medievalpoc:medievalpoc:Okay, before I even give any of the information on this piece, I really need
medievalpoc:medievalpoc:Okay, before I even give any of the information on this piece, I really need to take a moment to show you the description that a human being actually wrote for it. It is also reasonable to assume this person has a degree of some kind.Illumination. Bible (443 fols.), fol. 227v: King Solomon standing between his mother Bathsheba (left) and the Queen of Sheba (?) (black).Bathsheba (left)Queen of Sheba (?) (black).To disambiguate: “black” is not a direction.*sigh*Anonymous Bohemian ArtistSolomon, Bathsheba and the Queen of ShebaBohemia (c. 1432)Illumination on parchmentPage height: 470 mm.Page width: 310 mm. The Image of the Black in Western Art Research Project and Photo Archive, W.E.B. Du Bois Institute for African and African American Research, Harvard UniversityI was going through some information and came across this post from several years ago. Back when I first started this project (in 2013), I used to see weirdness like this more or less constantly. I’m glad to say that since then, it seems as though the way information is presented is at least slightly more um, responsible (?), and less completely ridiculous. -- source link
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