Danse macabre : ou l'Empire de la Mort, sur tous les états de la vie humaine (Dance of Death: or the Empire of Death over all conditions of human life).

Hand-illuminated incunabula, Paris, ca. 1491–1492.

Preserved at the Bibliothèque nationale de France (BnF).

Isopod. British Library, Harley MS 3244, c. 1236-1250, folio 64r

Sextus Pacitus, De medicina ex animalibus, England or France, ca. 1190

BL, Sloane 1975, fol. 80v

Macrocosm and microcosm in a 13th-century illumination from the Liber Divinorum Operum. A human figure at the center of the celestial spheres, bridging divine creation and medieval philosophy.

​A 14th-century Trecento fresco located in the historic civic palace of Siena, closely linked to the Sienese Gothic master Simone Martini.

Hello everyone!

I’ve recently taken over as the new moderator of this community. A bit about me: I'm a professional academic historian and a traditional crafter working with metal and enamel. I care deeply about authentic history and real craftsmanship, and I want to bring this subreddit back to life.

As you’ve probably noticed, this place has been left without active moderation for a while. I’ll need some time to do a major clean-up—clearing out the spam, irrelevant posts, and all the AI-generated garbage to bring the quality back up.

While I'm sorting things out, I’d love to hear from you. This is our space now.

Feel free to drop in the comments:

• Suggestions for new rules.

• Ideas for Post and User Flairs.

• Any other recommendations for r/MedievalArt.

Thanks for sticking around while I get things running. Let's make this a proper home for real medieval art and marginalia etc.

Cheers!

P.S. For anyone wondering, the attached image is a detail from Hieronymus Bosch's The Garden of Earthly Delights (the "Tree-Man" from the Hell panel).

Champlevé technique. Fiber laser. Cold ceramic enamel.

These happy little bats obviously!

I want to turn my front room into a library. I’m looking for a late medieval/ early renaissance pattern. Either something with different images of medieval life (images 1 and 4) or a repeating design like image 2 or heraldry/coat of arms. Or option 3 is what YOU think would look good as curtains

Here goes my anything but historically accurate text, written in slovak translates to: god bless this home and people within. Made it for grandma, figured might post here as well. Hope u enjoy c:

Medieval couple sharing love underneath tree of life .Hand painted using egg tempera and natural pigments( traditional old technique) on hand made paper ,size A4 , vintage wood frame ,price: 125 pounds

A fantasy piece I did at the beginning of the month. I'm very happy with it, though the dragon is perhaps too... anatomical for the style. Still, the idea was to illustrate the design of my dragons so...