#12th century

[st-hildegard-von-bingen-official]

[resismedievalmenagerie]

Medieval bats! I love these guys. They're in the bird section, but clearly even the medieval monks are a little confused about this, writing the bat "uses its teeth, which you may not be accustomed to finding in other birds." Translation comes from Willene B Clark, and you can find the bestiary these are featured in here.

[baebeylik]

Carved Conch with Lakshmi-Narayana. India, 11th to 12th Century.

The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

[blanchebees]

Late 12th century knight

Tip jar

[cuties-in-codices]

decorated text pages

from the stammheim missal, a richly illuminated liturgical manuscript produced at st michael's abbey in hildesheim, lower saxony, c. 1160-80

source: Los Angeles, J. Paul Getty Museum, Ms. 64, ff. 63v-74v

[useless-catalanfacts]

Cloister of the Cathedral of Elna, Northern Catalonia. The Cathedral was built between the 11th and 12th centuries, with some additions in the 14th century.

Photos by sabichouquette on Instagram.

[barbucomedie]

Figure of a Knight from England dated to the 12th Century on display at the Wallace Collection in London, England

This figure shows the fashion of knights in Norman England. A conical helmet with a nasal guard to protect the face. The knight uses a mail hauberk to protect their arms and body from attacks. Lastly they have the long kite shield that was symbolic to the Norman knights. This shield protected the body and legs while on horseback.

Photographs taken by myself 2024

[askymzbuki]

The Combat of Reynard and Ysengrim