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snailfight. book of hours, Metz c. 1295. Metz, Bibliothèque municipale, ms. 1588, fol. 139v.#medieval #MedievalArt

Master #Yoda? ‘The Smithfield Decretals’ (Decretals of Gregory IX with glossa ordinaria), Toulouse ca. 1300, illuminations added in London ca. 1340. British Library, Royal 10 E IV, fol. 30v.#medieval #MedievalArt

Elephant rat. ‘Hours of Joanna the Mad’, Bruges 1486-1506. BL, Add 18852, fol. 203r.#medieval #MedievalArt

For #Christmas Day an early #medieval gold foil cross found in a warrior's grave at Andelfingen, dating 7th c. AD. Gold foil crosses were purpose-made for burials, they were sewn on the veil that covered the deceased.They are regarded as one of the earliest Christian symbols in southwestern Germany.MERRY CHRISTMAS

Night visitor. Prose Lancelot, Paris : pour Antoine Vérard, 1494. Paris, Bibliothèque Mazarine, Inc. 1286, fol. 8v.#medieval #MedievalArt

‘K’ initial. Chansonnier of Zeghere van Male, Bruges 1542. Cambrai, Bibliothèque municipale, mss. 125, 126,127, 128.#medieval #MedievalArt