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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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Cymburgis of Masovia

A member of the Polish Piast dynasty, Cymburgis married Ernest the Iron, Duke of Austria, in 1412. She is the ancestor of all modern Habsburgs, and could crack nuts with her bare hands.

Talbot Hound

The talbot was a medieval breed of hunting dog that hasn't existed for the past two centuries, having been crossbred into various modern dogs, including the beagle. The Scottish football club Auchinleck Talbot is named after a local worthy Richard Wogan Talbot, 2nd Baron Talbot de Malahide, who donated the land for their pitch and who had a talbot hound in his coat of arms. Source.

Aristotle and Phyllis

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