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Portrait of the high admiral Alexius Apocaucos, illuminated manuscript page from the Hippocrates Manuscript, c. 1342; in the Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris.
Magnificat
Romulus and Remus
October, illuminated manuscript page from Les Très Riches Heures du duc de Berry by the Limburg brothers, c. 1416; in the Condé Museum, Chantilly, France. (Fol. 10v) 29 × 21 cm.
15th-century German Bible illustration showing Moses leading a group of Israelites between parted green waves of the Red Sea, with Hebrew text above.
Bible
Decorated initial for the story about the unicorn in a late 12th-century Latin bestiary (Harley MS. 4751, folio 6v); in the British Library
Illuminated manuscript by Liberale da Verona showing Jesus in blue and red robes before the gates of Jerusalem, surrounded by ornate floral and gold decorations and musical notation.
Illuminated manuscript showing Marco Polo departing Venice by ship in 1271, with ornate medieval buildings, bridges, and figures along the city's canals and waterfront.
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