Medieval art illustration

Her husband tricks her into eating it.

Many of our readers will already be familiar with our Catalogue of Illuminated Manuscripts, a resource which enables you to search by shelfmark, keyword, or date, as well as by more advanced fields such as language and provenance. We thought it was about time to give a reminder that all...

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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Lancelot du Lac, Northeastern France, perhaps in Saint-Quentin or Laon, between 1310 and 1315

The Three Hares is not found in the medieval bestiary but much like The Pelican in her Piety it is a common motif in medieval church carvings. Its meaning is something of a mystery and depictions of it in medieval art have been found as far west as Devon, England and as far East Dunhuang, China. This image was the only one cut from a lino plate while the others have been made to look like linocuts. The plate itself was about 11 inches in diameter which is pretty colossal for a linocut and…

Fantasy city of castles in a portrait of a medieval woman in the style of cross hatching lino cut print. Unknown artist.

Description A recent medieval border commission.

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