Medieval Knights and Tapestries

Historical illustrations and tapestries depicting knights in armor, hunting scenes, and saintly figures with rich colors and detailed backgrounds.

The wounded knight, fresco, Garel's Room, Castel Roncolo, Renon, near Bolzano, Trentino-Alto Adige, Italy, 14th century. Detail.

The Turkish Army Camp of Constantinople, studio of Jean Mielot, manuscript illumination, France, Paris, Bibliotheque Nationale, 1455

Illumination of Sir Geoffrey Luttrell III (1276-1345), a knight of Lincolnshire, depicted with his wife and daughter-in-law. Taken from the Luttrell Psalter. Dated 14th Century

Illumination of the Battle of Tewkesbury of 1471. Dated 15th Century

Funerary mosaic discovered in Ancient Edessa; a Greek settlement in present day Iraq. Dated early B.C.

The Beatus of Leon is an 11th century illuminated manuscript of the Commentary on the Apocalypse by Beatus of Liebana. The manuscript was made for King Ferdinand 1 (c.1015-1065) and Queen Sancha of Leon. It contains 98 miniatures painted by Facundus. The Apocalypse of John is the Book of Revelation, the last book of the New Testament.

King Astolfo' s court, miniature from The Codex Matritensis ('Madrid codex'): leges langobardorum (Lombard Laws), manuscript, 11th Century.

ARTE ROMANICO. S. XI-XII. PENDON DE SAN ODON DE CLUNY (1095-1122). Tejido de lino color crudo bordado a base de sedas policromadas. "FIGURA DE ORANTE CON EL EVANGELIO Y LA MANO DERECHA EN POSICION DE ORACION". Procede de un relicario del altar de San Odón de Cluny de la Seu d'Urgell (provincia de LLeida). Museo Textil y de la Indumentaria. Barcelona. Cataluña.

The Bayeux Tapestry is an embroidered cloth nearly 230 feet long and 20 inches tall that depicts the events leading up to the Norman conquest of England between William, Duke of Normandy and Harold, Earl of Wessex, later King of England. At the Battle of Hastings in 1066, William defeated Harold. It tells the story from the point of view of the conquering Normans, but is now agreed to have been made in England. Worked on coarse linen, it measures 230 feet by 20 inches. Its date is disputed. It is housed in the Bayeux Museum in Bayeux, France.

ARTE ROMANICO. ESPAÑA. BASILICA DE SAN ISIDORO. PINTURAS MURALES (siglo XII), que cubren uno de los arcos del DEL PANTEON DE LOS REYES, con la representación del CALENDARIO AGRICOLA. Se representa a los meses a traves de las diferentes tareas agrícolas propias de la época. Detalle de los meses de SEPTIEMBRE Y OCTUBRE. León. Castilla-León.

Lapidation St Etienne (Ukamienowanie św. Stefana) Przerys Kwatery Witraża Z: Pays of the painted stained glass of the Le Mans cathedral: work containing the layers or the discounts, according to the layers, the canopies of this most interesting cathedral under The report of art and history , Paris Le Mans 1864 Unknown, Litographic Plant: Monnoyer Frères

MATFRE ERMENGAU of BEZIERS (-1322). Br_viaire d'amour (Breviary of Love). 13th c. The Month of April. Provenal School. Romanesque art. Miniature Painting. SPAIN. MADRID (AUTONOMOUS COMMUNITY). San Lorenzo de El Escorial. Royal Library of the Monastery of El Escorial.

Paintings of the church of Santa María d'Arties (detail), 1580, Artiés, Lérida, Catalonia, Spain.

A dark brown pen, brush, watercolor, and gold drawing by Albrecht Altdorfer from 1512-1515 depicting Maximilian I's triumphal procession and battles in Hennegau, Picardie, and Thérouanne in Artois.

Albrecht Altdorfers drawing in dark brown ink, brush, watercolor, and gold on parchment depicts the triumphal procession of Emperor Maximilian I, highlighting the second conquest of Flanders and the counties of Burgundy and Artois.

EL CABALLO DE TROYA - MINIATURA 1390-1410.

Kartiny iz Biblii i Apokalipsisa, raboty mastera Korenia.. Rovinski, D. A. (Dmitri Aleksandrovich), 1824-1895. Prints. 1881. Rare Book Division. Folk art , Russia (Federation), Russia , Social life and customs, Engraving, Russian

Mock Joust of War with Flying Shields and Without Bevors, c.1512-1515, Freydal, The Book of Jousts and Tournaments of Emperor Maximilian I: Combats on Horseback (Volume II), pen and black ink with watercolor over black chalk on laid paper, sheet: 33.5 × 26.2 cm (13 3/16 × 10 5/16 in.), German 16th Century (artist)

Historia de Catalunya. Conquista de Menorca en poder de los musulmanes por Alfonso III el 20 de enero de 1287 y fundación de la ciudad de Maó. Cromo de Xacolata Juncosa. Año 1932. Author: Albert Mestre Moragas.

Gerasimov, Sergei Vasilyevich (1885-1964) State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow 1918 Watercolour, Gouache on Paper Soviet political agitation art Russia History

Relief The Downfall of Jericho, Gate of Paradise of the Baptistery of San Giovanni, Florence, Tuscany, Italy, Europe

MTI1-CANTIGA STA MARIA Nº31-F46V-LA VIRGEN SE LLEVA EL BUEY DEL ALDEANO POR INCUMPLIR SU PROMESA. Author: ALFONSO X EL SABIO (1221-1284). Location: MONASTERIO-BIBLIOTECA-COLECCION. SAN LORENZO DEL ESCORIAL. MADRID. SPAIN.

North Macedonia, Skopje, Old Bazaar, street scene, mural,

JAIME I, EL CONQUISTADOR. REY DE ARAGON Y DE CATALUÑA. 1208 - 1276. " BATALLA DEL PUIG " , AÑO 1237. PANEL DE AZULEJOS OBRA DE GONZALEZ MARTI ( SEGUN PINTURA DEL MAESTRE MARCALL , SIGLO XV ). MUSEO NACIONAL DE CERAMICA. VALENCIA.

Detail of the Game of Thrones Tapestry, Ulster Museum, Co. Antrim, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom.

Murals in the courtyard of the Dr. Ramnath A. Podar Haveli Museum, Nawalgarh, Jhunjhunu District, Rajasthan, India, Asia

Bayeux cathedral mural decors, normandy, France BAYEUX, FRANCE, MAY 14, 2024 : mural decors of Bayeux, cathedral, normandy Copyright: xZoonar.com/Bayeuxxcathedralxmuralxdecors,xnormandy,xFrancex 22188707

Panel with mosaic, central nave, Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore, Rome. Italy, 5th century.

Battle of Roncevaux Pass (778). Roland's death. Illuminated manuscript, 15th c. Gothic art. Miniature Painting. FRANCE. LE-DE-FRANCE. Paris. National Library.

MS.B.R.20- CANTIGA STA MARIA-F120V-D-CANTIGA DE LOOR-NATIVIDAD-MINIATURA S XIII. Author: Alfonso X of Castile. Location: BIBLIOTECA NACIONAL COLECCIÓN. Florenz. ITALIA.

Story of Noah's Ark, Venetian mosaic from the 13th century, Venice, Italy, Historical, digitally restored reproduction of an original from the 19th century, exact original date not known, Europe

15th century. Reims library. France. Author: POMPONIUS MELA. Location: BIBLIOTECA. Reims. France.

The Spaniards' arrogant behaviour causes resistance among the Aztecs. Massacre to smother the resistance. 1320. Madrid, National Library. Author: DIEGO DURAN DIEGO (1537-1588). Location: BIBLIOTECA NACIONAL-COLECCION. MADRID. SPAIN.

CRONICAS DE LAS CRUZADAS - JERUSALEN TOMADA POR BARONES FRANCESES - MINIATURA DEL SIGLO XV. Author: DREUX JEAN. Location: BIBLIOTECA NACIONAL-COLECCION. WIEN. AUSTRIA.

Gothic Art. Spain. Miniature depicting knights embarking. Menendez Pelayo Library. Santander. Cantabria. Spain.

From the Standard of Ur (Peace side). Sumerian artefact (circa 2600 BC) excavated from the royal tomb in the city of Ur in the 1920's. South of what is now Baghdad in Iraq. It is an historical account of ancient warfare, and shows a king, subjects, musicians, soldiers and animals.

Colored woodcut by Johann Zainer from 1473 depicting Ceres, goddess of cereals, showing figure, gestures, clothing, and symbolic agricultural elements.

Hell's Mouth from the Last Judgement, detail from Retable, c1400. Artist: Unknown.

farbenfroh, Gemälde, Wand, Museum, Stadt, Palast, Garh, Komplex, Kota, Rajasthan, Kunstwerk, Wandmalerei, dekorativ, kulturell, königlich, lebendig, Erbe, traditionell, künstlerisch, historisch, Erhaltung, Galerie, Maharao Madho Singh, Wildschweinjagdbild Colourful paintings on the wall, The Rao Madhav Singh Museum, City Palace Garh complex, Kota, Rajasthan LicenseRF Copyright: xZoonar.com/RealityImagesx 23322803

Rogier van der Weyden, Saint George and the Dragon, c 1432 1435 Saint George and the Dragon

Traditional painted horse cart, Palermo, Sicily, Palermo, Sicily, Italy, Europe

Chart by Juan de la Cosa (1450-1510). Spain. Madrid. Mavy Museum. (Photo by: PHAS/UIG)

Tapestry of the astrolabes or Zodiac tapestry, detail. Flemish manufacture, 15th century.

Emilia-Romagna Forli Cesena Biblioteca Comunale13. Hutzel, Max 1960-1990 .. Medieval: Manuscripts: 1) Laurentius Rusius: "De cura equorum" (15th century) BCM S.XXVI.2 2) Paolo Veneto: "History of the Origins of the World through Henry VII" (14th century) BCM S.XI.5 3) S. Isidorus: "Etymologies" (late 8th-early 9th centuries) BCM S.XXI.5 4) Gospel Book (Evangeliario), Greek (10th century) BCM D.XXVII.4 5) Pentateuch, Prophets, and Hagiographies, Hebrew (1348) BCM S.XXIX.1 6) "Somnium Scipionis", misc. (14th-15th centuries) BCM S.XII.6 7) Boethius: "De Consolatione Philosophie" (14th century) BCM D.XIV.1 8) Justinian: "Institutiones" (14th century) BCM S.IV.I 9) Bible (Old and New Testaments) (13th-14th centuries) BCM D.V.2 10) Giabir Ibn Afla "Almagestus" (De Astronomia) (13th and 15th centuries) BCM S.XXVII.2. Post-medieval: Manuscripts: 1) St. Augustine: "Enarrationes in Psalmos" (1452) BCM D.III.2 2) Herodotus: Histories (15th century) BCM S.X1V.1 3) St. Augustine: "De Civitate Dei"

SOCARRAT CON EL BUTONI O DEMONIO POPULAR - MANISES - SIGLO XV. Location: MUSEO DE CERAMICA-CERAMICA VALENCIANA. Barcelona. ESPAíA.

Códice Grolier. Cultura Maya. Museo Nacional de antropologia. Estado de Mexico D.F. Mexico.

Ulrich von Liechtenstein (1200-1278), German nobleman, knight, politician and Minnesinger (writer and performer of love songs).

Playing Card, Minchiate (Tarot) Playing Card; stencil-colored woodblock print; 1909-22-3-4

Adam and Eve's original sin, decoration from the Al Stavkirke (stave church), fresco. Norway, late 13th century.

Fight with Ghatotkacha, Scene From the Story of Babhruvahana, Folio from a Mahabharata (War of the Great Bharatas). India, Maharashtra, Paithan, circa 1850. Drawings; watercolors. Opaque watercolor on paper

Fishermen in an open boat, one fishing with a net, the other controlling the boat with the rudder. In the boat baskets are ready to receive the catch. Katsushika Hokusai (1760-1849) Japanese Ukiyo-e artist.

Wall painting from St Stephen's Chapel. Dated 14th Century

Saint Michael and the Dragon ca. 1405 Spanish (Valencian) Painter Spanish This work was painted in Italy by an unknown artist whose style is indebted to the richness and refinement of Valencian art at the beginning of the fifteenth century. Saint Michael wears a brightly colored brigandine embellished with gold foliate decoration and wields a great sword with almost balletic grace against the seven-headed dragon of the Apocalypse. The idealized beauty of the youthful archangel contrasts with the monstrous, bat-winged creature sprawled at his feet. Their violent and timeless struggle is staged against a finely inscribed gold ground that emphasizes the celestial setting of the battle.. Saint Michael and the Dragon 437742

Plate depicting scene of agricultural work

A monster vomits a tree of batlles. Miniature, 15th century. Conde Museum. Chantilly. France.

Egypt - Ancient Thebes (UNESCO World Heritage List, 1979). Shaykh 'Abd al-Qurnah (Abd el-Qurna). Tomb of Menna. Mural paintings. Marshland fowl and cat. 18th Dynasty, 13th century BC

Detail from a 19th century enamel and glazed picture depicting the Hindu legend of the Ramayana. The Ramayana is one of the two epic Hindu poems, the other being the Mahabharata. The Ramayana describes a love story between Rama, an ancient King, and Sita, who is captured by Ravan, the King of Ceylon. Rama lays siege to Ceylon and wins back Sita

A warrior stabs with a dagger a woman tied round the neck with a cord, as two other women flee. Gouache painting.

Bas-relief Assyrian from the palace of Sardanapalus, convoy of prisioners. Old 19th century engraved illustration, Le Tour du Monde 1863

Bayeux cathedral mural decors, normandy, France BAYEUX, FRANCE, MAY 14, 2024 : mural decors of Bayeux, cathedral, normandy Copyright: xZoonar.com/Bayeuxxcathedralxmuralxdecors,xnormandy,xFrancex 22188724

COMENTARIOS AL APOCALIPSIS-FOLIO 123 R. Author: BEATO DE LIEBANA. Location: CATEDRAL-BIBLIOTECA. BURGO DE OSMA. Soria. SPAIN.

TAPIZ DE LA DAMA Y EL UNICORNIO, ALEGORIA DE LA VISTA, FORMA PARTE DE UN CICLO DE TAPICES DEDICADO A LOS SENTIDOS DEL SIGLO XV. Location: MUSEO CLUNY.

A brown pen and brush drawing with watercolor, cover color, and gold highlights by Albrecht Altdorfer depicting the German princes in Emperor Maximilian I's triumphal procession on parchment around 1512-1515.

Bayeux cathedral mural decors, normandy, France BAYEUX, FRANCE, MAY 14, 2024 : mural decors of Bayeux, cathedral, normandy Copyright: xZoonar.com/Bayeuxxcathedralxmuralxdecors,xnormandy,xFrancex 22188676

Saint James the Indian-slayer. Anonymous Peruvian artist. Last quarter of 19th century. Detail. Oil on canvas. Museum of Pilgrimage and Santiago. Santiago de Compostela, Galicia, Spain.

William prepares for battle burning down a building Date: October 1066

Bilibin, Ivan Yakovlevich (1876-1942) A. Pushkin Memorial Museum, St. Petersburg 1905 33,3x44,4 Watercolour, ink, gold colour on paper

Grain dealer. Miniature painting by Domencio Lenzi (14th c.). Renaissance art. Trecento. Miniature Painting. ITALY. TUSCANY. Florence. Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana (Laurentian Library).

On the Road to Dwarka, Abhimanyu and Subhadra Meet Ghatotkacha, Scene from the Story of the Marriage of Abhimanyu and Vatsala, Folio from a Mahabharata (War of the Great Bharatas). India, Maharashtra, Paithan, circa 1850. Drawings; watercolors. Opaque watercolor on paper

Two horsemen of the Apocalypse duelling. A figure in a crown with bow and arrow on a white horse fighting a man with a sword. Depicted in French costume of the 11th century. Les Cavaliers de l'Apocalypse. Taken from a manuscript in the Monastery of Saint-Sever, Latin MS 1075, Bibliotheque Imperiale. Chromolithograph by Kause after an illustration by Claudius Joseph Ciappori from Charles Louandres Les Arts Somptuaires, The Sumptuary Arts, Hangard-Mauge, Paris, 1858.

Detail of the wallpaper from the Chinese Room, Stupinigi's Little Hunting Palace (UNESCO World Heritage List, 1997), by the architect Filippo Juvarra (1678-1736). Italy, 18th century.

A Tournament Contest; Augsburg (probably), Germany; about 1560 - 1570; Tempera colors and gold and silver paint on paper bound between original pasteboard covered with original brown calf; Leaf: 43 x 28.9 cm (16 15,16 x 11 3,8 in.)

Horse, mastiffs and grooms of Count Ludovico Gonzaga, detail from the Wall of the Meeting, 1465-1474, by Andrea Mantegna (1431-1606), fresco. San Giorgio Castle, Wedding Chamber or Camera Picta, Mantua.

Attributed to an unknown author identified only as Pseudo-Callisthenes, 'The Romance of Alexander' was first produced in Greek between 200-300 CE from written accounts and stories derived from the oral tradition. Although notionally a history of Alexander the Great (d. 323 BC), it is really a mixture of legend and fact that raised the already remarkable accomplishments of Alexander's thirty two years of life to mythological status. The original Greek manuscript (of which there were actually three editions) is now lost, but it was subsequently translated into the Syriac, Armenian and Pahlavi languages, -- each introducing its own variations -- contributing stories to the Qur'an, inspiring Persian poetry and giving rise to its retranslation and dissemination throughout the Middle East. An early Latin version was the basis for translation into the vernacular languages of Europe where it became established as a popular Medieval tradition.

Gothic medieval art in the National Art Museum of Catalonia,Barcelona,Spain.anonymous catalan.

The world. The world

Fra Mauro map, 1460, Fra Mauros Weltkarte ist eine historische Weltkarte, Mappa mundi, vom venezianischen Mönch und Kartografen Fra Mauro 1457 bis 1459 im Auftrag des portugiesischen Königs Alfons V. gefertigt / Fra Mauro map, 1460, Fra Mauro's map of the world is a historical map of the world, Mappa mundi, made by the Venetian monk and cartographer Fra Mauro in 1457 to 1459 by order of the Portuguese King Alfonso V., Historisch, historical, digital improved reproduction of an original artwork from the time / digital restaurierte Reproduktion einer Originalvorlage aus der damaligen Zeit, genaues Originaldatum nicht bekannt.

Teseida of the wedding of Emilia,Theseus' Greek soldiers against the Amazons led by Queen Hippolyta by Giovanni Boccaccio (1313-1375), miniature

Raban Maure: "De Universo". La Table Du Riche. Raban Maure: "Universal". The Table Of Riches. 1023 Roman Art(- ) Miniature;Cassino, Abbey of Montecassino

BL. 59 Recto from: Stem book of the kgl. Sächs. Obriste to Dresden Hans Carl Heinrich of Trautzschen. Dresden: Slub mscr.dresd.r.291.o

PINTURA COPTA SOBRE PIEL DE GACELA (ETIOPIA). Location: PRIVATE COLLECTION. MADRID. SPAIN. SAN MIGUEL. SAN JORGE (305/311).

Cartography, Turkey, 20th century. Istanbul, the Seraglio Point with Topkapi Palace, Hagia Sophia, the Sea of Marmara with two ships at sea, from a geographical treatise by Nusret-Colpan (1952-2008), in Ottoman miniature style.

Exvoto. Offerings left by the faithful Catholics who had received a gift or an offering healing and remembrance. Author: ANTONI TAPIES.

Marco Polo, Venetian merchant and explorer, 14th century. Artist: Unknown

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