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Detail from a portrait of the writer Heinrich von Veldeke (around 1150 – after 1184)

Codex Manesse, Zürich, ca. 1300-1340, 30r

Universitätsbibliothek Heidelberg

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BOOK OF HOURS (Bruges: c.1460-1470) Art binding designed by the Flemish artist Willem Vrelant of Frankfurt.

Ink and pigments on parchment bound between boards covered with leather, gilded metal, and ivory.

Held by The Walters Art Museum.

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15th century French manuscript of 'Des cas des nobles hommes et femmes 'by Giovanni Boccaccio

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Carved ivory relief depicting the expulsion of Antipope John XVI from Rome, Netherlands, 14th century

from The Museum of Applied Arts Budapest

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Late Gothic pigskin binding decorated with blind embossing and pointed oval vines. Early 16th Century.

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Silver reliquary bust, crafted in France, commissioned by Lord James Butler, Justiciar of Ireland, 15th century

from The Hunt Museum, Limerick

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Jan van Eyck - Madonna of Chancellor Rolin. 1420 - 1440

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Colijn De Coter (ca.1440)

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A scholar (King Solomon?) and a furry friend, from the "Coburg Pentateuch", ca. 1390–96

British Library, Add MS 19776, fol. 54v (via Ennius)

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View from the belfry tower of Ypres (Ieper), with the tower of the Saint-Martin's Cathedral in the distance.

A belfry or hall tower is a medieval watchtower with a storm bell. More generally, 'belfry' refers to an urban tower in the Southern Netherlands (read: Belgium and Northern France). This type of tower was often built on or attached to a town hall or commercial cloth hall and was the place where the city bells were hung. A group of 56 belfries in Belgium and France are included in the UNESCO World Heritage List.

In the 13th century, the city of Ypres, as a testament to its power and wealth, built its public buildings in stone. And she does so with ambition: the Ypres cloth hall and the belfry are, at that time, one of the most impressive civil buildings in Europe! The Cloth Halls served as a covered sales and storage place for cloth on the (now arched) waterway, the Ieperlee. Construction of the halls was completed in 1304.

The Ypres belfry, 70 meters high, emphasizes the enormous importance of the cloth trade. This leads to the wealth and power of medieval Ypres. The belfry was the safest and best protected place in the city during the Middle Ages. It is also the storage place for the 'free letters' (documents declaring priviliges, local souvereignity and autonomy of the city) and for the treasury. The tower also serves as a weapons storage facility and as a watchtower to see approaching anemies of spot fires.

The tower, with its exception of the base was destroyed during the First World War and reconstructed.

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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)

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the father, the son, and the trinity

from the hours of marguerite d'orléans, france, illuminated c. 1430

source: Paris, BnF, Latin 1156 B, fol. 158v, 160r, and 163r

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A collection of Black Books of Hours

Black Hours, ca. 1475 (Morgan Library, New York)

Horae beatae marie secundum usum curie romane, ca. 1458 (Hispanic Society of America)

Black Hours of Galeazzo Maria Sforza, ca. 1466-1476 (Austrian National Library)

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JEAN DE LIÈGE Jeanne d'Évreux and Charles IV 1370-72 Marble Musée du Louvre, Paris

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FROMENT, Nicolas The Burning Bush 1476 Wood, 410 x 305 cm Cathedrale Saint Sauveur, Aix-en-Provence

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the frog and the serpent

illustration from a german translation of the fables of bidpai, swabia, c. 1480

source: Chantilly, Bibliothèque et archives du château, Ms. 680 (olim 1389), fol. 218r

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An ivory mirror case, executed by an unknown artist in France in the early 14th century. The case is divided into quadrants, each containing a scene of courtly love. Now in the Louvre.