62 Items Categorized "Group 2" (page 1 of 6)
The pelican was a very popular image in medieval illuminate manuscripts and bestiaries. The iconic image showed a mother pelican piercing her own chest with her beak to…
Another piece from the Hortus Deliciarum by Herrad of Landsberg. The Hortus Deliciarum was an illuminated encyclopedia that began in 1167 as a tool for novices at the…
This is another scene from the Apocalypse Tapestry in Angers, France. It is a huge medieval set of tapestries made in great detail and size from 1377-1382. It…
This piece is a supporting image for “the bird (Christ) killing the snake (Satan),” it is also from the Commentary on the Apocalypse by Beatus of Liebana; an…
The Apocalypse Tapestry is a huge medieval set of tapestries made in France from 1377-1382. It shows the story of the Apocalypse from the Book of Revelation by…
This supporting image for the Beast and Dragon section of the 14th Century Tapisserie de l’Apocalypse in Angers is from the late medieval blockbook, Apocalypsis Sancti Johannes. This…
This is a mural at the Chaldon Church, dating to the 1200’s. It is done a bit later than the Ladder of Virtues done in 1167, but depicts…
This piece is part of the Hortus Deliciarum, called ‘Ladder of Virtues’. The book compilation of 336 images is by Herrad of Landsberg, and she began work on…
This medieval tapestry, La Bête de la Mer, is one piece of the Tapisserie de l’Apocalypse in Angers, France, and it illustrates a scene from the Book of…
This is a piece from Commentary on the Apocalypse by Saint Beatus of Liébana. He lived from c.730 to c.800, and this work was done in 776. He…
This image shows people falling off a ladder, with skinny demons shooting arrows both at humans and the angels at the top of the ladder who appear unable…
This image is striking for its strong contrast in both value and complementary colors with a very dark blue background and light, bright orange figures. The two central…