Images of the Black Death

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Images of the Black Death
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Oriental Rat Flea engorged with blood.
This flea is the primary vector of plague in most
large plague epidemics in Asia, Africa, and South
America. Both male and female fleas can transmit
the infection.
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Flea on arm
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Person with bubonic plague
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Artwork inspired by the Black Death
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Peter Bruegel (the elder) "Triumph of Death"
(Black Plague)   (Flemish artist, 1562, oil on
panel, in Museo del Prado, Madrid. 
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Mass Burial, Plague, Belgium 1349.  Unknown
artist.
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Arnold  Bocklin, "The Plague" 1898
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Medieval Cathedrals
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New Style Gothic

• 12th century
• Pointed arches, ribbed vaults and flying
  buttresses
• Created the impression of reaching upward to God
• Stained glass windows
• Source of natural light, which symbolized the
  divine light of God

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Scenes from the Passion of Saint Vincent of
Saragossa and the History of His Relics,
12441247French Made in Paris
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Notre Dame CathedralParis, Francebuilt from
1163 to 1250
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Leaf from a Royal Manuscript, with Scenes from
the Life of Saint Francis, ca. 13201342Made in
Bologna, Italy
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MonasteryMid-12th century France
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Bible, ca. 11751195From the Abbey of Pontigny,
France
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Armor, 1400, ItalianSteel, brass, textile
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Shield, 7th century ItalyIron and bronze
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Drawing of a walled medieval town
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Medieval woman
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Medieval women
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Medieval castle