A Knight’s Duty

Rossetti, Dante Gabriel 1828-1882. St. George Slaying the Dragon. 1860-1865. Oxford, Ashmolean Museum. http://library.artstor.org.proxy.library.emory.edu/asset/SS35507_35507_22773709. Web. 11 Nov 2017.   Hunt, William Holman 1827-1910. Rienzi Vowing to Obtain Justice for the Death of his Young Brother, Slain in a Skirmish between the Colonna and the Orsini Factions. 1848-49. http://library.artstor.org.proxy.library.emory.edu/asset/FRICKIG_10310493431. Web. 11 Nov 2017.   Millais, John…

The Medieval Bestiary: Entertainment,Triumph or Both?

The Medieval Bestiary is a very unique, interesting and elaborate medieval manuscript. It depicts as the title suggests, a number of beasts both real and mythological. It was created in the early thirteenth century approximately two hundred years before the invention of the printing press. The book contains eighty hand drawn images and has one…