I think I'm going to do an occasional mediaeval marginalia series for your entertainment and diversion. Let's start with this one. It's from the Maastricht Psalter (14th century), and it proves that cats never change!

#cats #spinning #mediaeval #marginalia

Frankfurt am Main, Germany, Städler Museum, stitched pano of the Altenberg Altarpiece, ca 1330, wings by Rheinischer Meister, Madonna and Child by Kölner Meister.
#museum #art #mediaeval #photography

https://www.fromoldbooks.org/Holme-ArtInEngland/pages/009-doorway-royton-lenham-kent/

Royton Manor had a #mediaeval chapel at one time, which may be where the #door was, or it might have been the entrance to the main house, which later became a farmhouse.

The tiny diagonal lines used for shading in this #engraving made it fun to clean up with #GIMP

#GIMP3 #fobo #medievalArchitecture #vintageArt #entrance #Gimp_3

The Bridge at Baysdale: A Relic of a Lost Priory

This bridge in Baysdale is more than a quaint curiosity. Its single arch spans Black Beck with quiet dignity, yet the quirky little parapets give it certain character. These are later additions, added in the seventeenth or eighteenth century by someone with a flair for decoration but little se ...

http://www.fhithich.uk/2025/10/01/the-bridge-at-baysdale-a-relic-of-a-lost-priory/

#Basedale #Baysdale #NorthYorkMoors #history #mediaeval

A small pagan altar at a mediaeval fair we visited late last summer.
#mediaeval #pagan #paganism #altar #history #germany #heathen #germanicpagan #writer #writing #photography #spirituality #europe
This is Palacio del Infantado in Guadalajara, Spain. Currently a museum. It's a beautiful building and I honestly didn't know what to do with it.
#guadalajara #spain #palace #gothic #history #architecture #mediaeval #sky