud of anger from BL Eg 943, f. 91

The black cloud of anger from BL Eg 943, f. 91

Framed miniature of Dante and Virgil entering the black cloud of the wrathful souls. Image taken from f. 91 of Divina Commedia (index Divine Comedy): Inferno, Purgatorio, Paradiso, with a short Latin commentary... More

Illuminated initials from BL YT 36, f. 106

Illuminated initials from BL YT 36, f. 106

Illuminated initials on a text page. Image taken from f. 106 of Divina Commedia (index Divine Comedy). Written in Italian. Henry Yates Thompson (1838-1928) was a British collector and philanthropist who assemb... More

Illuminated initials from BL YT 36, f. 169v

Illuminated initials from BL YT 36, f. 169v

Illuminated initials on a text page. Image taken from f. 169v of Divina Commedia (index Divine Comedy). Written in Italian. Henry Yates Thompson (1838-1928) was a British collector and philanthropist who assem... More

Paradise: four resurrected souls from BL Eg 943, f. 152v

Paradise: four resurrected souls from BL Eg 943, f. 152v

Framed miniature of Dante and Beatrice before four souls; the galaxy forming a cross within the heaven of Mars. Image taken from f. 152v of Divina Commedia (index Divine Comedy): Inferno, Purgatorio, Paradiso, ... More

Illuminated initials from BL YT 36, f. 90v

Illuminated initials from BL YT 36, f. 90v

Illuminated initials on a text page. Image taken from f. 90v of Divina Commedia (index Divine Comedy). Written in Italian. Henry Yates Thompson (1838-1928) was a British collector and philanthropist who assemb... More

Virgin and Child and Bernard from BL YT 36, f. 186

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

The steps in the heaven of Saturn from BL Eg 943, f. 163v

The steps in the heaven of Saturn from BL Eg 943, f. 163v

Framed miniature of Beatrice and Dante before the steps in the heaven of Saturn. Image taken from f. 163v of Divina Commedia (index Divine Comedy): Inferno, Purgatorio, Paradiso, with a short Latin commentary; ... More

f. 45v, displayed as an open bifolium with f. 58: diagrams from BL Arundel 263

f. 45v, displayed as an open bifolium with f. 58: diagrams from BL Aru...

Diagrams on optics with an explanatory note concerning Alhazen's problem. Image taken from f. 45v of Notebook ('The Codex Arundel'). Written in Italian. The Arundel Manuscript Collection was amassed by the How... More

Sketches and diagrams from BL Arundel 263, f. 223

Sketches and diagrams from BL Arundel 263, f. 223

Notes, diagrams and sketches. Image taken from f. 223 of Notebook ('The Codex Arundel'). Written in Italian. The Arundel Manuscript Collection was amassed by the Howard family, particularly Thomas Howard, the ... More

f. 257, displayed as an open bifolium with f. 262v: sketches and notes from BL Arundel 263

f. 257, displayed as an open bifolium with f. 262v: sketches and notes...

Architectural diagrams; sketches of waterwheels and a mill-wheel; observations on the structure of the wings of flies. Image taken from f. 257 of Notebook ('The Codex Arundel'). Written in Italian. The Arundel... More

f. 135v, displayed as an open bifolium with f. 134: sketches and diagrams from BL Arundel 263

f. 135v, displayed as an open bifolium with f. 134: sketches and diagr...

Notes and diagrams on mechanics; notes and schematic sketches on river courses and waterflow. Image taken from f. 135v of Notebook ('The Codex Arundel'). Written in Italian. The Arundel Manuscript Collection w... More

f. 209v, displayed as an open bifolium with f. 208: diagrams from BL Arundel 263

f. 209v, displayed as an open bifolium with f. 208: diagrams from BL A...

Notes and diagrams (side-on). Image taken from f. 209v of Notebook ('The Codex Arundel'). Written in Italian. The Arundel Manuscript Collection was amassed by the Howard family, particularly Thomas Howard, the... More

f. 35, displayed as an open bifolium with f. 34v: notes and sketches from BL Arundel 263

f. 35, displayed as an open bifolium with f. 34v: notes and sketches f...

List of six books (or chapters) on hydraulics; three sketches on the 'Perpetuum mobile'. Image taken from f. 35 of Notebook ('The Codex Arundel'). Written in Italian. The Arundel Manuscript Collection was amas... More

f. 34, displayed as an open bifolium with f. 35v: blank page from BL Arundel 263

f. 34, displayed as an open bifolium with f. 35v: blank page from BL A...

Blank page. Image taken from f. 34 of Notebook ('The Codex Arundel'). Written in Italian. The Arundel Manuscript Collection was amassed by the Howard family, particularly Thomas Howard, the 2nd Earl of Arundel... More

f. 17v, displayed as an open bifolium with f. 16: diagrams from BL Arundel 263

f. 17v, displayed as an open bifolium with f. 16: diagrams from BL Aru...

Notes and diagrams. Image taken from f. 17v of Notebook ('The Codex Arundel'). Written in Italian. The Arundel Manuscript Collection was amassed by the Howard family, particularly Thomas Howard, the 2nd Earl o... More

f. 229v, displayed as an open bifolium with f. 226: text page from BL Arundel 263

f. 229v, displayed as an open bifolium with f. 226: text page from BL ...

Notes. Image taken from f. 229v of Notebook ('The Codex Arundel'). Written in Italian. The Arundel Manuscript Collection was amassed by the Howard family, particularly Thomas Howard, the 2nd Earl of Arundel (1... More

Diagrams from BL Arundel 263, f. 214

Diagrams from BL Arundel 263, f. 214

Notes and diagrams. Image taken from f. 214 of Notebook ('The Codex Arundel'). Written in Italian. The Arundel Manuscript Collection was amassed by the Howard family, particularly Thomas Howard, the 2nd Earl o... More

f. 136, displayed as an open bifolium with f. 137v: sketches, diagrams and musical notation from BL Arundel 263

f. 136, displayed as an open bifolium with f. 137v: sketches, diagrams...

Musical notation; sketches and diagrams of musical instruments (mechanical organ and timpani/drums; notes (some written side-on). Image taken from f. 136 of Notebook ('The Codex Arundel'). Written in Italian. ... More

f. 163, displayed as an open bifolium with f. 166v: text page from BL Arundel 263

f. 163, displayed as an open bifolium with f. 166v: text page from BL ...

Note. Image taken from f. 163 of Notebook ('The Codex Arundel'). Written in Italian. The Arundel Manuscript Collection was amassed by the Howard family, particularly Thomas Howard, the 2nd Earl of Arundel (158... More

Notes from BL Arundel 263, f. 153v

Notes from BL Arundel 263, f. 153v

Notes (1483-1499). Image taken from f. 153v of Notebook ('The Codex Arundel'). Written in Italian. The Arundel Manuscript Collection was amassed by the Howard family, particularly Thomas Howard, the 2nd Earl o... More

f. 31, displayed as an open bifolium with f. 32v: notes and sketches from BL Arundel 263

f. 31, displayed as an open bifolium with f. 32v: notes and sketches f...

Notes, diagrams and sketches on mechanics. Image taken from f. 31 of Notebook ('The Codex Arundel'). Written in Italian. The Arundel Manuscript Collection was amassed by the Howard family, particularly Thomas ... More

f. 249, displayed as an open bifolium with f. 252v: blank page from BL Arundel 263

f. 249, displayed as an open bifolium with f. 252v: blank page from BL...

Blank page. Image taken from f. 249 of Notebook ('The Codex Arundel'). Written in Italian. The Arundel Manuscript Collection was amassed by the Howard family, particularly Thomas Howard, the 2nd Earl of Arunde... More

f. 279, displayed as an open bifolium with f.280v: notes and diagrams from BL Arundel 263

f. 279, displayed as an open bifolium with f.280v: notes and diagrams ...

Notes, diagrams and mathematical calculations on 'caustic' pyramids, entitled 'presspectiva'. Image taken from f. 279 of Notebook ('The Codex Arundel'). Written in Italian. The Arundel Manuscript Collection wa... More

f. 203, displayed as an open bifolium with f. 206v: diagrams from BL Arundel 263

f. 203, displayed as an open bifolium with f. 206v: diagrams from BL A...

Notes and diagrams. Image taken from f. 203 of Notebook ('The Codex Arundel'). Written in Italian. The Arundel Manuscript Collection was amassed by the Howard family, particularly Thomas Howard, the 2nd Earl o... More

f. 161, displayed as an open bifolium with f. 168v: sketches from BL Arundel 263

f. 161, displayed as an open bifolium with f. 168v: sketches from BL A...

Notes and sketches showing the formation of landscapes by river erosion. Image taken from f. 161 of Notebook ('The Codex Arundel'). Written in Italian. The Arundel Manuscript Collection was amassed by the Howa... More

f. 9, displayed as an open bifolium with f. 6v: diagram from BL Arundel 263

f. 9, displayed as an open bifolium with f. 6v: diagram from BL Arunde...

Notes and diagram on mechanics. Image taken from f. 9 of Notebook ('The Codex Arundel'). Written in Italian. The Arundel Manuscript Collection was amassed by the Howard family, particularly Thomas Howard, the ... More

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