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The nastiest habit of medieval cats seen via illuminated manuscripts.


10. Regular licking

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Thomas of Cantimpré, Liber de natura rerum, France ca. 1290 (Valenciennes, Bibliothèque municipale, ms. 320, fol. 72r)

9. Licking and mouse-hunting

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Ashmole Bestiary, England 13th century (Bodleian Library, MS. Ashmole 1511, fol. 35v)

8. Licking, mouse-hunting and bird-stealing

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Bestiary, England 13th century (Bodleian Library, MS. Bodl. 764, fol. 51r)

7. Hey cat! Stop licking your butt on the Book of Maccabees or you’ll get an arrow!

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below the cat: 1Maccabees 16:18-20. Bible, France 13th century (Bibliothèque cantonale et universitaire de Lausanne, U 964, fol. 376r)

6. Otter-like cat

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Bestiary, England 15th century (København, Kongelige Bibliotek, GkS 1633 4º, fol. 28v)

5. Devil and the cat worshippers licking the cat’s butt

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Jean Tinctor, Traittié du crisme de vauderie (Sermo contra sectam vaudensium), Bruges ca. 1470-1480 (Paris, BnF, Français 961, fol. 1r)

4. Prayerbook cats

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Hours of Charlotte of Savoy, Paris ca. 1420-1425 (NY, Morgan Library & Museum, MS M.1004, fol. 125r, 172r)

3. Weirdly long tongue

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Book of Hours, Lyon, ca. 1505-1510 (Lyon, BM, Ms 6881, fol. 30r)

2. Villard’s cat

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Sketchbook of Villard de Honnecourt, France ca. 1230 (BnF, Français 19093, fol. 7v)

1. Licking Cat of Apocalypse

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Christ on Majesty flanked by two angels blowing trumpets of the Last Judgement and a little grey guy licking its butt. Missal, Bavaria ca. 1440-1460 (New York Public Library, MA 112, fol. 7r)

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tiny-librarian: I just wanted to post this again, after my dear friend included it in a post of hers

tiny-librarian:

I just wanted to post this again, after my dear friend included it in a post of hers.

It’s a BEAUTIFUL piece of artwork,andthe artist,@kmcmorris, did a fantastic job on portraying what Cleopatra VII would have genuinely looked/dressed like, rather than the over the top and stereotypical Egyptian style she’s almost always shown in. It’s always been one of my absolute favourite depictions of Cleopatra, and wanted to share it with everyone again.

 It’s nice to meet a fellow lover of history. Thanks for taking the time to credit and link to my art!


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greek-museums: Byzantine Monuments of Thessaloniki / The church of “Acheiropoietos”:Mosaics on thegreek-museums: Byzantine Monuments of Thessaloniki / The church of “Acheiropoietos”:Mosaics on the

greek-museums:

Byzantine Monuments of Thessaloniki / The church of “Acheiropoietos”:

Mosaics on the intrados of the temple, depicting geometrical and floral patterns. Birds within these patterns along with fountains are also a recurring motif. The mosaics are set in blue, red, green, and white tones predominantly, set against a golden background.

(5th century A.D)


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elizamaru:

A little sketch of Mr Michael Sheen’s Mozart, in the style of Sir Joshua Reynolds’s self portraits. That 90s production of Amadeus seemed very spectacular.

The fleshtone in a lot of Reynolds’s paintings faded severely because of the use of fugitive colours like carmine. But I think the lack of rosy cheeks intensifies the drama sometimes since the warm/cool contrast becomes even more stark…

Man, your work is always mindblowing, and you deserve more notes!

 ’…You know you’re on top when they start throwing arrows at you. Even Jesus was  ’…You know you’re on top when they start throwing arrows at you. Even Jesus was

’…You know you’re on top when they start throwing arrows at you. Even Jesus was crucified. ’ Michael Jackson.

The Lament for the Angel (killed by humans).

The Lament for Icarus. Herbert James Draper.


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Detail from Execution of Lady Jane Grey by Paul Delaroche, 1833

Detail from Execution of Lady Jane Grey by Paul Delaroche, 1833


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The eye, as a bizarre balloon, heading towards INFINITY by Odilon Redon, 1882

The eye, as a bizarre balloon, heading towards INFINITY by Odilon Redon, 1882


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here’s Franz Liszt, joining the composer gang ✨ a friend told me to draw my interpretations of more historical figures so I think I will !!

Anatoly Shepelyuk. M.I. Kutuzov at the command post on the day of the Battle of Borodino. (Left)1951Anatoly Shepelyuk. M.I. Kutuzov at the command post on the day of the Battle of Borodino. (Left)1951

Anatoly Shepelyuk. M.I. Kutuzov at the command post on the day of the Battle of Borodino. (Left)
1951.

Vasily Vereshchagin. Napoleon Near Borodino. (Right)
1897. Museum of Patriotic War of 1812, Moscow.

TheFrench invasion of Russia, known in Russia as the Patriotic War of 1812, and in France as the Russian Campaign, began on 24 June 1812 when Napoleon’s Grande Armée crossed the Neman River in an attempt to engage and defeat the Russian army. Napoleon hoped to compel Tsar Alexander I of Russia to cease trading with British merchants through proxies in an effort to pressure the United Kingdom to sue for peace. The official political aim of the campaign was to liberate Poland from the threat of Russia. 

The campaign was a turning point in the Napoleonic Wars. The reputation of Napoleon was severely shaken, and French hegemony in Europe was dramatically weakened. The Grande Armée, made up of French and allied invasion forces, was reduced to a fraction of its initial strength. These events triggered a major shift in European politics. France’s ally Prussia, soon followed by Austria, broke their imposed alliance with France and switched sides. This triggered the War of the Sixth Coalition.

TheBattle of Borodino was a battle fought on 7 September 1812. Although the Battle of Borodino can be seen as a victory for Napoleon, some scholars and contemporaries described Borodino as a Pyrrhic victory for the French, which would ultimately cost Napoleon the war and his crown, although at the time none of this was apparent to either side. 

This victory ultimately cost Napoleon his army, as it allowed the French emperor to believe that the campaign was winnable, exhausting his forces as he went on to Moscow to await a surrender that would never come. The Borodino victory allowed Napoleon to move on to Moscow, where — even allowing for the arrival of reinforcements — the French Army only possessed a maximum of 95,000 men, who would be ill-equipped to win a battle due to a lack of supplies and ammunition. The Grande Armée suffered 66% of its casualties by the time of the Moscow retreat; snow, starvation, and typhus ensured that only 23,000 men crossed the Russian border alive. Furthermore, while the Russian army suffered heavy casualties in the battle, they had fully recovered by the time of Napoleon’s retreat from Moscow; they immediately began to interfere with the French withdrawal, costing Napoleon much of his surviving army.


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La Fortuna by Cristofano Allori 1577-1621

“Pity a mother, calmly and patiently listen to her pious prayers, and the higher the Gods have exalted thee, the more gently bear down upon the fallen. What is given to misery is a gift to Fortuna (Fortune) [i.e. the Goddess accepts generosity to the miserable as an offering, which she repays in the hour of need]. So may thy chaste wife’s couch see thee again; so may Laertes [your father] prolong his years till he welcome thee home once more; so may thy son succeed thee.”

-Tragedies of Seneca, Troades 695 ff

https://paganimagevault.blogspot.com/2020/06/la-fortuna-by-cristofano-allori-1577.html

A historical commission for a change: Alexander the Great. There’s a certain amount of artistic lice

A historical commission for a change: Alexander the Great. There’s a certain amount of artistic license taken here. My client preferred the blond-and-blue-eyed version of the medieval romances, and this is nowhere in particular, despite the ziggurat.


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Chosen by @valarhalla Gwenllian ferch Gruffydd for #herhistoryproject she was a Welsh princess who t

Chosen by @valarhalla

Gwenllian ferch Gruffydd for #herhistoryproject she was a Welsh princess who together with her family was struggling against Norman invasion and lead a Welsh army into battle while her husband was seeking an alliance. She was captured and beheaded - though defeated, her patriotic revolt inspired others in South Wales to rise. For centuries after her death, Welshmen cried-out Revenge for Gwenllian when engaging in battle.


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LAST EDIT I SWEAR. I’m 30,000 posts too late but you people keep surprising me. Want to understand mLAST EDIT I SWEAR. I’m 30,000 posts too late but you people keep surprising me. Want to understand mLAST EDIT I SWEAR. I’m 30,000 posts too late but you people keep surprising me. Want to understand mLAST EDIT I SWEAR. I’m 30,000 posts too late but you people keep surprising me. Want to understand m

LAST EDIT I SWEAR. I’m 30,000 posts too late but you people keep surprising me. Want to understand my justification for these examples? LOOK AT THIS FAQ.


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Aaron Douglas, Into Bondage, 1936, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.

Aaron Douglas, Into Bondage, 1936, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.


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