Articulum

afterlife

Évrart de Conty, Les Échecs amoureux, France 1496-1498

Leonardo da Vinci - Head of Leda

Anonymous from Umbria, “The Immaculate Conception”, 1510 ca.

Tantric Painting of Garuda. Made in Gujarat, India, 19th century. Opaque watercolor and gold on paper.

Gerhard Munthe (Norwegian, 1849 - 1929)

Horses of the Sea, tapestry, 1907

Helhesten, 1892

Solange Knopf Magie Blanche, 2015 Colored pencil on Kraft paper 19.5 x 27.25 inches 49.5 x 69.2 cm SoK 80

Hildegard of Bingen (German, 1098-1179)

Liber Divinorum Operum: Fourth Vision, 1173

1. Book of Hours, 15th Century, Heart-Shaped when opened the little book of hours of Amiens Nicolas Blairie  carefully written on a thin Ruling rose, but modestly decorated  with some original illuminations in ink (folio 29),  has the curious shape of an almond when it is closed.  When it opens, the two halves of the almond bloom to fit the contours  of a heart, concrete evocation of the heart of the person  praying the prayer that opens.

2. The “Codex Rotundus” owes its name to its round shape.  It is a small book of hours (9 cm diameter) made in Bruges in 1480.  Thumbnails are most likely from the workshop  of Dutchman Willem Date illuminator.

Pamplona Bible, Navarre 1197

Portrait of Henry V from Robert Vaughan’s Nine Modern Worthies /Illustrated by Unknown