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Mouth of Acheron. Les Visions du chevalier Tondal, Ghent and Valenciennes ca. 1470. Los Angeles, The J. Paul Getty Museum, Ms. 30, fol. 17r.
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Mouth of Acheron. Les Visions du chevalier Tondal, Ghent and Valenciennes ca. 1470. Los Angeles, The J. Paul Getty Museum, Ms. 30, fol. 17r. #medieval #MedievalArt
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Siege rabbits. Pontifical of Renaud de Bar, France ca. 1303-1316. Cambridge, Fitzwilliam Museum, MS 298, fol. 41r.
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Siege rabbits. Pontifical of Renaud de Bar, France ca. 1303-1316. Cambridge, Fitzwilliam Museum, MS 298, fol. 41r. #medieval #MedievalArt
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Angry snail. Jacob van Maerlant, Der Naturen Bloeme, Flanders ca. 1350. Den Haag, Koninklijke Bibliotheek, KA 16, fol. 109v.
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Angry snail. Jacob van Maerlant, Der Naturen Bloeme, Flanders ca. 1350. Den Haag, Koninklijke Bibliotheek, KA 16, fol. 109v. #medieval #MedievalArt
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Viking treasures unearthed in Sweden reveal a society in transition

Archaeologists from Arkeologerna—the Archaeologists at the Swedish History Museums—have unearthed exceptional Viking Age treasures during excavations carried out between 2021 and 2022 along the E18 motorway in Västmanland, Sweden...

More information: archaeologymag.com/2025/11/vik…

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Viking treasures unearthed in Sweden reveal a society in transition Archaeologists from Arkeologerna—the Archaeologists at the Swedish History Museums—have unearthed exceptional Viking Age treasures during excavations carried out between 2021 and 2022 along the E18 motorway in Västmanland, Sweden. The investigations revealed nine sites containing burials, settlements, and cremation grounds that together illuminate how life, death, and belief evolved in the region over more than a thousand years. Particularly striking discoveries included two swords found standing upright in graves—an extremely rare burial practice thought to have symbolized power or protection in the afterlife. Archaeologists also recovered beads, gold sheet metal, whalebone and clay game pieces, and exquisitely decorated horse gear, all remarkably well preserved...

Viking treasures unearthed in Sweden reveal a society in transition

Archaeologists uncover rare Viking treasures in Sweden, revealing how society transformed from pagan to Christian traditions.
Dario Radley (Archaeology News Online Magazine)
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#Dragon attacking an #elephant. bestiary, England ca. 1226-1250. Bodleian Library, MS. Bodl. 764, fol. 92v.
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#Dragon attacking an #elephant. bestiary, England ca. 1226-1250. Bodleian Library, MS. Bodl. 764, fol. 92v. #medieval #MedievalArt
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