The Medieval Dragon: Slay the Beast. In medieval Eastern Europe, Christianity propagated the notion that dragons, ... A viking ship with a dragon prow depicted in a 10th century Anglo-Saxon manuscript ...

Jeff Himler Wednesday, Aug. 10, 2022 7:01 a.m. | Wednesday, Aug. 10, 2022 7:01 a.m. Some dragons popped up in the latest summer course led by history instructor William Campbell and two colleagues ...

"House of the Dragon," the new "Game of Thrones" spinoff from HBO, depicts a world spun of fantasy. But the noble Targaryan family depicted in the series, who struggle to maintain familial power while ...

The Medieval Love Debate exhibition, now open at Longleat House, centres on a rare manuscript known as MS 258. The digital ...

Manuscripts overflowed with dragons by the 12th and 13th centuries. ... But the most famous dragon story in the medieval world was that of St. George, a Roman army officer from Cappadocia ...

It's been studied for over a century – and we still have no idea what it says. In this video, we dive into the Voynich ...

They were said to be the mortal enemies of dragons—just as elephants represented Christ, dragons represented the devil—and several medieval illustrations showed elephants giving birth in lakes ...

A small green dragon and a plant, from the Voynich Manuscript. credit: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University, General Collection, MS 408 Book Club Manuscripts Medieval Books ...

Cambridge University researchers found a manuscript with rare Arthurian tales bound into a ledger more than 400 years old and used advanced technology to reveal its contents.

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Why medieval manuscripts are full of doodles of snail fights Published: June 13, 2023 11:20am EDT. Madeleine ... dragons and even rabbits in fierce opposition with the molluscs.