Black and white photograph of a crenellated round tower, almost in silhouette against the sky. In the upper third of the frame, that sky is clear, but the lower two thirds are clouded; bright sunlight illuminates the boundary. The tower itself is rather squat, designed for defence against artillery, and to provide an artillery firing platform at its upper level.

Artillery Tower, Threave Castle. #CastleSaturday #Castles #ThreaveCastle #DumfriesAndGalloway #Medieval #LateMedieval #Architecture #Monochrome #BlackAndWhite #Photography

Face-to-face with medieval stained glass at Warham, St Mary, north Norfolk #norfolk #churches #stainedglass #medieval #history #heritage #art #materialculture #warham #hair #faces #serenity #light #windows #crafts #craftsmanship #latemedieval

A few views of the exquisite late C15th Clopton chantry chapel, Long Melford, Holy Trinity, Suffolk #suffolk #churches #chapels #history #heritage #medieval #latemedieval #painting #art #materialculture #memory #memorial #chantrychapel #beauty #light #serenity #purgatory

Cadaver brass depicting Richard Howard (d.1499) and his wife, Cicely: Aylsham, St Michael, north Norfolk #norfolk #churches #mortality #monentomori #funeraryart #brasses #funerarybrasses #history #heritage #memory #medieval #latemedieval #tudor #death #deathshroud #materialculture

In 58 days (if I've counted correctly)... Many thanks to @cleliacrialesi.bsky.social and Aurélien Robert for organizing this beautiful conference on "Quantification in context". I am honoured (and impressed) to participate with a talk on #latemedieval and #earlymodern #fightbooks

A group of people in medieval clothing sitting around a nightly table and celebrating

The humanist and later Pope Pius II visited Vienna in the 1450s and was apparently shocked at what he encountered.

#medievalsexuality #medievalsky #latemedieval #middleages #mittelalter #medievalwomen #14thcentury #15thcentury #livinghistory #reenactment

Maestà
Front & back

Duccio di Buoninsegna, 1311

#italobyzantine #trecentogothicstyle #latemedieval #sieneseschool #sieneseart #sieneseartists #arthistory

Viabundus Finland was released today!

You can now find also the Finnish #latemedieval and #earlymodern (1350–1650) roads from the viabundus online map www.landesgeschichte.uni-goettingen.de/handelsstras... 💥

Congratulations to @tabularius.bsky.social, @jlares.bsky.social & Katrina Virtanen 🎉

This is a fantastic opportunity to work with our very own @justincolson.bsky.social and Historic Royal Palace for anyone interested #latemedieval and #earlymodern place-based histories, material histories and social histories.

Très Riches Heures du Duc de Berry

Limbourg brothers, 1413-16

#illuminatedmanuscripts #internationalgothicstyle #latemedieval #bookofhours #arthistory

𝗧𝗮𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗦𝗵𝗮𝗽𝗲
𝗦𝗰𝘂𝗹𝗽𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗟𝗼𝘄 𝗖𝗼𝘂𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗲𝘀, 𝗰. 𝟭𝟰𝟬𝟬–𝟭𝟲𝟬𝟬
Edited by Julie Beckers, Hannah De Moor & Ethan Matt Kavaler

Sample Pages Available

More info: bit.ly/4glYUsU

#Renaissance #LateMedieval #medievalsky #ArtHistory #Sculpture #Medievalists #ArtHist #ArtHistorysky #Art

2 minutes into "luther" and already geeking out on costume and set design. so cool #latemedieval

THE ADORATION OF THE MAGI. Triptych (opened and closed)- Hieronymus Bosch
Den Bosch ~1490-1500
@ museodelprado Madrid.
#LateMedieval #EarlyRenaissance #NetherlandishArt