medieval women

Frontispiece of the <n>Chansonnier cordiforme</n>, an illuminated manuscript commissioned by <n>Jean de Montchenu</n> c. 1475.

<n>The Virgin Mary</n> by artist <n>Jean Fouquet</n>, circa 1450.

The <n>Annunciation</n> from a <n>Book of Hours</n> by the <n>Master of the Legend of Saint Lucy</n>, c. 1480-1490.

<n>The Triumph of Death, or The Three Fates</n> (c. 1510-1520), a Flemish tapestry depicting the Fates <n>Clotho</n>, <n>Lachesis</n>, and <n>Atropos</n>.

Women gathering herbs for medicinal purposes, from a 14th century manuscript.

Detail of <n>The Ghent Altarpiece: Singing Angels</n> (1432) by <n>Jan van Eyck</n> and <n>Hubert van Eyck</n>.

<n>Jael</n> kills <n>Sisera</n> in an illustration from the <n>Speculum humanae salvationis</n> manuscript, c. 1360.

<n>Catherine of Alexandria</n> by the <n>Master of the Dresden Prayer Book</n>, c. 1480-1485.

An illumination by <n>Jean Colombe</n> from the <n>Hours of Louis de Laval</n>, c. 1480.