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    death of Hanno the Great
Boccaccio, De casibus virorum illustrium (French translation by Laurent de Premierfait Des cas des ruynes des nobles hommes et femmes), Bruges ca. 1479-1480.
BL, Royal 14 E V, fol. 164v

    death of Hanno the Great

    Boccaccio, De casibus virorum illustrium (French translation by Laurent de Premierfait Des cas des ruynes des nobles hommes et femmes), Bruges ca. 1479-1480.

    BL, Royal 14 E V, fol. 164v

    — 7 months ago with 96 notes
    #hanno  #Carthaginians  #tortures  #quartering  #dismemberment  #boccaccio  #king  #15th century  #medieval  #manuscript 
    bird feeder
Speculum humanae salvationis, France 1470-1480.
Marseille, BM, ms. 89, fol. 26

    bird feeder

    Speculum humanae salvationis, France 1470-1480.

    Marseille, BM, ms. 89, fol. 26

    — 7 months ago with 55 notes
    #nebuchadnezzar  #evil-merodach  #amel-marduk  #Speculum humanae salvationis  #quartering  #vultures  #dismemberment  #15th century  #medieval  #manuscript 
    Μήδεια
Histoire ancienne jusq’à César, Naples 14th century.
BL, Royal 20 D I, fol. 37v

    Μήδεια

    Histoire ancienne jusq’à César, Naples 14th century.

    BL, Royal 20 D I, fol. 37v

    — 10 months ago with 25 notes
    #mythology  #medea  #14th century  #quartering  #dismemberment  #medieval  #manuscript  #Middle Ages 
    JUDGES 19:29
And when he was come into his house, hee tooke a knife, and layd hold on his concubine, and diuided her, together with her bones, into twelue pieces, and sent her into all the coasts of Israel.
The Maciejowski Bible, France, ca. 1250.
New York, Pierpont Morgan Library, MS M.638, fol. 16v

    JUDGES 19:29

    And when he was come into his house, hee tooke a knife, and layd hold on his concubine, and diuided her, together with her bones, into twelue pieces, and sent her into all the coasts of Israel.

    The Maciejowski Bible, France, ca. 1250.

    New York, Pierpont Morgan Library, MS M.638, fol. 16v

    — 1 year ago with 20 notes
    #judges  #maciejowski bible  #quartering  #sword  #medieval  #manuscript