#15th Century

[cy-lindric]

sketch

[m3dieval]

[Video - Norwich HEMA Society]

[trilium]

Velvet brocade purse, Northern European, late 15th century. From The Cloisters Collection, 1952.

[houghtonlib]

Officium in agenda mortuorum [Office of the dead] : manuscript, [ca. 1420]

MS Typ 180

Houghton Library, Harvard University

[medievalsnippets]

Source

[plumcardium]

A 15th/16th century knight in Nebenhut (long tail) guard...

[corri-coral]

So wonderful... his mere presence brings me joy...

[sculpture-culpture]

Tried out some markers I got a few years ago and have forgotten where half of them are and not really used them too much

[classic-art-favourites]

Mary Magdalene by Carlo Crivelli, 1487.

[cy-lindric]

Sancte Michael Memento Mei Ante Deum

Horae ad usum Trecensem dites Heures de Michel Berthier, 1415-1420

[memories-of-ancients]

Book of hours for Brittany, France, mid 15th century

from The Burrell Collection

[m3dieval]

[Video - Norwich HEMA Society]

[flordemurta]

Saint George (1471), by Bernt Notke — photo by Tuomas Vitikainen

This Bernt’s masterpiece was commissioned in 1417 by the Swedish regent Sten Sture the Elder, conceived both as a commemorative monument to his triumph at the Battle of Brunkeberg and as the intended site of his eternal rest. Today, this masterwork is enshrined within the venerable walls of Storkyrkan, in the heart of Stockholm.

This sculpture is an examplar of technical ingenuity and artistic ambition, fashioned from a diverse array of materials. From twine delicately employed to render the veins upon the steed, to genuine antlers forming the dragon’s formidable spines, every element contributes to a striking verisimilitude. At its core, lies intricately carved wood, richly polychromed to achieve a vivid lifelikeness, imbuing the piece with a dramatic immediacy.

The scene captures a moment of heightened intensity: the dragon buries its claws into the soft flank of the horse, which rears in visceral ahony. Yet, in that gesture of anguish, the saint rises triumphant—his armour, resplendent in hues of gold and celestial blue, gleams beneath the gilded trappings of the steed. It’s a tableau that evokes not only the divine vanquishing the infernal, but also the poignant truth that the conquest of evil seldom occurs without the price of suffering. In stark contrast, the creature of chaos (dark in palette and humbled in posture) twists and contorts amidst the scattered relics of those previously fallen.

[history-of-fashion]

ab. 1475-1480 The Cloisters Playing Cards by South Netherlandish master

King of Horns / Queen of Horns / Knave of Horns

King of Nooses / Queen of Nooses / Knave of Nooses

King of Collars / Queen of Collars / Knave of Collars

King of Tethers / Queen of Tethers / Knave of Tethers

(Metropolitan Museum of Art)

[medievalsnippets]

How a Man Shall be Armed. German Knight ca. 1415

Source

[cuties-in-codices]

guy sitting by a fire

in a manuscript of jean de wavrin's "anciennes chroniques d'angleterre", flanders, c. 1470-90

source: Paris, BnF, Français 75, fol. 198r