Things I've picked up along the way...

Pretty medieval manuscript of the day is rather sinister. The dead are accosting the princes, whose horses are rearing up in horror. Even in the margins, there is death. It is a weird and puzzling scene. A genuine gothic horror, if you will. From a fourteenth century book of hours in the collection of the New York Public library, it is a fascinating little book. It is theorised that the book is from France, though experts cannot seem to agree. Its provenance is unknown. Image source: New York Public Library MS MA 156. Image believed to be in the public domain.

Pretty medieval manuscript of the day is rather sinister. The dead are accosting the princes, whose horses are rearing up in horror. Even in the margins, there is death. It is a weird and puzzling scene. A genuine gothic horror, if you will. From a fourteenth century book of hours in the collection of the New York Public library, it is a fascinating little book. It is theorised that the book is from France, though experts cannot seem to agree. Its provenance is unknown.

Image source: New York Public Library MS MA 156. Image believed to be in the public domain.

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    really cool. Reminds me...Edward Gorey somewhat.
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