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"Women at the Christ Sepulchre",
miniature in Zbigniew Olesnicki's antiphonary, after 1423, Wawel Cathedral Archive in Cracow
"Resurrection",
miniature in a missal, about 1440-1450, Wawel Cathedral Archive in Cracow
"Workshop of a Painter",
miniature in the Baltazar Behem's Codex, about 1505, Jagiellonian Library in Cracow
"Regina Virginum",
miniature in King's John Albert gradual,
1506, Wawel Cathedral Archive in Cracow
"View of Gniezno Cathedral",
miniature in Klemens' of Piotrkow antiphonary, 1509, Chapter Library in Gniezno
"Enthronement of a Polish King",
miniature in Erazm Ciolek's pontifical, about 1510, National Museum in Cracow
The beginning of the sixteenth century denotes a flourishing of miniatures and, simultaneously, the last chapter in the history of this genre which disappeared after the dissemination of the printed book. The majority of illuminated works is composed of liturgical books, missals and graduals, founded by rulers or Church dignitaries. An exceptional group of miniatures is found in the Baltazar Behem's Codex, a manuscript about 1505, which includes, among others, laws of Cracow guilds; these illustrations comprise a widely used and invaluable source depicting the daily life of a late mediaeval town. [*]
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