A collection of Black Books of Hours
Black Hours, ca. 1475 (Morgan Library, New York)
Horae beatae marie secundum usum curie romane, ca. 1458 (Hispanic Society of America)
Black Hours of Galeazzo Maria Sforza, ca. 1466-1476 (Austrian National Library)
Started my libretto for a horror themed 20,000 leagues under the sea opera!!
This scene is when one of the crew mates gets his head exploded by a broken lever (due to Nemo’s secret ramming adventures)!
Saul Realised I never shared this here, painting I did for a discord challenge, task was to reinterpret a piece of Medieval marginalia.
The diver
How it feels to want to draw
Chapter I: Death foretold. Lechior, an ancient warrior of olden tales believed to be cursed into the body of a beast as punishment for his pride, was doomed to a certain death from the moment his human body morphed into the body of a creature. On the dreaded day, his corpse became a blessing for one lonely and strange, forest-dwelling hermit.
(A first little snippet of the story of my ocs. I'd like to finally reveal it in a few parts, as I've been working on it for a very long time and wasn't sure whether to post it. Excuse my shitty writing - it's just trying to set some mood.)
tips and tricks to become popular:
take interest in the lives of others
be humble and admit when you are wrong
be encouraging in your criticism
secrete silk that can be used to manufacture clothing and textiles
eat aphids. you will be looked on fondly for removing this common garden pest
Hand and a half sword decorated with brass, silver, and ivory, Italy, circa 1490-1500
from Peter Finer