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Alchemical illustration from <n>Elias Ashmole</n>'s <n>Theatrum Chemicum Britannicum</n>, published in 1652.

<n>Firebrand</n>, a digital painting from 2015 inspired by the video game <n>Diablo 3</n>.

<n>Noble Knight Helmet</n> by artist <n>Ynd Kidddo</n>.

<n>Cat beating a cymbal</n>, an illustration from the <n>Walters Ms. W.102</n> <n>Book of Hours</n>, ca. 1280-1300.

<n>Saint George and the Dragon</n>, an <n>Early Renaissance</n> painting by <n>Paolo Uccello</n>, c. 1470.

<n>Les Licornes</n> (1888) by <n>Gustave Moreau</n>.

An illustration of a wolf with cubs from the <n>Rochester Bestiary</n> (c. 1230), held by the <n>British Library</n>.

<n>Death riding the horned lion</n>, an illumination from a French <n>Book of Hours</n>, c. 1460.

<n>Parade armor with grotesque mask-style visor</n>, 1526. Featured in a project by <n>Thomas Feichtmeir</n>.

<n>Vanitas</n> (c. 1650), a still life painting by Flemish artist <n>Hendrick Andriessen</n>.

Image posted by the band <n>The Garden</n>.

A detail of the armor boots from <n>Balenciaga</n>'s Fall 2021 collection, designed by <n>Demna Gvasalia</n>.

<n>Sir Lancelot</n> (1984) by artist <n>Julek Heller</n>.

<n>The Armada Portrait</n> of <n>Queen Elizabeth I</n>, circa 1588, commemorating the defeat of the Spanish Armada.

Armored gauntlets owned by Holy Roman Emperor <n>Maximilian I</n>, crafted in 1508.

A 14th-century illustration of a <n>Blemmye</n> from the <n>Luttrell Psalter</n>.

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A detail from <n>Pieter Fris</n>'s 1652 painting, <n>Orpheus and Eurydice in the Underworld</n>.

Cover art for the book <n>Love Is Enough: Poetry Threaded with Love</n> by <n>Andrea Zanatelli</n>.

<n>Fragment of a Tapestry or Wall Hanging</n>, an Upper Rhenish wool and linen tapestry, c. 1450-1475.

<n>Fog</n>, an illustration by artist <n>Nan Lawson</n>.

Marginalia from the <n>Walters Manuscript W.88</n>, a 14th-century Flemish Book of Hours.

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A 14th-century illustration of lovers from the <n>Codex Manesse</n> (Cod. Pal. germ. 848, fol. 249v).

A collection of <n>Medieval manuscript moons</n> from the <n>Getty</n>.

<n>Metal pig helmet</n>, a digital painting by illustrator <n>Konstantin Kostadinov</n>.

<n>Le Roy de France</n> from <n>Le Grand Armorial équestre de la Toison d'or</n>, c. 1435.

<n>Mars, the Bringer of War</n> (2003) by artist <n>Toshiyuki Enoki</n>.

<n>Stone-Faced</n>, a collection of vernacular carvings by artist <n>Scott Daniel Ellison</n>.

Detail from <n>Last Judgment</n> (c. 1432-35) by the artist <n>Fra Angelico</n>.