leaf from the Ricemarch Psalter   11th century Welsh manuscript   'Hiberno-Danish' style

Chludov Psalter  9th century Byzantine

NPR discusses David Crystal's book on the King James Bible and its contributions to the English language

Beasts on Parchment:Picturing Animals in the Medieval World
through February 6th 2011 Walters Art Museum

for the birds

Ancient Roman fresco from the House of the Golden Bracelet, Pompeii, Italy

photo by Stefano Bolognini

Bird Concert   Melchior d' Hondecoeter 1670

Stork  drawing     Pisanello 15th century

       

Codex Manesse

Pisanello 15thc

Flight of birds  Leonardo da Vinci

Pieter Bruegel   16th c

Francesco del Cossa

Diamond skull by Damien Hirst on view in Florence
through May 1, 2011

Happy New Year

Les Très Riches Heures du duc de Berry; January

 Limbourg brothers, 1412-1416