Weird art wrought in ages past

r/MedievalCreatures • u/imagepostengine • 22h ago

MEDIEVAL (500AD - 1450AD) When the post-nut clarity kicks in

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15th-century illumination depicting The Temptation of Saint Benedict, from the Mettener Regel (1414), held in the Bavarian State Library in Munich.

r/MedievalCreatures • u/TalkingWoodlandBeast • 22h ago

RENAISSANCE/BAROQUE, ETC (1450 - 1600s) Just a-swangin'

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Depiction of the letter M, The Songbook of Zeghere van Male, ca. 1542

r/MedievalCreatures • u/imagepostengine • 16h ago

MODERN (1700s - 1800s) Cats Being Instructed in the Art of Mouse-Catching by an Owl, created around 1700 by an unknown artist of the Lombard School

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