Andrew Davidson

Andrew Davidson

The writing on Headless is TOP NOTCH

When you're watching University Challenge and you get a question right that none of the contestants got

Cloaked in Bold Motifs, Ceramic Vessels by Ariana Heinzman Sprout Playful Botanical Forms

Hellenic necklace in the form of oak acorns, from Grave IV at Nymphaeum in the Crimea, 5th century BCE

A MEDIEVAL BESTIARY (Central or northern England, 1210-1220)

A bestiary is a book of real and imaginary beasts, though its subjects can include plants and even rocks. It combined descriptions of the physical nature and habits of animals and includedthe moral and spiritual significance of these characteristics.

Produced in the first decade of the 13th century, this manuscript contains one of the first bestiaries to feature vivid paintings. They are set on gold grounds and in colorful frames instead of the line-drawn renderings used in earlier works of this type. These lavish illuminations would have made this a costly book to produce so it was likely made for an aristocrat, or royal, owner who could read Latin or had a chaplain who could do so.

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