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Posting mostly medieval works of art, manuscripts etc.
Leaf from an octavo book of Hours, use of Auxerre?, c. 1505-1508. Possibly printed by Pilippe Pigouchet for the publisher Simon Vostre, but lower metalcut characteristic of Thielman Kerver. Elijah in his Chariot of Fire and Elisha with his cloak.
August 24, 2026 at 5:40 PM
Leaf from an octavo book of Hours, use of Auxerre?, c. 1505-1508. Possibly printed by Pilippe Pigouchet for the publisher Simon Vostre, but lower metalcut characteristic of Thielman Kerver. Elijah in his Chariot of Fire and Elisha with his cloak.
Border scene from a book of Hours printed by Thielman Kerver c.1497-1502in Paris. Depicting Cain with the jaw bone of an Ass murdering Abel.
August 24, 2026 at 9:17 AM
Border scene from a book of Hours printed by Thielman Kerver c.1497-1502in Paris. Depicting Cain with the jaw bone of an Ass murdering Abel.
calendar scene from a book of Hours printed in Paris in 1497 or slightly later by Philippe Pigouchet for the publisher Simon Vostre. It depicts going to market with a bushel balanced the head while riding a donkey. Made for export to the diocese of York (St Gilbert of Sempringham in February)
August 24, 2026 at 9:12 AM
calendar scene from a book of Hours printed in Paris in 1497 or slightly later by Philippe Pigouchet for the publisher Simon Vostre. It depicts going to market with a bushel balanced the head while riding a donkey. Made for export to the diocese of York (St Gilbert of Sempringham in February)
Angeloktistos Church Kiti, Cyprus Apse Mosaic c. AD 590.
May 14, 2026 at 1:00 AM
Angeloktistos Church Kiti, Cyprus Apse Mosaic c. AD 590.
Our Most Holy Redeemer, Exmouth Market, Clerkenwell
January 28, 2026 at 10:39 AM
Our Most Holy Redeemer, Exmouth Market, Clerkenwell
Liber cosmographiae
England (?Yorkshire) 1408
Cambridge, Trinity College, MS R.15.21
England (?Yorkshire) 1408
Cambridge, Trinity College, MS R.15.21
January 7, 2026 at 12:14 AM
Liber cosmographiae
England (?Yorkshire) 1408
Cambridge, Trinity College, MS R.15.21
England (?Yorkshire) 1408
Cambridge, Trinity College, MS R.15.21
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St Jerome flanked by Eustochium and Paula, with Blessila lying in her coffin on which is being placed the lid. At Jerome's feet lies the monk Ivo.
BnF MS Latin 13350; Hieronymus Stridonius, Commentarius in Ecclesiasten ; 12th century; France (Corbie?); f. Bv @gallicabnf.bsky.social
BnF MS Latin 13350; Hieronymus Stridonius, Commentarius in Ecclesiasten ; 12th century; France (Corbie?); f. Bv @gallicabnf.bsky.social
November 12, 2025 at 9:13 PM
St Jerome flanked by Eustochium and Paula, with Blessila lying in her coffin on which is being placed the lid. At Jerome's feet lies the monk Ivo.
BnF MS Latin 13350; Hieronymus Stridonius, Commentarius in Ecclesiasten ; 12th century; France (Corbie?); f. Bv @gallicabnf.bsky.social
BnF MS Latin 13350; Hieronymus Stridonius, Commentarius in Ecclesiasten ; 12th century; France (Corbie?); f. Bv @gallicabnf.bsky.social
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Can't wait for this special issue of @parergon.bsky.social! Always great to work with Dr Cassandra Schiling and @flindersuniversity.bsky.social DECRA Fellow in Medieval History, @mattfirth.bsky.social and of course, ANU's Prof. Rosalind Smith!
November 14, 2025 at 8:07 AM
Can't wait for this special issue of @parergon.bsky.social! Always great to work with Dr Cassandra Schiling and @flindersuniversity.bsky.social DECRA Fellow in Medieval History, @mattfirth.bsky.social and of course, ANU's Prof. Rosalind Smith!
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I had the best time examining some liturgical fragments in Kansalliskirjasto on Wednesday, ahead of the colloquium ‘Books, Music and the Liturgical Life of the Medieval Church’. After a fascinating day of papers yesterday, I’m excited to give my own today.
November 14, 2025 at 8:02 AM
I had the best time examining some liturgical fragments in Kansalliskirjasto on Wednesday, ahead of the colloquium ‘Books, Music and the Liturgical Life of the Medieval Church’. After a fascinating day of papers yesterday, I’m excited to give my own today.
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Christopher de Hamel, expert in medieval manuscripts, gave a 'magnificent' lecture this week on the 13th-century Sarum Master Bible. The packed lecture was at @salisburycathedral.bsky.social, to which FNL donated the Bible last year. The Bible is on display in the Cathedral until 2nd November.
October 23, 2025 at 11:54 AM
Christopher de Hamel, expert in medieval manuscripts, gave a 'magnificent' lecture this week on the 13th-century Sarum Master Bible. The packed lecture was at @salisburycathedral.bsky.social, to which FNL donated the Bible last year. The Bible is on display in the Cathedral until 2nd November.
Clumber Bible from Clumber Park library, the country estate of the Dukes of Newcastle in Nottinghamshire, England. Now Kerry Stokes Collection
September 14, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Clumber Bible from Clumber Park library, the country estate of the Dukes of Newcastle in Nottinghamshire, England. Now Kerry Stokes Collection
Ketty La Rocca
September 14, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Ketty La Rocca
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10 days to go until the opening of The Nature of Gothic exhibition at Blackburn Museum and Art Gallery...!
September 3, 2025 at 1:33 PM
10 days to go until the opening of The Nature of Gothic exhibition at Blackburn Museum and Art Gallery...!
Guildhall Chapel Stratford-on-Avon Sts Thomas Becket and George
August 30, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Guildhall Chapel Stratford-on-Avon Sts Thomas Becket and George
What is left of Jean Duc de Berry
August 3, 2025 at 11:41 PM
What is left of Jean Duc de Berry
Die Ausstellung von Laura & Christel Lechner präsentiert vom 16. Juli bis 11. November mehr als 40 lebensgroße Skulpturen an 17 verschiedenen Standorten in Oberkirch.
July 30, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Die Ausstellung von Laura & Christel Lechner präsentiert vom 16. Juli bis 11. November mehr als 40 lebensgroße Skulpturen an 17 verschiedenen Standorten in Oberkirch.
July 30, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Urschalling Kirche St. Jakobus c.1160-1190 and later
July 21, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Urschalling Kirche St. Jakobus c.1160-1190 and later
Thomas Stothard ‘Parolles’
May 26, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Thomas Stothard ‘Parolles’
‘Message from the king of Alashiya, your brother’ to the Pharaoh of Egypt, possibly Akhenaten. Circa 1350 BCE. From Tell el-Amarna, Egypt. British Museum
May 18, 2025 at 11:35 AM
‘Message from the king of Alashiya, your brother’ to the Pharaoh of Egypt, possibly Akhenaten. Circa 1350 BCE. From Tell el-Amarna, Egypt. British Museum
Kinwarton St Mary the Virgin. ‘Wili atte ye Wode et Leticie uxoris sue fecrut ista fen’.
May 8, 2025 at 12:44 PM
Kinwarton St Mary the Virgin. ‘Wili atte ye Wode et Leticie uxoris sue fecrut ista fen’.
Kinwarton St Mary the Virgin
May 8, 2025 at 12:37 PM
Kinwarton St Mary the Virgin