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Page from The Book of Margery Kempe
A page from The Book of Margery Kempe, probably copied from the original c. 1440 CE. This work was first dictated by Margery Kempe (c. 1373 - c. 1438 CE) in the mid 15th Century CE and may be the oldest surviving English biography. This...
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Devils Plotting the Birth of Merlin, Vulgate Cycle
A detail of a miniature portraying God opening Hell, in which devils gather and plot to create an evil being by fathering a child on a mortal woman. This child, through baptism and blessings, is made good and grows up to be the wizard Merlin...
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Map of Gyaros
A map of Gyaros, a barren island in the Cyclades. Gyaros' remote, desolate location inspired its use as a place of exile during Antiquity, and has been used for this purpose in more recent history.
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Late Medieval Portrait of Epictetus
A detail from an illustration of the Stoic philosopher Epictetus (c. 50 CE- c. 130 CE) as imagined in a 15th Century CE scientific manuscript. The manuscript recounts an anachronistic discussion between the Roman emperor Hadrian (r. 117 -...
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Merlin Constructs Stonehenge, Roman de Brut
A detail of a 14th Century CE illustration of Roman de Brut, a legendary history by the Norman poet Wace (c. 1110 - c. 1170 CE). Merlin is depicted directing the giants to build Stonehenge. The Anglo-Norman manuscript containing this illustration...
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Merlin and His Mother Before King Vortigern
A detail of an illustration from a 14th Century CE manuscript of Roman de Brut, a legendary history of Britain by the Norman poet Wace (c. 1110 - c. 1170 CE). The young Merlin is depicted, alongside his mother, approaching King Vortigern...
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St. Hildegard Meeting St. Jutta of Sponheim
A depiction of St. Hildegard of Bingen (1098 - 1179 CE) going to the monastery at Disibodenberg, where she meets St. Jutta of Sponheim, who was to be her tutor. From the Benedictine Abbey of St. Hildegard in Eibingen, Germany. The monastic...
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St. Hilda monument, Whitby
Detail from a monument to St. Hilda (614 - 680 CE) in Whitby, England. The coiled ammonite shells at St. Hilda's feet are a reference to a legend in which she turned snakes which plagued Whitby to stone. This legend helped to explain the...
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Hilda of Whitby, Grace Cathedral
A depiction of St. Hilda of Whitby (614 - 680 CE) from one of the stained glass windows in Grace Cathedral, San Francisco, US.
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Edwin of Northumbria, Newcastle
St. Edwin of Northumbria (c. 586 - 632 CE) was king of Deira and Bernicia (later known as Northumbria) from 616 until his death. Edwin was also the uncle of St. Hilda of Whitby (614 - 680 CE). This depiction of him in stained glass is from...
