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The Allegory of Good and Bad Government

Detail from the fresco The Allegory of Good and Bad Government by Ambrogio Lorenzetti in Siena. Source.

Lady Philosophy's Hat

Detail from Philosophy Instructing Boethius on the Role of God by Coëtivy Master, 1460-1470. Source.

Harold II

Harold Godwinson was crowned KIng of England on this date in 1066, many centuries before the invention of cigarette cards. Source.

Psychomachia

Prudentius' poem Psychomachia, in which Virtues and Vices battle it out in hand to hand combat, was big in the Middle Ages. Here we see Chastity drive a spear through Lust's throat. The manuscript is Cotton MS Titus D XVI, illustrated in St Albans, England around 1120AD. Source.

Saint Lawrence by Tilman Riemenschneider

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A Knight's Grave, Skeabost

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Cosmas' Cosmos

Cosmas Indicopleustas maintained that the Earth was flat and rectangular, and that the universe was shaped like a chest with a rounded lid.

Candle Holders

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The Second Day

God creates the Firmament on the second day of Creation, possibly on September 2nd. From the Grabow Altarpiece, painted by Master Bertram of Minden 1379-83. That tiled floor raises questions.

Mourners

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