Medieval Garden seating

It only takes a weekend to build a pretty summer seat in your garden with housetohome's guide to creating a turf seat

Le Roman de la Rose. Netherlands 1490-c. 1500. Unusually Spartan Hortus conclusus.

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The music making couple - Attributed to Master bxg , active c. 1470-1490

Unknown Master, German (active 1450s in Cologne). Madonna on a Crescent Moon in Hortus Conclusus

« Le livre appellé Decameron, autrement le prince Galeot surnommé, qui contient cent nouvelles racomptées en dix jours par sept femmes et trois jouvenceaulx, lequel livre ja pieça compila et escripvi Jehan Boccace de Celtald en langaige florentin, et qui nagueres a esté translaté premierement en latin et secondement en françois, a Paris, a l'ostel de noble, sage et honneste homme Bureau de Dampmartin, citoien de Paris, escuier conseillier de trés puissant et trés noble prince Charles, VIe de…

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Medieval illustration the grass is NOT always greener on the other side of the fence

Medieval Garden life

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First a necessity then a status symbol and finally a fashion statement,interpreted in many ways these days,fur was the fabric men used to cover and adorn their bodies.Mink,sable,ermine chinchilla and other exotic skins were worn by the nobility while the common people wrapped themselves in lamb and calf to keep warm.Since exotic furs were hard to produce and come by they were ruinously expensive and could only be afforded by royalty,the nobility and the clergy.In the 13th c it is reported…

The Garden of Love Loyset Liedet mid 15th century

Espalier against wall

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Regnault de Montauban Aubert, David ; né v. 1435. “Maugis et Orlande dans le jardin”. Enluminure, Bruges, v. 1462/70. Illustration in : “Roman de Renaud de Montauban”. Ms. Arsenal 5072 fol. 71 v, Identifier AKG152837 Artist LOYSET LIEDET