Public-domain art from Southern France
86 public-domain plates · 13th century to 18th century
86 public-domain works from Southern France spanning the 13th century to 18th century, drawn from museum open-access programmes and released under CC0 or an equivalent public-domain flag. Free to download and reuse.
Museum sources
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Holy Water Font
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Cruet Stand
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Swept frame
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Engaged Capital
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Engaged Capital
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Engaged Capital
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Engaged Capitals
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Fol. 477v, Peter, historiated initial P, Peter with a key, talking to the bust of God above
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Fol. 412v, Luke, historiated initial F, Luke praying at an altar, bust of God above
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Fol. 357r, Obadiah, historiated initial V, Obadiah and a Jew in discussion
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Fol. 233r, Psalm 109, historiated initial D, God the Father and Son, the Holy Ghost between them
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Fol. 20v, Exodus, historiated initial H, Moses and two followers with the tablets of the law
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Fol. 1r, Genesis, with a full-length historiated initial I, showing the Creation and the Crucifixion, all on burnished gold grounds, with diapered pink and blue frames and cusped dragon and foliage extensions at top and bottom, on which are perched a vari
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Fol. 230r, Psalm 97, historiated initial C, two clerics singing at a lectern.
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Fol. 205r, Job, historiated initial V, Job on the dungheap given a gold earring by one of his sisters
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Fol. 178v, Nehemiah, historiated initial V, Nehemiah presenting the golden cup to Artaxerxes
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Fol. 481v, Jude, historiated initial I, Jude standing with a scroll
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Fol. 425v, John, historiated initial I, John seated writing
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Fol. 404r, Mark, historiated initial I, Mark standing with a scroll
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Fol. 368v, Malachi, historiated initial O, Malachi seated with a scroll
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Fol. 224v, Psalm 68, historiated initial S, David in the water appealing to God above
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Engaged Capital
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Fol. 98r, Kings I, historiated initial F, Elkanah and Hannah kneeling before an altar with God appearing above
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Fol. 76v, Joshua, historiated initial E, Joshua with a scroll kneeling before God
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Fol. 455v, Thessalonians II, historiated initial P, Paul seated with a sword, talking to the bust of God above
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Fol. 454v,Thessalonians I, historiated initial P, Paul seated with a sword and a book, talking to the bust of God above
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Fol. 364r, Haggai, historiated initial I, Haggai with a scroll standing on a hybrid
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Fol. 353r, Joel, historiated initial V, Joel seated with a scroll, bust of God above
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Fol. 247v, Ecclesiastes, historiated initial V, Solomon teaching
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Fol. 214v, Psalm 1, historiated initial 8, David harping
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Fol. 194r, Judith, historiated initial A, Judith beheading Holofernes
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Fol. 148v, Chronicles I, historiated initial A, three descendants of Adam
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Fol. 123r, Kings III, historiated initial E, an attendant bringing Abishag to David who lies on a bed
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Fol. 86r, Judges, historiated initial R, Judah seated with a book talking to God
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Fol. 476v, James, historiated initial I, James standing with a scroll
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Fol. 458v, Titus, historiated initial P, Paul seated with a sword
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Fol. 449r, Galatians, historiated initial P, Paul seated with a sword, talking to the bust of God above
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Fol. 360v, Nahum, historiated initial O, Nahum kneeling with a scroll, bust of God above
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Fol. 350r, Hosea, historiated initial V, Hosea preaching to three men.
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Fol. 341r, Daniel, historiated initial A, Daniel in the lions’ den
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Fol. 160r, Chronicles II, historiated initial C, Solomon kneeling before an altar praying, a bust of God above
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Fol. 482v, Revelations, historiated initial A, John seated at a desk writing to the Seven Churches of Asia
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Fol. 440v, Corinthians I, historiated initial P, Paul kneeling talking to the bust of God above
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Fol. 354v, Amos, historiated initial V, Amos kneeling in prayer, bust of God above
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Fol. 292v, Jeremiah, historiated initial V, the stoning of Jeremiah
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Fol. 251 r, Wisdom, historiated initial D, Solomon instructing a soldier
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Fol. 249v, Song of Songs, historiated initial O, theVirgin and Child
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Fol. 222v, Psalm 52, historiated initial D, a fool naked but for a cloak, holding a bladder, bust of God above
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Fol. 220v, Psalm 38, historiated initial D, David kneeling, gesturing to the bust of God above
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Fol. 112r, Kings II, historiated initial F, the beheading of the Amalekite
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Fol. 46v, Numbers, historiated initial L, Moses with horns, kneeling before God
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Fol. 459r, Philemon, historiated initial P, Paul addressing three men and Hebrews, historiated initial M, Paul seated at a desk, writing
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Fol. 456r, Timothy I, historiated initial P, Paul seated
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Fol. 391v, Matthew, full-length historiated initial L, the Tree of Jesse, with a sleeping Jesse at the base and six of the ancestors of Christ in irregular compartments
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Fol. 370r, Maccabees I, historiated initial E, Mathathias slaying the idolatrous Jew
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Fol. 36r, Leviticus, historiated initial V, Moses offering a sacrificial lamb on an altar
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Fol. 365r, Zachariah, historiated initial I, Zachariah standing with a scroll
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Fol. 358v, Micah, historiated initial V, Micah kneeling, bust of God above
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Fol. 357v, Jonah, historiated initial E, Jonah swallowed by the whale, a walled city above
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Fol. 320r, Ezechiel, historiated initial E, a sleeping Ezechiel with his vision of the four beasts above
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Fol. 174v, Ezra, historiated initial I, Cyrus directing the building of the Temple
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Fol. 62v, Deuteronomy, historiated initial H, Moses with horns and scroll preaching to two men
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74. Fol. 463r, Acts, historiated initial P, the Ascension
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Fol. 452r, Philippians, historiated initial P, Paul standing with a sword and a scroll, talking to the bust of God above
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Fol. 273r, Isaiah, historiated initial V, the martyrdom of Isaiah
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Fol. 218r, Psalm 26, historiated initial D, David kneeling pointing to his eyes, the bust of God above
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Fol. 199r, Esther, historiated initial, two seated male figures
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Fol. 184r, Ezra II, historiated initial E, a priest censing an altar
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Fol. 96r, Ruth, Historiated Initial I with Elimilech and Naomi.
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Fol. 457v, Timothy II, historiated initial P, Paul talking to the bust of God above
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Fol. 453v, Colossians, historiated initial P, Paul standing talking to the bust of God above
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Fol. 450v, Ephesians, historiated initial P, Paul seated with a sword, the bust of God above
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Fol. 445v, Corinthians II, historiated initial P, Paul standing with a sword, talking to the bust of God above
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Fol. 361v, Habbakuk, historiated initial O, Habbakuk holding a basket and two stones, seized by the hair by an angel
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Fol. 227v, Psalm 80, historiated initial E, David hitting a carillon of hells
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Fol. 136r, Kings IV, historiated initial P, Ahaziah falling from a tower
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Engaged Capital
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Fol. 382v, Maccabees II, historiated initial F, a golden chalice presented to a Jew
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Fol. 362v, Zephaniah, historiated initial V, Zephaniah kneeling with a scroll, bust of God above
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Fol. 317r, Baruch, historiated initial H, Baruch seated at a desk writing on a scroll
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Fol. 315r, Lamentations, historiated initial E, a kneeling Jeremiah praying to a bust of God
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Fol. 257r, Ecclesiasticus, historiated initial O, Sirach seated with a scroll, bust of God above
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Fol. 238r, Proverbs, historiated initial P, Solomon instructing Rehoboam
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Fol. iii v, Foliated Initial
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Fol. ir: Prologue, St. Jerome, large historiated initial I, the saint in a brown habit writing at a desk in a gothic architectural frame, with full-length border of foliage and small hybrids, a hare, a dog and a grotesque perched on the foliage extensions
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Gothic Bible (Vulgate)
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