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Costume ideas. Livre de la Vigne nostre Seigneur, France c. 1450-1470. Bodleian Library, MS. Douce 134, fol. 99r.
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Costume ideas. Livre de la Vigne nostre Seigneur, France c. 1450-1470. Bodleian Library, MS. Douce 134, fol. 99r.
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Fat squirrel. Jean Mansel, ‘La Fleur des histoires ou les hystores rommaines abregies…’, France 1454. Paris, Bibliothèque de l'Arsenal, Ms 5088 réserve, fol. 175v.
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Fat squirrel. Jean Mansel, ‘La Fleur des histoires ou les hystores rommaines abregies…’, France 1454. Paris, Bibliothèque de l'Arsenal, Ms 5088 réserve, fol. 175v.
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Love is stronger than hate. #LoveIsLove. Maqamat al-Hariri (Maqāma 32), Syria or Iraq ca. 1240. BnF, Arabe 3929, fol. 122r.
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Love is stronger than hate. #LoveIsLove. Maqamat al-Hariri (Maqāma 32), Syria or Iraq ca. 1240. BnF, Arabe 3929, fol. 122r.
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#Pegasus and the head of #Phaethon. Fazio degli Uberti, II Dittamondo, Milan ca. 1447. BnF, Italien 81, fol. 175v.
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#Pegasus and the head of #Phaethon. Fazio degli Uberti, II Dittamondo, Milan ca. 1447. BnF, Italien 81, fol. 175v.
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Siege of the Castle of Ladies. Luttrell Psalter, England ca. 1325-1340. British Library, Add 42130, fol. 75v.
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Siege of the Castle of Ladies. Luttrell Psalter, England ca. 1325-1340. British Library, Add 42130, fol. 75v.
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War #elephant. Naples ca. 1340. Universiteitsbibliotheek Leuven, Cod. 1, fol. 146r.
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War #elephant. Naples ca. 1340. Universiteitsbibliotheek Leuven, Cod. 1, fol. 146r.
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Dolphin of Ganges and an #elephant. Thomas of Cantimpré, Liber de natura rerum, France ca. 1290.. Valenciennes, Bibliothèque municipale, ms. 320, fol. 118r.
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Dolphin of Ganges and an #elephant. Thomas of Cantimpré, Liber de natura rerum, France ca. 1290.. Valenciennes, Bibliothèque municipale, ms. 320, fol. 118r.
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Smiling #unicorns. initial כה, Haftoroh from the ‘Duke of Sussex’s German Pentateuch’, Germany 14th century. British Library, Additional 15282, fol. 314r.
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Smiling #unicorns. initial כה, Haftoroh from the ‘Duke of Sussex’s German Pentateuch’, Germany 14th century. British Library, Additional 15282, fol. 314r.
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#Lion of Saint Mark. Beatus of Liébana, Commentaria in Apocalypsin (the ‘Beatus of Saint-Sever’) Saint-Sever before 1072. BnF, Latin 8878, fol. 108v.
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#Lion of Saint Mark. Beatus of Liébana, Commentaria in Apocalypsin (the ‘Beatus of Saint-Sever’) Saint-Sever before 1072. BnF, Latin 8878, fol. 108v.
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My bloody valentine. Aurora consurgens, St. Gallen 15th century. Zürich, Zentralbibliothek, Ms. Rhenoviensis 172, fol. 19v.
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My bloody valentine. Aurora consurgens, St. Gallen 15th century. Zürich, Zentralbibliothek, Ms. Rhenoviensis 172, fol. 19v.
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#Medieval butt competition? left: Jacques de Longuyon, ‘Les voeux du paon’, Tournai (?), ca. 1350. NY, Morgan, MS G.24, fol. 25v. right: ‘The Rutland Psalter’, England ca. 1260. British Library, Add 62925, fol. 67r.
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#Medieval butt competition? left: Jacques de Longuyon, ‘Les voeux du paon’, Tournai (?), ca. 1350. NY, Morgan, MS G.24, fol. 25v. right: ‘The Rutland Psalter’, England ca. 1260. British Library, Add 62925, fol. 67r.
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Man holding a banderole inscribed ‘non est deus’ ('there is no god’) and whispering #devils. initial of Psalm 52 'Dixit insipiens in corde suo: non est Deus’ ('The fool hath said in his heart, there is no God’). Psalter, France after 1205. LA, Getty, Ms. 66, fol. 56r.
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Man holding a banderole inscribed ‘non est deus’ ('there is no god’) and whispering #devils. initial of Psalm 52 'Dixit insipiens in corde suo: non est Deus’ ('The fool hath said in his heart, there is no God’). Psalter, France after 1205. LA, Getty, Ms. 66, fol. 56r.
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Initial ‘R’. Hours of Charles of Angoulême, France ca. 1475-1500. BnF, Latin 1173, fol. 5r.
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Initial ‘R’. Hours of Charles of Angoulême, France ca. 1475-1500. BnF, Latin 1173, fol. 5r.
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Paschal lamb. Speculum humanae salvationis, Germany ca. 1360. Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek Darmstadt, Hs 2505, fol. 28v.
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Paschal lamb. Speculum humanae salvationis, Germany ca. 1360. Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek Darmstadt, Hs 2505, fol. 28v.
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Gilded tendrils coil around the unicorn’s horn, its body pinned beneath the Virgin’s outstretched hand. Red glass, flashed over clear, casts the hunt in a luminous crimson glow—suggesting divine light as both veil and revelation.

How does the layered glass alter the way the figures seem to move within the scene?
#ClevelandMuseumofArt #StainedGlass #MedievalArt
https://clevelandart.org/art/1954.149

Water stag. ‘Fieschi Psalter’, Cambrai ca. 1290-1295. Baltimore, The Walters Art Museum, Walters Manuscript W.45, fol. 227v.
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Water stag. ‘Fieschi Psalter’, Cambrai ca. 1290-1295. Baltimore, The Walters Art Museum, Walters Manuscript W.45, fol. 227v.
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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.

https://silencesandsounds.blogspot.com/

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

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.

https://silencesandsounds.blogspot.com/

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

Castor dicitur a castrando (the beaver’s self-castration). Bestiary, Salisbury 13th century. British Library, Harley 4751, fol. 9v.
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Castor dicitur a castrando (the beaver’s self-castration). Bestiary, Salisbury 13th century. British Library, Harley 4751, fol. 9v.
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Last Judgment. ‘Spinola Hours’, Bruges and Ghent, ca. 1510-1520. LA, The J. Paul Getty Museum, Ms. Ludwig IX 18, fol. 16.5v
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Last Judgment. ‘Spinola Hours’, Bruges and Ghent, ca. 1510-1520. LA, The J. Paul Getty Museum, Ms. Ludwig IX 18, fol. 16.5v
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Tri dans le dossier [Illustrations vrac]. ❤️ 🌱
#illustration #art #mastoart #enluminure #medievalart #plants #naturelovers #nature

Tri dans le dossier [Illustrations vrac]. ❤️ 🌱
#illustration #art #mastoart #enluminure #medievalart #plants #naturelovers #nature

Tri dans le dossier [Illustrations vrac].
Restons dans la même période, avec cet échange qui a l'air fort passionnant...
#illustration #art #mastoart #enluminure #medievalart

Tri dans le dossier [Illustrations vrac].
Restons dans la même période, avec cet échange qui a l'air fort passionnant...
#illustration #art #mastoart #enluminure #medievalart

Tri dans le dossier [Illustrations vrac].
C'est cadeau, ne me remerciez pas :blob_cat_peek_owo:
#illustration #art #mastoart #enluminure #medievalart
(on part sur un 'tit thread à dérouler 🧵 )

Tri dans le dossier [Illustrations vrac].
C'est cadeau, ne me remerciez pas :blob_cat_peek_owo:
#illustration #art #mastoart #enluminure #medievalart
(on part sur un 'tit thread à dérouler 🧵 )

Monkey and the bishop. Robert de Boron, L’Estoire de Merlin, Northern France ca. 1280-1290. Paris, BNF, Fr. 95, fol. 214r.
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Monkey and the bishop. Robert de Boron, L’Estoire de Merlin, Northern France ca. 1280-1290. Paris, BNF, Fr. 95, fol. 214r.
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Grinning cat. Conrad of Megenberg, ‘Buch der Natur’, Germany ca. 1434. Strasbourg, Bibliothèque nationale et universitaire, Ms.2.264, fol. 85r.
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Grinning cat. Conrad of Megenberg, ‘Buch der Natur’, Germany ca. 1434. Strasbourg, Bibliothèque nationale et universitaire, Ms.2.264, fol. 85r.
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Bonnacon and his fire fart. ‘The Ashmole Bestiary’, England 13th century. Bodleian Library, MS. Ashmole 1511, fol. 18r.
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Bonnacon and his fire fart. ‘The Ashmole Bestiary’, England 13th century. Bodleian Library, MS. Ashmole 1511, fol. 18r.
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#Peacock wings. Anjou Bible, Naples ca. 1340. Universiteitsbibliotheek Leuven, Cod. 1, fol. 262r.
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#Peacock wings. Anjou Bible, Naples ca. 1340. Universiteitsbibliotheek Leuven, Cod. 1, fol. 262r.
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Furries. Jacobus de Teramo, ‘Litigatio Christi cum Belial’ (German translation of 'Consolatio peccatorum, seu Processus Luciferi contra Jesum Christum’), Germany 1461. München, Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, Cgm 48, fol. 132r.
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Furries. Jacobus de Teramo, ‘Litigatio Christi cum Belial’ (German translation of 'Consolatio peccatorum, seu Processus Luciferi contra Jesum Christum’), Germany 1461. München, Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, Cgm 48, fol. 132r.
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#Crucifixion. Psalter, England 1265-1300. BL, Additional 2868, fol. 6r.
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#Crucifixion. Psalter, England 1265-1300. BL, Additional 2868, fol. 6r.
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The fall of the rebel angels. Psalter of Saint Louis and Blanche of Castile, France ca. 1225-1250. Paris, Bibliothèque de l'Arsenal, Ms 1186, fol. 9v.
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The fall of the rebel angels. Psalter of Saint Louis and Blanche of Castile, France ca. 1225-1250. Paris, Bibliothèque de l'Arsenal, Ms 1186, fol. 9v.
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Ox rider. book of hours, Tours 1500. Bibliothèque de Genève, Comites Latentes 124, fol. 61r.
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Ox rider. book of hours, Tours 1500. Bibliothèque de Genève, Comites Latentes 124, fol. 61r.
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#Christmas sale. ‘Maciejowski Bible’, Paris ca. 1240. NY, Morgan Library & Museum, MS M.638, fol. 36v.
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