Little baby unicorn laying on the ground and peering curiously upward. It has a grey coat with paler belly and throat, and a line of white points along its back. A blue vines is behind him, with golden leaves.

Psalter. Shelfmark: Bodleian Library MS. Douce 6 Holding Institution: Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford

I'm trying to not draw too much because carpal tunnel, but I'm bored, so have a very confused baby unicorn, inspired by a tiny little fellow in the Psalter Bodleian Library MS. Douce 6, Oxford library , folio 136v
#art #digitalart #unicorn #medievalillumination #

« THOU SHALL NOT PASS ! », c. XIVth

Unknown artist
Brave knight protecting a damsel from a giant snail attack
Marginalia illumination from unknown book, probably XIVth century

#vintagefantasyart #fantasyart #fantasyillustration #MedievalFantasy #GiantSnails #Marginalia #MedievalIllumination

« The Snails Attack », c. 1310

Unknown artist
Grotesque knight being attacked by two giant snails, from "The Queen Mary Psalter"
England, 1310-1320, Royal MS 2 B VII

#vintagefantasyart #fantasyart #fantasyillustration #MedievalFantasy #GiantSnails #Marginalia #MedievalIllumination #MedievalArt

Dedicated pages for my little medieval travelers. Did an illumination inspired book page spread for each of them!
#medievalillumination #illumination #anthro

A pure white cat with yellow eyes looks skeptical behind a cushion embroidered with two small cats in medieval style, one with a wide pink tongue.

This just in: when making art featuring domestic animals into a cushion, it is important to retain a physical specimen for quality control.

#catsofbluesky #cats #embroidery #cushions #tapestry #medievalillumination #catphotos

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I finished the Ship! Based on a 15th Century Minchiate card, this is painted on parchment mounted on pasteboard with 23k gold leaf. #illuminatedtarot #medievalillumination #minchiate #theship #italiantarocchi #handmadetarot #medievalplayingcards #tarotcollectors #tarottuesday

I finished the Ship! Based on a 15th Century Minchiate card, this is painted on parchment mounted on pasteboard with 23k gold leaf.

#illuminatedtarot #medievalillumination #minchiate #theship #italiantarocchi #handmadetarot #medievalplayingcards #tarotcollectors #tarottuesday

This hasn't been posted to #mysca blog yet (soon!) but here is a commissioned scroll I finished recently.

5x7 on goatskin parchment with 23k gold leaf and modern gouache.

Done in the style of 7th c. Anglo-Saxon work as requested.
#scribalarts #sca #scribe #medievalillumination

Text reads “can’t talk, I’m Yearning”. The word yearning is written in a gothic font and embellished with medieval flourishes and flowers.

tis the season for yearning and longing and reposting all old art here 🥀 #art #medievalillumination