Iconography of illuminated manuscripts

picture in an ancient or medieval illuminated manuscript

thumb|A historiated initial (the letter O) from an illuminated manuscript|alt=A large letter O in a frame. At the centre of the letter, there is an illustration of Moses receiving the Ten Commandments on tablets of stone.

artistic theme, depiction of the ancestors of Christ

thumb|Drollery detail from the Hours of Charles the Noble thumb|upright|Page from the 14th-century Luttrell Psalter, showing two drolleries in the right margin.

system of dividing the Gospels used in the Middle Ages

page of mainly geometrical ornamentation in an illuminated manuscript

symbols of the four evangelists

Christian iconography symbol

artistic theme representing the twelve months by iconographic scenes showing human activities, usually in a landscape

Image in manuscript illumination showing the author handing over the writing