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constellations (equuleus, pegasus, aquila, and gallina/cygnus)

miniatures from the astronomical-astrological codex for king wenceslaus iv. of bohemia, prague, shortly after 1400

source: Munich, BSB, Clm 826, fol. 41v, 41r, and 38r

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Medieval African Fashion to be Showcased at Berlin’s Bode-Museum

Starting February 6th, Berlin’s Bode-Museum will host Dress to Impress: Reconstructions of Medieval Robes from Nubia (In Pracht gehüllt: Rekonstruktionen mittelalterlicher Gewänder aus Nubien), an exhibition highlighting the artistry and elegance of medieval African fashion.

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The Chasm, from The Book of Death by Kay Nielsen (1910)

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La Belle Dame Sans Merci by Robert Anning Bell (1893)

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A collection of Black Books of Hours

Black Hours, ca. 1475 (Morgan Library, New York)

Horae beatae marie secundum usum curie romane, ca. 1458 (Hispanic Society of America)

Black Hours of Galeazzo Maria Sforza, ca. 1466-1476 (Austrian National Library)

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A collection of Black Books of Hours

Black Hours, ca. 1475 (Morgan Library, New York)

Horae beatae marie secundum usum curie romane, ca. 1458 (Hispanic Society of America)

Black Hours of Galeazzo Maria Sforza, ca. 1466-1476 (Austrian National Library)

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Mordred lays siege to the Tower of London, where Queen Guinevere, defended by two hundred knights, is concealed. Miniature from folio 81 verso of La Mort le Roi Artus (The Death of King Arthur), an Old French prose romance belonging to the Lancelot-Grail cycle. This manuscript, produced by an unknown hand ca. 1316, is now in the British Library.

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The mourners

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Incipit of the Gospel of Luke (Quoniam quidem multi...), fol. 188r from the Book of Kells, created in an Irish or Scottish monastery ca. 800. Now in the Library of Trinity College, Dublin.

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Jupiter and Semele

Gustave Moreau 

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Inhabited initials are enlarged letters at the beginning of a section of text in an illuminated manuscript containing ornate human or animal figures. They are also absolutely stunning.

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Not all drolleries are well-loved. There used to be something here, but it was washed away ages ago. What do you think it could have been? Whatever it was, it was in the bottom margin of f. 213r, Ms. Codex 724, a 13th century Bible. #drollerydonnerstag

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Frosted Evening  - Paul Evans

British , b. 1954 -

Silk sceen print , 64 × 66 cm.