Art books

Art book - A luxurious manuscript of captivating loveliness 

Golf Book (Book of Hours) 

The person for whom this marvellous Book of Hours was made is still unknown. Running along the bottom of the pages in...

The art of well-being unveiled folio by folio 

Tacuinum Sanitatis

The secrets to good health are revealed in the art book of Tacuinum Sanitatis (mid-15th century, Ms. Lat 9333), a unique iconographic...

Harley MS. 3469

Splendor Solis

The study book of the most beautiful alchemy treatise ever made is now available for you. We are talking about the Splendor...

Great Hours of Anne of Brittany

The Great Hours of Anne of Brittany is undoubtedly a masterpiece of French painting, as is fitting for a manuscript intended for...

Gulbenkian Apocalypse

Second edition of the Gulbenkian Apocalypse art book. Features an in-depth analysis of this medieval illuminated manuscript (13th century) by experts (….),...

Add. Ms. 18851- British Library

The Isabella Breviary

One of the greatest treasures that British Library owns, among its vast collection of manuscripts, is The Isabella Breviary, a late 15th...

Bible moralisée of Naples

The pages of the Bible Moralisée of Naples study book dive us into the universe of this superb work completed in 1350...

25 years of unique and unrepeatable editions

Catalogue of M. Moleiro, the Art of Perfection

The never-ending search for the greatest bookish treasures that have withstood the passage and ravages of time has led to the creation...

The Apocalypse of 1313

Signed and dated in 1313 by its illuminator, Colin Chadelve, this Apocalypse is a unique creation apparently designed to cater for its...

The truth and nothing but the truth about the Voynich manuscript

The Voynich Manuscript

This in-depth book contains the official version of the Beinecke Library curators at Yale University and the opinions of leading international experts...

Beato de Liébana– Luxury edition (black)

The Book of the Revelation illuminated in the style of calligraphers of old. Alcaíns decided to rekindle the extinct tradition of book illumination....

Cantar de Cantares – Luxury edition (black)

This book consists of eight chapters: two lovers exchanging amorous compliments, a desert of shepherds and places with sonorous names, palm trees...

Libro de Daniel – Luxury edition (black)

The new addition to our biblical series that begin with the Apocalypse is the strange Book of Daniel featuring a variety of...

Libro de Daniel – Luxury edition (red)

The new addition to our biblical series that begin with the Apocalypse is the strange Book of Daniel featuring a variety of...

Beato de Liébana, códice del Monasterio Cisterciense de San Andrés de Arroyo

The characteristic traits of the Arroyo Beatus make it unique amongst all other beatus codices. It is considered to be a late...

Romance of Knight Zifar

The Romance of the Knight Zifar tells the story of Zifar and his family following their departure from the kingdom of Tarta...

Erich Lessing and Philippe Sollers

Mujeres. Mitologías

An ode to women who have inspired art and defined civilizations. With its exceptional iconographic lavishness, Mujeres. Mitologías composes a symphony in...

Beato de Liébana, Códice de Fernando I y Doña Sancha

Comentarios al Apocalipsis

Shortly after the Arab conquest, on the eve of the Carolingian era, a monk from Santo Toribio monastery by the name of...

Jean-Louis Nou and Louis Frédéric

Borobudur

Nothing anywhere in the world quite compares with the dimensions and magnificent bas-reliefs of the Borobudur, an enormous Buddhist monument erected on...

Frescos indios de méxico Sergio Gruzinski

El Águila y la Sibila

One of the most interesting cultural trends in the conquest of Mexico was undoubtedly the invasion of European forms and styles that...

Liana Castelfranchi Vegas

El Arte en la Edad Media

El Arte en la Edad Media spans the period from the 6th century to International Gothic (first half of the 15th C.),...

Coordinated by Roberto Cassanelli

Talleres de Arquitectura en la Edad Media

Written by leading experts in medieval architecture, Talleres de Arquitectura en la Edad Media addresses one of the driving forces of economic...

Edited by Roberto Cassanelli

Talleres del Renacimiento

Talleres del Renacimiento addresses a basic and yet little known aspect of the history of European art: the process of creating a...

Liana Castelfranchi Vegas

El Arte en el Renacimiento

El Arte en el Renacimiento addresses the different artistic expressions of fifteenth-century Europe, the many links between the works produced in different...

Henri y Anne Stierlin

El Arte Barroco en España y Portugal

On the eve of colonial expansion, the Iberian Peninsula became part of a great artistic movement characterised by an overwhelming lavishness and...

The Hours of Joanna I of Castile

The illuminations in this exceptional Book of Hours (also known as the London Rothschild Prayerbook) are the work of Gerard Horenbout, the leading...

The most brilliant and lucid sample of the best painting of the 13th and 14th centuries.

Anglo-Catalan Psalter

The Anglo-Catalan Psalter is an exceptional work in every sense. The realization of its paintings took place in two phases, the first...

Theriaka & Alexipharmaka, Nicander

The physician, poet and grammarian, Nicander of Colophon, lived in the 2nd century BCE, in the court of Attalus III, king of...

Cantar de Cantares – Luxury edition (red)

This book consists of eight chapters: two lovers exchanging amorous compliments, a desert of shepherds and places with sonorous names, palm trees...

Universal Atlas, Diogo Homem

The charts by Diogo Homem – the most productive Portuguese cartographer – are the most emblematic and priceless example of the navigation...

Flemish Apocalypse

The Bibliothèque nationale de France manuscript is unique amongst illustrated Apocalypse codices. It features the artwork of exceptionally talented miniaturists who recreate...

Beato de Fernando I y Sancha

Shortly after the Arab conquest, on the eve of the Carolingian era, a monk from Santo Toribio monastery by the name of...

Pierre Grimal

Iglesias de Roma

Rome is undoubtedly the city in the world with the most churches, more than two hundred at the present time, many of...

Joaquín Yarza Luaces

Beato de Liébana - Manuscritos Iluminados

The 328 pages of Beatus of Liébana. Illuminated Manuscripts gather together all present-day knowledge of the oeuvre by Beatus of Liébana, the...

Cantigas de Amigo

Essential reading for an understanding of the medieval poetry of Galicia and Portugal. Antonio García Patiño’s illustrations recreate poems by Martin Codax, Johan...

Taj Mahal

The Taj Mahal is the brilliant symbol of a love that aimed to be stronger than death and also the impressive reflection...

The Hours of Maria of Navarre

On 26 April 1342, Peter the Ceremonious wrote to his wife, Queen Mary of Navarre, asking her to send him from Valencia,...

Book of Hours of Louis of Orleans

This extraordinary book of hours, created around 1490, is the work of the master painter Jean Colombe and his atelier. The illuminations...

Theatrum Sanitatis

Theatrum Sanitatis contains a treatise on medicine that was widely disseminated during the 14th and 15th centuries. Its aim was to teach...

Martirologio de Usuardo

Before reaching the city of Gerona, the Martyrology of Usuard had an eventful life. It originated in Prague, in the court of...

Beatus of Liébana, codex of Gerona

The Girona Beatus showcases an extraordinary and complex iconographical variety. The elements compiled from different backgrounds, particularly those of classical Carolingian and Muslim...