Snail and strawberries. book of hours, Bruges ca. 1510-1525. Rouen, bibliothèque municipale, ms. 3028, fol. 58v.
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Happy Easter!

Three hares on a 14th century tile found at the monastry Wettingen, in Switzerland. Picture taken in castle Lenzburg.

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Mandragora. Tacuinum sanitatis, Rhineland 15th century. BnF, Latin 9333, fol. 37r.
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Calligraphic falconer. Torah, Germany ca. 1250-1299. BL, Add 21160, fol. 181v.
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A 1,500-year-old Byzantine Gospel stunned researchers when its famous purple pages were traced to unexpected materials. Does sacred meaning come from rarity… or from belief?
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Read more:https://www.ancient-origins.net/news-history-archaeology/fermented-urine-dye-discovered-one-oldest-illuminated-manuscripts-006247
Saint Sebastian and the Dark Rabbit. Légende dorée (French translation of Legenda aurea of Jacobus de Voragine), Bruges ca. 1470. Mâcon, Bibliothèque municipale, ms. 3, fol. 160v.
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Family & Honour, an historical fiction mini-graphic-novel

For fans of medieval political intrigue with morally grey characters - think Game of Thrones or Rome - minus the dragons & ice zombies.

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