Weird Medieval Marginalia (Manuscript Art)
Wot is the main course for the Ethopian New Year, usually made with lamb or chicken. Today I offer Doro Wat (“doro” means chicken, “wat or “wot” means stew). PRONOUNCE IT: Doro (rhymes with Zorro) and wet, like the rain. Enjoy with our Homemade Injera recipe (whose sour flavor is fantastic with doro wat)… or serve with rice for an easy, non-traditional option.
Medieval art is really confusing and quite random.
This morning let's step back in time with the help of Oni Wytars, the early music ensemble directed by Marco Ambrosini and Peter Rabanser. The ensemble performs trans-European and Arabic music from the Middle Ages and the Renaissance, exploring the...
It takes no small amount of inquiry, from no few angles, to truly understand a form of art. This goes even more so for forms of art with which most of us in the 21st century have little direct experience.
The snail may leave a trail of slime behind him, but a little slime will do a man no harm... whilst if you dance with dragons, you must expect to burn. - George R. R. Martin, The Mystery Knight As any Game of Thrones fan knows, being a knight has its downsides.
#OpChangeTheWorld2 🌎 This book without author, written in an unknown language and adorned with strange… by anarcho-pirate
Researchers have discovered a set of children's doodles in the margins of a medieval manuscript. The discovery sheds new light on the knowledge and education of children in the Middle Ages and their similarities to children of today.
Strange, Trippy And Perverted Pictures From Illuminated Medieval Manuscripts
#OpChangeTheWorld2 🌎 This book without author, written in an unknown language and adorned with strange… by anarcho-pirate
This list could easily read “butts butts butts butts butts.”
Strange, Trippy And Perverted Pictures From Illuminated Medieval Manuscripts
Clavis Artis is an alchemical manuscript published in Germany in three volumes in the late 17th or early 18th century...
Let's say you're flipping through a medieval Christian prayer book (as you do), and suddenly you come across a curious illustration amongst the prayers and psalms of something that looks unmistakably like female genitalia. A scolding voice in your head tells you to get your mind out of the gutter. B
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classic art offers some of the best reaction pics around.
Wikipedia article about gregorian chant
A Medieval Guide to Love
Scribes in the 16th century clearly had too much fun with these *ahem* questionable illustrations…
“bed of frogs, germany, 15th century”
In all the kingdom of nature, does any creature threaten us less than the gentle rabbit?
Miniature of a monk (Bede?) kissing the feet of St Cuthbert, from the preface to Bede's prose Life of St Cuthbert, England (Durham), 4th quarter of the 12th century, Yates Thompson MS 26, f. 1v Last year the British Library was pleased to announce the acquisition of the 7th century...
Vikings lapbook. Free Viking lapbook, printables and unit study for homeschoolers. Your kids will love this hands-on unit.
Want to try to crack the code of the Voynich Manuscript, written in an unknown language with unrecognizable illustrations? You might soon be able to buy a precise copy of the book ... for some $8,000.
Strange, Trippy And Perverted Pictures From Illuminated Medieval Manuscripts
Internet is filled with adorable cat photos, but there was a time when artists really struggled to make cats look cute. Feast your eyes on ugly cat art gallery!
It can hardly have escaped your notice that a rather major feature film opened across the world this week. We all are awash in the sights, sounds, and excitement of the newest Star Wars movie, and as you know, the Medieval Manuscripts department is always eager to join in the...
Breakfast Time [Cambrai, BM, MS 125]
I've put together 10 paintings from the medieval times that I feel are weird, funny and just plain creepy! How these were the subjects is beyond me.
Jinn causing toothaches. Illustration from an 18th-century Ottoman manuscript.
“中世の絵画で馬を正面から描いたものは、初めて見たような気がする。”
When your love is clear it is part of the infinite beyond. When your love is clear you are not concerned with cultural perceptions of time. You are not concerned with ‘and what happened afterwards’. Clear love is always beautiful as it bypasses worry and risk-taking. Clear love is beyond questions and answers, cultural and physical laws.
