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  1. Black mouse. ‘The Maastricht Hours’, Liège 14th century, BL, Stowe 17, fol. 129v.
    #medieval #MedievalArt

  2. Mediebear. Book of hours, Picardy ca. 1460. Amiens, Bibliothèque municipale, ms. 200, fol. 146r.
    #medieval #MedievalArt

  3. Come for the birding; stay for the resurrection...

    We took a trip to St George’s, Reichenau, where Ottonian frescoes show demons fleeing, storms falling silent, the sick restored—and Lazarus emerging from his grave.

    silencesandsounds.blogspot.com/

    #MedievalArt #Ottonian #Reichenau #frescoes #beauty #Catholic #blog #research #medieval

  4. It is no coincidence that the mandorla — the almond-shaped halo around Christ or the Virgin Mary — mirrors the vulva’s form. Named after the Italian for “almond,” it symbolises the threshold between worlds, the sacred gateway through which divine light and incarnation enter the human realm.

    #catholicism #ArtHistory #iconography
    #symbolism #ReligiousArt #medievalArt
    #ChristianArt #aesthetics

  5. "One must imagine Sisyphus happy"

    Drawn with a pencil, inked with a .005 and 8 micron

    What are you working on today? Let us know in the comments!

    #artist #creative #crafting #Micronpen #Medievalart #Medieval #ArtOnSocialMedia #ArtCommunity #creativeprocess #Twinsofdestruction

  6. Drawn with a pencil, and inked with a .005 & an 8 micron pen.

    What are you going to create today?
    Sewing, drawing, crafting, sculpting, painting, carving, cooking? Let us know! Excelsior!
    #artist #creative #crafting #Micronpen #Medievalart #Medieval #ArtOnSocialMedia #ArtCommunity #creativeprocess #Twinsofdestruction