RT @SlCathy: Back to Littlecote. Within the three apses of the Roman villa are images of SUN RAYS and what is thought to be the little face of Apollo. I thought they were shells, or bats with outspread wings. Whatever they represent though, the designs are highly decorative! @ianyoung33 pic.twitter.com/B9pt3StuQG
posted at 08:27:26
RT @SlCathy: #TuesdayTreat How about this @AphraPell - is it really supposed to be a scorpion? Lansdowne MS 431, f.8v. Obviously extra marks for all those heads, but absence of legs is an issue. @For_the_Wynn pic.twitter.com/sqwtRUEtc4
posted at 08:26:51
RT @ErnestNunezG: pic.twitter.com/89bLgtpogq
posted at 08:25:17
RT @melibeus1: Golden Teddy-Bear #DecoratedInitialChallenge @bodleianlibs @BDLSS Exeter College MS 47 f. 27v pic.twitter.com/sz4eMqrYHR
posted at 08:24:16
RT @melibeus1: Busy nuns, sins, and a little satan @BLMedieval Stowe 39 f. 8v pic.twitter.com/Xr7e16wEiF
posted at 08:23:58
RT @SLevelt: book club @BLMedieval www.bl.uk/catalogues/ill… pic.twitter.com/yh2MRHPi6S
posted at 08:22:52
RT @discarding_imgs: Stuffing the hellmouth, The Dublin Apocalypse, England c. 1310-1320 (Trinity College Dublin, MS 64, fol. 34v) pic.twitter.com/5W2H5LXxtL
posted at 08:21:35
RT @red_loeb: Day 1/7 of the #DecoratedInitialChallenge, I was challenged by @HopeSteffen & I pass it on to @JohanOosterman . I'll begin with a superb Q & R from the Passionary of Weissenau; Cologny, Fondation Martin Bodmer, Cod. Bodmer 127; 12th c; ff.131v, 244r (www.e-codices.unifr.ch/en/list/one/fm…). pic.twitter.com/EOULERdX1T
posted at 08:20:40
RT @red_loeb: It's still day 1/7 of #DecoratedInitialChallenge so I thought I would throw in this spectacular initial 'L'(iber) at the beginning of Matthew's Gospel as well! @HopeSteffen BnF MS Latin 16746; Bible; 12th century; f.7v @GallicaBnF pic.twitter.com/6rjgjEBRmQ
posted at 08:20:00
RT @CMASonya: I never saw this before: Indian artists painted scenes of Mexico: Cortes entering the Aztec temple of Montezuma and an armadillo based on Persian translations of Turkish translations of Italian translations of Spanish accounts @CBL_Dublin Tarikh-i Hind-i garbi 1600s Deccan pic.twitter.com/Y27IrqAVzi
posted at 08:19:31
RT @HopeSteffen: New blogpost, on the hagiographic function of liturgy: my-albion.blogspot.com/2019/01/the-ha… pic.twitter.com/386wRC3TaQ
posted at 08:18:04
RT @HopeSteffen: I'm putting it to you, friends: S initials are the best initials from medieval manuscripts (from Reims - BM - ms. 0342, f.020, pontifical, Use of Reims, twelfth century, Chartres, enluminures.culture.fr). pic.twitter.com/VuXxYwr777
posted at 08:17:19
RT @HopeSteffen: Day 6/7 of the #DecoratedInitialChallenge, a fashion statement from Paris - Bibl. Mazarine - ms. 0386, f.090v, 1543 (enluminures.culture.fr). I was challenged by @robmmiller & I pass it on to @red_loeb. pic.twitter.com/pOfQ5JZ7Q2
posted at 08:16:00
RT @BLMedieval: We'd like to say a huge THANK YOU to everyone who curated, designed, interpreted, built, promoted, marketed or contributed to our landmark Anglo-Saxon Kingdoms exhibition THANK YOU to all our lenders, funders and patrons And THANK YOU to the thousands of you who visited pic.twitter.com/HpMZJVGtDq
posted at 08:14:02
RT @JohanOosterman: The Sea, The Sea! John Mandeville setting out on his journey, in a boat with other travellers. @BLMedieval Add Ms 24189 pic.twitter.com/6OgnumH8QH
posted at 08:09:14
RT @PiersatPenn: When you have too much course prep and admin to find even one day a week to write. #midsemesterblues pic.twitter.com/wGFSmzfeLq
posted at 08:08:35