![]() ![]() I wasn’t hanging out much on ArtStation two years ago, otherwise I’d most likely have seen the Legend of King Arthur art contest. | Wikpedia A gorgeous painting of Merlin and the dragons! Illustrations for a book of Pictus Editorial, by Giacobino (Source: Owlcation) An illustration from a 15th-century manuscript of Geoffrey of Monmouth’s History of the Kings of Britain. It was Wace’s Brut that first introduced the famous Round Table. Wace expanded Arthurian elements in his version, called Brut. Wace was the translator who brought Geoffrey’s work to France 1155. Geoffrey of Monmouth, the British cleric who brought European fame to the tales of King Arthur, described the white dragon as symbolizing the Saxons while the red dragon represented the people of Britain. An image from a manuscript of Wace’s Brut.Īs mentioned in my ancient post on Famous Western Dragons, Merlin in the Arthurian legends had a vision involving a red and a white dragon battling at the foot of a mountain. in London and Melbourne in 1925.įor more pictures from the book, check out the original post at MU Library Treasures (the blog of Russell Library, St. It’s from the illustrated book, Stories of King Arthur, retold by Blanche Winder published by Ward, Lock & Co. That’s a beautiful piece of dragon art from the Arthurian legends. ”And from end to end of the fairy lake they fought each other, until, with a great cry, the red dragon fell dead upon the beach.” | Art by Harry G. It’s one of the many books my mum supplied to me when I was a kid with a voracious appetite for reading (thanks, mum!). My book cover is literally yellow with age, but I don’t care. The First Book of King Arthur…and my first King Arthur book □ | I’d like to share the following photo of a treasured book on my shelf. There are many things to love about the medieval era: the romance, the food, the chivalry, the quests, the long journeys and never-ending adventures on the horizon… ![]() I’m still captivated by those tales even those it’s been many years since I was first introduced to them. King Arthur and Robin Hood were two of my favourite stories as a child. Sources:, Daily Art Magazine, and King Arthur, Merlin and Dragons Margaret for their babies to be born safely like how the saint emerged from the dragon’s belly unharmed. This became a symbol for women in labor, who prayed to St. She killed a dragon by bursting out of its stomach (after she had been eaten by it). Margaret of Antioch is the patron saint of exiles, nurses, and childbirth. Elizabeth the Wonderworker trampled a dragon with her foot to stop a district from further decay from aforementioned dragon. George is possibly the most well-known, while St. There were several dragon-slaying saints.Before they could fly, medieval dragons fell from the trees right onto the heads of passers-by! In Natural History by Pliny the Elder: “The iaculus throws itself from the branches of trees dragons are dangerous not only to the feet but also fly like a missile from a catapult.”. ![]() Quick Medieval Dragon Facts Detail of a miniature of St Margaret emerging from the dragon, c. With that intro out of the way, let’s transport ourselves back in time and let our eyes feast upon medieval dragon art pieces to ooh and aah over. Because we’re not all developers, and sometimes it’s too much of a headache to troubleshoot everything by yourself. has a new site set-up service and other related services if you’re interested. It isn’t a huge site at the moment which makes it more manageable. ![]() I’ll post a short update about that once I’m done with the move. I’ll be trying out instead of for that merged website to relieve the hypertension I experience from trying to get a self-hosted WordPress properly set up. I’m also merging my professional and creative writing portfolio into one website so that I’ll be less burdened by web maintenance issues. I’ve noticed broken images in a couple of places and had to manually purge the cache in order to get it to load properly. I recently converted the website to https and am using DNS caching. The Dragonsinn printables shop has been set up and it should be launched within the next few weeks.Īs for future Dragonsinn Magazine issues, I’m aiming to eventually post them closer towards the middle instead of the end of the month.īefore I continue with this month’s medieval dragon art issue, could you let me know if you come across any broken images or pages on this site? This was an exciting post to put together, partly because I’ve always liked medieval history! In this issue, we’ll take a look at some mesmerizing medieval dragon art. ![]()
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