EditorialSix kneeling figures worship the beast: in front, five corpses of saints mostly in armour, two with shields of arms (gules, a chevron or between three besants, and gules, a fess or between four besants). Apocalypse ('The Queen Mary Apocalypse'). Englan...
EditorialTwo witnesses hold gloves; a king (the beast) seated, with sword: behind him a knight in armour, with arms on shield (gules, three bars or). Apocalypse ('The Queen Mary Apocalypse'). England, S. E. (London), or East Anglia. First quarter of the 14th ce...
EditorialMiniature of the Virgin Mary interceding on behalf of a dying man, at the beginning of the Office of the Dead, with St. Michael holding scales and two devils vying for the soul of the man. A bas-de-page scene of a lion passant guardant, holding a shiel...
EditorialSix kneeling figures worship the beast: in front, five corpses of saints mostly in armour, two with shields of arms (gules, a chevron or between three besants, and gules, a fess or between four besants). Apocalypse ('The Queen Mary Apocalypse'). Englan...
EditorialTwo witnesses hold gloves; a king (the beast) seated, with sword: behind him a knight in armour, with arms on shield (gules, three bars or). Apocalypse ('The Queen Mary Apocalypse'). England, S. E. (London), or East Anglia. First quarter of the 14th ce...
EditorialFull white vine border with a portrait of Petrarch in a medallion, other medallions with geometrical patterns, a large illuminated initial 'V'(oi), a smaller 'champ' initial 'P'(erfare) and a coat of arms: gules, with the charge (argent?) erased. Rime....
EditorialBas-de-page scene of the Virgin Mary reviving and arming St. George, with his arms emblazoned argent, a cross gules, with a caption reading, ‘Coment laungel mena un cheval a la monum[en]t de george’ . Book of Hours, Use of Sarum ('The Taymouth Hour...
EditorialMiniature of the Virgin Mary interceding on behalf of a dying man, at the beginning of the Office of the Dead, with St. Michael holding scales and two devils vying for the soul of the man. A bas-de-page scene of a lion passant guardant, holding a shiel...
EditorialRobert, Count of Clermont, 1256-1318. He wears a scarlet bonnet, a cape in his coat of arms (azure field, gold fleurs de lys, band gules), lined with squirrel fur and decorated with gemstones. Handcoloured copperplate drawn and engraved by Leopold Mass...
EditorialLouis I, Duke of Bourbon, 1279-1342. He is shown in ceremonial robes, a cape in the coat of arms of France (gold fleurs de lys on azure, baton gules) lined with ermine. The crown and necklace with gemstones are unusual. From an ancient armorial of Auve...
EditorialPhilip Hurepel, Count of Boulogne and Clermont, 1201?1235. Mounted on horseback, he wears a helm, suit of chainmail armour, tunic, sword and spurs. He holds an escutcheon with coat of arms: gold fleurs de lys on a blue field, label of five points gules...
EditorialBertrand du Guesclin, Constable of France, 1314-1380. He wears a velvet pelisse over plate armour, holds the constable's sword. On a table is a helm and Guesclin blazon: argent, sable eagle, band gules. From an ancient drawing. Handcoloured copperplate...