Iconographic analysis of medieval frescoes about hell with the confrontation of biblical texts, philosophers and writers of the thirteenth century.
The Hortus Deliciarum was a illuminated manuscript from the Middle Ages, which was an encyclopedia that included knowledge from Arab and classical text . The title in Latin translates to Garden …
St. Margaret is one of those saints whose story is so wrapped up in legend that the hagiographies start including disclaimers -- like, how the part about the devil disguised as a dragon swallowing her whole was probably more of a metaphor than a historical occurrence.
Every year has its share of blockbuster movies where you can watch the human race meeting a sticky end, either from either a ghastly pandemic, forces of evil, whether human, alien or robotic, or a natural cataclysm. Of course, this is nothing new. The earliest Christians believed that the end...
Un article de Spartakus FreeMann sur les Démons dans le Midrash. Des épées flamboyantes furent placées à l’entrée du Jardin d’Éden par l’action des
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St. Margaret is one of those saints whose story is so wrapped up in legend that the hagiographies start including disclaimers -- like, how the part about the devil disguised as a dragon swallowing her whole was probably more of a metaphor than a historical occurrence.
Мermaids - sirens - monster fish (french, circa 1450-70) Herzog August Bibliothek Wolfenbttel, Cod. Guelf. 1 Gud. lat., detail of f. 14v. Lambert of Saint-Omer, Liber floridus. 12th century. La Bte de la Mer (Tapisserie de lApocalypse). A medieval tapestry of the False Prophet,…
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Doom paintings were a popular way of scaring normal medieval folk into churches. They look pretty amazing and would have filled medieval peasant's hearts with genuine fear. Here, we take a look at the history and content of medieval doom paintings. Repent, sinners of the world.
“Punishment of the lustful, Compost et calendrier des bergers, Paris: Guy Marchant, 1493 (Angers, BM, SA3390, f.36v)”
