medieval

A <n>Discalced Carmelite</n> nun rings a bell, a ritual reportedly performed upon the death of a sister.

Icon of <n>Saint Ignatius of Antioch</n>, 17th c.

The illustration <n>Lupus</n> by <n>Maddie Fischer</n>.

<n>Euronymous</n> of <n>Mayhem</n> photographed by <n>Faust</n> in 1992 at Fjell Fortress, Norway.

A headpiece by <n>Katsuya Kamo</n> for <n>Undercover</n>'s Spring/Summer 2006 'T' collection.

Icon depicting <n>Saint Christopher Cynocephalus</n>.

Detail of <n>Saint Peter of Verona</n> from <n>Ambrogio Bergognone</n>'s painting, c. 1494.

A detail of <n>17th century needle lace</n>.

<n>Mace Ball Candle Holder</n> by <n>Wretched Flowers</n>.

Allegorical figures of <n>Sol</n> and <n>Luna</n> from the 1596 christening of <n>Princess Elisabeth of Hesse</n>.

Late 16th-century <n>Parade Mace</n> from the armory of the <n>Doge's Palace</n> in Venice.

A <n>Jean Paul Gaultier</n> couture piece from Spring 2007, displayed at the 2018 <n>Heavenly Bodies: Fashion and the Catholic Imagination</n> exhibition.

A portrait of <n>Saint Clare of Assisi</n>.

A painting from the series <n>Studies into the past</n> by artist <n>Laurent Grasso</n>.

Album art for the single <n>Blue Mile</n> by <n>Of The Trees</n> and <n>Barclay Crenshaw</n>. Art by <n>Daniel Martin Diaz</n>.

<n>Table sciaterica</n>, a 1636 illustration by <n>Athanasius Kircher</n>.

<n>Hermaphrodite with egg</n>, from the 1582 alchemical manuscript <n>Splendor Solis</n>, attributed to <n>Salomon Trismosin</n>.

<n>The Unicorn Defends Himself</n> (1495-1505), from <n>The Hunt of the Unicorn</n> tapestry series.

<n>Black Lace Mourning Handkerchief</n>. Photo by <n>GirlMakesGoods</n>.

Colophon from the 1896 <n>Kelmscott Press</n> edition of <n>The Rime of the Ancient Mariner</n>.

<n>Ornamental Signet</n> ring by <n>Geoff Thomas Designs</n>.

<n>Volet d'un triptyque : miracle de la Verge fleurie</n> (c. 1470) by <n>Anonyme français</n>. Photo by <n>RMN-Grand Palais</n>.

The <n>Hill of Crosses</n> (Kryžių kalnas), a Lithuanian pilgrimage site dating back to the 1800s.

<n>A Skeleton Standing on an Open Coffin Holding a Skull and an Arrow</n>, an oil on panel by the <n>Netherlandish school</n> from the mid-16th century.

<n>A Dream of Love</n> (1901) by <n>Florence Kingsford Cockerell</n>, illuminating poems by <n>Percy Bysshe Shelley</n>.

An illustration of Sol, the personified sun, by <n>Wilhelm Dilich</n> for the 1596 <n>Christening of Lady Elisabeth of Hesse</n>.

<n>Giovanni di Paolo</n>'s "Saint Catherine of Siena Exchanging Her Heart with Christ," ca. 1460.