Introspective • Fierce • Sacred • Full of contrast
Re-emerge in tooled leather • Made to order
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~ 3 weeks
Trionfo della Morte (1485) by Giacomo Borlone de Buschis
Inspired by the fresco in Clusone, this wallet faithfully recreates its symbols, from the verses to each character and gesture, in tooled leather.
Death stands as La Morte Regina: crowned, unyielding, equal to all. Emperors, popes, and nobles kneel — their riches refused. On the back, like the Danza Macabra, one soul clings to vanity, another (a Disciplino) prays. One descends. The other ascends.
As in the mural and medieval symbolism: The inevitability and impartiality of death.
Inspired by the fresco in Clusone, this wallet faithfully recreates its symbols, from the verses to each character and gesture, in tooled leather.
Death stands as La Morte Regina: crowned, unyielding, equal to all. Emperors, popes, and nobles kneel — their riches refused. On the back, like the Danza Macabra, one soul clings to vanity, another (a Disciplino) prays. One descends. The other ascends.
As in the mural and medieval symbolism: The inevitability and impartiality of death.
Huon de Bordeaux (~ 1216–1229) Paris, BnF, fr. 1451 + BnF, fr. 22555
Tooled in the miniature style of period manuscript marginalia, each figure traces the retold tale of Huon of Bordeaux, drawn from the earliest known chanson de geste.
Exiled for killing Charlemagne’s son, Huon journeys East to earn redemption: defeat the giant Angolafer to gain access to defeat the Emir of Babylon, kiss his daughter Claramond, and return with the Emir’s beard and four teeth. Captured, Huon escapes with Claramond’s help. In a faerie forest, Oberon gifts him a goblet that refills endlessly and a horn that summons aid.
Through ordeal, betrayal, and enchantment, Huon completes his quest, returns pardoned, and is chosen as Oberon’s heir.
Tooled in the miniature style of period manuscript marginalia, each figure traces the retold tale of Huon of Bordeaux, drawn from the earliest known chanson de geste.
Exiled for killing Charlemagne’s son, Huon journeys East to earn redemption: defeat the giant Angolafer to gain access to defeat the Emir of Babylon, kiss his daughter Claramond, and return with the Emir’s beard and four teeth. Captured, Huon escapes with Claramond’s help. In a faerie forest, Oberon gifts him a goblet that refills endlessly and a horn that summons aid.
Through ordeal, betrayal, and enchantment, Huon completes his quest, returns pardoned, and is chosen as Oberon’s heir.
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