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#MedievalTwitter #FontCovers Ufford & Sudbury, Suffolk. R.G., Vetusta Monumenta (1791) vol. 3, pl. XXV, pl. 25. Artist omited rope/pulley of counter-weight that pulled up the central iron rod & the “dark blue curtain” which covered all (still in 1825 print) + details cover now.
#MedievalTwitter Watercolor interior of All Saints' Church, Dunwich, Suffolk by Rooker, Michael 'Angelo' Rooker (1746 -1801); note peaceable cows. https://t.co/e43JoIVnL8
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Saint Denis and Saint Piatus, Livre d'images de madame Marie, Hainaut or Brabant c. 1280-1290 (BnF, Nouvelle acquisition française 16251, fol. 84v). Perhaps contemplating how much fun they had in 2020?
#Caterday Julie de Graag (1877–1924) Dutch, Art Nouveau printwork.
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#Medievaltwitter 'Bierstern' or 'Brauerstern' (beer/brewer's star) looks like the Star of David, but is based in alchemy & believed to protect against fire and demons.
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#MedievalTwitter William Holman Hunt (of Pre-Raphaelite fame), Bushey Church Interior (1815-20) watercolor. As you can see, the Jacobean box pews are no longer there. Restored and extended 1871 by Sir G.Gilbert Scott w/1897 additions.
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#AsianTwitter A truly gorgeous work using deliberately archaic forms, colors, and brushwork to evoke the fantasy nature of the subject matter. Qiu Ying, Peach Blossom Spring, Suzhou Professional, Ming Dynasty, China, Nelson-Atkins Museum
#MedievalTwitter #FontCovers Stoke Pero Parish Church, Exmoor once had a font cover as evidenced by a 1837 watercolor by Rev. James Bulwer. Perhaps it was a late-medieval survival?
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Joris Hoefnagel, illuminator (Flemish / Hungarian, 1542 - 1600) & Georg Bocskay, scribe (Hungarian, died 1575), Mira calligraphiae monumenta, J. Paul Getty Museum
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