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Schembartlauf/Synopse - Wikimedia Commons
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Category:Portraits in Geheimes Ehrenbuch der Fugger - Wikimedia Commons
Illustrations from a 16th century manuscript detailing the phenomenon of Nuremberg's Schembart Carnival, (literally "bearded-mask" carnival). Beginning in 1449, the event was popular throughout the 15th century but was ended in 1539.
Adelige Jungfrau im Burgund um 1580
Album Amicorum of a German Soldier, Unknown, Italy, 1595, Drawings, Gouache on paper.
Birth and Baptismal Certificate (Geburts und Taufschein) for Sara Anna Klop
Nürnberger Schembart-Buch
Biblia sacra. Biblia sacra, tomus III -- 1280-1300 -- manuscrits
From Meyer 1560
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from the Walters Art Museum, in Baltimore, Maryland.
Le grand cheminement de lecture intervient dans l’œuvre par cet escalier géant qu’il tisse soudain dans langue : c’est la rencontre, posée brutalement au travers du livre, de l’étudiant limousin. Jusqu’alors on se cherche. On change de ville et d’universités, on les entasse. Et c’est la traversée de l’écran : devant Pantagruel, soudain, se tient la langue…
Back view of Schleier and gowns, pg 87 "Der Ritter vom Turn" by Geoffroy de la Tour Landry, translated by Marquard vom Stein, illustrated by Albrecht Durer, 1493-95
Selkup is a Samoyedic language spoken by about 1,020 people along the River Taz and between the Ob Yenisei and rivers in Siberia in the north of Russia.
One of the things that I really like about the 13th-early 14th century are the many varied ways to wear you hair - and headwear. Contrary to...
