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"MUSIC; Now This Late Word on the Early Music Debate"
Through conversations with early-music performers, Nicholas Kenyon summarizes the the early-music movement and the debate as to whether early music should be performed with contemporary instruments or modern instruments.
David harping, in Additional 42130, f. 13
"Historiated initial 'B'(eatus) with David harping, miniature of the Virgin and Child in the lower margin, with a monkey" (British Library Illuminated Manuscripts Catalogue)
Graphesis: Visual Forms of Knowledge Production
Intellectual Content: Graphesis is a scholarly study of ways that our culture represents information through visual representations and understands (or takes in) information through visual representations. Graphesis traces a history of…
Additional 42130 f. 13
"Historiated initial 'B'(eatus) with David harping, miniature of the Virgin and Child in the lower margin, with a monkey and owl above and various hybrid creatures and human figures in the borders, at the beginning of Psalm 1. " (British Library…
Amazons, Harley 3954 f. 30
The Amazons are a nation of “noble and wise” warrior women who, according to Mandeville, do not permit men to rule their kingdom or even live among them for longer than seven days.
Angel blowing trumpet
A framed miniature of an angel blowing a trumpet and three winged horses with kings' heads and insects beneath.
Angel blowing trumpet
A framed miniature of an angel blowing a trumpet and three winged horses with kings' heads and insects beneath.
Angel blowing trumpet
A framed miniature of an angel blowing a trumpet and three winged horses with kings' heads and insects beneath.
Angel or Christ?
British Library Catalogue Description:A framed miniature from the Commentary on Revelations 6:5-6: men committing violent crimes, while a king and counsellor sit in judgement (right). Christ in a mandorla with a balance (above), surrounded by the…
Angel or Christ?
A framed miniature from the Commentary on Revelations 6:5-6: men committing violent crimes, while a king and counsellor sit in judgement (right). Christ in a mandorla with a balance (above), surrounded by the four beasts and Peter, Paul and John on…
Angel or Christ?
A framed miniature from the Commentary on Revelations 6:5-6: men committing violent crimes, while a king and counsellor sit in judgement (right). Christ in a mandorla with a balance (above), surrounded by the four beasts and Peter, Paul and John on…
Angel or Christ?
A framed miniature from the Commentary on Revelations 6:5-6: men committing violent crimes, while a king and counsellor sit in judgement (right). Christ in a mandorla with a balance (above), surrounded by the four beasts and Peter, Paul and John on…
Angel watching the slaying of clerics
British Library Catalogue Description:A framed miniature from the Commentary: three men with swords kill three clerics and their souls rise up as birds; on the right a king watches, smiling and holding a sword. On the left in a spired building Christ…
Angel watching the slaying of clerics
A framed miniature from the Commentary: three men with swords kill three clerics and their souls rise up as birds; on the right a king watches, smiling and holding a sword. On the left in a spired building Christ is a quatrefoil looks down on an…
Angel watching the slaying of clerics
A framed miniature from the Commentary: three men with swords kill three clerics and their souls rise up as birds; on the right a king watches, smiling and holding a sword. On the left in a spired building Christ is a quatrefoil looks down on an…
Angel watching the slaying of clerics
A framed miniature from the Commentary: three men with swords kill three clerics and their souls rise up as birds; on the right a king watches, smiling and holding a sword. On the left in a spired building Christ is a quatrefoil looks down on an…
Angel with first seal
British Library Catalogue Description:A framed miniature from the Commentary on Revelations 6:1-2: the opening of the first seal, with John on the left and an angel with the seal, pointing to the rider on a white horse, who is holding a bow and…
Angel with first seal
A framed miniature from the Commentary on Revelations 6:1-2: the opening of the first seal, with John on the left and an angel with the seal, pointing to the rider on a white horse, who is holding a bow and arrow.
Angel with first seal
A framed miniature from the Commentary on Revelations 6:1-2: the opening of the first seal, with John on the left and an angel with the seal, pointing to the rider on a white horse, who is holding a bow and arrow.