#Medieval

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The Franks led by Charles Martel attack the Saracen military camp at the Battle of Tours, halting the Muslim invasion in the year 732

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City of Shadows.

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New Mini series, Warriors :D

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Photographer: The Remote Camera Trigger.

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13th century painted chests sometimes featured Godzilla.

[arthistorycq]

Cathedral bones

I shared photos of some clashing architectural elements from Worcester Cathedral. Mostly everyone could see that something was clearly not right and wildly misplaced. Below is a diagram of the key structural pieces of a Gothic cathedral.

Normally, flying buttresses are OUTSIDE, not blazing straight through the triforium and clerestory!

By analysing this diagram and the photos from Worcester we can deduce that that particular part of that now cathedral was added on later. However in an effort to not waste the existing support provided by the flying buttresses, it appears the masons simply added the new sections around them.

There was a time when we didn't simply demolish and build again, but adapted and incorporated. You'd be surprised how often this occurred in the Middle Ages but if you pay attention to the details, you'll start to see the evidence appear.

More examples from Worcester Cathedral to come.

[lunegrimm]

Part one of the 13 creature portraits I created for a indie-card game "Hold'em Havoc" This was a very fun project to work on!

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Saint James the Moor Slayer at the Battle of Clavijo by Belisario Corenzio

[thebeautifulbook]

BOOK OF HOURS for use in Rome. (France, c.1555) A liturgy in Latin made c. 1555 for King Henry II of France.

The pages of this Book of Hours appropriately resemble Fleurs-de-Lis, a symbol for French royalty. It was made for King Henry II of France contained prayers and other short texts, which were read at set times during the day. Not only does the very shape of the pages testify to the object’s royal patron, so too does the high quality of the decoration. The manuscript measures only 182×80 mm and has 129 leaves.

‘Written by hand, medieval manuscripts are very different from printed books, which started to appear after Gutenberg’s mid-fifteenth-century invention of moving type. One difference in particular is important for our understanding of manuscripts. While printed books were produced in batches of a thousand or more, handwritten copies were made one at the time. In fact, medieval books, especially those made commercially, came to be after a detailed conversation between scribe and reader, a talk that covered all aspects of the manuscript’s production. This is the only way the scribe could ensure the expensive product he was about to make was in sync with what the reader wanted. Consequently, while printed books were shaped generically and according to the printer’s perception of what the (anonymous) “market” preferred, the medieval scribe designed a book according to the explicit instructions of its user. ’—Erik Kwakkel on medievalbooks.nl (2014)

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[thegimmicky]

Misty sheepyard Windmill

[mioritic]

Panel from the Chapel of the Palazzo Carrarese depicting a seated group of ten crowned angels holding black globes and lily flabella

Guariento di Arpo (1310–1370), mid-14th century

Musei Civici di Padova

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Mediaeval Battle of French and English — The Surrender of John II of France at the Battle of Poitiers.

English School, (19th century)

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i figured yall would appreciate this photo

original instagram post from vinnikolaus

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