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premoderno:Castle Del Monte - Andria; Italy - 1240, 1250

arthistorita:Bayeux Tapestry detail, ca. 1070-1080, Centre Guillaume le Conquerant, Bayeux, France.S

Chainmail myths and the foibles of “historical testing”,Note: I use the term “chainmail” but that is

Illustration from “Ces presentes heures a lusaige de Romme furent acheuees le xvii. iour de Auril. L

met-cloisters:Plaque with the Pentecost, The CloistersThe Cloisters Collection, 1965Metropolitan Mus

eastiseverywhere:ultrafacts:Gold-digging ant is an animal from Medieval bestiaries. They were dog- o

William the Conqueror’s Interesting Siege Tactic,When William of Normandy defeated King Harold

16th century Japanese matchlock musket.  Features the seal of Daimyo Lord Matsunaga Hisahida.

Alexander the Great is lowered into the sea in a glass submersible in this 15th century German drawi

visitheworld:Karlštejn Castle, one of the most beautiful gothic castles in the Czech Republic (by Da

The Mourners.Medieval Tomb Sculptures from the Court of Burgundy.John the Fearless.(1371-1419)Source

Viking filigree gilded silver pendant, 10th-11th century.from Artemis Gallery

One Time a Cat Peed on a 15th Century Manuscript While the Monks Weren’t Looking“Some cats are

The burghers of Ghent surrender to Philip the Good, Duke of Burgundy, after the Battle of Gavere in

hell’s kitchenCité de Dieu (French translation of St Augustine’s De Civitate Dei), Paris

Engineers on London’s Crossrail project find and unearth 25 graves from victims of the Black D

Bloodiest battle in history? Leningrad? Stalingrad?  How about Baghdad, 1258 AD.“They swept th

Peacock - Bestiary -Harley MS 4751 folio 54v

monkey baseball Psalter, Flanders ca. 1320-1330.Bodleian Library, Douce 6, fol. 114r

PentecostWorkshop of Maître François (François Le Barbier?)Paris, ca. 1475–80Horæ (Book of Hours) fo

Diaboli partus superbia / Hoovaardije des Duyvels broersel (detail) by an anonymous artist, after Ma

Shaving the fool (detail) by an anonymous artist, 1570-1600.•Follow: Instagram | Pinterest

Frontispiece with a fantasy representation of the Via Appia Antica (details) by Giovanni Battista Pi

Leafs from a calendar, late 1540s-early 1550s.•Follow: Instagram | Pinterest

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