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nobrashfestivity · 7 months

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Lace Book of Marie de' Medici, Transfiguration

This Prayerbook was made for Marie de' Medici in the second quarter of the seventeenth century. Beyond its provenance as a personal book owned by the famous queen, it is exceptional for its intricately cut borders, which transform the parchment margins into lace. This effect was created using a technique known as "canivet," in which a small knife was used to cut ornate patterns into paper or parchment. An art form that flourished originally among nuns in France, Germany, and the Netherlands beginning in the sixteenth century, it was employed to exceptional effect in several manuscripts connected with Marie de' Medici. The Walters manuscript, made for her while she was regent of France, and wife of King Henry IV, contains twenty-eight miniatures, including original religious imagery as well as several later additions: a gouache portrait of the elderly queen, and nine small miniatures produced in Bruges ca. 1450 by an artist influenced by the Eyckian and Gold Scrolls styles prevalent at the time; the coat-of-arms of Marie de Medici, as well as her monogram. The Walters manuscript retains its original binding composed of mosaic inlays in green and black leather, as well as fine gilt pointillé foliate tooling, and a replica of the binding was created by Léon Gruel for Henry Walters on one of his seventeenth-century printed books (92.467) that also connects to Marie de' Medici.

Walters Museum Manuscript Department

#books #lace #manuscript #illuminated manuscript #prayer book #Marie de' Medici #set

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artthatgivesmefeelings · 9 months

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Frans Pourbus (Flemish, 1569–1622) Portrait of King Louis XIII of France, 1611 The Cleveland Museum of Art

Pourbus inscribed the sitter’s age and the painting’s year in the composition: “The holy year 1611 at his age of 10 years.” Marie de’ Medici commissioned this work as she negotiated marriages for her two children to Philip III of Spain and Mary Marguerite of Austria, alliances that led to the European domination of the next two centuries by the Bourbon and Habsburg families.

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roehenstart · 2 years

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Marie de Médicis by Charles and Henri Beaubrun.

#royaume de france #marie de médici #marie de medici #marie de' Medici #reine de france #vive la reine #regent of france #coronation robes #maison de bourbon #italian aristocracy #casa de' medici #charles beaubrun #henri beaubrun #beaubrun

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diioonysus · 5 months

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"A death mask is a likeness of a person's face after their death, usually made by taking a cast or impression from the corpse. Death masks may be mementos of the dead or be used for creation of portraits.

The main purpose of the death mask from the Middle Ages until the 19th century was to serve as a model for sculptors in creating statues and busts of the deceased person. Not until the 1800s did such masks become valued for themselves.

In other cultures a death mask may be a funeral mask, an image placed on the face of the deceased before burial rites, and normally buried with them. The best known of these are the masks used in ancient Egypt as part of the mummification process, such as the mask of Tutankhamun, and those from Mycenaean Greece such as the Mask of Agamemnon."

#death masks #history #sir isaac newton #oliver cromwell #martin luther #ludwig van beethoven #napoleon bonaparte #johannes brahms #mary queen of scots #lorenzo de medici #art history

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cesareeborgia · 8 months

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↳ Historical Ladies Name: Mary/Marie/Maria

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dailyreigngifs · 6 months

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"Reign" Pulling Strings (TV Episode 2017)

#reignedit #reign #perioddramaedit #periodedit #mary stuart #catherine de medici #mary x catherine #gifs #s4 #by liz #weloveperioddrama #perioddramasource

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lindamarieanson-art · 8 months

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Inktober'23 - Day 11 - Arthur Pendragon

#merlin #merlin fanart #bbc merlin #bradley james #arthur pendragon #inktober #digital drawing #digital art #inktober 2023 #honestly this could've also been giuliano de' medici #also it's bradley's bday today #linda marie anson #artists on tumblr #fanart

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automaticdreamlandkid · 7 months

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The Musketeers, ep.1x6

#the musketeers #musketeersedit #perioddramaedit #bbc musketeers #cardinal richelieu #marie de medici #aramis #captain treville #themusketeersedit #santiago cabrera #peter capaldi #hugo speer #ryan gage #king louis xiii #agnes #musketeers #the musketeers bbc #bbc the musketeers

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marytudorqueenofengland · 4 months

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Portrait painting of Mary I of England in Florence Italy . According Peter Stiffell, the original owner of this image (@PStiffell) it was Commissioned by Cosimo I de Medici.

#mary i of england #mary tudor #I just get so excited when there’s new paintings of mary #Cosimo I de' Medici just casually having a painting of Mary #Cosimo I de' Medici

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twinklestarss · 1 year

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“I will do anything to protect myself and preserve my reign.”

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ourstaturestouchtheskies · 1 year

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The Virgin of the Rose – Simone Cantarini // Wedding of Marie de Medici and Henry IV of France – Jacopo da Empoli (detail) // St Catherine of Alexandria – Pietro Paolini // King - Florence + the Machine

#madonna and child #marie de medici #st catherine of alexandria #king #dance fever #florence + the machine #florence and the machine #fatm #art #art history #lyrics #lyric art #charlotte survives february

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captainknell · 7 months

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14 volume set of "Memoirs of the Courts of Europe"

#books #antique books #memoirs of the court of Europe #de valois #pompadour #de medici #charles ii #louis xiv #du barry #marie antoinette #Napoleon Bonaparte #josephine de beauharnais #berlin #st petersburg #lady hamilton

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sophiebernadotte · 6 days

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Royal Reads: Jan-Mar 2024

Note: Some of the following links are affiliate links, which means I earn a commission on every purchase. This does not affect the price you pay.

Kateryn Parr: Henry VIII's Sixth Queen by Laura Adkins (Mar. 15, 2024) // Anne Boleyn & Elizabeth I: The Mother and Daughter Who Changed History by Tracy Borman (new paperback version published Mar. 7, 2024) // Messalina: The Life and Times of Rome’s Most Scandalous Empress by Honor Cargill-Martin (Mar. 14, 2024)

House of Lilies: The Dynasty that Made Medieval France by Justine Firnhaber-Baker (Mar. 28, 2024) // Charles III: New King. New Court. The Inside Story. by Robert Hardman (Jan. 18, 2024) // Sisters of Richard III: The Plantagenet Daughters of York by Sarah J Hodder (Mar. 15, 2024)

Power and Glory: Elizabeth II and the Rebirth of Royalty by Alexander Larman (Mar. 28, 2024) // The House of Dudley: A New History of Tudor England by Joanne Paul (new paperback version published Jan. 9, 2024)

Young Queens: The Intertwined Lives of Catherine De' Medici, Elisabeth de Valois, and Mary, Queen of Scots by Leah Redmond Chang (new paperback version published Feb. 29, 2024) // Marcus Aurelius: The Stoic Emperor by Donald J. Robertson (Mar. 26, 2024) // My Mother and I by Ingrid Seward (Feb. 15, 2024)

Queen Victoria and her Prime Ministers: A Personal History by Anne Somerset (Mar. 28, 2024) // Young Elizabeth: Princess. Prisoner. Queen. by Nicola Tallis (Feb. 29, 2024) // Edward II: His Sexuality and Relationships by Kathryn Warner (Mar. 15, 2024)

#literature #affiliate links #catherine parr #anne boleyn #elizabeth i #valeria messalina #king charles iii #anne of york #elizabeth of york #margaret of york #queen elizabeth ii #catherine de medici #isabel de valois #mary queen of scots #marcus aurelius #queen victoria #edward ii

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perioddramapolls · 4 months

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Period dramas dresses tournament: Black dresses Round 1- Group A: Mary Tudor, Becoming Elizabeth (gifset) vs Catherine de Medici, The serpent queen (gifset)

#period drama dresses tournament #tournament poll #tumblr tournament #polls #fashion poll #mary tudor #mary i #becoming elizabeth #catherine de medici #the serpent queen #black r1

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queensknight87 · 8 months

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