noah's ark, france or spain, 12th century A medieval drawing of a 5 by 5 grid, where each square is painted a different colour and has a different pair of animals in it
source: manchester, john rylands university library, latin ms 8, fol. 15r

digitalcollections.manchester.ac.uk/view/MS-LATIN-…
im sad to have left argentina!! but also glad that i no longer have to voseo bc wtf is "vos sos"
people in chile will be much easier to understand :)
getting in as many milanesas as i can just in case they don't have them in chile :) Image

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May 23
christ's side wound, france, 15th century A medieval drawing of a wound with a bleeding chunk of flesh in it
every time i post a vaginal christ wound people are like "omg no it's not a vagina!" ........im sorry but it is
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he is birthing from his side wo(und/mb) a personification of the christian church!
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May 7
time to talk about my favourite guy, victorian poet william barnes, who tried to replace foreign loan words in english with "pure germanic anglo saxon" ones that he made up. such as:

❌genealogy ✅kin-lore
❌grammar ✅speech-craft
❌pliers ✅nipperlings

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❌plagiarism ✅thought-pilfering
❌horizon ✅sky-sill
❌altercation ✅brangling
❌democracy ✅folkdom
❌flexible ✅bendsome
❌magnificent ✅high-deedy
he clearly disliked the -ology suffix and had plenty of alternatives to suggest, using the germanic suffix -lore (a relative of the german word "lehre"):

❌acoustics ✅sound-lore
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❌chemistry ✅matter-lore
❌literature ✅book-lore
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Mar 21
i was sick the past three days so i made this for you guys :) welcome to the weird medieval guys build your own medieval outfit!!! open this thread to find out what your outfit would be in the middle ages......
disclaimer: i tried to only use original, extant medieval objects but sorry if some repros snuck in. also, some of the weapons are 16th century, sue me etc etc etc

anyways, let's get started!!!
first, choose a cool medieval jacket based on your zodiac sign!! (1/3)

aries | taurus
gemini | cancer


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Mar 6
spooky goblin, switzerland, 15th century a medieval drawing of the head of a humanoid bald creature with green skin, pointy teeth, and fiery breath
source: st. gallen, stiftsarchiv (abtei pfäfers), cod. fab. xvi, fol. 92r e-codices.unifr.ch/en/ssg/0016/92r
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Mar 4
drawings by a 7 year old boy named "onfim" (originally on birch bark), from novgorod, modern day russia, 13th century crude black line drawings showing various scenes of people standing, riding horses, and fighting with swords
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@fakehistoryhunt has done a whole thread about onfim!
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Sep 30, 2023
there is a myth in europe that hedgehogs use their spines to carry fruit home. while this isn't true, people have believed it for millenia--in part because it's such a cute idea!!

in honor of harvest season, here are my fave medieval depictions of the hedgehog harvest 🍎🍎🍎 A medieval illustration of hedgehog with grapes skewered on its spines
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