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A rainbow cross from a 13th century Syriac evangeliary.
Berlin, Sachau 322
A business meeting with cheese and wine in the garden of the emperor’s residence
The anonymous illuminator of the 12th century BNF Latin 1654 and Paul Klee were equally fascinated by how colors play together. Eight hundred years might divide them but they were both just as creative and playful with their art. #MedievalManuscripts
Home office. With the best of assistants: your cat.
Mark the Evangelist from the Godescalc Gospels, c. 780.
BNF NAL 1203 https://t.co/IIXa5AvlEF #medievaltwitter #manuscripts
(l) Chinese imitation of #byzantine coin 6th c. found in Astana; (r) coin of Justin I, which might have been the model; both @britishmuseum