Collection

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  13th Century Psalter Leaf
  

  13th Century Psalter Leaf

  Original continuous bifolium from a medieval manuscript Psalter. 19 lines, written in Latin on animal parchment in small gothic bookhand with serrated line extenders in red, blue, and burnished gold. One large three-line illuminated initial in burnished gold on burgundy and blue ground with an interior of delicate white tracery and orange flowers extending into the margin. The one-line illuminated "I" begins Psalm 30 (King James 31) 14 - 25: "In eo dum . . ." The three-line illuminated "B" begins Psalm 31 (King James 32): 1 - 9: "Beati . . ."
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  14th Century Psalter-Hours Leaves
  

  14th Century Psalter-Hours Leaves

  Two original leaves (four pages - not continuous) from a medieval manuscript Psalter-Hours. 13 lines of ruled Latin text, written with black ink on animal vellum. Paintings in the lower margins display a blue, pink, and gold bar being pulled by creatures. Each bar contains a seated or standing dog or rabbit. One two-line illuminated initial in pink with interior floral motif in red and blue and burnished gold, on a deep blue and pink ground with delicate white penwork. Thirteen illuminated line-extenders in burnished gold, blue, orange, and pink, three with fish. The first illuminated "E" begins Psalm 122 (King James 123) 2 - 4: "Ecce sicut . . ." The large illuminated "N" begins Psalm 123 (King James 124) 1 - 6: "Misi quia . . ." The illuminated "Q" begins Psalm 12 (King James 13) 5 - 6 followed by Psalm 42 (King James 43) 1 - 4: "Qui . . ."
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  15th Century Book of Hours Leaf
  

  15th Century Book of Hours Leaf

  Original leaf from a medieval manuscript Book of Hours. Eighteen lines of text written in Latin, on animal vellum. Ruled in red with dark brown ink, in fine gothic textura script, with rubrics in red. Rinceaux border trailing vines & flowers into the margin. The five-line historiated initial is a rare example from the Edgerton Master Workshop. The historiated "O" contains a painting of the Virgin Mary and begins the Obsecro Te.
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  Illuminated manuscript leaf on vellum from a Book of Hours
  

  Illuminated manuscript leaf on vellum from a Book of Hours

  Latin text written in gothic hand in brown ink with rubrics in red. Versal initials in blue and red with contrasting penwork. Large initial "D" painted in blue with contrasting red penwork opens a prayer. Digitized on loan from the personal collection of a Radford University Professor of Art History, Dr. Bradbury.
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  Illuminated manuscript leaf on vellum from a Book of Hours
  

  Illuminated manuscript leaf on vellum from a Book of Hours

  Latin text written in Lettre batarde script in black ink with ruling in red. Versal initials in brushed gold and brown and on grounds of blue, green, and orange. Rubrics in blue. Large initial "E" in gold leaf on a ground or orange opens the text from Ecclesiasticus 24:15. Digitized on loan from the personal collection of a Radford University Professor of Art History, Dr. Bradbury.
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  Illuminated manuscript leaf on vellum in gold leaf and tempura from a Book of Hours
  

  Illuminated manuscript leaf on vellum in gold leaf and tempura from a Book of Hours

  Latin text written in gothic hand in brown ink with rubrics in red. Versal initials in blue and red with contrasting penwork. The text includes Psalm 5:2-8. Digitized on loan from the personal collection of a Radford University Professor of Art History, Dr. Bradbury.
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  Illuminated manuscript leaf on vellum in tempura and from a Book of Hour
  

  Illuminated manuscript leaf on vellum in tempura and from a Book of Hour

  Latin text written in gothic hand in brown ink with rubrics in red. Versal initials in blue and red with contrasting penwork. Two line initial "L" in burnished gold with contrasting penwork in blue. The initial opens Psalm 121, "Levavi Oculos meos . . ." (I will lift up mine eyes). Digitized on loan from the personal collection of a Radford University Professor of Art History, Dr. Bradbury.
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  Illuminated manuscript leaf on vellum in tempura and ink from a Book of Hours
  

  Illuminated manuscript leaf on vellum in tempura and ink from a Book of Hours

  Latin text written in gothic hand in brown ink with rubrics in red. Versal initials in blue and red with contrasting penwork. Two line initial "B" in burnished gold with contrasting elaborate penwork in blue. Digitized on loan from the personal collection of a Radford University Professor of Art History, Dr. Bradbury.
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  Illuminated manuscript leaf on vellum in tempura and ink from a Book of Hours
  

  Illuminated manuscript leaf on vellum in tempura and ink from a Book of Hours

  Latin text written in gothic hand in brown ink with rubrics in red. Versal initials in blue and red with contrasting penwork. The text is a litany of saints. Digitized on loan from the personal collection of a Radford University Professor of Art History, Dr. Bradbury.
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  Illuminated manuscript leaf on vellum in tempura and ink from a Book of Hours
  

  Illuminated manuscript leaf on vellum in tempura and ink from a Book of Hours

  Latin text written in gothic hand in brown ink with rubrics in red. Versal initials in blue and red with contrasting penwork. Two line initial in blue with contrasting elaborate penwork in red. Selections from the Book of Psalms. Digitized on loan from the personal collection of a Radford University Professor of Art History, Dr. Bradbury.
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  Leaf from Incurable Sermons of Carracciolus
  

  Leaf from Incurable Sermons of Carracciolus

  Digitized on loan from the personal collection of a Radford University Professor of Art History, Dr. Bradbury.
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  Radford University Bestiary (2014)
  

  Creator

  Gartner, Paul

  Williams, Hannah

  Ziegengeist, Julia

  Bechtel, Haley

  Page, Julia

  Carbone, Daniel

  Parada, Isis

  Sieller, Emily

  Sear, Kristina

  Keller, Allie

  Gaunt, Rebecca

  Dobbs, Layla

  Epiphano, John

  Lustig, Deb

  Jones, Olivia

  Downey, Taylor

  Morrill, Kimberly

  Colston, Ashley

  Adams, Alex

  Jenkins, Denise

  Radford University Bestiary (2014)

  A contemporary bestiary written, designed, and crafted by students of Prof. Carlee Bradbury's "Medieval Art" (ARTH 411, Fall 2014) class, Department of Art, College of Visual & Performing Arts, Radford University. Front matter contains a dedication to Kristin Greene.

  Creator

  Gartner, Paul

  Williams, Hannah

  Ziegengeist, Julia

  Bechtel, Haley

  Page, Julia

  Carbone, Daniel

  Parada, Isis

  Sieller, Emily

  Sear, Kristina

  Keller, Allie

  Gaunt, Rebecca

  Dobbs, Layla

  Epiphano, John

  Lustig, Deb

  Jones, Olivia

  Downey, Taylor

  Morrill, Kimberly

  Colston, Ashley

  Adams, Alex

  Jenkins, Denise