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Founded in 1824, from an initial purchase of 36 paintings by the British Government, its collections have since grown to about 2,300 paintings by roughly 750 artists dating from the mid-13th century to 1900, most of which are on display. This page lists some of the highlights of the collection.
Aside from the Hereford Gospels, is the Wycliffite Bible and the 13th-century Hereford Breviary – the only surviving copy. [13] The Chained Library has about 1500 older books in its collection, dating mainly from the late 15th to the early 19th centuries, although it has some 56 books published before 1500. [13]
2.2.4.1 The Menil Collection and 13th-century frescoes. ... the founder of the Menil Collection, found the three 13th-century Byzantine frescoes for sale in 1983, by ...
A rare 13th-century Bible could return to its ancestral home in Salisbury Cathedral more than 700 years after it was written. ... holds a large collection of manuscripts dating from the 9th ...
The Douce Apocalypse is an illuminated manuscript of the Book of Revelation, dating from the third quarter of the 13th century, preserved in the Bodleian Library under the reference Douce 180. The manuscript contains 97 miniatures. It has been called "one of the glories of English thirteenth-century painting". [1]
The 13th century was the century which lasted from January 1, 1201 (represented by the Roman numerals MCCI) through December 31, 1300 (MCCC) in accordance with the Julian calendar. The Mongol Empire was founded by Genghis Khan , which stretched from Eastern Asia to Eastern Europe .
The Mocking of Christ (or Christ Mocked) is a small 13th-century panel painting by the Italian artist Cimabue, in tempera on a poplar panel. It depicts the mocking of Jesus and is one of three panels known from Cimabue's Diptych of Devotion. It was discovered in the kitchen of an elderly woman in northern France.
13th; 14th; 15th; 16th; 17th; 18th; Subcategories. ... Pages in category "13th-century paintings" The following 12 pages are in this category, out of 12 total.