The Fall of Lucifer and the Rebel Angels

    Manuscript illumination from the famous Book of Hours, the Très Riches Heures du duc de Berry (1411–1416). God on his throne is surrounded by the Seraphs. Satan / Lucifer and the rebel angels fall into Hell, and fought off by Michael and his angels (depicted as knights).

    Navigatio Brendani 11.17:

    Nōs sumus dē illā magnā ruīnā antīquī hostis

     

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    The Musée Condé, Chantilly, France.
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    Brendan and the whale (manuscript illumination)

      An illustration from the Manuscriptum translationis germanicae (Cod. Pal. Germ. 60, fol. 179v, University Library of Heidelberg, Germany), written around 1460 AD.

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      Date
      c. 1460
      Location
      University of Applied Sciences, Augsburg, Germany

      Harley 4125 (f. 2)

        The beginning of Bede's Historia Ecclesiastica, Book I, from the manuscript Harley 4124 in the British Library.

        The manuscript was created in the Augustinian priory of St. Mary, Worksop, in the mid to late 12 century. The script is protogothic. The decorated initial "B" begins the word "Britannia."

        For information about the manuscript, click here

        Source: British Library Catalogue of Illuminated Manuscripts

        Used under a Creative Commons CC0 1.0 Universal Public Domain Dedication.

        Date
        mid 12th century
        Location
        British Library
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        Harley MS 3680 (f. 4v)

          The beginning of Book I of Bede's Historia Ecclesiastica. From the early 12th-century manuscript Harley 3680, in the British Library. 

          The manuscript was created by two scribes in the cathedral priory of St. Andrew in Rochester in the 12th century. The script is protogothic. The decorated initial "B" begins the word "Brittania."  For a detail of the decorated initial, click here

          Image source: British Library Catalogue of Illuminated Manuscripts

          Used under a Creative Commons CC0 1.0 Universal Public Domain Dedication.

          Date
          early 12th century
          Location
          British Library
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          Harley MS 3680 (f. 2)

            The first page of the Prologus of Bede's Historia Ecclesiastica in the manuscript Harley 3680 in the collections of the British Library. 

            The manuscript was created by two scribes in the cathedral priory of St. Andrew in Rochester in the 12th century. The script is protogothic.  The decorated initial "G" begins the word GLORIOSISSIMO.

            Image source: British Library Catalogue of Illuminated Manuscripts

            Used under a Creative Commons CC0 1.0 Universal Public Domain Dedication.

            Date
            early 12th century
            Location
            British Library
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