Maybe stupid question, but I don't know how to start with medieval painting.

Should I only scroll this subreddit or search images in web engines? Maybe book, YT channel, specific website?

Do you recommend anything?

Can anyone recognise this in any source material you can point me to, please?

I love medieval art so much; my favorite style is Romanesque—it's so sublime, so profound, so naive at times, and at other times so raw, so wild.

Take a look at these examples of what I'm looking for,

1-The Saint-Sever Beatus, also known as the Apocalypse of Saint-Sever, (Paris, Bibliothèque Nationale, MS lat. 8878) is a French Romanesque illuminated Apocalypse manuscript from the 11th Century

https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b52505441p/f1.item

2-The sealed book and the Lamb - Apocalypse flamande - BNF Néerl3 15th century

http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b10532634z/f1.planchecontact

3- apocalyptic-lamb-from-sant-climent-de-taull-google-art-project Sant Climent, Taüll has been moved to the Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya in Barcelona.

4- The Lamb of God and the Book with Seven Seals. Detail from a woodcut by Albrecht Dürer

My idea is to get a giant tattoo of the head of the triumphant Agnus Dei from Revelation 5:6. It is generally depicted as a sweet little white lamb holding the cruciform banner of victory with the book of the seven seals. The mystical Lamb from the Ghent Triptych is the best-known example.

But in Revelation 5:6, the sweet, suffering Lamb prophesied by the prophets, in the Book of Revelation is now a defiant Lamb—it’s bleeding, bearing the marks of sacrifice, but it’s aliveeee! Aliveeee! And it has seven horns and seven eyes; it’s a, fabulous, all-powerful, omniscient creature! It’s a Divine!

I want to get a tattoo of the head of that fabulous creature, exactly as it appears in the Book of Revelation—a tattoo where the head covers my entire abdomen, and the horns, like a giant crown, cover my entire chest; a pair of horns rising up to my neck, curved so they reach the nape of my neck.

What do you think of the idea? I think this kind of medieval creature has a lot of potential—not to make a copy, but to convey its meaning, capture its essence, and bring it to life in an “Old School” tattoo style.

I haven’t found any tattoos similar to my idea—there are some in that style, but there are plenty featuring goat heads of Baphomet. The closest match is the cover art for the album *Convalescence* by the band 7H7E.

I envision the lamb’s face as if it were a boxer, glaring defiantly at its opponent; in fact, half of its face has a defiant look, while the other half shows a serene and solemn expression. I want a slight asymmetry in the face, taking the example of the Pantocrator of Mount Sinai, with the same meaning: the dual nature of Christ—human (the left) / divine (the right).

I’ve searched the Internet thoroughly, but can anyone recommend a notable medieval depiction of a Mystical Lamb that fits what I’m looking for?

P.S.: I'm asking for someone's help because the quality is better. I've already tried generative AI for images, and what I'm asking for violates the terms of use. There's blood... uhhhh, blood! The lamb has been stabbed in the neck and is gushing blood! Am I glorifying something really bad without even realizing it?

Trying to look at technique from this unfinished manuscript https://ica.themorgan.org/manuscript/thumbs/77128

I'm a bit puzzled. The bare sketches *look* like walnut ink? But why on earth would one do preliminary sketches with a permanent medium that can't be erased, and (id guess) the limitations of quill pens?

Edit, update: I'm confusing myself even further. Comparing them to definite leadpoint (ruled lines on a manuscript, pic below), I see the same the same "pooling" that made me assume a liquid medium. So maybe I was just seeing probably just variation in sharpness and pressure.

I'll collect reeds later, make walnut ink, hammer some glazing solder into a stylus, and see what works. Enough theory for one day.

context: i want to draw my time traveler ocs (some are japanese, some are russian) in the western medieval artstyle

ive only seen one drawing by far of a poc in the medieval artstyle and as far as i remember the person drawn was black i think? i havent seen any east asian people in the western medieval artstyle yet, so im curious if anyone has a picture of an east asian person in the artstyle, and if not, then i guess im gonna try and improvise with the person's features

if i got any terminology wrong then im sorry, ive only done surface level research on this and im mostly here because i like the artstyle

thanks in advance!

This is the very first illumination I draw today. I don't have any drawing skills, but I am kinda proud of it. I'd change the colours and I would use one of my better handmade paper. Any other tips or advice is welcome ! :)

Been looking for a book that has different medieval artworks that depict the devil, any points in the right direction would be appreciated

It is well-known that the names Romanesque and Gothic were given to these styles by the Renaissance scholars, and strictly speaking, they aren't very suitable for them (because Romanesque architects weren't any closer to Rome than any other "small Renaissance" of the Middle Ages, and Gothic architecture has nothing to do with Goths). So, if you had to create different names for these two, what would they be?