St. George and the Baby #Dragon. book of hours, France 15th century. British Library, Harley 2952, fol. 21r.
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Hare with a crossbow. Roman d’Alexandre, Tournai ca. 1338-1344. Bodleian Library, MS. Bodl. 264, fol. 94v.
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Arched back. ‘Hours of Joanna the Mad’, Bruges 1486-1506. BL, Add 18852, fol. 62v.
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#Devil #cat. Book of hours, France 15th century. BnF, Latin 1178, fol. 40v.
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Demonic cats on the deathbed. Jean Miélot, La Vie et Miracles de Nostre Dame, Oudenaarde 1456. BnF, Français 9198, fol. 110v.
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Medieval Cheshire #Cat. Chansonnier de Jean de Montchenu, Savoy ca. 1475. BnF, Rothschild 2973, fol. 19v.
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Owls. Frederick II, De arte venandi cum avibus (French version), Bruges ca. 1485-1490. Bibliothèque de Genève, Ms. fr. 170, fol. 106r.
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Initial ‘A’. Chansonnier of Zeghere van Male, Bruges 1542. Cambrai, Bibliothèque municipale, ms. 127B fol. 23r.
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Cardinals. John Mandeville, Voyage d'outre mer, Bohemia ca. 1410-1420. BL, Add 24189, fol. 7v.
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#Venus. Broeder Gheraerts Naturkunde, Utrecht 15th century. Wolfenbüttel, Herzog August Bibliothek, Cod. Guelf. 18.2 Aug. 4°, fol. 124r.
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I would like to ask the Mastodon hive- mind a question about #StainedGlass. The background story is that I went to a giant yard sale/antique sale in Frankfurt West #Germany in 1986 or so and bought these two pieces. They went in to storage, they took some damage but now I want to know more about them and possibly have at least one of them repaired. I was told that they were pulled from a small church that was being demolished years before and they'd been in a basement for a couple of generations before this person sold them to me.
So does anyone have any idea what I have here? How old are they and should I cannibalize one of them to make the other into a better piece? I'd love to build one of them into the wall of a sunny room in my house or stabilize it, frame it and backlight it as an art piece.
These are three pictures of the same piece, the other one is missing the M shape center piece (broken) but is otherwise in tact.
I look forward to your insights and any comments you choose to make and thank you for your time!
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