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A c. 1500 CE oil painting of a medieval jester. (The Laughing Fool by Jacob Cornelisz van Oostsanen (?), Davis Museum in Wellesley, Massachusetts, USA)

A reconstruction of a typical medieval castle dinner table. Warwick Castle, U.K.

A 14th century CE illustration of a medieval butcher.

An 1865 oil on canvas painting, Medieval War Scene, by Edgar Degas (1834-1917), the French impressionist painter. The subject is not known precisely, despite the later association of Orléans with the work. Typical of Degas' early career and...

A modern reconstruction of a medieval ballista or mounted crossbow. Château de Castelnaud, France.

A bronze statuette of a medieval jester. Height: 10.5 cm. (British Museum, London)

Geghard Monastery in Armenia contains a number of churches, altars, and tombs, most of which are cut into rock. The monastery is widely considered the very peak of Armenian medieval architecture. It was founded at some point in the 4th century...

Geghard Monastery in Armenia contains a number of churches, altars, and tombs, most of which are cut into rock. The monastery is widely considered the very peak of Armenian medieval architecture. It was founded at some point in the 4th century...

Labours of the month - June Illustration from a 15th-century CE manuscript Genève, Bibliothèque de Genève, Ms. lat. 33, p. 5r – Book of Hours

A board showing the carpentry tools commonly used in the Middle Ages in Europe. On display at Guédelon castle in Treigny, Burgundy, France.