Medieval art illustration illuminated manuscript

Description A recent medieval border commission.

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Medieval Dragon Floral is an illumination taken from an antique medieval text. It shows a brilliantly colored dragon on a shield with floral flourishes around it. - Medieval Dragon Floral

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When we think of the Middle Ages we often imagine a world full of knights, castles and, of course, dragons. Sightings of dragons appear periodically in medieval chronicles such as the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle of AD.793...

Hare with harp from "The Maastricht Hours’," Liège 14th century, Bodleian Library, Stowe 17, fol. 92v

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Why were the artists of that era so obsessed with depicting murderous rabbits? See the examples and read the explanation in this eye-opening post!