Middle English Gallery

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kabroder:…I have Old English listed on my Facebook, along with Middle English. But that’s because I
Relief (alabaster with traces of polychromy) depicting the Crucifixion.  Unknown English artist; ca.
likeniobe:best part of the knight’s tale is when he starts just listing different kinds of trees
mediumaevum:Whan that Aprille with his shoures soote,The droghte of March hath perced to the roote,A
The improvement on the passage I posted before. I got help from someone who is much more well-versed
Tomb of Edward Plantagenet, The Black Prince (15 June 1330 – 8 June 1376), Canterbury Cathedral.
peashooter85:Snatching defeat from the jaws of victory —- The Battle of Maldon, 991 ADOn the 10th of
William the Conqueror’s Interesting Siege Tactic,When William of Normandy defeated King Harold
Reasons to say “holy shit” aloud in the middle of an art history lecture: seeing a pictu
Scenes of miracles, from a 13th century abridgment (abbreviatio) of the Domesday Book.  Above: King
King Edward III of England (1312-1377) grants Aquitaine to his son, Edward the Black Prince.  Initia
xingqiwuhoo:Really hoping someone at my doctor’s office is going to speak either Old or Middle Engli
The baptism of Christ.  Miniature from the Benedictional of St. Aethelwold, written by the monk Gode
La Belle Dame sans Merci, Frank Dicksee, ca. 1901
The Archangel Gabriel battles the Devil.  Initial ‘G’ from a manuscript of the medieval encyclopedia
Snatching defeat from the jaws of victory — The Battle of Maldon, 991 ADOn the 10th of August,
Storm Thorgerson aka Storm Elvin Thorgerson (English, 1944-2013, b. Potters Bar, Middlesex, England)
lincoln cathedral, england
The not so noble death of Richard the Lionheart — France, 1199On March 25th of 1199 Richard th
657 Years Ago Today — English Victory at the Battle of Poitiers,The Battle of Poitiers was one
likeniobe:some serious controversy in the middle english dictionary citations for pomegranate about
The future King David, still a shepherd, slays a lion to protect his flock; a dead bear and unicorn
Illuminated initial B, beginning Psalm 1 (“Beatus vir”).  Folio 30v from the Leiden St.
The priest John Ball encourages the rebel army of Wat Tyler.  Illustration from a manuscript of Jean
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