The 69 Artworks of media Parchment

Schattenspielfigur aus Kamelleder. Die auffallend große, durchbrochen gearbeitete Figur stellt einen Reiter mit einem Jagdfalken dar. Die Figur ist aus zahlreichen kleineren und größeren Lederstücken zusammengenäht und teilweise so verbunden, dass Einzelteile separat bewegt werden konnten wie Oberkö...

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This leaf may have been part of a grand Breviary, a type of book containing the psalms, scripture readings, antiphons, and prayers for each day of the liturgical year. Such large-format Breviaries were produced in Flanders in the early sixteenth century. The style of this miniature resembles that of...

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This intimate image of Christ’s head, intended for private devotion, derives from a lost picture of the Holy Face by Jan van Eyck, now known only through copies. Following the Eyckian composition, Petrus Christus treated the head like a portrait by surrounding it with a fictive frame, thereby unders...

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This diminutive Book of Hours is one of Simon Bening’s prayerful jewels, intended for use at regular intervals throughout the twenty-four- hour day (ideally every three hours). It was a reminder of the omnipresence of God, meant to be attached to its owner, or stored with precious possessions. There...

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A prolific artist, Mariano del Buono's commissions include sacred books for both Christian and Jewish use. His painting on this large parchment leaf depicts the arrival of a pope at a church, and signals the beginning of the hymn sung at a special mass for the dedication of a church.

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When printed books first began to supplant manuscripts, their makers strove to make the product look like books written by hand. In this book of hours, woodcut printed illustrations were 'illuminated' with color, like coloring books that were filled in with hand painting. This book was made by the b...

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This leaf, the first page of Saint Paul's Epistle to the Hebrews written in Greek, is decorated with a handsome rectangular headpiece and a letter topped with a portrait bust of the author. The leaf was originally part of a Praxapostolos, a text used only for the celebration of the Eucharist, which ...

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