EditorialThe Falcon's Bath, ca. 1400?1415, South Netherlandish, Tapestry with wool warp and wool wefts, Overall: 137 1/2 ? 145 1/2 in. (349.3 ? 369.6 cm), Textiles-Tapestries, This recently discovered tapestry depicting courtly figures training a falcon is in r...
EditorialLes Heures de la Duchesse de Bourgogne: Nativity; initial " D". In the margin courtly games; Godfather and angels. French, around 1450. MS 76 / 1362.
EditorialQueen Mother Pendant Mask: Iyoba, 16th century, Nigeria, Court of Benin, Edo peoples, Ivory, iron, copper (?), H. 9 3/8 x W. 5 x D. 3 1/4 in. (23.8 x 12.7 x 8.3 cm), Bone/Ivory-Sculpture, This ivory pendant mask is one of a pair of nearly identical wor...
EditorialA tournament on the wall of the knights' hall in Runkelstein castle. Below the jousting knights (left) a ballgame and (right) a roundelay, a medieval dance. Murals in Runkelstein show courtlife, courtly love and illustrate the Tristram and King Arthur ...