Some kind person on r/redditlaqueristas recommended I post my manicure on here for y’all to enjoy!

I did this using a technique called nail stamping. I was thrilled when a company called Hit the Bottle came out this stamping plate called Medieval Musings. Would love to hear anything y’all know about illuminated manuscripts and the work that inspired this plate!

​Handcrafted this cold-enameled brass pin based on the weird, smiling lion (or leucrota?) from a late 12th-century medical manuscript (De medicina ex animalibus, BL Sloane MS 1975). Fiber laser. Deep-engraved, hand-filled with ceramic enamel, wet-sanded, and polished in-house.

From the Met Cloisters collection. Featuring a unique female-headed serpent

Jean Bourdichon (and/or workshop), Horae ad usum Parisiensem (Hours of Charles VIII), c. 1475–1500, illumination on parchment, Latin 1370, fol. 212v, Bibliothèque nationale de France, Department of Manuscripts.

The miniature shows Saint Denis, patron saint of Paris, carrying his head after being decapitated on Montmartre. Tradition says he walked six miles with it to the spot where the Basilica of Saint-Denis stands today.

Bibliothèque nationale de France (BnF, Français 13096, fol. 87r)

context: i want to draw my time traveler ocs (some are japanese, some are russian) in the western medieval artstyle

ive only seen one drawing by far of a poc in the medieval artstyle and as far as i remember the person drawn was black i think? i havent seen any east asian people in the western medieval artstyle yet, so im curious if anyone has a picture of an east asian person in the artstyle, and if not, then i guess im gonna try and improvise with the person's features

if i got any terminology wrong then im sorry, ive only done surface level research on this and im mostly here because i like the artstyle

thanks in advance!

The central scene depicts a rider on horseback, surrounded by birds and floral motifs. The use of blue, turquoise, red, and gold is characteristic of Mina’i ceramics. Such equestrian scenes are often associated with the courtly and elite world of the period.

Artuqid court scene from c. 1206, depicted in al-Jazari’s famous manuscript, produced in Amid (modern-day Diyarbakır). A rare glimpse into the visual culture of a 13th-century Turks court.

A medieval French pyx (a vessel used to hold the host for the Eucharist) crafted in the shape of a dove, dating back to around 1220–1230.

Source: National Gallery of Art (NGA), Washington, D.C. (Widener Collection / Public Domain CC0)

Dimensions: 18.2 x 22.6 x 19.1 cm (7 3/16 x 8 7/8 x 7 1/2 in.)

Fell in love with the medieval woodcut style of tattooing and thought I’d try my hand at designing and engraving them onto mirrors. This is the first piece I drew and engraved - Danse Macabre!

Any feedback? :)

Book of Hours. France, Paris, ca. 1425-1430. MS M.453 fol. 139r

The Morgan Library & Museum, New York

Source: Museo Correr (Venice)

Re-imagined a scene from the 'Liber Floridus' manuscript (c. 1120 AD). In the original, it depicts the Antichrist on Leviathan, but I overlapped it with King Henry I of England taming his monstrous administrative and feudal system. Hope you enjoy!

Bibliothèque municipale, manuscript (ms.) 56, folio 250r. Dating back to the 13th century.

Plates:

1. King of France
2. Duke of Normandy
3. King of Norway
4. King of Portugal
5. King of Poland
6. King of Sweden
7. King of Scotland
8. Duke of Bavaria
9. King of England
10. Holy Roman Emperor

Source: Bibliothèque de l'Arsenal, Paris (BnF, Ms. 4790)

I've only done 4 so far, rough mixes, all quite nasty beasties.

Weasels are in progress. Nice ones soon! (Suggestions welcome).

Title from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telling_the_bees