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Anastasius Probus. Early 6th Century Roman Consul in the Eastern Roman Empire.
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Silver Chalice from County Tipperary, Ireland dated around 9th century on display at the National Museum of Ireland-Archaeology in Dublin, Ireland
Photographs taken by myself 2018
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One of my favourite TV shows - and perhaps the episode I like most
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Pyxis with Moses receiving the Law and Daniel in the lions' den, early Byzantine, end of 5th century - 6th century. Dumbarton Oaks (ID: BZ.1936.22)
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Medieval tiles - Gloucester cathedral
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The Morgan Library and Museum
The Book of Marvels: Imagining the Medieval World
Master of the Geneva Boccaccio, Traponee (Sri Lanka) in the Book of the Marvels of the World, c. 1460-65, France, Angers. Los Angeles, J. Paul Getty Museum. MS 124. fol. 32r.
Master of the Geneva Boccaccio, Arabia, in the Book of Marvels of the World, c. 1460, France, Angers, Morgan Library & Museum, MS M.461, fol. 10r.
Worksop Bestiary, c. 1185, England, Lincoln (?). Morgan Library & Museum, MS M.81, fol. 51v.
Konrad von Megenberg (1309-1374), The Book of Nature. Augsburg: Johann Bämler, 1475. Morgan Library & Museum, PML 136
Hanns Rüst, Map of the World. Germany, Augsburg, ca. 1480. Morgan Library & Museum, PML 19921
Conjoined Twins, in Abridged Divine Histories. France, Amiens, ca. 1300. Morgan Library & Museum, MS M.751, fol. 52v.
Abridged Divine Histories. France, Amiens, ca. 1300. Morgan Library & Museum, MS M.751, fol. 53r.
Worksop Bestiary. England, Lincoln (?), ca. 1185. Morgan Library & Museum, MS M.81, fol. 52r.
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Palazzo Davanzati, Florence, Italy. 14th century.
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Participants of Turku Castle Tournament
Turku, July 2021
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Palazzo Vecchio
Florence, March 2010
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Artworks by 12th century Abbess, composer, medical practitioner, poet, visionary painter, etc. Hildegard of Bingen.










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An c.1000-1200 CE example of Egyptian cotton knitted socks.
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byzantine mosaic from the Burnt Palace in Madaba ( Jordan )
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The Mosaic Map - Saint George Church in Madaba ( Jordan )
#Madaba mosaic map#Jordan#6th century CE#byzantine#art#mosaics#medieval#Madaba church#original photography
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Visegrád castle ( Hungary )
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Moneda de plata de Alfredo el Grande, rey de Wessex (siglo IX). Conservada en el Museo Británico.
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6th century Byzantine School, mosaic of The Last Supper

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Grumpy bird
Bodleian Library MS. Bodl. 264, f. 112r
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