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cuties-in-codices · 3 days
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16th c. alphabet for fingerspelling & fingercounting
from a copy of a text attributed to bede the venerable (7-8th c.), included in a miscellany manuscript written and illustrated by wilhelm werner von zimmern, speyer (?), c. 1539-62
source: Stuttgart, Landesbibl., Cod. Donaueschingen 704, fol. 163r-164r
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tygerland · 3 days
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El Greco The Depredation. 1579. Oil on canvas: 285 × 173 cm (112 × 68 in).
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boleynecklace · 3 days
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Anne of The Thousand Days + Hever Castle
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lindahall · 2 days
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Conrad Gessner – Scientist of the Day
Conrad Gesner, a Swiss naturalist, was born Mar. 26, 1516. 
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dark-longings · 1 day
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Guidarello Guidarelli, condottiero in the service of Cesare Borgia. Funerary art attributed to Tullio Lombardo, circa 1525.
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snailspng · 2 months
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16th century flower illustration PNGs.
(source: Book of Flower Studies, ca. 1510–1515)
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389 · 7 months
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German armor from the 16th century
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cy-lindric · 6 months
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All the "inktobers" for this week (taking a break for the weekend) !
I. Hérault / Herald  · II. Piqueur / Kennelkeeper  · III. Échanson / Cupbearer  · IV. Naturaliste / Naturalist  · V. Comédien / Comedian  · VI. Chirurgien / Surgeon
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theancientwayoflife · 3 months
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~ Helmingham herbal and bestiary.
Place oforigin/Published: Helmingham, Suffolk
Date: ca. 1500
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memories-of-ancients · 4 months
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Gold, emerald, and enamel pendant depicting a caravel, Spain, circa 1580.
from The State Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg
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ltwilliammowett · 5 months
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Diptych sundial with compass made of ivory and brass, German, 4.6 (cm) x 5.4 (cm) x 4.4 (cm). circa 1595
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cuties-in-codices · 16 days
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the dance of death
illustration from a manuscript of the "totentanz" by wilhelm werner von zimmern, swabia, c. 1575
source: Stuttgart, Landesbibl., Cod. Donaueschingen 123, fol. 84v
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the-home · 7 months
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livesunique · 4 months
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Villa Farnese, Caprarola, Viterbo, Northern Lazio, Italy
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red-flower-red · 1 year
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Embroidered Book Covers, 15th-17th centuries
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frostedmagnolias · 2 months
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Swan Pendant
16th century
Northern European
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
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