Czartoryski museum in Cracow again

 I already mentioned the Czartoryski museum in Cracow and presented some mediaeval documents there. 

The Czartoryski family was one of the richest aristocratic families in Poland who collected a number of pictures of various origins, not just from Poland. Therefore it is no surprise that there are some pictures in the museum painted in Catalonia or Italy. I present here some that have some calligraphy in them. The first two were painted in Catalonia in 1360, the third in Italy around 1410.

In the case of the pictures painted in Catalonia Lombardic versals were used on a fame above the saints' heads but textura for the inscription they hold in their hands, whereas St Jerome holds his text written in Lombardic versals.

St John, ca. 1360

Fragment of the inscription on the above picture

St James the Elder

Fragments of the above painting

St Jerome, Italy, ca. 1410

There is a book available, based on this blog.  

On the blog there is, so to speak, more room, one can show more illustrations there. Blogs, however, come and go, there is no certainty that it will be there ten years from now. The book, on the other hand, once you acquire it, will last, one can be sure of that.