Caroline of Kalamazoo

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Scholaria et anachorita aspirans in civitate Londoniensi

the first Earl of March
Eleanor de Clare & husband
King Edward, Malleus Scotorum
Portrait de Charles 1er, roi d'Angleterre (1600-1649)
Evening Landscape: a Windmill by a Stream by Jacob van Ruisdael c. 1650
A tabby cat relaxes on a leather chair.
Blue City of London plaque reads “St. Thomas ‘A Becket was born… near this spot”
An army fights a multi headed monster.
A figure prays while an angel and a demon watch.
The dreadful and sublime Thunderbird grasps an orca amid sharks, symbolising clan lineage, spiritual power, and ceremonial identity. Crafted in the late 19th century, it served as a house-screen at Auke Village, Alaska.
The weasels’ cleverness is shown by the way they move their babies from place to place.
John the Baptist stands in front of a busy forest, holding a petite lamb.
A standing goat plays a pipe for a bemused human figure.
A knight in all his finery astride a pink horse
Two dancing ladies and a musician are joined by a tall knight. The knight’s helm is crested with a statant swan, like the charge of his shield and surcoat.
An illustrated map of the old world with Jerusalem at the centre.
St Jerome enters chapel wearing a lovely blue maxi dress.
A person behind a wall gestures with finger-like candles or candle-like fingers to another so adorned.
God creates Eve in an idyllic Garden of Eden full of colourful birds and animals.
God is sitting on his throne surrounded by seraphs as all of the disrespectful angels fall into the fiery chaos of Hell. St Michael and his angels (depicted as knights) fight off the fallen ones. Satan is shown as the first to fall in.
Four pigeons fly in the air.
An illuminated text glimmers
A pen and ink drawing of a creature (cat?otter?wolverine?) carrying a fish in its mouth
Ink drawing of St. Columba, the abbot and missionary
A pair of crows face one another and converse.
A procession of soldiers is led by a trumpeter through a gate.
Richly illustrated map of Northern Africa, including Mansa Musa, King of Mali. 🇲🇱
A fantastical multicoloured bird
A figure gasps in horror as a cannon in front of him explodes & dismembers a person.
An owl rides backwards on a hare pursued by begloved ape holding meat(?) and trailing a kite mounted on a hound.
A cat stares at a mouse coming out of its hole.
Roger Mortimer (1287-1330) depicted with horse, squire & hounds in Playmobil
A Welshman in the background of the first picture identifies himself as such.
Two men on horseback converse as they lead a mail-clad cavalry
Richly garbed spectators watch men on horseback compete in a sporting event.
Martin Luther (as movable toy figurine) poses outside a doorway with a quill and his own translation of das Bibel
A lone reader and their menacing, aquiline companion react to the imminent assault on their peace and concentration by both air and sea.