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Grasshopper, from On form and matter, from Bartholomaeus Anglicus, On the Properties of Things (15th-century French illuminated manuscript)
Proof that people in the 1400s didn't know how to count the legs on an insect.
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http://www.bnf.fr/enluminures/images/jpeg/i4_0025b.jpg
The Age of King Charles V: illuminations from the Bibliothèque Nationale de France
There are a lot of scanned illuminated capitals and other manuscript details here. Not all are from the mid-14th century as indicated by the page title. It's also a nostalgic glimpse of m...
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http://www.bnf.fr/enluminures/aaccueil.htm
Hans Memling (c. 1430-1494), Vanity and Salvation (painting, c. 1485)
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http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/0e/Memling_Vanity_and_Salvation.jpg
Historiated and illuminated initial 'E' (c. 1500), from BibliOdyssey
Probably Italian. Source: http://bibliodyssey.blogspot.com/2008/06/plethora.html
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http://www.flickr.com/photos/85009674@N00/2594330545/sizes/o
A Beginner’s Guide To Medieval Weapons
Technological conditions and nature of availability of raw materials form the basis of any culture’s arsenal at any point of time in the history of mankind. Prehistoric human race, ofte...
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http://www.articlesnatch.com/Article/A-Beginner-s-Guide-To-Medieval-Weapons/130182