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Faune : animaux Barthélémy l'Anglais, Livre des propriétés des choses Flandre, 3e-4e quart du XVe siècle. Traduit par Jean Corbichon Paris, BNF, département des Manuscrits, Français 134, fol. 337 Medieval Books, Medieval Life, Medieval Manuscript, Medieval Art, Illuminated Manuscript, Medieval Paintings, Renaissance Paintings, European Paintings, Art Et Illustration

Medieval Manuscript

Illuminated Manuscript

Medieval Paintings

Renaissance Paintings

European Paintings

Art Et Illustration

Faune : animaux Barthélémy l'Anglais, Livre des propriétés des choses Flandre, 3e-4e quart du XVe siècle. Traduit par Jean Corbichon Paris, BNF, département des Manuscrits, Français 134, fol. 337

15th century French manuscript: the moon and stars Ciel, Ancient Astronomy, The Magic Faraway Tree, Stippling Art, Moon Clouds, Commonplace Book, Book Of Hours

Ancient Astronomy

The Magic Faraway Tree

Commonplace Book

15th century French manuscript: the moon and stars

Bees & beehives from medieval Illuminated Manuscripts Medieval Crafts, Illuminated Letters, Bumble Bee Honey, Bumble Bees, Honey Bees

Medieval Crafts

Illuminated Letters

Bumble Bee Honey

Bees & beehives from medieval Illuminated Manuscripts

hybride angel vs. armed rabbit Vincent of Beauvais, Speculum historiale, France ca. 1294-1297. Boulogne-sur-Mer, BM, ms. 130II, fol. 319v Ancient Books, Medieval Period, Renaissance Art, Alphabet Symbols, Old Best Friends, Illustrated Manuscript

Medieval Period

Renaissance Art

Alphabet Symbols

Old Best Friends

Illustrated Manuscript

hybride angel vs. armed rabbit Vincent of Beauvais, Speculum historiale, France ca. 1294-1297. Boulogne-sur-Mer, BM, ms. 130II, fol. 319v

Medieval Art Paintings, Renaissance, Artist And Craftsman

Medieval Art Paintings

Artist And Craftsman

The Ptolemaic universe as viewed from the Earth. God is shown with the angels in the spiritual realm outside the rotating spheres of the stars and planets. Simon Marmion (ca. 1425-1489), The Temptation of Eve, ca. 1460, Royal Library Brussels. Celestial Sphere, Creation Myth, Rare Images, Magical Art

Celestial Sphere

The Ptolemaic universe as viewed from the Earth. God is shown with the angels in the spiritual realm outside the rotating spheres of the stars and planets. Simon Marmion (ca. 1425-1489), The Temptation of Eve, ca. 1460, Royal Library Brussels.

Simon Marmion, Astronomical Halo, detail, 1460. The spheres of the heavens are shown as the inside of a dome with the realm of God at the apex. Les Pays D Europe, Sacred Geometry Alchemy, Prayer Book

Les Pays D Europe

Sacred Geometry Alchemy

Simon Marmion, Astronomical Halo, detail, 1460. The spheres of the heavens are shown as the inside of a dome with the realm of God at the apex.

Miniature of a circumcision, England (London) ca. 1360-75. Source: BL Royal 6 E VI Jewish Museum Berlin, Library Catalog, Moyen Age

Jewish Museum Berlin

Library Catalog

Miniature of a circumcision, England (London) ca. 1360-75. Source: BL Royal 6 E VI

Reims, B. m., ms. 0993, f. 254v. Bartholomaeus Anglicus, Livre des propriétés des choses. Paris, before 1416. Lion And Unicorn, The Last Unicorn, Unicorn Art, Art Moyen, Magnificent Beasts

Lion And Unicorn

The Last Unicorn

Magnificent Beasts

Reims, B. m., ms. 0993, f. 254v. Bartholomaeus Anglicus, Livre des propriétés des choses. Paris, before 1416.

11th - 14th century Old Maps, Antique Maps, Vintage Maps, Hollow Earth, Ancient Maps

11th - 14th century

Zodiac Man (15th C) Astrology Art, Medical Astrology, Esoteric Art, Medical Anatomy, Occult Art, Les Arts, Sacred Geometry

Medical Astrology

Medical Anatomy

Sacred Geometry

Zodiac Man (15th C)

Earth at the center of the spheres from a 13th-century copy of Gossuin de Metz's "L'Image du monde", Bibliothèque Nationale de France, Manuscrits, français 14964, f. 117. Pseudo Science, Spiritus

Earth at the center of the spheres from a 13th-century copy of Gossuin de Metz's "L'Image du monde", Bibliothèque Nationale de France, Manuscrits, français 14964, f. 117.

Tree of virtues, ca. 1250 from the 'Liber floridus (Book of Flowers), an encyclopedia complied between the years 1090 and 1120 by Lambert, a canon of the church of Our Lady in Saint-Omer; the work gathers extracts from 192 different texts and manuscripts to portray a universal history or chronological record of the most significant events up to the year 1119. This mystical palm tree, also known as the 'palm of the church,' depicts a set of virtues (fronds) sprouting from a central bulb. Tree Illustration, Illustrations, Best Science Books, Tree Diagram, Tree Of Life Art

Tree Illustration

Best Science Books

Tree Of Life Art

Tree of virtues, ca. 1250 from the 'Liber floridus (Book of Flowers), an encyclopedia complied between the years 1090 and 1120 by Lambert, a canon of the church of Our Lady in Saint-Omer; the work gathers extracts from 192 different texts and manuscripts to portray a universal history or chronological record of the most significant events up to the year 1119. This mystical palm tree, also known as the 'palm of the church,' depicts a set of virtues (fronds) sprouting from a central bulb.

Sirens, Vincent de Beauvais, Miroir Histoire (Speculum Historiale), Ghent ca. 1475. Getty, Ms. Ludwig XIII 5, V1, fol. 68v Weird Creatures, Mythical Creatures, Sphinx, Romanesque Art, Beauvais, Legends And Myths

Weird Creatures

Mythical Creatures

Legends And Myths

Sirens, Vincent de Beauvais, Miroir Histoire (Speculum Historiale), Ghent ca. 1475. Getty, Ms. Ludwig XIII 5, V1, fol. 68v

T and O map, Bartholomaeus Anglicus, Le livre des proprietes des choses (1372), BnF fr. 9140. Umberto Eco

T and O map, Bartholomaeus Anglicus, Le livre des proprietes des choses (1372), BnF fr. 9140.

Bartholomaeus Anglicus. L’homme : corps et âme. BnF fr. 135, fol. 65. Bnf, France, Sacred Art, Medieval, Disney Characters, Fictional Characters, Disney Princess

Disney Characters

Fictional Characters

Disney Princess

Bartholomaeus Anglicus. L’homme : corps et âme. BnF fr. 135, fol. 65.

Bartholomeus Anglicus, ‘Livre des propriétés des choses’ (French translation of Jean Corbechon), Paris 1447. Amiens, Bibliothèque municipale, ms. 399, fol. 241r Medieval Tapestry, Picture Boxes, Art Japonais, Illustration

Medieval Tapestry

Bartholomeus Anglicus, ‘Livre des propriétés des choses’ (French translation of Jean Corbechon), Paris 1447. Amiens, Bibliothèque municipale, ms. 399, fol. 241r

Genesis and Dedication Scene with translator Jean Corbechon and Charles V of France, Bartholomaeus Anglicus, De proprietatibus rerum, c. 1372. French translation, Livre de propriétés de choses, by Jean Corbechon. Brussels, Bibliothèque Royale, MS 9094. Illustrated Words, Middle Ages, Alter, Mystic, Ancient, Kids Rugs, Antiques

Illustrated Words

Genesis and Dedication Scene with translator Jean Corbechon and Charles V of France, Bartholomaeus Anglicus, De proprietatibus rerum, c. 1372. French translation, Livre de propriétés de choses, by Jean Corbechon. Brussels, Bibliothèque Royale, MS 9094.

The Zodiac, Elements and Heavenly Spheres, Bartholomaeus Anglicus, On the Properties of Things, BnF fr. 135, fol. 285. Voynich Manuscript, Andreas Vesalius, Tarot, Cosmos, Star Chart

Voynich Manuscript

Andreas Vesalius

The Zodiac, Elements and Heavenly Spheres, Bartholomaeus Anglicus, On the Properties of Things, BnF fr. 135, fol. 285.

The Elements of the Human Body, Bartholomaeus Anglicus, On the Properties of Things, BnF fr. 135, fol 91. “cy commence le IIIIe livre des qualitez des elemens et des quatre humeurs desquelles sont composes les corps tant des hommes comme des bestes” The Human Body, Le Mans, 4 Elements, Garden Of Earthly Delights, St Margaret

Garden Of Earthly Delights

The Elements of the Human Body, Bartholomaeus Anglicus, On the Properties of Things, BnF fr. 135, fol 91. “cy commence le IIIIe livre des qualitez des elemens et des quatre humeurs desquelles sont composes les corps tant des hommes comme des bestes”

Brunetto Latini,Livre du Trésor ; Pseudo-AristoteLe Secret des secrets; Oraison du départ; Motets; Raoul le PetitDit de Fauvain. Animal Drawings, Secret, Modern, Miniatures, Trendy Tree, Mid Century

Animal Drawings

Brunetto Latini,Livre du Trésor ; Pseudo-AristoteLe Secret des secrets; Oraison du départ; Motets; Raoul le PetitDit de Fauvain.

Brunetto Latini,Livre du Trésor ; Pseudo-AristoteLe Secret des secrets; Oraison du départ; Motets; Raoul le PetitDit de Fauvain. Medieval Times, Manuscript, Sketchbooks, Journals, Vintage World Maps, Highlights, Doodles

Vintage World Maps

Brunetto Latini,Livre du Trésor ; Pseudo-AristoteLe Secret des secrets; Oraison du départ; Motets; Raoul le PetitDit de Fauvain.

Brunetto Latini Title Li Livres dou Tresor Origin France, N. (Picardy) Date c. 1315-1325 Language French Noahs Arc, Puppetry, European Art, British Library

British Library

Brunetto Latini Title Li Livres dou Tresor Origin France, N. (Picardy) Date c. 1315-1325 Language French

Anna Nenarokova

Anna Nenarokova

Pre-Modern Encyclopedias

Brunetto Latini, Le Livre du Trésor France, N. (Picardy); c. 1315-1325 Black Letter, Heraldry, Mythology

Brunetto Latini, Le Livre du Trésor France, N. (Picardy); c. 1315-1325

Is he seriously jousting a snail??? -- from the work of Brunetto Latini (ca. 1220-1294) Medieval Memes, Medieval Artwork, Medieval Drawings, Grimoire

Medieval Artwork

Medieval Drawings

Is he seriously jousting a snail??? -- from the work of Brunetto Latini (ca. 1220-1294)