Pictures from the books of the Getty Museum

2,601 pictures from 243 books digitised by the Getty Museum, all in the public domain and free to use for anything.

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Its books, the most pictures first:

Barlaam und Josaphat (1469)132 pictures
Mira calligraphiae monumenta (1561)112 pictures
Illustrated Vita Christi, with devotional supplements (1190)105 pictures
Tournament Book (1560)104 pictures
Spinola Hours (1510)84 pictures
Weltchronik (1400)66 pictures
Prayer Book of Cardinal Albrecht of Brandenburg (1525)64 pictures
Livre de la Chasse (1430)60 pictures
Genealogy of the Derrer Family (1626)53 pictures
Des cas des nobles hommes et femmes (1413)50 pictures
Arenberg Hours49 pictures
Prayer Book of Charles the Bold (1469)49 pictures
Miroir Historial, 2 vols. (1475)46 pictures
Roman de la Rose (1405)44 pictures
Book of Hours (1410)43 pictures
Stammheim Missal40 pictures
Getty Apocalypse (Ms. Ludwig III 1 (83.MC.72)) (1255)34 pictures
Book of Hours (1430)33 pictures
Book of Hours (1550)31 pictures
Crohin-La Fontaine Hours (1480)31 pictures
Il Fior di Battaglia (1410)30 pictures
Book of Hours (1466)27 pictures
Gospel Book (1386)27 pictures
Vita beatae Hedwigis (1353)27 pictures
Des cleres et nobles femmes; Le livre de la Cité des Dames (1470)26 pictures
Gualenghi-d'Este Hours (1469)26 pictures
Fables; Exemplum de Tribus Latronibus; Defensio Curatorum Adversus Fratres Mendicantes, 1357; De Balsamo (Ch. 7 of De Mirabilibus); homilies on the Gospel of Luke; De septem sacramentis; and others (1450)25 pictures
Gospel Book (1583)25 pictures
Historia general del Piru (1616)25 pictures
Gospel Book (1250)24 pictures
Chroniques (Book Three) (1480)23 pictures
Miroir Historial (1475)23 pictures
Miroir Historial (1475)23 pictures
Wenceslaus Psalter (1250)23 pictures
Book of Hours (1480)22 pictures
Book of Hours (1420)22 pictures
Gospel Lectionary (950)22 pictures
Chronicle of the Hohenzollern Family (1572)20 pictures
Rothschild Pentateuch (1296)20 pictures
Book of Hours (1440)19 pictures
Book of Hours (1478)18 pictures
Book of Hours (1415)18 pictures
Llangattock Hours18 pictures
Poncher Hours (1500)18 pictures
Psalter (1240)18 pictures
Sacramentary (1025)18 pictures
Katherine Hours (1480)17 pictures
Collection of Masses for High Feasts (1410)16 pictures
Fifteen Cuttings from Histoire de Charles Martel (1463)16 pictures
Gospel Book (1480)16 pictures
Les Visions du chevalier Tondal (1475)16 pictures
Bible (1637)15 pictures
Book of Hours (1420)15 pictures
De Natura Avium; De Pastoribus et Ovibus; Bestiarium; Mirabilia Mundi; Philosophia Mundi; On the Soul (1277)15 pictures
Irmengard Codex (1030)15 pictures
La Passion de nostre seigneur ihesus christ (1480)15 pictures
Roman du Bon Chevalier Tristan, Fils au Bon Roy Meliadus de Leonois (1320)15 pictures
Vidal Mayor (1290)15 pictures
Book of Hours (1400)14 pictures
Liber Alchandrei philosophi (1405)14 pictures
Prayer Book (1470)14 pictures
Bible Historiale, 2 vols. (1360)13 pictures
Book of Hours (1544)13 pictures
Roman de Gillion de Trazegnies (1464)13 pictures
Benedictional (1030)12 pictures
Bestiary (1270)12 pictures
Gospel Book (1615)12 pictures
Canon tables from the Zeyt'un Gospels (1256)11 pictures
Livre des fais d'Alexandre le grant (1470)11 pictures
Livre des faits de Jacques de Lalaing (1530)11 pictures
Bible Historiale, vol. 1 (1360)10 pictures
Leaf from the Morgan Picture Bible (1250)10 pictures
Letter to Johann von Eich and Historia de duobus amantibus (1460)10 pictures
Miscellany: Anatomical-Physiological Description of Men; Liber Synonimorum; Descriptions of Planets, Zodiacs, and Comets; Treatises on Divination from Names, etc. (1464)10 pictures
Psalter10 pictures
Abbey Bible (1250)9 pictures
Book of Hours (1405)9 pictures
Fragmentary Qur'an (850)9 pictures
Nine Emblems for Louis XIV (1663)9 pictures
Northumberland Bestiary (1250)9 pictures
Hours of Simon de Varie (1455)8 pictures
Miniatures from Boethius, Consolation de philosophie (1460)8 pictures
Ovid, Excerpts from Heroides; Octavien de Saint-Gelais, Letters (1493)8 pictures
Gospel Book (1120)7 pictures
Livre des merveilles du monde (Book of the Marvels of the World) (1460)7 pictures
Bible (1280)6 pictures
Bute Psalter (1285)6 pictures
Gospel Book (1250)6 pictures
Gradual (1460)6 pictures
Leaves from Histoire ancienne jusqu'à César (1390)6 pictures
Roman d’Alexandre (1290)6 pictures
Six Cuttings from Bartholomaeus Anglicus, Livre des propriétés des choses (1400)6 pictures
Six detached leaves from the Gradual of the Carthusian Monastery Santo Spirito near Lucca6 pictures
Cité de Dieu (1440)5 pictures
Four cuttings from a Cistercian antiphonal (see Ms. 44) (1260)5 pictures
Gospel Book (1504)5 pictures
Gradual (1550)5 pictures
Legenda Venerabilium Virorum Aymonis et Vermondi (1400)5 pictures
Missal (1389)5 pictures
Psalter (1390)5 pictures
The Story of a Hunter (1908)5 pictures
Breviary (1153)4 pictures
Chronique de Normandie (1400)4 pictures
Compendium moralium notabilium (1450)4 pictures
Decretum (1170)4 pictures
Invention et translation du corps de Saint Antoine (1465)4 pictures
Livre de Bonnes Meurs (1430)4 pictures
Psalter (1205)4 pictures
Three Emblems for Louis XIV (1663)4 pictures
Two Leaves from a Gospel Book (1000)4 pictures
Antiphonal (1250)3 pictures
Antiphonal (1260)3 pictures
Bible Historiale, vol. 2 (1360)3 pictures
Bifolium from a Fragmentary Qur'an (fols. 1 and 2) (850)3 pictures
Bifolium from a Fragmentary Qur'an (fols. 3 and 10) (850)3 pictures
Calendar Miniatures from a Book of Hours (1550)3 pictures
Concluding Volume of a Bible (1260)3 pictures
De Vita et Conversatione Anselmi Cantuariensis (1140)3 pictures
Getty Epistles (1528)3 pictures
Leaf from an Apocalypse manuscript with miniatures (1340)3 pictures
Leaf from the Antiphonal of Cardinal Bessarion (1455)3 pictures
Marquette Bible, 3 vols. (1270)3 pictures
Miscellany of Texts on the Quadrivium (1150)3 pictures
Miscellany: Physiologus; other texts (1510)3 pictures
Missal (1500)3 pictures
Missal (1234)3 pictures
Missal of Bishop Antonio Scarampi (1567)3 pictures
New Testament (1150)3 pictures
Prières de la Messe (1720)3 pictures
Two miniatures from a Book of Old Testament Prophets (1300)3 pictures
Bible (1450)2 pictures
Bifolium from a Fragmentary Qur'an (fols. 5 and 8) (850)2 pictures
Bifolium from the Pink Qur’an (1250)2 pictures
Divinae Institutiones; De Ira Dei; De Opificio; De Ave Phoenice (1456)2 pictures
Gradual (1270)2 pictures
Historia Scholastica (1300)2 pictures
Historiated initial from an antiphonal (1260)2 pictures
Leaf from a Qur’an (1150)2 pictures
Marquette Bible, vol. 1 (1270)2 pictures
Miniature, Possibly from a Manuscript (1450)2 pictures
Missal (1180)2 pictures
New Testament (with Canons of Priscillian) (1170)2 pictures
Psalter (1420)2 pictures
Psalter (1250)2 pictures
Sacramentary (1050)2 pictures
Two Cuttings from a Missal (1475)2 pictures
Two Leaves from the Munich-Montserrat Hours (1535)2 pictures
Two Miniatures, Possibly from a Manuscript (1400)2 pictures
Book of Chess Problems1 picture
Breviary (1320)1 picture
Christ’s Entry into Jerusalem, cutting (1450)1 picture
Cutting from Digestum vetus (1340)1 picture
Cutting from a Choir Book (1430)1 picture
Cutting from a Franciscan gradual (1470)1 picture
Cutting from a Gradual (1440)1 picture
Cutting from a choir book1 picture
Cutting from a choir book (1450)1 picture
Cutting from a choir book (1450)1 picture
Cutting from a choir book (1392)1 picture
Cutting from a gradual (1450)1 picture
Cutting from a gradual (1450)1 picture
Cutting from a gradual (1460)1 picture
Cutting from a gradual (1567)1 picture
Cutting from an Antiphonal (1465)1 picture
Cutting from an Antiphonal (1495)1 picture
Cutting from an Antiphonal (1465)1 picture
Cutting from an antiphonal (1330)1 picture
Cutting from an antiphonal (1430)1 picture
Cutting from an antiphonal (1550)1 picture
Cutting from an antiphonal (1460)1 picture
Cutting from the Laudario of Sant'Agnese (1340)1 picture
Decorated Initial from an antiphonal (1260)1 picture
Diurnal (1485)1 picture
Epistolary (1930)1 picture
Five Leaves from a Noted Breviary (1420)1 picture
Historiated Initial (1450)1 picture
Historiated Initial from a Bible (1131)1 picture
Historiated Initial from a Gradual (1300)1 picture
Historiated Initial from a Gradual (1430)1 picture
Historiated Initial from an Antiphonal (1350)1 picture
Historiated Initial from an antiphonal (1260)1 picture
Initial A: Saint John the Baptist and the Messiah, cutting from a gradual (1400)1 picture
Initial A: The Three Marys at the Tomb, leaf from an antiphonal (1471)1 picture
Initial B: Christ Enthroned and David Playing the Harp, cutting from a psalter or a choir book (1401)1 picture
Initial D: Christ in Majesty Surrounded by the Symbols of the Evangelists, cutting from an antiphonal (1390)1 picture
Initial D: Christ’s Entry into Jerusalem, cutting from a gradual (1330)1 picture
Initial D: Pentecost, cutting from an antiphonal (1490)1 picture
Initial D: Saint Peter, cutting from an antiphonal (1331)1 picture
Initial D: The Calling of Saints Peter and Andrew, cutting from a gradual (1480)1 picture
Initial F: The Archangel Saint Michael, cutting from an antiphonal (1290)1 picture
Initial H: The Nativity, cutting from an antiphonal (1405)1 picture
Initial I: Saint Michael Defeating the Devil, cutting from an antiphonal (1348)1 picture
Initial O: A Camaldolese Saint, cutting from a gradual (1420)1 picture
Initial P: Saint John the Baptist, cutting from a gradual (1446)1 picture
Initial P: The Nativity and the Annunciation to the Shepherds, cutting from a gradual (1392)1 picture
Initial R or B: Saint Michael and the Dragon, cutting from an antiphonal (1446)1 picture
Initial R: The Resurrection, cutting from gradual (1310)1 picture
Initial S: Saint Ambrose, cutting (1440)1 picture
Initial S: The Stoning of Saint Stephen, cutting from an antiphonal (1500)1 picture
Initial V: Christ Blessing, cutting from a gradual (1423)1 picture
Initial V: Saint Placidus, cutting from an antiphonal (1385)1 picture
Initial V: The Children of the World Praising the Lord, cutting from a gradual (1430)1 picture
King David in Penitence (1480)1 picture
La Vision de l'âme de Guy de Thurno (1475)1 picture
Leaf from Commentarius in Apocalypsim (1220)1 picture
Leaf from Life of Apa Samuel (950)1 picture
Leaf from Ms. Ludwig II 7 (1615)1 picture
Leaf from Ms. Ludwig II 7 with The Crucifixion (1615)1 picture
Leaf from Ms. Ludwig II 7 with The Raising of Lazarus (1615)1 picture
Leaf from a Book of Hours (1500)1 picture
Leaf from a Book of Hours (1410)1 picture
Leaf from a Book of Hours1 picture
Leaf from a Gospel Book or New Testament (1325)1 picture
Leaf from a Gospel book (1450)1 picture
Leaf from a Manuscript (1460)1 picture
Leaf from a missal (1460)1 picture
Leaf from an antiphonal (1455)1 picture
Leaf from the Alexander Romance (History of the Great Conqueror Alexander of Macedon: His Life and Valorous Deeds and the Omen concerning his Death / Պատմութիւն մեծի աշխարհակալին Աղէքսանրու Մակեդոնացւոյ կեանք վարուց քաջութեան եւ գործք արիականք նաեւ վախճան նշանաւք) (1526)1 picture
Leaf from the Hours of Louis XII (1498)1 picture
Leaf from the Hours of Louis XII (1498)1 picture
Leaf from the Hours of Louis XII (1498)1 picture
Leaf from the Hours of Louis XII (1498)1 picture
Leaf from the Laudario of Sant'Agnese (1340)1 picture
Leaf from the Laudario of Sant'Agnese (1340)1 picture
Leaf from the Marienleben (1330)1 picture
Leaf from the Missal of Innocent VIII (1484)1 picture
Leaves from a Bible (845)1 picture
Marginal drollery from an antiphonal (1260)1 picture
Marquette Bible, vol. 3 (1270)1 picture
Miniature from The Miracles of Our Lady (1460)1 picture
Miniature from a Devotional or Liturgical Manuscript (1460)1 picture
Miniature from a Missal (1545)1 picture
Miniature from a Prayer Book or a Book of Hours (1475)1 picture
Miniature from a manuscript (1420)1 picture
Missal from the Collegium Ducale (1420)1 picture
Pantheologia Volume One (1474)1 picture
Ruskin Hours (1300)1 picture
Saint Paul (1612)1 picture
Side Border (1450)1 picture
The Crucifixion, cutting from a missal (1260)1 picture
The Nativity with the Adoration of the Shepherds and Magi (1615)1 picture
Three leaves from an antiphonal (1405)1 picture
Two Miniatures from a Psalter (1240)1 picture