Girdle books

Küngliga biblioteket, Stockholm, C 109

Germanisches Nationalmuseum, Nürnberg, Hs. 17231

Yale University Library, New Haven, Ms. 84

Röhsska museet, Göteborg, 519-15

Bethmann Museum, Frankfurt am Main

Det Kongelige Bibliotek, København, Gamle Kongelige Samling 3423

Det Kongelige Bibliotek, København, Gamle Kongelige Samling 3423

Det Kongelige Bibliotek, København, Rostgaard 6

Det Kongelige Bibliotek, København, Rostgaard 6

Bibliotheca Qvarnforsiana, kat. 262 - now in private German collection

Altar from Tranbjerg Kirke with three girdle books

Detail from Tranbjerg altar

Detail from Tranbjerg altar

Detail from Tranbjerg altar

Detail from Tranbjerg altar

Jan van Eyck

Jan van Eyck (same as on the left)

Jan van Eyck

Hieronymus Bosch

Hieronymus Bosch

Jost Amman

Apostlen Thomas, from Bernt Notkes altar in Århus domkirke, Denmark

Apostlen Filip, from Bernt Notkes altar in Århus domkirke, Denmark

Apostlen Judas Thadæus, from Bernt Notkes altar in Århus domkirke, Denmark

Apostlen Mathæus, from Bernt Notkes altar in Århus domkirke, Denmark

Composite of the figures from Århus domkirke, Denmark

Hans Holbein d.Ä.

Detail from the Hans Holbein d.Ä painting

Martin Schongauer

Matthias Grünewald

Meister der Heiligen Sippe

Joos van Cleve

Hans Pleydenwurff

Konrad Witz

Antonello da Messina

Antonella da Messina (same as on the left)

Barthélemy d' Eyck

Fresco from Ågerup Kirke (Ågerup Church) in Denmark

Robert Campin

Robert Campin (same as on the left)

Robert Campin

Library at Strahov Monastery. Figure on the left holds a girdle book in his left hand

Altar piece from Valleberga church in Sweden. St Bartholomew (on the right in the top row on the left wing) holds a girdle book in his left hand.

A cardinal on the left seems to be holdning a girdle book in his left hand

Herrad von Landsberg ca. 1180. The monk in the bottom left corner is holding something in his hand that looks like a girdle book but that can hardly be the case because of the dating of the picture. It's included here just in case.

Altar piece from Horsens Klosterkirke in Denmark. On the right at the bottom St. Simon is holding a girdle book

Marienkrönungsaltar in Stralsund, Germany. Third figure from the left at the bottom is holding a girdle book

Altar piece from Heda kyrka in Sweden. Two figures at the center bottom are holding girdle books

Altar piece from Byrum Kirke in Denmark. Six figures have girdle books

Altar piece from Drothem kyrka in Sweden. At least one figur is holding a girdle book

Altar piece from Lau kyrka in Sweden. St James is holding a girdle book it seems

Altar piece from Sankt Olofs Kirke in Skåne, Sweden. Figure two from left on the bottom is holding a girdle book

Altar piece from Møgeltønder Kirke, Denmark