Although, I would have been astonished to learn that there were a watermark for such early paper...
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Although, I would have been astonished to learn that there were a watermark for such early paper...
The author of the letter was a merchant named Fermin de Posquierius, which was the medieval name for the town Vauvert, located just north-east of Montpellier. However, he was sending the letter from Paris. Someone better equipped to answer your question might take these details into consideration. 😬
I'm not sure! I haven't looked at the paper in person, and the catalog description doesn't mention a watermark or other identifying characteristics. I'd need to do more digging.
This letter, addressed to a spice merchant in Montpellier, is dated to the 1250s and written mostly in medieval Occitan. The most compelling part to me is that it's written on paper rather than parchment. Remarkably early example of paper in this region, especially among merchants! #medievalsky
How does the Wikipedia article on the Black Death present the "Siega of Caffa theory" as definitive in 2026, and why does Wikipedia block my IP address from making edits????????
The linked video is why I am increasing my level of support for MinnMax. I am blown away by the effort needed to put that together. Absolutely remarkable.
New semester, same tricks.
Except I'm adding more banned phrases. (Yes, the worst political climate for me to be banning speech, but an informal poll of me and me alone revealed that phrases like "since the dawn of time" are heinous.)
#medievalsky
Students of history will see the parallels between Reza Pahlavi and Napoleon III. Pahlavi might be far less connected, less capable, and less canny than any Bonaparte, but his claim that he'll "step forward" to "lead this transition" via referendum echoes 1848/1852, down to the royalist backsliding.
A medieval illumination depicting the Trojan war with anachronistic medieval elements (clothing, armor, buildings, etc.)
Have a friend, relative, or anonymous internet adversary complaining about the “historical accuracy” of the costumes in Nolan’s upcoming Odyssey film? Let ‘em see how medieval artists depicted ancient subjects—including Homeric stories! This 14th-c. portrayal of the Trojan war will melt their brains
Source: BNF fr. 60 f. 77. Full folio here.
Bonus: f. 117v with a depiction of Thomas Becket’s assassin—I mean, Paris killing Achilles!
A medieval illumination depicting the Trojan war with anachronistic medieval elements (clothing, armor, buildings, etc.)
Have a friend, relative, or anonymous internet adversary complaining about the “historical accuracy” of the costumes in Nolan’s upcoming Odyssey film? Let ‘em see how medieval artists depicted ancient subjects—including Homeric stories! This 14th-c. portrayal of the Trojan war will melt their brains
The cover in Spanish by the Gipsy Kings is also phenomenal
youtu.be/u1jJ7SA3j1U?...
Jokes aside, can a non-satirical outlet write an article like this about feudalism? The public must be informed.
Who let this slip? Just wait till they discover the truth about the Vikings...
In my third decade of life, I realized that referring to Superman and his love interest by their first names results in Lois and Clark.
Intentional or not, this fact has been on my mind without interruption for about 36 hours and counting.
2001, I think you mean?
Please pay your comic artists so they can keep drawing panels like this.
#AbsoluteBatman
The teachers "mistakenly taught their students about the wrong Roman ruler — Augustus Caesar instead of his predecessor, Julius Caesar."
Were the teachers not suspicious of the fact that their Caesar managed to live into old age and died in a much less perforated state?
apnews.com/article/aust...
I should be grading, which of course means I have exhausted every possible route on the internet to learn about arrowheads made from meteorites, including the Mörigen Arrowhead, found in Estonia and thought to have been made from one of the Kaali meteorites nearly 3,000 years ago.
I'll read anything with your name on it. Sorry if I missed it—what's the ETA for this one? Super excited.
Averroes, Commentary on Aristotle's Metaphysics: fragment from a MS of the Latin translation by Michael Scot (Copenhagen, KB, Fragm. 1091)
www5.kb.dk/manus/vmanus...
It’s surprising what a battered belly craves!
I would like to share my recent discovery that a McDonald's Big Mac combo is not a wise choice as the very first meal after a stomach bug.
What fine company!
Reviving this quote from the historian Marc Bloch, killed in 1944 while resisting the Nazis in France. #medievalsky
"I think our country sinks beneath the yoke.
It weeps, it bleeds, and each new day a gash
Is added to her wounds."
(Macbeth, 4.3.45-47)
I have similar feelings when people drop the “rouz” from my name.
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The Tetris grid.
