Saturday- NAGASH ENSEMBLE “With three female vocalists accompanied by players on the #duduk, #oud, #dhol, and piano, this #Armenian group brings together the folk music of their native land, #medieval texts and #polyphony, and new classical music. What results has been described as “the sound of ancient #Armenia reinvented for the 21st century.”” #Berklee Performance Center #Boston www.globalartslive.org #bostonMusic
#BostonWeekend 19/x

**Rosalie Gilbert** @Rosaliesmedievalwoman@pixelfed.social · 2d

Rosalie Gilbert @Rosaliesmedievalwoman@pixelfed.social

It don't mean a thing if you ain't got the bling! Gold rose bezants, real pearls and garnets, silk, gold metal thread and metalwork diadem.

#medieval #middleages #medievalwoman #bling #reenactment

#reenactment

**Mariam al-Masri** @mariam_al_masri_author@zirk.us · 2d

Mariam al-Masri @mariam_al_masri_author@zirk.us

I was trying to answer the question: Can my 7th century Chinese MMC be addicted to hard candy and the answer is yes he can. In Sichuan, there is an ancient way of processing sugar to make rock candy. For more, check out this article and the accomoanying video: https://www.medievalists.net/2020/05/a-tang-dynasty-monk-and-his-secret-candy-recipe/

@histodon @medievodons #medieval #ancientchina #china #amwriting @histodons #foodhistory

Medievalists.net · May 31, 2020A Tang dynasty monk and his secret candy recipe - Medievalists.netA new column by Elizabeth Smithrosser will be looking at China in the Middle Ages. In her first post she looks at a very tasty treat dating back to the Tang dynasty.

**AaronM** @aaronm@mastodon.cc · 2d

AaronM @aaronm@mastodon.cc

Does anyone recognize a “beati Eurici” listed in an Italian (possibly Sienese) calendar on June 10?
#Medieval #Medievodons @medievodons

A page from a Book of Hours, the calendar for the first half of June. There is a larger KL in red and blue at top, with three lines of red text above a sparse calendar. All written in an Italian rotunda gothic. From Houghton Library 2020Hem-82

**Joyce Lionarons** @joyce@hcommons.social · 3d

Joyce Lionarons @joyce@hcommons.social

Last night I dreamed that a student walked into my office with a question about Piers Plowman. I gave him a long, long answer, talking about William Langland, the Malvern Hills, the differences between the A, B, and C-Text versions, the various manuscripts and editions....

It's nice to know I remember all this stuff, even if it's only useful in dreams these days.
#Dream #Today #Medieval

**Medievalists.net** @medievalists@hcommons.social · 3d

Medievalists.net @medievalists@hcommons.social

Over 110,000 Medieval Manuscripts May Have Been Copied by Women https://www.medievalists.net/2025/03/110000-medieval-manuscripts-women/ #medieval #medievalmanuscripts #medievalwomen

Medievalists.net · 3dOver 110,000 Medieval Manuscripts May Have Been Copied by Women - Medievalists.netA new study reveals medieval women copied over 110,000 manuscripts—far more than once believed.

**AaronM** @aaronm@mastodon.cc · 4d

AaronM @aaronm@mastodon.cc

Back to #BooksOfHours, another miniature from the Houghton was added today, 2020HEM-79. Possibly from Sienna, later 15th C. It is a lovely MS, but rebound (17th C) and either then or later many leaves were removed. Some offices start in the middle, and folios have ink transfer from non-existent miniatures.
https://www.cokldb.org/p/v100/ms/880
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#bookhistory #Medieval #Medievodons @bookhistodons @medievodons

A small Book of Hours in a human hand. The 17th C binding has elaborate gold embossing on the covers and spine. The shelfmark 2020HEM-79 is visible at top on a small piece of white paper

an open manuscript, with a human finger holding the left (verso) page down. The left side is blank, but shows traces of ink transfer from a now-missing page with a minature and borders. The right page (recto) has brown text in a gothic hand

Verso from a manuscript page. There is a large illuminated initial O under several lines ot red text. There are flower borders on all four sides. The text is in an italian rotunda gothic hand

The recto page from a manuscript, Houghton 2020HEM-79. There is a miniature of the BVM and child in a large initial O, under several lines of gold text. There are multi-color floral borders with an angel in the bottom center.

**Rosalie Gilbert** @Rosaliesmedievalwoman@pixelfed.social · 5d

Rosalie Gilbert @Rosaliesmedievalwoman@pixelfed.social

Work in progress... finials to add, and stand to make, but I'm very happy with the progress so far! 1350-1375 Bruges, Public Library, MS. SVC 010A. In spite of the link between squirrels and leprosy we now know, red squirrels were beloved ladies' pets in the Middle Ages.

#squirrel #medieval #woodwork #handmade #middleages #manuscript #pet #redsquirrel #medievalwomen

#medievalwomen

**Mick Garratt** @Fhithich@toot.community · 6d

Mick Garratt @Fhithich@toot.community

The Bishop’s Stones

Up on the bleak moorlands of the North Pennines today, straddling the borders of Durham, Cumbria, and Northumberland. A landscape of peat groughs and bogs thick with sphagnum moss, stirring memories—not necessarily unpleasant, just good times when I was fit enough to fly over this stuff without hesitating. Judging by the abundance of medicated grit trays and “vermin ...

http://www.fhithich.uk/2025/03/09/the-bishops-stones/

#Cumbria #Nenthead #history

**Medievalists.net** @medievalists@hcommons.social · 6d

Medievalists.net @medievalists@hcommons.social

Top 10 Most Iconic Images of the Middle Ages https://www.medievalists.net/2023/03/iconic-images-middle-ages/ #Medieval

Medievalists.net · Mar 23, 2023Top 10 Most Iconic Images of the Middle Ages - Medievalists.netThe medieval world produced countless examples of art, some of which have become iconic - for many, these images have come to represent the Middle Ages.

**AaronM** @aaronm@mastodon.cc · Mar 9

Mar 9

AaronM @aaronm@mastodon.cc

a reasonable 58 #Manuscripts from #Vatican this week https://www.wiglaf.org/vatican/2025/week10.html
Still more 17th C Barberini vols, a herbarium, several 15th C classical volumes, a 12th C Ovid, large format liturgical music, more Ethiopic and _more_
#Medieval #Medievodons @bookhistodons @medievodons
(apologies about the resolution, upload issues)

f.1r from Ott.lat.1528. There is a page of humanist script in a single column. The top 4 lines are in red, and the main text starts with a large vinework initial A. There are decorative borders on all four sides

A Sfiroth tree from Var.ebr.598. It is an almost incomprehensibly complex scroll of diagrams and text, most in very small semi-cursive hebrew

The inside back cover from S.Maria.Magg.16. The oak boards are visible with ink transfer from the 4 calendar pages that were originally glued to them. The transfered text is in reverse and consists of a liturgical calendar in red and black. The boards are split in the middle, and have brown leather on the edges

**MyBrickZ** @MyBrickZ@pixelfed.social · Mar 7

Mar 7

MyBrickZ @MyBrickZ@pixelfed.social

This is an impressive build from Tom Studs. Time to FEAST!
https://www.instagram.com/tom_studs_/
#Lego #AFOL #medieval #medievaltown #feast #architecture

a model of a medieval inn made of Lego bricks

#architecture

**Medievalists.net** @medievalists@hcommons.social · Mar 6

Mar 6

Medievalists.net @medievalists@hcommons.social

Medieval physicians performed a vivisection on a living patient, study finds https://www.medievalists.net/2024/03/medieval-physicians-vivisection/ #Medieval

Medievalists.net · Mar 11, 2024Medieval physicians performed a vivisection on a living patient, study finds - Medievalists.netThe Middle Ages had their share of amazing medical stories, but perhaps nothing was more unusual than a surgery that took place in Paris in the year 1475. A chronicle from that time reveals that not only did physicians perform a vivisection on a patient, but that the patient survived.

**S. John Ross** @SJohnRoss@dice.camp · Mar 5

Mar 5

S. John Ross @SJohnRoss@dice.camp

While most history isn't allowed anywhere near my fantasy, I do shove a lot of it in my face to reject it directly and personally (while saving just the choicest bits).

Colin Platt is always a favorite, because he wrote well (a rarity among academics). Found this little gem for six bucks, to add to the Platt Pile.

(If you only read one book about a real medieval city, his book on Southampton is one of the best.)