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Initial D: David Pointing to His Mouth
after 1205
Master of the Ingeborg Psalter.
The J. Paul Getty Museum
United States of America Declaration of Independence
Thomas Jefferson
Jacob Shallus
Alexander Hamilton’
1776
The United States was built, and written, by hand. The Founding Fathers had an evident preference for writing their official documents. Jefferson, as the chief draftsman of the Declaration of Independence, worked through a series of drafts and consultations to compose the Colonies’ eloquent call to arms. Jefferson kept what is called the "Rough Draft," a four page early version of the document, until his death. In 1947, the earliest known version of the document was found, called the "Composition Draft." A third draft, known as the "Fine Copy," is suspected to have been used for the July 4th, 1776 printing of the official Dunlap copies, but has not yet been found.
But nothing reveals the American love for the handwritten like the official draft of the US Constitution. Penned on four leaves of vellum parchment, a clerk named Jacob Shallus was paid $30 (around $800 today) to transcribe it. His hand dominates the document, although Alexander Hamilton’s handwriting can be found toward the end with the listing of the states.
https://blog.bookstellyouwhy.com/famo...
Book of Kells
...sometimes known as the Book of Columba) is an illuminated manuscript Gospel book in Latin, containing the four Gospels of the New Testament together with various prefatory texts and tables. It was created in a Columban monastery in either Britain or Ireland and may have had contributions from various Columban institutions from both Britain and Ireland. It is believed to have been created c. 800 AD. The text of the Gospels is largely drawn from the Vulgate, although it also includes several passages drawn from the earlier versions of the Bible known as the Vetus Latina. It is a masterwork of Western calligraphy and represents the pinnacle of Insular illumination. It is also widely regarded as Ireland's finest national treasure.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Book_of...
Illuminated initial from BL Royal 2 A XVIII, f. 235v
Illuminated initial from BL Royal 2 A XVIII, f. 193
https://www.europeana.eu/portal/en/re...
Cuthbert extinguishing a fire set by a demon from BL YT 26, f. 31v
Miniature of Cuthbert extinguishing a fire set by a demon, from Chapter 14 of Bede's prose Life of St Cuthbert. Image taken from f. 31v of Prose Life of Cuthbert; extracts from the Historia Ecclesiastica (History of the English Church and People). Written in Latin.
https://www.europeana.eu/portal/en/re...
Black Hours, Pentecost (18v/19r)
created in Bruges, c. 1475-1480 CE.
Morgan Library
Book of Hours; Jean Pucelle: Hours of Jeanne d'Evreux
1325-28 CE
Metropolitan Museum, New York
The Diamond Sutra
868 AD
British Library
Some of the great “getijdenboeken” or “Book of Hours” are the ones the Duke of Berry (1340 - 1416) had made for himself.An aunt of my wife had a beautiful facsimile of one of this famous illuminated book of hours.
I could literally browse the book for hours ;-)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Petites...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John,_D...
Maybe this page is more appropriate for the season…
Yes it is! and there are 60 (!) of these pages in the book.The facsimili was made in the 1960's. The original was cut open and every page was photographed. The book my wife's aunt has (she's still going strong at 90 yrs old) was published by a Dutch publisher: Spectrum in 1975.
I had a quick look online and you can still find a second hand one for around €70.
Rothschild Pentateuch
Artist/Maker: Unknown
French or German
The J. Paul Getty Museum