the Dragon and the Woman clothed with the Sun

[dragonyphoenix]

the Dragon and the Woman clothed with the Sun

Beatus of Liébana, Commentaria in Apocalypsin (the ‘Silos Apocalypse’), Santo Domingo de Silos 1091-1109

British Library, Add. 11695, fol. 147v
from discarding images

Comments

[snogged.livejournal.com]

That is so pretty!

[dragonyphoenix.livejournal.com]

I think so too but apparently it's the apocalypse? Oops!

I sort of like the idea of a woman clothed in the sun. Has a Goddess Bridget feel to it.

[velvetwhip.livejournal.com]

Thanks for this!


Gabrielle

[dragonyphoenix.livejournal.com]

Isn't it excellent?

[thisficklemob.livejournal.com]

I'm partial to, "Hey cat! Quit licking your butt on the Book of Maccabees, or you get the arrow!"

[dragonyphoenix.livejournal.com]

Cats have no respect for, well, anything really. ;-)

[red-satin-doll.livejournal.com]

I've bookmarked the site thank you for the find! My favorite image thus far is this one, the dragons with eyeballs on their bodies, which is beyond freaky:
http://discardingimages.tumblr.com/post/123187383638/two-headed-multi-eyed-crowned-dragons-le-livre-et

[dragonyphoenix.livejournal.com]

That is a good one. I found the site recently enough that I hadn't seen that one. Thanks for sharing.

[red-satin-doll.livejournal.com]

Those medieval artists always excelled when it came to nightmares and beasts of Hell but that one is just unlike any I've ever seen. I think it's the verging on realistic detail that really sends it over the edge - Magritte, Dali and all the surrealists put together never came up with anything this astonishing.

[dragonyphoenix.livejournal.com]

Your eyed-dragon image is actually quite disturbing.

[red-satin-doll.livejournal.com]

Isn't it though?