The Menologion of Basil II is an illuminated church calendar produced for the emperor Basil II (r. 976-1025) circa 1000. Originally contained in two volumes, only one remains. It contains over 430 miniature paintings. The majority of the painting illustrate key moments from the lives of the saints depicted, but a few depict contemporary ceremonial events connected with both Hagia Sophia and Constantinople.
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Call Number: Special Coll Rare -- DA152.5.E2 L93 2004
Publication Date: England, 1434-39
London, British Library, MS Harley 2278
The Life of St. Edmund tells the story East Anglian King, Edmund, who was killed by the invading Danes in the late 9th century. Edmund was considered a martyr and model king. The poem about St. Edmund was written by John Lydgate, a monk from Suffolk England.
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Florence, Seminario Arcivescovile Maggiore of Florence
The Codex Rustici is an illustrated account of Marco di Bartolomeo Rustici’s pilgrimage from Florence to the Church of of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem in 1441. The manuscript is notable for its depictions of architecture in early fifteenth century Florence.
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The Vita Sanctae Coletae is an account of the life of St. Colette of Corbie, a French abbess who founded the Colettine Poor Clares. She is the patron saint of women seeking to conceive, expectant mothers, and sick children.
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Menologion of Basil II
Life of St. Edmund, King and Martyr : John Lydgate's Illustrated Verse Life
Passio Kiliani
Codex Rustici
Stuttgarter Passionale