Renaissance

A triptych by Netherlandish artist, Hieronymus Bosch, depicting religious scenery.

16th-century fantasy, evil and human desire

An illustration from the Book of Miracles

The Book of Miracles

Girolamo Savonarola is burned at the stake in the centre of Florence (Getty)

A big day in history: Florence’s bonfire of the vanities

Detail from the Devonshire Hunting Tapestries, showing hawking. Made in Tournai in the 15th century. (Photo by CM Dixon/Print Collector/Getty Images)

The Library The medieval huntress