Major works of Gothic book illumination

The main works of Gothic book illumination are those illuminated manuscripts that were created in Gothic times and are highlighted in art historical literature as works of particular artistic rank (see especially the general overviews given in the literature list).

Gothic book illumination originated in France and England, where it began around 1160/70, while in Germany Romanesque forms remained dominant until around 1300 . Throughout the entire Gothic epoch, France, as the leading art nation, was decisive for the stylistic developments in book illumination. With the transition from the late Gothic to the Renaissance , book illumination lost its role as one of the most important art genres in the second half of the 15th century as a result of the spread of book printing .

Uncertain dates and locations as well as emergency names and uncertain ascriptions to certain artists are set in italics in the list . The countries listed under the heading "Localization" are not to be understood as nation states , but as cultural areas that were mostly identical to language areas .

List of manuscripts

Illustration	Common name	Dating	Localization	Artist	Client	Content; particularities	signature
	Ingeborg Psalter	around 1195	France: Tournai		Ingeborg of Denmark	Latin Psalter ; 27 thumbnail pages with 51 images	Chantilly, Musée Condé , Ms. 9 olim 1695
		1220/30	France: Paris or Champagne		French royal court	Bible moralisée ; a full-page miniature and 1,032 scenic medallions (eight per page)	Vienna, Austrian National Library , Codex Vindobonensis 2554
	Psalter of Blanka of Castile	around 1230	France: Paris		Blanka of Castile	Latin Psalter ; 27 miniatures and 24 medallions	Paris, Bibliothèque de l'Arsenal , Ms. lat. 1186
	Trinity College Apocalypse	around 1242–1250 (or 1255–1260)	England or Northern France	four different illuminators		French Apocalypse of St. John ; 70 miniatures	Cambridge, Trinity College , MS R.16.2
	Maciejowski Bible or Crusader Bible	around 1250	France: Paris	six different illuminators		Latin Old Testament ; 283 miniatures	New York, Pierpont Morgan Library , M 638 (three single sheets: Paris, Bibliothèque nationale, Ms. nouv. Acq. Lat. 2294 and Los Angeles, J. Paul Getty Museum , Ms. 16)
	De arte venandi cum avibus	around 1258-1266	Italy: Southern Italy		Friedrich II. And his son Manfred	Latin textbook on hunting with birds of prey and a zoology of birds; 660 illustrations	Rome, Vaticana , Cod. Pal. lat 1071
	Psalter of Louis the Saint	1260-1270	France: Paris	six artists from the scriptorium of Louis IX.)	Louis the saint	Latin Psalter ; 78 full-page miniatures	Paris, Bibliothèque nationale, lat. 10525
	Lambeth apocalypse	1260-1270	England: London			Latin Apocalypse of John ; 78 half-page miniatures	London, Lambeth Palace , Ms. 209
	Douce apocalypse	1270-1272	England: London , Court School of Westminster		Edward I and Eleanor of Castile	Latin / French Apocalypse of John ; 97 half-page miniatures	Oxford, Bodleian Library , Ms. Douce 180
	Oscott Psalter	1270	England		Hadrian V.	Latin psalter	London, British Library , Ms. Add. 50000
	Westminster Psalter		England			Latin psalter	London, British Library, Ms. Royal Ms. 2 A
	Gospels of the Sainte-Chapelle	last third of the 13th century	France			Gospels	Paris, Bibliothèque nationale, lat. 17326
		last third of the 13th century	France			Roman de la Poire	Paris, Bibliothèque nationale, fr. 2186
		1283	Spain: Castile		Alfonso the Wise	Cantigas de Santa Maria ; 1,262 miniatures	El Escorial, Biblioteca de San Lorenzo , Ms.TI1
	Breviary of Philip the Fair	before 1296	France: Paris	Maître Honoré	Philip the Handsome	breviary	Paris, Bibliothèque nationale, lat. 1023
	Vadianus 302	around 1300	German-speaking area: Upper Rhine area ( Konstanz or Zurich )	four different illuminators		World Chronicle of Rudolf von Ems and Stricker's Karl the Great; 58 miniatures	St. Gallen, Vadiana , Ms. 302 Vad.
	De Lisle Psalter	around 1308-1310 and before 1319	England: London , Westminster	two illuminators	Robert de Lisle	Latin and French Psalter ; 24 miniatures	London, British Library , Arundel Ms. 83. pt I
		around 1310	German-speaking area: Upper Rhine area ( Zurich or Alsace - Breisgau )	Master of the world chronicle of Rudolf von Ems		World Chronicle of Rudolf von Ems and Der Stricker, Charlemagne; 23 full-page miniatures	Berlin, State Library, Ms. germ. Fol. 623
	Queen Mary Psalter	around 1310	England			Latin psalter	London, British Library, Ms. Royal 2nd B. VII
	Codex Manesse	after 1310 to around 1340	German-speaking area: Zurich	Master of the Codex Manesse : "Grundstockmeister" (110 miniatures) and three other illuminators		German-language Minnelieder ; 137 full-page miniatures	Heidelberg, University Library , Cod. Pal. germ. 848
	Catherine Gradual	1312	German-speaking area: Zurich			Graduals	Zurich, Swiss National Museum, LM 26117
		1317	France: Paris		Jean de Pontoise , Gilles de Pontoise (Abbots of St. Denis ); Gift for King Philip V	Latin and French Vita of St. Dionysius of Paris ; 77 miniatures	Paris, Bibliothèque nationale, fr. 2090-2092
	Golden Haggadah	around 1320-1330	Spain: Catalonia	two illuminators		Hebrew Haggadah ; 14 miniature pages	London, British Library , Ms. Add. 27
	Belleville Breviary	around 1323-1326	France: Paris	Jean Pucelle		Latin breviary	Paris, Bibliothèque nationale, lat. 10484
	Luttrell Psalter	around 1325-1335	England		Sir Geoffrey Luttrell	Psalter	London, British Library, MS 42130
	Book of hours of Jeanne d'Evreux	1325-1328	France: Paris	Jean Pucelle	Johanna von Evreux	Latin book of hours	New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art , The Cloisters
	Book of hours of Joan of Navarre	around 1336-1340	France: Paris			Latin book of hours ; 32 miniatures	Paris, Bibliothèque nationale, Ms. nouv. acq. lat. 3145
	Codex Ambrosianus or "Virgilio del Petrarca"	1340	Italy: Siena	Simone Martini et al. a.	Petrarch	Petrarch : Virgil , Servius , Statius , Horace	Milan, Ambrosiana Ms. A 79 inf.
	Psalter of the Bonne of Luxembourg	1348/49	France: Paris	Jean le Noir	Bonne of Luxembourg	Latin book of hours ; 14 miniatures	New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art , The Cloisters , Inv. 69-86
		around 1355-1360	France: Paris			Guillaume de Machaut : works; 104 miniatures	Paris, Bibliothèque nationale, Ms. fr. 1586
	Bible of Jean de Vaudetar	1372	France: Paris	Jean de Bondol	Charles V	Jean de Vaudetar : Bible historiale; 269 ​​illustrations	The Hague, Museum Meermanno-Vesteenianum , Ms 10 B 23
	Petites Heures of Duke Jean de Berry	1372–1390 (in several stages)	France: Paris	Jean le Noir , Jacquemart de Hesdin ; Brothers of Limburg (a miniature)	Jean de Berry	Latin book of hours	Paris, Bibliothèque nationale, Ms. lat. 18014
		1373	Italy: Bologna	Niccolò di Nascimbene, called Niccolò da Bologna		Lukan : De bello civili	Milan, Biblioteca Trivulziana, Ms. 691
		1375-1380	France: Paris		Charles V	Grandes Chroniques de France	Paris, Bibliothèque nationale, fr. 2813
	Très Belles Heures by Jean de Berry	around 1380, around 1404–1409, around 1412	France: Paris , Bourges	Master of the Parament of Narbonne , Master of John the Baptist , Master of the Holy Spirit	Jean de Berry	Latin book of hours ; 25 miniatures	Paris, Bibliothèque nationale, Ms. nouv. acq. lat. 3093
	Turin-Milan Book of Hours	1380 / 90-1420	Netherlands: Flanders ; France: Paris , Bourges	Master of the Parament of Narbonne , Master G (possibly Jan van Eyck ), Master Johannes' the Baptist , Barthélemy d'Eyck , Hubert van Eyck	Jean de Berry	Latin book of hours	Turin, Museo Civico d'Arte Antica, Ms. 47
	Wenceslas Bible	1389-1400	German-speaking area: Prague	Balaam master, Frana, Kuthner and at least four other illuminators from the Wenceslas workshop	King Wenceslaus	Bible ; 646 miniatures as well as countless marginal strips and figure initials	Vienna, Austrian National Library, Cod. 2759–64
	Visconti book of hours	around 1390, completed after 1428	Italy: Lombardy ( Milan )	Giovannino de 'Grassi ; Luchino Belbello da Pavia u. a.	Gian Galeazzo Visconti	Latin book of hours ; 34 miniatures	Florence, Biblioteca Nazionale , Banco Rari 397
		around 1395–1400 / 05	Netherlands: The Hague	Master of the Book of Hours of Margarethe von Kleve	Duke Albrecht I of Bavaria	Latin Biblia pauperum ; 93 miniatures	London, British Library , King's Ms. 5
		shortly before 1400	Italy: Verona or Milan	two different illuminators		Tacuinum sanitatis	Vienna, Austrian National Library, SN 2644
		1400	German-speaking area: Prague	Wenceslas workshop	King Wenceslaus	Golden Bull of Charles IV	Vienna, Austrian National Library, Cod. 338
	Beaufort Book of Hours	around 1400-1410	England or southern Netherlands	Master of the Beaufort Saints , Hermann Scheerre		Latin book of hours ; 13 full-page miniatures	London, British Library , Royal, Ms. 2 A.XVIII
		1402-1404, 1450-1465, 1485-1493	France	Brothers of Limburg , Colin d'Amiens , Georges Trubert a . a.		Bible moralisée	Paris, Bibliothèque nationale, Ms. fr. 166
		around 1404-1408	France: Paris	Epistle master , Egerton master	Louis of Orléans	Christine de Pizan : "Letter from the Othéa to Kektor"	Paris, Bibliothèque nationale, Ms. fr. 606
		around 1405	France: Paris	Master of the Cité des Dames	Jean de Berry	Christine de Pizan : " Le Livre de la Cité des Dames "; 9 miniatures	Paris, Bibliothèque nationale, Ms. fr. 607
	Très Belles Heures de Notre-Dame	early 15th century	France: Paris	André Beauneveu		Book of hours	Brussels, Bibliothèque Royale, ms. 11060-1
		around 1405-1410	France: Paris			Gaston Phoebus : "The Book of the Hunt"; 87 miniatures	Paris, Bibliothèque nationale, Ms. fr. 616
	Book of hours of Jean de Boucicaut	around 1405-1410	France: Paris	Boucicaut master	Jean II. Le Maingre , Marshal of Boucicaut	Book of hours; 46 miniatures	Paris, Jacquemart-André Museum, Ms. 2
		around 1410	France: Paris	Boucicaut Master ; Master of the Cité des Dames	Charles VI	Pierre Salmon : Responses to Charles VI et Lamentation au Roi sur son état ; 27 miniatures	Paris, Bibliothèque nationale, Ms. fr. 23279
		around 1410-1412	France: Paris	Master of the Cité des Dames	Isabeau de Bavière	Christine de Pizan : “Othea's letter to Hector”; 101 miniatures	London, British Library , Harley Ms. 4431
	Book of the wonders of the earth	around 1410-1412	France: Paris	Boucicaut Master , Bedford Master & a.	Gift of John without Fear for his uncle Jean de Berry	Travel reports, including Marco Polo : " Il Milione "; 84 large-format and numerous smaller miniatures	Paris, Bibliothèque nationale, Ms. fr. 2810
	Très Riches Heures by Jean de Berry	1410/1416	France	Limburg Brothers	Jean de Berry	Latin book of hours	Chantilly, Musée Condé, Ms. 65
		around 1412	France: Paris	Boucicaut master	Charles VI (?)	Pierre Salmon: Responses to Charles VI et Lamentation au Roi sur son état ; 23 miniatures	Geneva, Bibliothèque publique et universitaire, Ms. fr. 165
		February 23, 1415	Netherlands: Marienborn near Arnhem		Maria von Geldern	oldest prayer book in Dutch	Berlin, State Library , Ms. germ. Qu. 42
	Rohan Book of Hours	around 1430/35	France	Rohan master		Latin book of hours	Paris, Bibliothèque nationale, Ms. lat. 9471
	Book of hours of Katharina von Kleve	around 1440	Netherlands: Utrecht		Catherine of Kleve	Latin book of hours	New York, Pierpont Morgan Library, M 917 and 945
	Chronicle of Haguenau	1446	Netherlands: southern Netherlands	Rogier van der Weyden (among others)	Philip the good	Jean Wauquelin : Chronicle of Hainaut	Brussels, Royal Library, Ms. 9242-9244
		around 1450-1460	France	Jean Fouquet		Grandes Chroniques de France	Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, fr. 6465
	King's hunting book mode	around 1455	Netherlands: Flanders	Girart master	Philip the good	Henri de Ferrières : “King's Hunting Book Mode”; 56 miniatures	Brussels, Royal Library, Ms. 10218
	Book of hours by Étienne Chevalier	before 1457	France	Jean Fouquet	Étienne Chevalier	Book of hours	Chantilly, Musée Condé, London, British Library , Add. 37421; New York, Metropolitan Museum; Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, lat. 1416; Paris, Louvre, Departement des Arts graphiques, RF 1679, MI 1093; Paris, Musée Marmottan ; Upton House, Lord Bearsted (National Trust)
	The book of the dear heart	around 1457-1470	France	Barthélemy d'Eyck	René d'Anjou	René d'Anjou : " The Book of the Loved Heart "	Vienna, Austrian National Library, Codex Vindobonensis 2597
	Black book of hours	around 1475	Netherlands: Bruges	Willem Vrelant		Latin book of hours	New York, Morgan Library & Museum , M. 493
	Darmstadt Haggadah	around 1410-30	Germany: Upper Rhine			Hebrew Haggadah	Darmstadt, Hessian State Library , Cod. Or.8

literature

• Ernst Günther Grimme: The History of Occidental Illumination. 3. Edition. DuMont, Cologne 1988, ISBN 3-7701-1076-5
• Christine Jakobi-Mirwald: The medieval book. Function and equipment . Stuttgart, Reclam 2004, ISBN 3-15-018315-4 [especially chapter Gothic book painting , pp. 263-272.]
• Ehrenfried Kluckert: Gothic painting. Panel, wall and book painting. In: Rolf Toman (Ed.): Gotik. Architecture - sculpture - painting. Ullmann & Könemann, 2007, ISBN 978-3-8331-3511-8 , pp. 386-467. [Illumination pp. 460–467.]
• Book illumination . In: Lexicon of the Middle Ages . 1983, Vol. 2, Col. 837-893. [Contributions by K. Bierbrauer, Ø. Hjort, O. Mazal, D. Thoss, G. Dogaer, J. Backhouse, G. Dalli Regoli, H. Künzl]
• Otto Mazal: Book Art of the Gothic. Academic printing and Publishing house, Graz 1975.
• Bernd Nicolai: Gothic (Art Epochs, Volume 4). Reclam, Stuttgart 2007, ISBN 978-3-15-018171-3 .
• Otto Pächt : Illumination of the Middle Ages. An introduction. Prestel-Verlag, Munich 1985, ISBN 3-7913-0668-5 .
• Ingo F. Walther, Norbert Wolf: Masterpieces of book illumination. Taschen, Cologne u. a. 2005, ISBN 3-8228-4747-X

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