#12th c

[horaesempre]

[saddlesnstitches]

I just did a huge project on sidesaddles for a class, and I realised it's been almost a year since I properly posted anything here, so I'm just going to slowly upload all my references here.

This is falconry on horseback in the 12th century from Koninklijke Bibliotheek (p.8) from the Psalter van Eleonora van Aquitanië

[medlit-study]

thinking about him (peter abelard)

[asianhouseofchicago]

(via Antique Asian Korean 12th C Goryeo Celadon Bottle Vase | eBay)

[elyssediamond]

Wall-painting with Saint Catherine 

Date: 1233/1234

Dimensions (cm): 209 x 95

Provenance: Chapel of Saint Nicholas of Spilia Pendeli, Attica

St. Catherine is depicted full-length, turned in three-quarter profile towards the left, with her hands outstretched in supplication.  She is wearing imperial dress, which recalls her aristocratic origins.  The wall-painting comes from the built sanctuary barrier in the north chapel of the Spilia Pendeli, Attica, which was dedicated to Saint Nicholas.  The limited movement and the reserved pose, the seriousness, the serene look and the faintly melancholy expression on the noble face are reminiscent of devotional icons and are consistent with the votive role of the portrait, emphasizing the eschatological character of the decoration in this funerary chapel.  This work, which recalls the art of icon painting, represents a conservative tendency in painting, characterized by survival of iconographic and stylistic features of the Comnenian period and reflects the aesthetic of the 12th century.  This painting is thought to be contemporary with the wall-paintings in the dome of the chapel, dated by inscription to 1233/1234.

[facadesandstripes]

http://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Basilica_di_Saccargia_2009.jpg Basilica di Saccargia (Basilica of the Holy Trinity of Saccargia), Sardinia

[mediaevalfollies]

Medical and herbal texts, in Latin

England; 12th century, late MS. Ashmole 1462 

fol. 16r  

"Framed miniature: below, mad dog (white with blue head) running away; recumbent figure of man it has bitten, with doctor. At top, a hen: if its appetite is good, it is an omen of recovery."

Bodleian Library Manuscript Archives