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Online Libraries of Illuminated Manuscripts

Bibliotheque de Toulouse: Illuminated Manuscripts

(French language)

British Library Catalog of Illuminated Manuscripts
British Library Digitised Manuscripts
Digital Scriptorium

Database of manuscript images from several sources

Gallica Bibliotheque Numerique

If you don't happen to speak French, the capability of web browsers to translate is very useful
I think "illumination" as in illuminated manuscript in French is "enluminure" or " manuscrit enluminé"
Amazingly enough, you will probably have to page through books (online) to see the illuminations!

And for that, "mosaic view" is your friend.

Hungarian manuscripts linked from Art in Medieval Hungary

Examples of white vine in the manuscripts at the Széchényi National Library

Lessing Photo Archive

search for "manuscript", etc

Manuscriptorum.com

"European digital library of written cultural heritage"

Masterpieces of the Non-Western Book at Oxford's Bodelian Library
Medieval Manuscripts at the Free Library of Pennsylvania

This is my favorite. I love the zoom interface, and the search forms are quite helpful

Medieval and Renaissance Illuminated Manuscripts from Western Europe at the New York Public Library
Web Gallery of Art

Advanced Search, form = illumination

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