Manuscripts

The project was one of the most ambitious 19th-century efforts to document historical dress using visual references from paintings, sculptures, and illuminated manuscripts. The firs...

Chromolithograph of architectural and metalwork motifs from Italian manuscripts ornaments. This print originates from 'l'Ornement Polychrome' by Auguste Racinet.

Chromolithograph of ornaments from Italian manuscripts 16th and 17th centuries ornaments. This print originates from 'l'Ornement Polychrome' by Auguste Racinet.

Chromolithograph of margin decorations from manuscripts 15th and 16th centuries ornaments. This print originates from 'l'Ornement Polychrome' by Auguste Racinet.

Chromolithograph of architectural and figural motifs from paintings and manuscripts ornaments. This print originates from 'l'Ornement Polychrome' by Auguste Racinet.

Chromolithograph of interlace and other ornaments from 16th century manuscripts ornaments. This print originates from 'l'Ornement Polychrome' by Auguste Racinet.

Chromolithograph of plant motifs architecture and manuscripts ornaments. This print originates from 'l'Ornement Polychrome' by Auguste Racinet.

Antique color prints with handwritten text on the entire surface represent an example of an ancient practice called manuscript on image or illustrated manuscript. This technique was ...

Steeped in the timeless mystique of Anatolian storytelling, this hand-knotted wool vintage Turkish Oushak rug is more than a rare textile—it is a luminous manuscript of sacred symbol...

Chromolithograph of jewelry designs from Italian manuscripts 15th and 16th centuries ornaments. This print originates from 'l'Ornement Polychrome' by Auguste Racinet.

Chromolithograph of initials and ornaments from a Florentine manuscripts 16th century ornaments. This print originates from 'l'Ornement Polychrome' by Auguste Racinet.

Chromolithograph of from Italian and French manuscripts 15th and 16th centuries ornaments. This print originates from 'l'Ornement Polychrome' by Auguste Racinet.

Chromolithograph of panels and borders from a Florentine manuscripts by attavante ornaments. This print originates from 'l'Ornement Polychrome' by Auguste Racinet.

Chromolithograph of carved-wood motifs from a 16th century Italian manuscripts ornaments. This print originates from 'l'Ornement Polychrome' by Auguste Racinet.

These enigmatic motifs dance across the surface like illuminated marginalia in an ancient manuscript—whispering tales of love, pilgrimage, and paradise long sought.

He holds an open palm-leaf manuscript in both hands, with multiple leaves visible, a common form of textual transmission in pre-modern India.

The print is unmounted and retains generous margins. Contemporary manuscript annotation in Dutch adds historical value and uniqueness.

For centuries, drawings of this kind were to be found only in manuscript scrolls such as the present copy. This hierarchical diagram charts the order of azilut (emanation) according...

Together, these end elements serve as bookends to the central medallion, enclosing the composition like the covers of a cherished manuscript. Framing this visual narrative is a flor...

But linger longer, and it begins to unfold like an old manuscript—each raised motif a stanza, each flat expanse a pause for breath.

A collection of 27 police booking photographs, male and female detainees in typical profile and straight-on poses, some with contemporary manuscript name and dates. The majority cap...

Chromolithograph of from Limoges enamels, textiles and manuscripts 15th and 16th centuries ornaments. This print originates from 'l'Ornement Polychrome' by Auguste Racinet.

Chromolithograph of borders from a Florentine manuscripts by attavante (1452 - circa 1520) ornaments.

Chromolithograph of motifs from woodwork, manuscripts and votive paintings ornaments. This print originates from 'l'Ornement Polychrome' by Auguste Racinet.

Provenance: Alfred de Rothschild (1842-1918) the Bronzina Room at Halton House, Buckinghamshire Lionel de Rothschild (1882-1942) Edmund de Rothschild (1916-2009) The Trustees of Exbu...

Miniature paintings were highly prized in the Mughal court, often used to illustrate manuscripts, document historical events, and celebrate the nobility.

Chivalry in Devotion Knight and Lady Heraldic Prayer Plates c 1400 These two exquisitely hand-coloured costume plates come from the landmark 1845 edition of Costumes Historiques des...

The medallion pulses at the rug’s heart like an illuminated manuscript brought to life, its curvilinear design stitched in warm sienna, beige, and earthy browns.

The exceptional composition blooms like a fading manuscript from a forgotten court, where medallions melt into a field of burnished earth tones—chocolate, tawny gold, faded terra cot...

The final plate is devoted to typographic ornament, including initials, scrolls, borders, and grotesques that were used in fine German book printing and manuscript illumination. Her...

Chromolithograph of Enamelwork on glass as depicted in Italian manuscripts ornaments. This print originates from 'l'Ornement Polychrome' by Auguste Racinet.

The chest was used as a storage cabinet in the men's study for books and manuscripts. It was known in Korean as a Ich'ung Ch'aek-Sang (two-level book chest).

The Prescott Collection: Printed Books and Manuscripts, English Furniture, Old Master Paintings.

Chromolithograph of Italian manuscripts decorations second half of the 16th century ornaments.

Chromolithograph of mosaic and glass paintings, St. Mark's, Venice, manuscript initial ornaments. This print originates from 'l'Ornement Polychrome' by Auguste Racinet.

This is not merely a rug—it is a woven manuscript of tribal wisdom and ancestral pride, a quiet anthem spun from wool, ritual, and the memory of the land.

A single two-sided Qur'an manuscript leaf with beautiful hand inked calligraphy with gilt borders and a gilt cartouche with calligraphic decoration.

Its prototype likely came from the altar table of Chinese origin, and it was traditionally used in the temples for reading and studying Buddhism manuscripts during Goryeo period. In ...

There, in the shadow of empires, the motifs of Persia were reimagined for European tastes, and this piece carries that same sensibility: restrained opulence, spacious design, and flo...

The construction suggests that the use of the piece might be to store books or manuscript, known as Ch'aek Bandaji. The cabinet was made from stained pine wood and fitted with black ...

At its heart rests a regal central medallion, softly contoured with crenellated edges and gently scalloped points, its form rising like an architectural dream from a weathered manusc...

Material: bronze 19 cm high 13 cm wide and 11 cm deep Weight: 1.423 kgs Fire gilded with 24 krt. gold Originating from Nepal Dating from +/- 1700 Seated in lalitasana, her six arms ...

Radiating designs of geometric components filled with floral motifs are a characteristic feature of Mamluk art, as observed in manuscripts, metalwork, glass, ceramics, woodwork, and ...

Each print showcases a unique aspect of Renaissance aesthetics, including painted ceiling decorations, manuscript initials, wall frescoes, mosaic patterns, and classical architectura...

Chromolithograph of Italian manuscripts decorations, second half of the 16th century ornaments.

Renaissance Frescoes 7. Manuscript Illumination 8. Art History Collectibles 9.

These signature motifs are not merely decorative but deeply rooted in Anatolia’s exclusive symbolic lexicon, passed down in wool like an oral manuscript—a quiet luxury of tradition t...

Ethereal and gracefully timeworn, this hand-knotted wool antique Turkish Oushak rug emerges as a faded manuscript of Anatolian artistry—its threads whispering tales of bygone eras.

Ornamental floral sprays, curling arabesques, and gently rendered vines appear like faint script from an ancient manuscript—etched not in ink, but in the softest of knots.

Paintings by artists like Bruegel, manuscript illuminations and frescoes give a good insight into life in the Middle Ages and its Gothic furnishings.

Like frescoed chapels or illuminated manuscripts, these spandrels serve not as constraints, but as portals—inviting the eye into elevated planes of meaning and the mind into a revere...

Huntington Library and Yale University Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library; and two British Isles copies only: Oxford University Bodleian Library (both copies).

The entire layout unfolds as a page from an illuminated manuscript: slender vinery arabesques, lotus-like blossoms, rosette sprays, and acanthus-touched leaves drift across the abras...

Bathed in the golden hush of time, this hand-knotted wool antique Turkish Oushak rug unfolds like a forgotten verse from an Anatolian manuscript—its every thread humming with the ele...

This technique replicates the effect of gold leaf commonly used in Byzantine manuscripts and mosaics, enhancing the luxurious and regal feel typical of Byzantine art.

Third Print: Includes manuscript paintings and textile designs, rich with symmetrical and interlacing patterns that are iconic to Islamic art.

Petersburg in 1910 by Mikhail Fokin after Robert Schuhmann's piano music and was danced in Berlin by the ballet company Sergei Diaghilews, a performance that Scheurich had deeply imp...