Fidget spinner. Livre de la Vigne nostre Seigneur, France ca. 1450-1470. Bodleian, MS. Douce 134, fol. 83r.
tags: #medieval #medievalart
Melancholic pussy-cat. book of hours, France 15th century. Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, MS 662, fol. 21r.
Random Fact for Fantasy World-Builders:
In medieval households, the "still room" was managed by the lady of the house, where practical skills like food preservation, perfume making, and preparing herbal remedies were taught.
More Info(wikipedia): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Still_room
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Gable of the western facade of the Basilica of Saint Mary Magdalene at Vézelay.
From "Dictionnaire raisonné de l'architecture française..." vol. 7 by Eugène Viollet-le-Duc, Paris: 1875
South gate of Albi Cathedral.
From "Dictionnaire raisonné de l'architecture française..." vol. 7 by Eugène Viollet-le-Duc, Paris: 1875
The Recevresse (a fifteenth-century oratory).
From "Dictionnaire raisonné de l'architecture française..." vol. 2 by Eugène Viollet-le-Duc, Paris: 1875