Fine Art Fetish Friday
Medieval manuscripts weren’t all religious Latin, you know. Here are some memorable illustrations, all from about 1300-1400.
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emmasfriend · 46-50, F
Harmonium1923 · 56-60, M
@emmasfriend I love medieval manuscripts. The illuminations are wonderful—and not just the naughty stuff. Great depictions of animals, for instance.
emmasfriend · 46-50, F
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I remember being shown a manuscript much older than these.
It was in Melk Abbey on the Danube in Austria.
It was displayed in a glass case, showing the front page, beautifully illuminated and the words "Bedae Venerabilis" .....[By the Venerable Bede]
I remember being shown a manuscript much older than these.
It was in Melk Abbey on the Danube in Austria.
It was displayed in a glass case, showing the front page, beautifully illuminated and the words "Bedae Venerabilis" .....[By the Venerable Bede]
Harmonium1923 · 56-60, M
@emmasfriend Amazing! That goes back a long way.
SunshineGirl · 36-40, F
And by the 14th century there was quite a lot of secular literature being writtn in (Middle) Eng!ish, including Chaucer's Canterbury Tales.
FlowersInHerHair · 51-55, F
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emmasfriend · 46-50, F
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The Abbot might make Mother Superior a mother if he has forgotten to wear his pigs bladder.
The Abbot might make Mother Superior a mother if he has forgotten to wear his pigs bladder.