#medievalmonday — Public Fediverse posts

#MedievalMonday & while it might seem strange getting to see this small church in the remote town of Stilo, Calabria 🇮🇹 was major goals

See more of it & the ancient places of Italy's southern tip in the episode >>>
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2xQBjtTXknc

For #MedievalMonday + #ManuscriptMonday : a smiley flat friend!
#Ray, f.95v in Lippische Landesbibliothek, Ms. 70 (Der Naturen Bloeme), South Holland or Flanders, c.1287-90
https://digitale-sammlungen.llb-detmold.de/content/pageview/6246649
#Fish

St Mary’s Haddington 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 has some remarkable medieval oak timbers in the nave roof. My #dendrochronology work there dated them to the early 1400s and revealed them as Baltic baulks from the Gdansk region. #MedievalMonday

#MedievalMonday & the immense Raglan Castle 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 from our trip this weekend

Nature, the mistress of all life,
Commands the maid to be a wife.
Not for love, nor joy, nor grace—
But to ensure the human race.

Passage from "Romance of the Rose" 1275

#french #medieval #poem #MedievalMonday @medievodons

stopping off in Dover yesterday & while we weren't there for the castle specifically, had forgotten just how much it imposes over the town

#MedievalMonday

#MedievalMonday & very exciting to catch this yesterday

Roche Rock, #Cornwall - not a lot known about the chapel other than its dedication to St Michael in 1409