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arthistoryanimalia:

For #AppreciateADragonDay, here are two versions of an illustration depicting Draco with Ursa Major & Ursa Minor constellations:

Draco with Ursa Major & Ursa Minor, 9th c. version: Aratea of ​​Leiden, Voss. lat. Q 79, f. 3v Carolignian, c. 830-40 medieval manuscript illumination, constellations illustrated as the animals they're based on, Draco (as a serpentine dragon) and Ursa Major & Ursa Minor (as bears), on blue background with red frame https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Aratea_3v.jpgALT
Draco with Ursa Major & Ursa Minor, 1600 version: monochrome engraved print by Jacobus De Gheyn II based on the original illumination https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hugo-de-Groot-Syntagma-Arateorum_MG_0600.tifALT

The first is from a medieval illuminated manscript, Carolingian, c. 830-40 (Aratea of ​​Leiden, MS Voss. lat. Q 79, f. 3v). Dutch humanist Hugo Grotius (1583-1645) acquired this manuscript and published his own version in 1600, featuring engravings by Jacobus De Gheyn II (c. 1565-1629) based on the original illuminations.

Getty Publications has a free PDF of the 1988 exhibition catalog from when the museum had the original manuscript on loan:

The Leiden Aratea: Ancient Constellations in a Medieval Manuscr

Jul 04, 2023
barnsburntdownnow: “Dish with dragon and wave design China, Zhejiang province, Longquan kilns Yuan dynasty, (1279–1368), 14th century Light grey stoneware with sprigged and carved design under celadon glaze ”

barnsburntdownnow:

Dish with dragon and wave design
China, Zhejiang province, Longquan kilns
Yuan dynasty, (1279–1368), 14th century
Light grey stoneware with sprigged and carved design under celadon glaze

Jul 04, 2023

jd2kewl:

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“Yuan Dynasty helmet, probably belonging to a high-ranking officer or general involved in the Mongol invasions of Japan in 1274. Invasion was unsuccessful due to typhoon which destroyed Mongolian fleet”

Jul 04, 2023
barnsburntdownnow: “Funerary jar with dragon and flaming pearl design China, Zhejiang province, Longquan kilns Southern Song dynasty (1127–1279), 12th/13th century Light grey stoneware with carved and applied decoration under celadon glaze ”

barnsburntdownnow:

Funerary jar with dragon and flaming pearl design
China, Zhejiang province, Longquan kilns
Southern Song dynasty (1127–1279), 12th/13th century
Light grey stoneware with carved and applied decoration under celadon glaze

Jul 04, 2023
jareckiworld: “ Ma Yuan (1160-1225) — Immortal Riding a Dragon [hanging scroll; ink and light colors on silk, ca. 1220] ”

jareckiworld:

Ma Yuan (1160-1225) — Immortal Riding a Dragon  [hanging scroll; ink and light colors on silk, ca. 1220]

Jul 04, 2023

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