Manuscript Illumination Collection (#4)

Departure of the Templars. From Chronique d'outremer, c. 1280. Creator: Anonymous
Departure of the Templars. From Chronique d'outremer, c. 1280. Found in the collection of the Bibliotheque Nationale de France

The Siege of Jerusalem, 1099 (From "Li rommans de Godefroy de Buillon et de Salehadin"), 1337. Found in the collection of the Bibliotheque Nationale de France

The siege of Shaizar in 1157 (From "Li rommans de Godefroy de Buillon et de Salehadin"), 1337. Found in the collection of the Bibliotheque Nationale de France

The siege of Shaizar, 1138 (From "Li rommans de Godefroy de Buillon et de Salehadin"), 1337. Found in the collection of the Bibliotheque Nationale de France

The Siege of Nish in 1096 (From "Li rommans de Godefroy de Buillon et de Salehadin"), 1337. Found in the collection of the Bibliotheque Nationale de France

The Siege of Nicaea in 1097 (From "Li rommans de Godefroy de Buillon et de Salehadin"), 1337. Found in the collection of the Bibliotheque Nationale de France

The siege of Jaffa in 1101 (From "Li rommans de Godefroy de Buillon et de Salehadin"), 1337. Found in the collection of the Bibliotheque Nationale de France

The siege of Ascalon in 1153 (From "Li rommans de Godefroy de Buillon et de Salehadin"), 1337. Found in the collection of the Bibliotheque Nationale de France

The Siege of Artah in 1097 (From "Li rommans de Godefroy de Buillon et de Salehadin"), 1337. Found in the collection of the Bibliotheque Nationale de France

Kerbogha besieges Antioch in 1098 (From "Li rommans de Godefroy de Buillon et de Salehadin"), 1337. Found in the collection of the Bibliotheque Nationale de France

Capture of Tyre by the Venetians, 1124, 1337. Creator: Maître de Fauvel (active 1314-1340)
Capture of Tyre by the Venetians, 1124 (From "Li rommans de Godefroy de Buillon et de Salehadin"), 1337. Found in the collection of the Bibliotheque Nationale de France

The siege of Ascalon in 1153 (From "Li rommans de Godefroy de Buillon et de Salehadin"), 1337. Found in the collection of the Bibliotheque Nationale de France

Richard the Lionheart sailing (From "Li rommans de Godefroy de Buillon et de Salehadin"), 1337. Found in the collection of the Bibliotheque Nationale de France

Crusader Fleet (From "Li rommans de Godefroy de Buillon et de Salehadin"), 1337. Found in the collection of the Bibliotheque Nationale de France

The Battle of Nahr al-Kalb in 1100 (From "Li rommans de Godefroy de Buillon et de Salehadin"), 1337. Found in the collection of the Bibliotheque Nationale de France

The Battle of Yibneh in 1123 (From "Li rommans de Godefroy de Buillon et de Salehadin"), 1337. Found in the collection of the Bibliotheque Nationale de France

The Battle of Marj al-Saffar on January 25, 1126, 1337. Creator: Maître de Fauvel (active 1314-1340)
The Battle of Marj al-Saffar on January 25, 1126 (From "Li rommans de Godefroy de Buillon et de Salehadin"), 1337. Found in the collection of the Bibliotheque Nationale de France

The Battle of Shaizar in 1111 (From "Li rommans de Godefroy de Buillon et de Salehadin"), 1337. Found in the collection of the Bibliotheque Nationale de France

The siege of Jerusalem, 1229 (From "Li rommans de Godefroy de Buillon et de Salehadin"), 1337. Found in the collection of the Bibliotheque Nationale de France

The siege of Jerusalem by Saladin, 1187, 1337. Creator: Maître de Fauvel (active 1314-1340)
The siege of Jerusalem by Saladin, 1187 (From "Li rommans de Godefroy de Buillon et de Salehadin"), 1337. Found in the collection of the Bibliotheque Nationale de France

The Fall of Edessa, 1144 (From "Li rommans de Godefroy de Buillon et de Salehadin"), 1337. Found in the collection of the Bibliotheque Nationale de France

The Battle of Hab on August 14, 1119, 1337. Creator: Maître de Fauvel (active 1314-1340)
The Battle of Hab on August 14, 1119 (From "Li rommans de Godefroy de Buillon et de Salehadin"), 1337. Found in the collection of the Bibliotheque Nationale de France

The siege of Damietta of 1218-1219 (From "Li rommans de Godefroy de Buillon et de Salehadin"), 1337. Found in the collection of the Bibliotheque Nationale de France

The Siege of Antioch in 1098. (From "Li rommans de Godefroy de Buillon et de Salehadin"), 1337. Found in the collection of the Bibliotheque Nationale de France

The Battle of Ager Sanguinis on June 28, 1119, 1337. Creator: Maître de Fauvel (active 1314-1340)
The Battle of Ager Sanguinis on June 28, 1119 (From "Li rommans de Godefroy de Buillon et de Salehadin"), 1337. Found in the collection of the Bibliotheque Nationale de France

Arrival of Hospitallers in Baniyas (From "Li rommans de Godefroy de Buillon et de Salehadin"), 1337. Found in the collection of the Bibliotheque Nationale de France

The siege of Damascus in July 1148 (From "Li rommans de Godefroy de Buillon et de Salehadin"), 1337. Found in the collection of the Bibliotheque Nationale de France

Arrest of Louis IX (From "Li rommans de Godefroy de Buillon et de Salehadin"), 1337. Found in the collection of the Bibliotheque Nationale de France

Turkish cavalry (From "Li rommans de Godefroy de Buillon et de Salehadin"), 1337. Found in the collection of the Bibliotheque Nationale de France

Army of Al-Adil I leaving Cairo (From "Li rommans de Godefroy de Buillon et de Salehadin"), 1337. Found in the collection of the Bibliotheque Nationale de France

Alexios I Komnenos and Hugh of Vermandois, 1337. Creator: Maître de Fauvel (active 1314-1340)
Alexios I Komnenos and Hugh of Vermandois (From "Li rommans de Godefroy de Buillon et de Salehadin"), 1337. Found in the collection of the Bibliotheque Nationale de France

Peter Bartholomew with the Holy Lance, 1337. Creator: Maître de Fauvel (active 1314-1340)
Peter Bartholomew with the Holy Lance (From "Li rommans de Godefroy de Buillon et de Salehadin"), 1337. Found in the collection of the Bibliotheque Nationale de France

The Battle of Dorylaeum on 1 July 1097, 1337. Creator: Maître de Fauvel (active 1314-1340)
The Battle of Dorylaeum on 1 July 1097 (From "Li rommans de Godefroy de Buillon et de Salehadin"), 1337. Found in the collection of the Bibliotheque Nationale de France

The Siege of Antioch. (From "Li rommans de Godefroy de Buillon et de Salehadin"), 1337. Found in the collection of the Bibliotheque Nationale de France

Love scene, 1693. Found in the collection of Musee d art et d histoire, Genf

A Bathhouse. From Facta et dicta memorabilia by Valerius Maximus, ca 1470. Found in the collection of Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin

The Consummation of the Marriage Between Khusraw and Shirin (Miniature From the Cycle of Eight Poeti Artist)
The Consummation of the Marriage Between Khusraw and Shirin (Miniature From the Cycle of Eight Poetic Subjects). Found in the collection of The David Collection

Double page. Iran, Isfahan, Early 17th cen Creator: Iranian master
Double page. Iran, Isfahan, Early 17th Century. Found in the Collection of Musee du Louvre, Paris

Demotte Shahnameh: Faramarz pursues the king of Kabul, ca 1330. Creator: Iranian master
Demotte Shahnameh: Faramarz pursues the king of Kabul, ca 1330. Found in the Collection of Musee du Louvre, Paris

Young man reading in a landscape, c. 1608-1610. Creator: Indian Art
Young man reading in a landscape, c. 1608-1610. Found in the Collection of Musee du Louvre, Paris

Toghrul III, the last king of the Seljuq Empire, ca 1306-1314. Creator: Anonymous
Toghrul III, the last king of the Seljuq Empire. Miniature from Jami al-tawarikh (Universal History), ca 1306-1314. Found in the Collection of Harvard University, Cambridge

The Battle between Khosrow II and Bahram Chobin, 1440. Artist: Iranian master
The Battle between Khosrow II and Bahram Chobin, 1440. From a private collection

Layla and Majnun faint at Meeting (Manuscript illumination from the Layla and Majnun), Early 15th century. Found in the Collection of State Hermitage, St. Petersburg

The Dormition of the Virgin (Manuscript illumination from the Matenadaran Gospel), 14th century. Found in the Collection of Mesrop Mashtots Institute of Ancient Manuscripts (Matenadaran), Yerevan

The Nativity of Christ (Manuscript illumination from the Matenadaran Gospel), 1314. Found in the Collection of Mesrop Mashtots Institute of Ancient Manuscripts (Matenadaran), Yerevan

The Baptism of Christ. The Raising of Lazarus (Manuscript illumination from the Matenadaran Gospel), 14th century. Found in the Collection of Mesrop Mashtots Institute of Ancient Manuscripts

The Book of the Dead, Papyrus of Ani. The Hall of Judgment, ca 1250 BC. Found in the Collection of British Museum

The Chludov Psalter. The Song Of Moses and Miriam, ca 850. Found in the Collection of State History Museum, Moscow

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