15th-century
Late medieval period
Relating to or characteristic of the period from 1401 to 1500: 15th-century art, a 15th-century manuscript.
Like other century adjectives, it functions as a compound modifier and is hyphenated when preceding a noun.
The 15th century saw the Renaissance flourish in Europe and the beginning of European exploration of the Americas.
Ohio's seat of government
- cartographyCreating geographic representations
- navigationDetermining position and course
- caravelSmall Portuguese exploration ship
- astrolabeAncient altitude-measuring instrument
Vasco da Gama · spice trade · maritime · voyage · expedition · New World · Age of Discovery · circumnavigation
European cultural reawakening
- medievalOf the Middle Ages
- feudalOf tiered landownership
- TudorSixteenth-century English ruling family
- PlantagenetMedieval English dynasty
Burgundian · Medici · Ottoman · Byzantine · dynastic · chronicle · manuscript · heraldry
Provision of light
- temperaEgg-yolk painting method
- frescoWet plaster painting technique
- altarpieceReligious art behind altar
- triptychArt in three panels
gilt · iconography · patronage · Botticelli · Van Eyck · Donatello · perspective · chiaroscuro
Tall wooden archery weapon
- crossbowStock-mounted bow mechanism
- pikeLong battlefield spear
- arquebusEarly portable firearm
- siegeEncirclement forcing surrender
armor · cavalry · infantry · mercenary · fortification · Agincourt · Constantinople · trebuchet
Printing press inventor's name
- movable typeReconfigurable printing components
- pressApply force downward
- incunabulaEarliest European printed books
- typesettingArranging text for print
woodcut · pamphlet · folio · bookmaking · letterpress · typeface · ink · vellum
Columbus
Ohio's seat of government
- cartographyCreating geographic representations
- navigationDetermining position and course
- caravelSmall Portuguese exploration ship
Vasco da Gama · astrolabe · spice trade · maritime · voyage · expedition · New World · Age of Discovery · circumnavigation · Portuguese
Renaissance
European cultural reawakening
Plantagenet · Burgundian · Medici · Ottoman · Byzantine · dynastic · chronicle · manuscript · heraldry · lineage
illumination
Provision of light
- temperaEgg-yolk painting method
- frescoWet plaster painting technique
- altarpieceReligious art behind altar
triptych · gilt · iconography · patronage · Botticelli · Van Eyck · Donatello · perspective · chiaroscuro · devotional
longbow
Tall wooden archery weapon
siege · armor · cavalry · infantry · mercenary · fortification · Agincourt · Constantinople · trebuchet · cannon
Gutenberg
Printing press inventor's name
- movable typeReconfigurable printing components
- pressApply force downward
- incunabulaEarliest European printed books
typesetting · woodcut · pamphlet · folio · bookmaking · letterpress · typeface · ink · vellum · paper
15th-century21st-century
Present hundred-year span
modern · contemporary · present-day · current · 20th-century
15th-centuryfuturistic
Suggestive of times ahead
space-age · high-tech · prehistoric · primitive · Stone Age
15th, century, fifteenth, fifteen, cent, centenary, centenarian, centennial, centuries