January 2007 Curator’s Choice: Medieval and Renaissance Illuminated Manuscripts from Western Europe

More than 2,000 manuscript pages and associated illuminations dating from the 9th through the 16th centuries give vivid testimony to the creative impulses of the often nameless craftsmen who continually discovered new ways of animating the contents of hand-produced books. This image (Digital ID: 427272) is from a Psalter created in the 12th century.

The NYPL Digital Gallery now provides access to over 520,000 images.

Source: New York Digital Gallery

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