Bagpipes in Medieval Manuscripts

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From The Belles Heures of Jean, Duke of Berry
by the Limbourg Brothers, Paul, Jean and Herman. 1402-1408


The Annunciation of the Shepherds from the Huntington Manuscript HM1173,
a Book of Hours made about 1460-1465


Annunciation to the Shepherds
Northern France or Flanders, c.1445


Annunciation by the Bedford Master
France, Paris, c. 1430-35


Annunciation to the Shepherds by Master of the Geneva Latini
France, Rouen, c.1470


Horenbout: Annunciation of the Shepherds, Hours of the Virgin, Fol.91r British Museum


Annunciation To the Shepherds Paul de Limbourg of Limbourg BrothersAround 1411-16

Tres Riches Heures du Duc de Berry MS 65
in Musee Conde at Chantilly



Annunciation of the Shepherds LF 18.
Painted during the 15th century campaign of illumination by Belbello da Pavia


Albrecht Durer 1515, The Book of Hours of the Emperor Maximilian the First


Robinet Testard Allegory of Music Les Echecs amoureux


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