#1000s

[theinternetarchive]

fragment with gold leaf lions, iran or iraq c. 1000s-1100s.

[blondebrainpowered]

Reliquary in the shape of a three-legged fish, from Germany, ca. 900-1350 CE.

Crafted from rock crystal and silver-gilt, and it was designed as a vessel for relics of Mary Magdalene.

[artschoolglasses]

Steel and silver axe head, Scandinavian, 11th-12th Century

From the Met Museum

[wardrobeoftime]

The Twilight Saga + Costumes

Felix's black coat and silver armour in Breaking Dawn - Part 02.

// requested by anonymous

[moonlit-floruit]

name/word list: botanical terms of medieval england

these are several tree-related words of the anglo-norman language, the form of french brought by conquests and normalized as its own distinct language over generations. some words, as you'll see, are still used or at least recognized today, particularly in modern french; others, not whatsoever.

if you're looking for inspiration for your characters' surnames, first names, or place names, I hope you can find it in this list:

[source]

acinus - hawthorn

alier - mulberry, service tree

arbreille - shrub

aune - alder tree

banastun - bough

baumer - balm tree

boscain - wooded area

boschel - small wooded area

bremel - blackberry bush

ceneler - hawthorn

cenelle - hawthorn

cedre - cedar

chasteine - chestnut tree

cormer - service tree

espinage - thicket of thorns

fier - fig tree

fresne - ash tree

fresnin - of the ash tree

genevre - juniper

helme - elm

linde - linden, limetree

lorme - elm

lynde - linden, limetree

mure - mulberry

raim - branch

raimaille - small branch

ramier - wild, of the woods, branch

ramus - branch

salha - of the willow genus

sarail - of the willow genus

savin - pine

savine - pine

selve - woodland

tillier - linden, limetree

wythinis - area characterized by a group of willow trees, used as a surname

[shewhoworshipscarlin]

Ornamental shield made from an elk's antler, 1000-1199, Maasland, Netherlands.

[exedras]

Chalice of the Abbot Suger of Saint-Denis, 100BCE

This chalice, originally a fluted sardonyx cup carved in ancient Alexandria, Egypt, was transformed 1,200 years later by Abbot Suger into a jeweled vessel for sacramental wine at the abbey church of Saint-Denis, Paris.

Set in gilded silver and adorned with gems and pearls, it blends ancient craftsmanship with medieval devotion, featuring a solemn Christ medallion flanked by the Alpha and Omega.