Paul D Stewart / Woodblock illustration of Mandrake (Mandragora) from two pages of the Ortus (Hortus) sanitatis - translated from the Latin as 'Garden of Health' by Jacob Meydenbach, 1491. He describes plants and anim...

Solvin Zankl / 'Femeiche' the Court Tree at night, an ancient English oak (Quercus robur) used in the Middle ages as Vehmic or secret court where serious criminals were judged and executed. Erle, Germany, October 20...

John Waters / Clapper bridge made from slabs of granite crossing the River Dart at Dartmeet, Dartmoor National Park, Devon, UK. The bridge probably dates back to medieval times and it has been rebuilt several time...

Juan Manuel Borrero / Cloister of the Santes Creus Monastery, Tarragona Province, Spain, May

Juan Manuel Borrero / Cloister of the Santes Creus Monastery, Tarragona Province, Spain, May

Jean E. Roche / Aerial view of old gateway tower in Aigues-Mortes marshes controlling salt sale and transport in the Middle Ages, Camargue, Southern France, May 2009

Nick Upton / 2020VISION / Common cockchafer / Maybug (Melolontha melolontha), taking off from human finger in a garden, with house in the background, Wiltshire, England, UK, May . Property released. Did you know? In the Middle...

Inaki Relanzon / Town of Avila with walls from the middle-ages. Central Spain, March 2011.

Andy Rouse / 2020VISION / Wild boar (Sus scrofa) inquisitive piglet, Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire, UK, March. Did you know? In the Middle Ages Wild boars were considered 'Beasts of Venery', a prestigious quarry only hunted...

Paul D Stewart / Portrait of Gaius Plinius Secundus, army commander, naturalist and author (23AD to 25 August 79AD). Copperplate engraving from Andre Thevet's 'Portraits et vies des hommes illustres' publ Guillaume Ch...

Paul D Stewart / Woodcut illustration of mythical creature with contemporary colouring from 'Icones Animalium' Publ. Christof Froschover, Zurich, 1560. Gesner illustrates a creature captured in the forest of Hanesberg...

Will Watson / Peterborough Cathedral with the Early English Gothic façade from 13th Century at dusk, Peterborough, Cambridgshire, England, UK, February 2023.