Our Women's Wednesday turns magical! Our protagonist this week is Circe, the famous enchantress who appeared as one of the main female figures in Homer's Odyssey. Daughter of Helios, god of the Sun, and the…
Today, May 20, marks World Bee Day 2019: Folia Magazine joins in the event with this curious illumination from a 16th-century French manuscript. Despite the great importance of this little insect over the course of history,…
Illumination from a Book of Hours, use of Rome, known as "Grandes Heures d'Anne de Bretagne", ms. Latin 9474, f. 160r, 1505-1510, Bibliothèque nationale de France, Département des Manuscrits, Paris.
For today’s Women’s Wednesday we welcome one of the most well-known female figures in Greek mythology: Helen of Troy. Believed to be the most beautiful woman of her time, her abduction at the hands of…
“Mother: the most beautiful word on the lips of mankind.” — Kahil Gibran A relaxed new mother of a grand total of seven children: even by modern standards, the subject of this illumination strikes as incredible at best... In…
Illuminated initial "C" from the manuscript "Généalogie de la maison de «Dreux» et de «Brayne»", ms. Français 2784, f. 61r, 16th century, Bibliothèque nationale de France, Département des manuscrits, Paris.
After a short Spring (and Easter) break, we are back with our weekly Women's Wednesday! Our guest this time is Clytemnestra, daughter of Tyndareus and Leda, the King and Queen of Sparta, and later wife of…
Illumination from a Book of Hours, use of Rome, ms. Latin 1156B, f. 172r, 15th century, Bibliothèque nationale de France, Département des Manuscrits, Paris.