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  1. Creation of the animals. Holkham Bible, England ca. 1320-1330. BL, Add. 47682, fol. 2v.
    #medieval #MedievalArt

  2. Sign of Pisces. Matfre Ermengau, Breviari d'amor, Occitania ca. 1300-1350. BL, Harley 4940, fol. 30v.
    #medieval #MedievalArt

  3. Crowned cat. Scheibler Armorial, Germany ca. 1450-1480. München, Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, Cod.icon. 312 c, p. 258.
    #medieval #MedievalArt

  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. Have a beautiful Day of Aphrodite aka Venus' Day aka #FriggsDay aka Friday.

    "Frigg, I believe,
    knows all that happens,
    although she says it not."
    Freyja in Lokasenna

    🏛 Frigg or Valkyrie, Tuna, Alsike, Uppland, Sweden

    #DayOfAphrodite #MedievalArt #Frigg #antiquidons #history

  6. Erotic figure like a Sheela Na Gig in San Pedro de Cervatos, Spain 👌

    Sheela Na Gigs are a type of erotic stone carving of a female figure usually found on Romanesque churches. They depict an old woman squatting and pulling apart her vulva.

    #FannyFriday #vulva #medieval #medievalArt

    @medievodons