It's #Pesach, so here are some bonus #marginalmusicians. #Trumpeters at each corner, and a band playing at the bottom.
From the Barcelona #Hagaddah, #14thCentury.
BL Add 14761
#earlymusic #passover #rebec #cittern #bagpipes #trumpet #illuminatedmanuscript
RTI photo of the Clare College seal matrix, inverted, and flipped to show text correctly as in the wax impression. Eleven key elements are highlighted for explanation, with text in the next image.
Text explaining the 11 elements highlighted in the image. . canopy, pinnacles, tracery and ogee arches . The Virgin Mary, protector of the College. She is shown with a crown, and a palm signifying eternal life, holding the Child Jesus. . St John the Baptist, identified by unkempt hair, beard, camel-hair garment, and carrying an oval wax Agnus Dei with image of lamb and cross. Clare College was in the parish of St John Zachary (the Baptist, son of Zachary). . St John the Evangelist: young, beardless, with emblematic eagle poised to speak into his ear. John too carries a palm, evoking stories from the end of the Virgin’s life on earth. He was her closest supporter, associated with loyalty and duty as well as learning. St John’s Hospital, dedicated to the evangelist, was an important institution in Cambridge, which had been hard hit by plague. . The Lady of Clare dominates the composition, with a strikingly confident stance, a fashionable Gothic sway, and a direct gaze which seems, like the statutes, to command ‘remembrance of our deed’. . In her right hand, the charter of foundation, with its large pendent seal, the double-sided Great Seal of her cousin King Edward III. . In her left hand, the book of statutes. . The Master, Nicholas de Brunne, surrounded by the Fellows & Scholars: bearded older men and beardless youths. . Arms of Elizabeth’s royal ancestors, & her final arms, adopted by the College.
One day later, 27th March 1359, the statutes were ratified with seals of the Master & Fellows of #ClareCollege & the Chancellor of #CambridgeUniversity. The college seal commemorates the occasion, showing the statutes, which in turn mention the Master, Fellows […]
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A recent commission of a historically accurate late 14th century knight. This one really made me feel like a medieval painter working for a wealthy nobleman 😅
#art #medievalart #history #knight #armour #reenactment #14thcentury
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St Mary's and St Nicholas's #Church and #churchyard #Beaumaris on the #isle of #Anglesey #NorthWales #Wales built in the #14thcentury #blackandwhitephotography #Monochrome #photography #architecture #ThePhotoHour #blackandwhitepicture #picoftheday #follow Darren Smith Photography for more
#quotes #books #booksky #excerpts #citations #hundredyearswar #green #war #europe #14thCentury #france #valois #inheritance #mother #bible #aristotle #paul #queen #laws #women
Elizabeth de Burgh, Lady of Clare, 1295-1360 – head and shoulders from the 1771 oil painting by Joseph Freeman which hangs in the Hall at Clare College.
Marie de St Pol, Countess of Pembroke, 1303-1376 – head and shoulders from the portrait of her kneeling in a heraldic blue and white striped cloak with red martlets, BNF Latin 4223 B, f 52v.
The patrons of Cambridge’s 14th century colleges (predecessors of Trinity College, plus Clare, Pembroke, Gonville, Trinity Hall & Corpus) were convinced of universities as a public good, persevering amid war & plague. The #LadyOfClare fought tyranny, & […]
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Black Tower: section of Norwich's medieval city wall running parallel with Carrow Hill #norwich #medieval #medievalcitywall #citywall #flint #tower #medieval #history #heritage #architecture #14thcentury
Today's #marginalmusicians are playing #recorder for dancers.
Also illuminated initial, of Florentine #composer & #organist #AndreadaFirenze.
#Squarcialupi Codex, #14thCentury.
Biblioteca Medicea-Laurenziana: I-Fl MS Mediceo Palatino 87
#ManuscriptMonday #MarginaliaMonday #earlymusic #medieval
The Troston Demon: thought to be a C14th graffito, it is inscribed into the chancel arch at Troston, St Mary, Suffolk [credit: Matt Champion for over-drawn image] #suffolk #churches #medieval #graffiti #medievalgraffiti #history #heritage #archaeology #materialculture #demons #14thcentury
#Islam has been present in #Poland since the #14thcentury. From this time it was primarily the #LipkaTatars, who settled there during the #Polish–LithuanianCommonwealth. The first significant #non-Tatar groups of #Muslims arrived in #Poland during the 1970s, though they are a very small minority.
#Islam has been present in #Poland since the #14thcentury. From this time it was primarily the #LipkaTatars, who settled there during the #Polish–LithuanianCommonwealth. The first significant #non-Tatar groups of #Muslims arrived in #Poland during the 1970s, though they are a very small minority.
"Coitus" from the Tacuinum Sanitatis, 1370-1402, Liege Library, 1041, Page 140, public domain
#medievalsexuality #livinghistory #reenactment #14thcentury #middleages #medievalsky
Stumbled upon this 14th Century church ruin today on the edge of an abandoned village.
Amazing ruin.
Some fantastic detail on this niche website:
#OldChurches #Ruins #14thCentury #Flint #Stark
www.roundtowerchurches.net/norfolk/norf...
#quotes #books #booksky #excerpts #citations #neighboringfaiths #nirenberg #religion #faith #belief #14thCentury #christianity #aragon #jews #judaism #antisemitism #converts #sex #lynching #burning
#quotes #books #booksky #excerpts #citations #hundredyearswar #green #war #europe #14thCentury #women #military #weapons #marshal
This looked good! I’m in the mood for some history! #history #Europeanhistory #Europe #14thcentury
So crafty! "Korona Królów" (2018) "Pedro e Ines" (1982) "#Ivanhoe" (1982) #14thCentury #13thCentury #1190s #allegedly #BadTrim #PlasticPearls #SnarkWeek buff.ly/MlvCWU8
How many hail marys?? "The Crown of the Kings" (2017) #14thCentury #allegedly #KeepingTheUpholsteryFabricIndustryAfloat #SnarkWeek FrockFlicks.com
Keeping the upholstery fabric industry afloat! "The Bastard Executioner" (2015) #14thCentury #allegedly #Wales #NotBadForRegency #GreatHairpinShortage #SnarkWeek buff.ly/YBPSZPv
Zoom in to fully enjoy! "World Without End" (2012) #14thCentury #allegedly #AnnoyingDetails #AtLeastHerHairIsUp #SnarkWeek buff.ly/UgVLXEE
#quotes #books #booksky #excerpts #citations #gospelofbarnabas #lonsdale #rag #barnabus #gospel #apocrypha #christianity #14thCentury #jesus #christ #myth #belief #religion #faith #badhypothesis
"wiiflijc beildt ghestadt van sinne" - Anonymous #14thCentury
Catalina Vicens - #Organetto
Baptiste Romain - #Vielle
Félix Stricker - #SlideTrumpet
www.ensembleservirantico.com
www.catalinavicens.com
youtu.be/si_-s_DYp8I?... (2:12)
#medieval
the breasts of women are made from soft and tender tissue by nature. they shall be small and tight on virgins. aristotle says, when the virgins have breasts two fingers long, then they begin to desire men. Konrad von Megenberg, the book of nature, 14th century
Yikes, Konrad. Yikes.
#medievalsky #medievalsexuality #14thcentury #livinghistory
Here are my medieval inspired #Kuromi and #MyMelody! I had a lot of fun designing these. Speedpaint coming soon
#sanrio #medievalinspired #14thcentury #cuteart
#bookchallenge #alphabetchallenge Y is for The Years of Rice and Salt by Kim Stanley Robinson #AltHistory #TheBlackDeath #plague #14thcentury #Worldbuilding #ReligiousHistory #colonialism #IndigenousPower #technology #booksky #ttrpgpodcast #gamemastersbookclub www.k-squareproductions.com/gmbc
#quotes #books #booksky #excerpts #citations #hundredyearswar #green #war #europe #14thCentury #italy #france #petrarch #medieval
📜 Ottoman deed recording the sale by a person named Cihanbahş of 27 out of 32 shares of inherited immovable property in the village of Aksaray, attached to Tokat, to the Sheikh Nusret Zawiya, certified by the deputy judge of Zile, October 10, 1360. #14thCentury #Historical
Today's #SERIES #Promo features @carolynhughes.bsky.social - what was it like to #survive the #plague? Life in the #14thCentury
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