Art medieval

Medieval dragons on marble tiles, part 1

The Reading Room

DRAGON LETTER S FROM THE WINCHESTER BIBLE. Illumination by Tania Crossingham.

Beyond the borders of maps, where the limits of exploration fell to imagination, medieval artists and authors created monsters.

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In the battle of e-reader versus book, I will choose book every single time. In my eyes, nothing can beat the thrill of the turn of the page. Books are things of beauty and creators of worlds, and e-readers just cannot compete with the untangible magic that the written word possesses. It is for the same reasons that...Read the Post

"A lovely fair maiden bids her brave knight farewell and Godspeed as he rides out on his white horse. Those who dream of an era of ladies and knights in shinning amour will adore this romantic poster."

Considering how special it was to own a manuscript, it may seem remarkable that medieval readers wrote in their books.

Dragons are everywhere in 21st-century popular culture: books, movies, novels, games, and decorative arts. Dragons are also historical, roaming in cultures throughout the world since ancient times. They fly, slither, and swim in the folklore and myths of past cultures in the Americas, Africa, the Near and Far East, India, and Europe. However, when it comes to dragons, history does not always repeat itself. Modern dragons may appear similar to those from the past, but their uses and meanings…