Medieval & Renaissance Rowboats

See also these links on shipbuilding (including coracles & currachs).

• Abû Zayd and al-Hârith, Maqâmât (BNF Ar. 5847, fol. 61), 1236-1237
• The mermais, a bestiary (British Library, Sloane 278, fol. 47), second or third quarter of the 13th century
• A fish as big as a boat, Bestiaire d'Amours (BNF Fr. 1444, fol. 263v), second half of the 13th century
• Fishermen hauling in their catch (Pisces) (fol. 73) and two knights tilting in boats (fol. 159), The Queen Mary Psalter (British Library MS Royal 2 B. VII), c. 1310-1320
• The life of St. Denis (BNF Fr. 2091), 1317; several examples, including fols. 99, 111, 125, and 129
• A rowboat with four oarsmen, towed by two men, The Luttrell Psalter (British Library MS Add. 42130, fol. 160), c. 1325-1335
• A fish as big as a boat, Isopet (BNF Fr. 15213, fol. 87), second quarter of the 14th century
• Scenes from the life of St. Nicholas by Ambrogio Lorenzetti, c. 1332
• The Romance of Alexander (Bodl. 264), 1338-1344, fol. 89r
• The martyrdom of St. John, Bible (BNF Ned. 3, fol. 1), 14th-15th century
• Fish (fol. 80) and Hydrography: The sea (fol. 86), Tacuinum Sanitatis (BNF Latin 9333), 15th century
• First page of Marco Polo's Li Livres du Graunt Caam (Bodl. 264, fol. 218r), c. 1400
• Tanor is rescued by fishermen (fol. 5) and Lamorak of Wales is rescued by fishermen (fol. 67), Tristan de Léonois (BNF Fr. 97), first quarter of the 15th century
• Lamorak of Wales is rescued by fishermen (BNF Fr. 100, fol. 107) and Tristan and Isolde meet Pelleas (BNF Fr. 101, fol. 68), Tristan de Léonois, first quarter of the 15th century
• St. Peter walking on the water by Lluis Borrassa, 1411-1413
• Bartolomea Gualandi, The Decameron (BNF It. 63, fol. 84v), 1427
• Detail from Pond House and Stag Hunt, from The Housebook, c. 1475-1485
• Grima and the king of Orbin, The Knight Cifar (BNF Esp. 36, fol. 38v), fourth quarter of the 15th century
• Stag Hunt by the Housebook Master, c. 1485-1490
• Departure from Basle from the St. Ursula Shrine by Hans Memling, 1489
• Jason and the Argo, Le Roman de la Rose (British Library, Harley 4425, fol. 86), c. 1490-1500
• October, The Grimani Breviary, c. 1490-1510
• Glaucus and Scylla, Metamorphoses (British Library MS IC.41148, CLXIv), 1494
• The Tower of London, Poems of Charles, Duke of Orleans (British Library MS Royal 16 F. II, fol. 73), c. 1500
• Achillas invites Pompey to come aboard, The Life of Pompey (KB 134 C 19, fol. 242r), c. 1500
• Matins, book of hours and prayer book (MMW 10 F 14, fol. 9r), c. 1500-1525
• May from the Da Costa Hours (Morgan Library M. 399, fol. 6v), c. 1515
• May in The Golf Book (British Library Add. 24098, fol. 22v), c. 1520-1530
• May and St. Peter walking on water from the Hennessey Hours (fol. 5v), c. 1530-1540