Only Real Quills

Save beauty from oblivion.

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sexycodicology:

Bukarest, Biblioteca Naţională a României (Alba lulia, Biblioteca Documentară Batthyáneum), Ms R II 1
“Lorscher Evangeliar”: Matthaeus et Marcus
Hofschule Karls d.Gr., Anfang 9. Jh. (vor 814)

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books0977: A woman as the Magdalen writing at a table in an interior (1500-1530). Workshop of Master of the Female Half-Lengths (Netherlandish, fl. circa 1500–1530). Oil on panel. It is believed that the Master was actually a studio, specializing in small panel paintings of young aristocratic ladies. The subjects were in half-length and devotional scenes, hence the name. They are engaged in various pursuits, such as reading, writing, and playing musical instruments. Some are shown with a jar of ointment, traditionally a symbol of Mary Magdalene.

books0977:

A woman as the Magdalen writing at a table in an interior (1500-1530). Workshop of Master of the Female Half-Lengths (Netherlandish, fl. circa 1500–1530). Oil on panel.

It is believed that the Master was actually a studio, specializing in small panel paintings of young aristocratic ladies. The subjects were in half-length and devotional scenes, hence the name. They are engaged in various pursuits, such as reading, writing, and playing musical instruments. Some are shown with a jar of ointment, traditionally a symbol of Mary Magdalene.

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