Does anyone recognize this #Medieval#Diagram
Source is BAV Ott.lat.877 f.1r. I think this was originally a flyleaf that just had the title of the work (Bede's Historia Anglorum), but the cruciform thing is puzzling me @medievodons#Medievodons
@NFerey@chronohh@aaronm@medievodons
The last two figures in Hrabanus Maurus' book feature palindromes as the intexts. It set off a burst of Carolingian "versus recurrentes" over the next century, many by Irish peregrinni in the circle of John Scottus Eriugena.
@dailymedievalcats@medievodons When cats were systematically exterminated, I heard that diseases were on the rise and that could have been a contributing factor to the plague.
@carokaffeekanne@medievodons
I have my doubts. It made Cerberus pretty cranky.
There’s also the old joke about man having two heads, but only enough blood to operate one at a time.
Zeilinger, Gabriel, Verhandelte Stadt: Herrschaft und Gemeinde in der frühen Urbanisierung des Oberelsass vom 12. bis 14. Jahrhundert (Mittelalter-Forschungen 60), Ostfildern 2018.
@manuel_kamenzin@medievodons und das Buch zur #Urbanisierung im #Elsass ist wirklich äußerst empfehlens- und lesenswert. Vor allem, da hier auch in die kleineren Städte einer (später) sehr stark urbanisierten Region geschaut wird. Bleibt zu hoffen, dass zum Elsass noch weitere ähnliche und vor allem ins 15. Jahrhundert schauende Arbeiten entstehen werden.
Medievalists: You see, Thomas Aquinas' ideas were so complex and revolutionary that he couldn't slow down to write clearly. That's why his handwriting is notoriously terrible
Humanists: So his bad handwriting means his ideas are the best?
M: Yup!
H: So just below Pico della Mirandola.... 😎 #Medievodons@medievodons#Medieval
(From #Vatican Ott.lat.607 f.1r)
@aaronm@medievodons
In my opinion, Pico’s writing is easier to read than Aquinas’. It has been seriously argued that the distinctive characteristics of Aquinas’ hand indicate that he was left-handed…
A joy to be at Clare College to unveil the stone sculpture of the 1359 seal - greatly enlarged for visibility! Wonderful workmanship by Cardozo Kindersley Workshop, http://kindersleyworkshop.co.uk
In 2020 we published a 2nd edition of the definitive biography of the #LadyOfClare - & then we learned more about the evolution of her heraldic & visual identity. New insights came from archaeology, from archives, & from drawing & carving which brought details from hands to eyes. Two books now available at #ClareCollege: booksites https://barnes1.net/FHGE/ & https://barnes1.net/seal/
#otd died 1295 Margaret of Provence, Queen of France and wife of Louis IX. Her tomb in Saint Denis Basilica was destroyed in 1793, but this drawing was made a few years earlier. #MedievalDeath#medieval@medievodons Ms: Bodleian Library, MS. Gough drawings-Gaignières 2, f. 24r