14th century Harley Quinn for Sketch_Dailies’ #harlequin prompt over on twitter! I am nothing if not predictable.
I need to see someone do this. Maybe I will… Hey zarhooie!
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Archangel Michael, fresco from the Nereditsa Church, 1199
Nereditsa Church had one of the most well-preserved fresco complexes of Medieval Rus period.
The photo was taken in 1930s. During the World War II, Nereditsa Church was destroyed almost completely. Later, in 1950s, the church itself was restored, but frescoes could not be saved.
During the Chinese Tang dynasty, anyone with an education was expected to greet as well as say goodbye in poetic verse composed on the spot. This particular example is one of Li Bai’s (701-762), the most celebrated Tang Dynasty poet. It is a farewell poem written for the poet’s friend, the imperial librarian/proofreader, who climbed the Xie Tiaos Pavilion with Li Bai. In the verse, there is the feeling of being underappreciated by the official circle. He expresses his resentment for the darkness of society and longing for a brighter, more enlightened world (where he would be better appreciated, one assumes).
Random things I find when doing casual research.
Exeter tiles
Winchester tiles
This question came via Facebook, re: a medieval floor tile pattern found on Pinterest. The originally Pin’s description is: “This pattern is from a floor grate in the Frankfurt Cathedral (built in the 14th and 15th centuries).” Kate wanted to use this pattern on her painted pavilion floor, but wanted some more info first. Go you, Kate!
I was able to find some additional images of the Frankfurt grate, as well as some other resources for period floor tiles.
The Medieval Tiles of Wales [link]J. M. Lewis
National Museum Wales, 1999
The second half of this book includes illustrations.
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Houghton Library, Harvard University
Yay more scribal resources!
Catholic Church. Book of hours : use of Paris : manuscript, [ca. 1500].
Houghton Library, Harvard University
Creative depictions of consorts from the Babenberg Family Tree, a triptych created by Hans Part between 1489 and 1492. See more images here.
I selected a couple of my favourites to see if I could identify them. Some were easy but others posed more of a challenge! Here was what discovered about this small selection:
Image #1: Constantia of Austria
Born 1212 – Died 1243
Margravine consort of Meissen
MoreImage #2: Agnes of Germany
Born 1072/3 – Died 1143
Duchess consort of Swabia and Margravine consort of Austria
MoreImage #3: Uncertain
Described as Mechthild (Matilda), wife of Ernst of Austria. However, Ernst’s two wives were called Adelaide and Swanhilde.
MoreImage #4: Helbirga Babenberg
Born ? – Died 1142
Duchess consort of Bohemia.
MoreImage #5: Judith of Babenberg
Born c.1120 – Died after 1168
Marchioness of Montferrat
MoreImage #6: Wives of Henry II
a) Gertrude of Süpplingenburg
Born 1115 – Died 1143
Margravine consort of Austria and Tuscany and Duchess consort of Saxony and Bavaria.
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b) Theodora Komnene
Born ? – Died 1148
Duchess consort of Austria
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British Library, Oriental 5024, f. 19r
Author: Isaiah of Trani the Younger
Title: Decisions of Isaiah of Trani the Younger (Pisqei Rabbi Yeshayah Aharon)
Origin: Italy, Central (Bologna or Rimini)
Date: 1374
Decorated initial-word panel accompanied with a partial foliate border in the outer margin inhabited by a deer. In the upper margin, illustration of a man lighting the Hanukkah lamp, at the beginning of the section on Hanukkah.
HAPPY HANUKKAH! 😀
the second of the Towers I did, and my least favourite of them. again, drew it like five, six times in the course of a day and a half.
A while back, I asked the scareferencedesk for any illumination references with towers they knew of, and I promised to post them after they all got handed out. Well, it is definitely not in a timely manner, but they’ve all been handed out! I added some of the other designs I’ve done so it’s not so architecture heavy. I also added the Red Tower Rapier Champion scroll which was a group project. Mistress Adela did the calligraphy then curse because she left too much space (while the rest of us are laughing at how small she wrote), and then handed it to me and told me to draw a thing in the empty space. So, yay, weird little medieval person! I totally snagged the Knight Marshal on his way past the table and was like “SWORDS. HOW DOES THE HAND GUARD THINGY EVEN.” And luckily he spoke internet at 1am because he answered what I meant. The whole scroll totally was finished five minutes before evening Court, and we’re counting it as a major victory that it was dry. And then like a week later we had to ask if Wistric would send us pictures so we could keep track of the things we made. Veronica and I are still in the track our progress through photos of all the things we make stage.
Yay! So happy to see them! 😀 Also, Combat Scribing is awesome.