Montacute House
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The two pictures above are centuries apart, yet the theme is the same, figures in a paradisial garden. Paradisial, because medieval art associated paradise with flowers, and in these images there are a lot of flowers. Another famous example of medieval art that links flowers with paradise is the Wilton Diptych. I know I’ve written…
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The magnificent tapestry in the above illustration is the one indicated in my heading. It’s the oldest possessed by the National Trust, and after four years of careful cleaning and attention, it’s going on display at Montacute House in Somerset. It was commissioned by a French knight and created by a weaver in Tournai.…
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