Medieval History
The wedding of Louis VII and Eleanor of Aquitaine, 1137. Grandes Chroniques de France, Folio #: fol. 192r. End of 14th century. Bodleian Library, University of Oxford
- Happy Birthday, Eleanor
And so she came, this utterly unexpected and treasured little pixie girl with a fiery heart who would have been called Edgar had she been a boy. She's very interested in this part of her birth: our unknowing, whereas we knew with Oliver and...
- Sarah Foot, "writing The Life Of Athelstan", 27 April, Winchester College
With apologies for cross-posting, I have been asked to circulate the following, which should be of interest to members of this list who live within striking distance of Winchester. Entry is free, and includes a complimentary reception after...
- Medieval Medical Treatises
My five-year-old burned her leg on my curling iron today. I only asked her five times to give me some space in the bathroom BEFORE she knocked the curling iron onto her leg, but whatevs. After I cleaned her up and she was properly bandaged, she was impressed...
- 'monokeros,' Or Unicorns In Imagery And Myth, Ii
Relief showing a Stag and Unicorn, ca. 950, Italian, near Nola. This relief from a church in Nola (near Naples) formed part of a transenna, a low wall that demarcated the church's presbytery, an area reserved for the clergy. The motif of opposed...
- In Honor Of Francis
In honor of the 266th pontiff of the Catholic church, Jorge Mario Bergoglio, or Francis I. Antiphonal (fragments). Folio #: fol. 009r. 14th century, middle to late, Italian. Fragments (12 leaves) from three(?) Franciscan(?) antiphonals. Pisa, mid and...
Medieval History
Eleanor of Aquitaine
- Happy Birthday, Eleanor
And so she came, this utterly unexpected and treasured little pixie girl with a fiery heart who would have been called Edgar had she been a boy. She's very interested in this part of her birth: our unknowing, whereas we knew with Oliver and...
- Sarah Foot, "writing The Life Of Athelstan", 27 April, Winchester College
With apologies for cross-posting, I have been asked to circulate the following, which should be of interest to members of this list who live within striking distance of Winchester. Entry is free, and includes a complimentary reception after...
- Medieval Medical Treatises
My five-year-old burned her leg on my curling iron today. I only asked her five times to give me some space in the bathroom BEFORE she knocked the curling iron onto her leg, but whatevs. After I cleaned her up and she was properly bandaged, she was impressed...
- 'monokeros,' Or Unicorns In Imagery And Myth, Ii
Relief showing a Stag and Unicorn, ca. 950, Italian, near Nola. This relief from a church in Nola (near Naples) formed part of a transenna, a low wall that demarcated the church's presbytery, an area reserved for the clergy. The motif of opposed...
- In Honor Of Francis
In honor of the 266th pontiff of the Catholic church, Jorge Mario Bergoglio, or Francis I. Antiphonal (fragments). Folio #: fol. 009r. 14th century, middle to late, Italian. Fragments (12 leaves) from three(?) Franciscan(?) antiphonals. Pisa, mid and...