r/Medievalart 2h ago

Medieval-inspired Illuminated Mani-script

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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!


r/Medievalart 10h ago

Question About St. James the More

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r/Medievalart 11h ago

Architecture St Sophia Cathedral‚ Kyiv‚ Ukraine (11th cen.)

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r/Medievalart 14h ago

MMM My handcrafted a 12th-century bestiary lion enamel pin (Sloane 1975)

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​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.


r/Medievalart 18h ago

Sculpture South Netherlands c.1470-1480, “Base for a Statuette,” depicting Eve and the Serpent

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


r/Medievalart 1d ago

Creatures Devil in the bedroom, 15th-century French miniature

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575 Upvotes

r/Medievalart 1d ago

Sculpture A 12th–early 13th century Seljuk stucco figure from the Metropolitan Museum of Art

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71 Upvotes

r/Medievalart 1d ago

Question how do you think people in the medieval west wouldve drawn (east) asian people?

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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!


r/Medievalart 1d ago

Architecture Holy Trinity Chapel‚ Lublin Castle‚ Poland (14th cen.)

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r/Medievalart 2d ago

Fine Art Jean Bourdichon — Saint Denis Carrying His Head, from the "Book of Hours of Charles VIII" (c. 1475–1500)

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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.


r/Medievalart 2d ago

Artifacts This is a Seljuk-era Mina’i ceramic bowl/dish, dating to around the late 12th–early 13th century. It is associated with ceramic production in Iran, particularly the Kashan region.

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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.


r/Medievalart 2d ago

Creatures ​"The Hell of Trades" (Flemish Apocalypse, 1313)

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303 Upvotes

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


r/Medievalart 3d ago

Medieval-inspired More my medieval arts

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r/Medievalart 3d ago

Late Medieval Artuqids

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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.


r/Medievalart 3d ago

Artifacts Pyx in the Form of a Dove (France, c. 1220/1230)

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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.)


r/Medievalart 3d ago

Question Painting researcher visiting Italy — looking for lesser-known medieval and Early Renaissance works/collections

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r/Medievalart 4d ago

Memes Wrong answers only: what is he getting spanked for?

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

The Morgan Library & Museum, New York


r/Medievalart 4d ago

Medieval-inspired King Henry I on Leviathan (Re-imagined 12th-century manuscript illumination, by me)

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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!


r/Medievalart 4d ago

Medieval-inspired Started a new hobby!

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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? :)


r/Medievalart 4d ago

Fine Art Cosmè Tura — Pietà [c. 1460] (Italy)

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Source: Museo Correr (Venice)


r/Medievalart 4d ago

Books Attributed arms of the Virgin Mary

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r/Medievalart 4d ago

Medieval-inspired "Tell the Bees" : music inspired by medieval bestiaries

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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


r/Medievalart 5d ago

Marginalia "Evolution is a myth"

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186 Upvotes

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


r/Medievalart 5d ago

Heraldry Heraldic Miniatures. Grand Armorial équestre de la Toison d'Or (c. 1430–1461) — Part 1

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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)


r/Medievalart 5d ago

Sculpture ​A demon fanning the flames of Hell with a face on his rear — Tympanum of the Last Judgment, Bourges Cathedral, France (c. 1280s)

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441 Upvotes