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Bestiary, 1236 - ca.1250 (London, Harley ms. 3244, f. 36v)

#it's not what you're thinking #medieval tigers #medieval art

Bestiary, 1236-ca. 1250 (London, Harley ms. 3244, f. 54v)

#morecoffe #owl #medieval art #bestiary #ilikecoffe

Bestiary, 1236-ca. 1250 (London, Harley MS 3244 - f. 64r)

#medieval worms #medieval animals #medieval bestiary #books painting #hated job #medieval art

Bestiary, 1236 - ca.1250 (London, Harley ms. 3244, f. 64r)

#set the alarm #medieval bestiary #medieval animals #medieval beasts

Demon of gluttony (lat. gula) Alain de Lille, Liber Penitentialis, 1236-ca. 1250 (London, Harley ms. 3244, f. 27v)

#Alain de Lille #gluttony #gula #Liber penitentialis #demon of gluttony #seven deadly sins

Decretals of Gregory IX with gloss of Bernard of Parma (the ‘Smithfield Decretals’), Southern France ca. 1300-40 (London, British Library, Royal ms. 10 E IV, f. 5v)

#i am free to do what i want #freedom #mediaval snail #medieval books paintings #decretals of gregory IX #medieval beasts

Northumberland Bestiary, London ca. 1250-60 (L.A., Getty Museum, ms. 100, f. 55)

#saturday night fever #saturday night live #saturday night fun #medieval beasts #medieval snakes #northumberland bestiary

10 I 1478 - Leonardo received his first public commission Leonardo da Vinci(Leonardo di ser Piero da Vinci),The Mona Lisa (Monna Lisa or La Gioconda),Florence beginning of the XVIth century, Musée du Louvre (48.860339°N 2.337599°E)

#Louvre #Monna Lisa #Leonardo da Vinci #10 january 1478 #Florence XVIth century #Leonardo di ser Piero da Vinci #La Gioconda #Leonardo received his first public commission

Northumberland Bestiary, London ca. 1250-60, (L.A., Getty Museum, ms. 100, f. 26v )

#planning weekend #what to do on weekend #some ideas for weekend

If you wouldn’t mind I would like it to turn red. This is colour of this seson

Northumberland Bestiary, London ca. 1250-60, (L.A., Getty Museum, ms. 100, f. 26v )

#fundamentalism #extremism #medieval art #Northumberland Bestiary #blood from the ass #fetor from the ass

Decretals of Gregory IX with gloss of Bernard of Parma (the ‘Smithfield Decretals’), Southern France ca. 1300-40 (London, British Library, Royal MS 10 E IV, f. 60r)

#atack of fundamentalists #fear of muslim #dangerous of fundamentalism

DON’T PLAY WITH ME! MY MOTHER-IN-LOW KNOWS SOMEBODY WHO KNOWS SOME MUSLIM!

Parr family, Zamek Piastów Śląskich w Brzegu XVIth century, (50°51′37″N 17°28′02″E)

#fundamentalism #muslim #fear of the muslim #muslims dangerous #Brzeg

Nicolaus Haberschrack, Augustynian polyptych, Kraków XVth century (50°03′41″N 19°56′18″E)

#Nicolaus Haberschrack #Naigrawanie #Mocking #medieval art #smelly feet

just don't tell it's not a weekend St. Trinity Church in Strzelno XIIth/XIIIth century (52°37′47″N 18°10′44″E)

#weekend #column #personification of angry #vices #medieval art #XIIIth century #column of vices #Strzelno

like a papa smurf

This type of cap (gr. πῖλος) is known as phrygian. Pfrygia was a kingdom on the north-west of Holy Land... oh wait... Shouldn’t the Magi come from East?

Basilica of Sant'Apollinare Nuovo, Ravenna ca. 565 (44°25′N 12°12′E)

#phrygian #Phrygia #pilos #Three Kings #the Magi

and now...here comes the TRHEE MAGI (gr. μάγοι) FROM EAST! o... wait, one is from some America...

Vasco Fernandes (Grão Vasco) Adoration of Magi, XVIth century, now in Viseu: Museu de Grão Vasco (40°40′N 7°55′W)

#the Magi #adoration #ephiphany #Viseu #Three Kings

peekaboo!

Moszna Castle beginning of the XXth century (50°26′29″N 17°46′10″E)

#Moszna castle

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