Medieval Images

The following are captions for the top-bar images, from left to right:

1.[the one with two heads]
Detail, The Seven Sleepers of Ephesus
Rouen, c. 1210
(Glencairn, 03.SG.51)

2. [person writing]
Jean Bouchet, writing his poem
Les Regnars traversant les perilleuses voyes
Low countries, probably Ghent, c.1505
Rosenbach Mus & Lib., MS 197-30, f.1r

3. [map]
Eastern world, "of the seven climes, seas, cities"
from a Geodesy
Eastern Persia, c.1507
(Schoenberg MS ljs434)

4. [knight on horse]
Oedipus confronts the Sphinx,
from Hystoires Anciennnes jusqu'a Cesar
Bourges or Loire Valley, c.1470
(Schoenberg MS ljs017)

5. [group of four heads]
Detail, Apostles Mourning the Death of the Virgin
Troyes, c.1170
(Glencairn, 03.SG.185)