Hellmouth. #Apocalypse, Belgium ca. 1313. BnF, Français 13096, fol. 86r.
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The bear, the stork and the lute player. missal, Bologna ca. 1389-1404. LA, The J. Paul Getty Museum, Ms. 34, fol. 172a.
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M ultitool death. Poncher Hours, Paris c. 1500. LA, Getty Museum, Ms. 109, fol. 156r.
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Angel says: keep your hands on top of the blanket, guys! Queen Mary Psalter, London 1310-1320. British Library, Royal 2 B VII, fol. 131v.
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Bear club. Gaston Phébus, Livre de la chasse, Paris 15th century. BnF, Français 616, fol. 27v.
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Bats. Le Livre et le vraye hystoire du bon roy Alixandre, France 1420. BL, Royal 20 B XX, fol. 51v.
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Constellation #Cetus. Cicero’s Aratea with Hyginus’s Astronomica, Reims(?) ca. 820-850. British Library, Harley 647, fol. 10r.
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Palm Sunday! entry of Christ into Jerusalem (detail), ‘Comment jhesucrist entra en jherusalem'. 'Livre d'images de madame Marie’, Hainaut or Brabant ca. 1280-1290.
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#Moomins. Bestiary, Salisbury 13th century. British Library, Harley 4751, fol. 11v.
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Bees. Aberdeen Bestiary, England ca. 1200. Aberdeen University Library, MS 24, fol. 63r.
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Oddish. herbal, Italy 15th century. Philadelphia, University of Pennsylvania, Rare Book & Manuscript Library, LJS 419, fol. 77r.
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#Prajnaparamita Illumination, 11th century, West #Tibet (Tholing) Paper, pigments, gold. #Prajñāpāramitā means "the Perfection of (Transcendent) Wisdom" in #Mahāyāna #Buddhism. It refers to this perfected way of seeing the nature of reality, as well as to a particular body of #sutras and to the personification of the concept in the #Bodhisattva known as the "Great Mother".
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Prophets and Apostles II — a marvelous reproduction of a 16th‑century Missal of Mary of England. Enjoy richly illuminated miniatures of prophets and apostles, ornate borders and authentic liturgical detail in a faithful facsimile. Explore: buff.ly/TBmFQTI #MedievalArt

#Waterworld. Livre de la Vigne nostre Seigneur, France c. 1450-1470. Bodleian Library, MS. Douce 134, fol. 42v.
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#Unicorn crest. Scheibler Armorial, Germany ca. 1450-1480. München, Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, Cod.icon. 312 c, p. 99.
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Initial ‘Q’ – archangel Michael slaying the #Dragon. psalter, Würzburg ca. 1240-1250. LA, The J. Paul Getty Museum, Ms. Ludwig VIII 2, fol. 61v.
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Nativity. ‘The Maastricht Hours’, Liège 14th century. British Library, Stowe 17, fol. 15v.
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Initial ‘R’. Hours of Charles of Angoulême, France ca. 1475-1500. BnF, Latin 1173, fol. 3r.
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Magic mirror in my hand, who is the fairest in the land? Book of Hours, Italy, ca. 1480. British Library, Yates Thompson 7, fol. 174.
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The #Moon. astrological and medical miscellany (Codex Schürstab), Nuremberg ca. 1459-1471. Zürich, Zentralbibliothek, Ms. C 54, fol. 30v.
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