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Apr 2025
1h 14m

Medieval Codicology (WEIRD MEDIEVAL MANU...

ALIE WARD
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Medieval art memes! Human-faced animals! Drunk monks! And a preponderance of snails. Middle Ages manuscript expert, art history communicator, and Medieval Codicologist Evan Pridmore covers: what those golden illuminated Middle Ages manuscripts were made of, who drew them, why were people sometimes naked in them, what art trends came and went – and what does ... Show More
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