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deathandmysticism:Wilhelm von Zimmern, Zimmerische Totentanz, ca. 1540-50
delphinidin4:Book of hours, Flanders c. 1485 (Kraków, MNK 3025 I, p. 469-470)
16th-century artillery manuals demonstrating how to use cats and birds to set fire to besieged citie
As loyal Philadelphians all we can say today is Fly, Eagles Fly! The emblematic bird of our beloved
medieval-women:The Trotula are three texts on women’s medicine written during the 12th century in Sa
carminamoderna:The asp, a snake with eviscerating venom, will put one ear to the ground and stop the
damienkempf:A medieval comicThis a page from the Bible of Stephen Harding, a manuscript produced in
The British Library posted an online version of the 1864 original manuscript of what will become the
renaissance-art:Paw prints from a cat on a 15th century manuscript 
Illustrations from the Alba Bible, an illuminated manuscript translation of the Old Testament made f
Illuminated romance manuscript “Tristan en prose”, made in France; Anjou or Maine, 1450-
Illuminated romance manuscript “Tristan en prose”, made in France; Anjou or Maine, 1450-
Illustrations from the “Liber ad honorem Augusti" written in Palermo in 1196 by Peter of
Illustrations from The Bible of St Louis, also called the Rich Bible of Toledo or simply the Toledo
Illuminations from the 14th century Bible of Naples, c. 1340, some or all  illustrations by Cristofo
Medieval Manuscript Images, Pierpont Morgan Library, Von dem Gang des Himels und Sternen. MS M.384 f
Ursula Fugger (1530-1570) Fuggerorum et Fuggerarum by by Dominicus Custos and two unnamed ladies fro
Damayanti, Lost in Her Thoughts, While Everyone else Sleeps, folio from an unidentified Nala­Damayan
The Siyer-i Nebi manuscript; a Turkish epic about the life of Muhammad, illustrated by Lütfi Abdulla
wrestlersLuttrell Psalter, England ca. 1325-1340British Library, Add 42130, fol. 54v
The entombment of Christ, worn away with frequent touching. This is still one of my favorite books o
Ms. Codex 850 -[Collection of French poetry]This manuscript is a collection of 16th-century French p
Tara (active 1557-1577) ‘Umar Defeats a Dragon’, from “Hamzanama”, 1557-58“T
Illustrations from the Arenberg Hours made in the workshop of Willem Vrelant, early 1460s
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