Zeuxis paints a panel for which five women pose

"What a Piece of Work is a Man"
Reading the Body in Medieval Manuscripts

 

Related Links

For more information, please see the following links:

Digital Scriptorium - a database of images from medieval and renaissance manuscripts. Hosted by Columbia University Libraries.

Illuminating the Law - from the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge University

Painted Prayers - online exhibit of Books of Hours from the Morgan Library.

Medieval Manuscripts in Facsimile - from the Library of the Medieval Institute, Notre Dame University.

Liber Floridus - French medieval manuscripts site.

Medieval Manuscripts in Dutch Collections - from the Koninklijke Bibliotheek.

Les très riches heures du Duc de Berry - from the WebMuseum, hosted by ibiblio.org.

The Hours of Henry VIII - from the Morgan Library and Museum

The Flower of Battle - a short essay from the St. Martin's Academy of Medieval Arms

Sacred Texts: The Holkham Bible - from the British Library

Roman de la Rose - from Johns Hopkins University and the Bibliothèque nationale de France.

Morgan Picture Bible - from the Morgan Library and Museum

Showcase: The Luttrell Psalter - from the British Library

Turning the Pages: the Luttrell Psalter - a digital facsimile from the British Library

The Lives of Saints Edmund and Fremund - text and illustrations from the University of Alberta.

The Hours of Mary of Burgundy - from the Library of the Medieval Institute, Notre Dame University.