3 Jul 2025, 05:16 UTC140 views2 reactionsread 10 August 2026 Photo
ARCHITECTURE : CASTLE / 22
Castle of Brézé
Located not far from Saumur, in the Anjou region of France, Brézé caslte has known many alterations throughout the centuries. But one disctintive medieval feature remains : a huge XIVth century 18 meters deep and 10 meters wide dry moat carved in the rockbed, the largest of its kind in Europe. What is even more incredible is fact that many layers of fortified tunnels run un…
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24 Jun 2025, 09:08 UTC107 views0 reactionsread 10 August 2026 Hey, sorry guys. Thank you for sticking along. Its getting hard for me to keep up with the channels. Hope you enjoyed it so far but I'm afraid that will be all.
The Treasure of the XVth century project is officially over. It will stay online as a ressource for all who enjoy this period of history. Some admin might post now and then but for me, the owner, its over. Have to carry on with other task. Take care.
16 Jun 2025, 18:52 UTC115 viewsread 10 August 2026 Sorry work and a packed news week threw a wrench in normal posting. 15th century will be back. Feel free to explore our previous posts through the pinned posts ! Little nuggets of knowledge waiting for you !
11 Jun 2025, 12:46 UTC117 views1 reactionsread 10 August 2026 Photo
Illustrations : FOR REFERENCE : left - the 1400's bascinet with avantail. Right - the 1430's great bascinet with bevor. The round visored bascinet with avantail was therefor a mix and the intermediate step separating these two designs.
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11 Jun 2025, 12:43 UTC95 views1 reactionsread 10 August 2026 Photo
Illustrations : round visored bascinets and a bascinet without its visor.
ARMOR : THE ROUND VISORED BASCINET
Between the 1400's "hound skull" pointed visored bascinet and the 1430's great bascinet, an intermediate type of helmet saw use in the 1415's and was the typical helmet worn by men-at-arms at the battle of Agincourt.
Although present in the iconography, no helmet of this type is thought to have survived the …
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11 Jun 2025, 07:48 UTC76 viewsread 10 August 2026 One of Jean of Berry's castles.
11 Jun 2025, 07:47 UTC98 viewsread 10 August 2026 Jean of Berry is most known today for being the first owner of The Very Rich Hours of the Duke of Berry (see posts above).
11 Jun 2025, 07:45 UTC102 viewsread 10 August 2026 Photo
BIOGRAPHY : JEAN OF FRANCE, DUKE OF BERRY
1340 - 1416
Third son of the King of France John II, Jean of France is a French prince who played an important political role in the Kingdom of France during the reigns of his brother Charles V and his nephew Charles VI.
He was at the head of a large territorial group which notably includes the Duchy of Berry, the Duchy of Auvergne and the County of Poitou.
While his elder…
8 Jun 2025, 23:42 UTC57 viewsread 10 August 2026 Photo
ART : LITURGIC WORKS / 37
The Reliquary of the Holy Thorn of the Duke of Berry, dated 1390.
The Reliquary of the Holy Thorn was probably created in Paris in the 1390s for Duke Jean de Berry, the owner of the The Very Rich Hours of the Duke of Berry (see posts above) to house a relic of the Holy Crown. Saint Louis, King of France, bought the actual Crown of Thorns back in Constantinople in 1239, and many thorns were …
8 Jun 2025, 23:35 UTC49 viewsread 10 August 2026 Photo
The Very Rich Hours of the Duke of Berry
The Earthly Paradise : On a single round miniature, located in the prayers of the Virgin Mary, four scenes are represented : from left to right ; a serpent with the body of a siren offers Eve the fruit of the Tree of the knowledge of good and evil ; Eve offers the fruit to Adam ; God punishes Adam and Eve, who leave Paradise and become aware of their nudity by covering themse…
5 Jun 2025, 12:51 UTC83 viewsread 10 August 2026 Photo
The Very Rich Hours of the Duke of Berry
This miniature is placed at the end of the calendar. It represents the influence of the stars on man, wity different body parts linked to one of the twelve signs of the zodiac.
Each corner bears the coat of arms of the Duke of Berry and four Latin inscriptions describing the properties of each sign according to the four complexions (hot, cold, dry or humid), the four temper…
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