#15thCentury
has though had numerous and varied uses over the year. Images Tim Green CC BY 2.0 (2013) 3/3 #15thcentury #heritage
January 17, 2026 at 10:02 PM
Todays #marginalmusicians are #monkeys in flowers playing the #rebec.
From Heures de Jeanne de France, 1440-1460.
BNF NAL 3244
#earlymusic #marginaliamonday #manuscriptmonday #15thCentury #bookofhours #iconography #bowedstrings #marginalia
January 19, 2026 at 9:12 AM
Today's #marginalmusicians are playing the #triangle and the #psaltery.
From Trésor de sapience, Bruges, c1470-80.
Walters Art Museum W307

#manuscriptmonday #marginaliamonday #earlymusic #illuminatedmanuscript #renaissance #15thCentury #iconography
January 12, 2026 at 10:01 AM
Today's #marginalmusician is a #lutenist sitting on a branch.
From a #15thCentury German #Gradual, c1450
Free Library of Philadelphia Lewis E M 64:13
#marginaliamonday #manuscriptmonday #earlymusic #lute #illuminatedmanuscript #marginalia
January 5, 2026 at 10:12 AM
📜 Pages from the Childhood Notebook of Ottoman Sultan Mehmed II (the Conqueror), c. 1440 (Ages 7–10)

The pages contain the Greek alphabet written by his tutor, alongside his own experimental imperial tughra designs, the Arabic alphabet, as well as various human and animal portraits. #15thCentury
December 28, 2025 at 8:47 PM
28 December is the #fourthdayofChristmas, and the Feast of the #HolyInnocents.

Here is an #illuminated initial from a #song for #InnocentsDay, from a #15thCentury #Antiphonal commissioned for the monastery of San Sisto in Piacenza in 1475.
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#earlymusic #renaissance #otd
December 28, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Passamezzo #AdventCalendar: Day 22
A marginal musician playing the #shawm.
Detail from a page from a #15thCentury #Gradual, showing the #AdorationoftheMagi.
Florence, #BibliotecaMediceaLaurenziana, Edili 150

#earlymusic #marginaliamonday #manuscriptmonday #renaissance
December 22, 2025 at 10:12 AM
Passamezzo #AdventCalendar: Day 8

Marginal #musician playing #pipeandtabor. Detail from a page showing the #Nativity, in a #15thCentury French #BookofHours.
From the Spitz Hours, c1420.
#GettyMuseum ms 57 (94.ML.26)

#earlymusic #marginaliamonday #manuscriptmonday
December 8, 2025 at 9:07 AM
Some rather bizarre #marginalmusicians. Creatures playing a #broom, #bellows, and a hunting #horn. Also an #ape playing the #harp.
From the Roman de Gillion de Trazegnies, 1464
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#marginaliamonday #manuscriptmonday #earlymusic #iconography #marginalia #15thCentury
December 1, 2025 at 9:34 AM
October 31, 2024 at 11:04 AM
You should see what we wore the first time! "Belaventura" (2017) #15thCentury #allegedly #Brazil #telenovela #GreatHairpinShortage #NeedsMoreBoning FrockFlicks.com
January 28, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Art Institute Chicago - The Armor Room
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November 28, 2024 at 12:18 AM
OUR LADY OF THE BARREN TREE - Named for the 15th century painting by Petrus Christus depicting the Virgin Mary with the Christ child standing within the barren Tree of Knowledge. #handmade #mixedmediaart #art #petruschristus #15thCentury #history #myth #magic #esoterica #treeofknowledge
January 22, 2025 at 9:09 PM
April 3, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Two marginal #musicians from the same page. The #rebec player has a blue instrument, but the other instrument is the normal colour.
From a #15thCentury #BookofHours, BNF Arsenal. Ms-434 réserve
#earlymusic #marginaliamonday #illuminatedmanuscript
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February 17, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Ladies and Lords of the Court may i introduce you To Ser Pounce of Rivaombrosa
#knight #art #medievalarmor
#15thcentury
December 3, 2024 at 8:15 PM
Wow - T* wanted to go back to 1950 the first time. This time he's running toward the 15thCentury. So far, we are back at 9/11/2001.

Yipee?
JPMORGAN: “.. survey data continuing to flag a deleterious effect on business and consumer sentiment. Indeed, today’s Empire State Survey showed .. a continued drop in future expectations, which fell back to its lowest point since the September 11, 2001 attacks.”
April 15, 2025 at 9:48 PM
Today's marginal #musicians are a couple of lady lutenists playing in a #garden.
From a Belgian #bookofhours, c1490
Morgan Ms S7
#MarginaliaMonday #earlymusic #illuminatedmanuscript #lute #womeninmusic #lutenist #15thcentury #history #historysky
April 7, 2025 at 9:16 AM
May 23, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Passamezzo #AdventCalendar: Day 15
Today's #marginal musician is playing #bagpipes.
Detail from a page showing the Annunciation to the Shepherds in a #15thCentury #bookofhours.
MS Lat 253. Houghton Library, Harvard University, c1490

#earlymusic #marginaliamonday #manuscriptmonday #bagpipe
December 15, 2025 at 12:03 PM