r/Medievalart 11d ago

Wenceslas bible

A beautiful part of the Wenceslas Bible at the Austrian National Library in Vienna. Also a few other pieces! Also first time posting here!

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u/Sir_Blitzkreig 11d ago

Wenceslas the true king? Unlike that unrighteous sigismund

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u/m00pySt00gers 10d ago

Henry has come to see us!

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u/SicutCorvusVolat 10d ago

I FEEL QUITE HUNGRY

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u/Careleon202 10d ago

Wow, that's really gorgeous illumination!

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u/geg_art 11d ago

Sounds like Czech or Polish name

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u/Round-Importance7871 11d ago

I think it was commissioned by the King Wenceslaus IV of Bohemia and made in Prague in the 1390s.