The History and Future of the Book

 

Medieval Knights

These are some images of knights taken from 14th- and 15th-century manuscripts found in the Liber Floridus database, which contains images of illuminated manuscripts from the Mazarine and the Sainte-Geneviève libraries in Paris.

Below: Alexander, chief of war, in an illuminated initial E of Book 1 of Maccabees in the Bible
Mazarine Library ms. 0013, dating about 1270-1280



 

Below: Army of Nebuchadnezzar riding toward Jerusalem, in an illuminated initial A in the Book of Daniel in the Bible
Mazarine Library ms. 0013, dating about 1270-1280



 

Below: Siege of Troy, in La fleur d'histoires by Jean Mansel
Mazarine Library ms. 1559, dating 1450 to 1474





 

Below: St. George in Vies de saints (Lives of the Saints)
Sainte-Geneviève Library ms. 0588