'Medieval Imaginations' provides a database of images to enable you to explore the interface between the literature and visual culture of medieval England. It has been compiled to provide images corresponding to the main episodes dramatized in the English Mystery Plays, because these present the medieval view of human history from the Creation to the Last Judgement. These biblical stories, and images related to them, would have been instantly recognisable to a medieval audience.
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::select a mystery play episode::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: Abraham and IsaacAgony in the Garden, Betrayal and Capture of Christ, TheAnnunciation to Mary, TheAnnunciation to the ShepherdsApocalypseAscensionBaptism of ChristBorders and MarginsCain's Murder of AbelChrist among the DoctorsChrist in MajestyChrist's Entry into JerusalemChrist's Trials before Annas and Caiaphas, Herod, and PilateCreation of the World, and of Adam and EveCrucifixion and DeathDeath, Assumption into Heaven, and Coronation of MaryDeposition from the Cross and BurialDoubting ThomasFall of the AngelsFlagellation of ChristFlight into EgyptGargoylesGenealogy of ChristHarrowing of HellInstruments of the Passion/Man of SorrowsLast Judgement/Last ThingsLast Supper, TheLazarusLife of Christ: scenesLife of Virgin Mary: scenesMadonna and ChildMagiMarriage at CanaMassacre of the Innocents - Death of HerodMoses and Pharoah (The Burning Bush; Crossing of the Red Sea)Nativity, TheNoah`s Flood (and Building of the Ark)Old Testament ProphetsPentecostPietaPresentation in the TempleResurrectionRoad to CalvarySaintsSeven SacramentsTaxonomyTemptation and Fall of Man; Explusion from ParadiseTemptation of ChristTransfiguration, TheVisitation

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Borders and Margins: Borders and Margins (14th century) view image: with applet | without applet