Beastly beliefs: medieval edition 🦄
AKA: ‘Beware the bonnacon’ 💩
#MedievalMonday

The Divinity School was in the news recently when a 3D digital survey revealed that a ceiling boss long catalogued as a tangled calf or cow was actually a monoceros: a one-horned mythical beast, similar to a unicorn.

Happy #medievalmonday, #medievalsky!
📜The #OldEnglish Resource of the Week
📖 Constructing the Anglo-Saxon Chronicles
✍️ Daniel Anlezark
📲 Boydell and Brewer: boydellandbrewer.com/book/constru...

In a silent country church, January 2018. I like the light and dark of this photo of the Church of All Saints, Orton, Cumbria. This church originated in the 12th century with subsequent extensions and alterations over the centuries.
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Monday

#AllMetalMonday
#BenchmarkMonday
#BlueMonday
#BrutalMonday / #MondaysAreBrutal
#ClassicLitMonday
#JadeMonday
#MagentaMonday
#MallardMonday
#MammalMonday
#ManholeCoverMonday
#ManuscriptMonday
#MapMonday
#MarbleMonday
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#MementoMoriMonday

Early medieval sculpture from the Scottish monastery of Lios Mòr, founded in the 6th century AD #MedievalMonday

This is the first physical evidence of the major early Christian centre, previously known only from historical references and local traditions.

🆓 doi.org/10.15184/aqy...

🏺 #Archaeology

The Early EnglishGothic splendour of Peterborough Cathedral’s west front. 📸 My own. #MedievalMonday #PeterboroughCathedral

#MedievalMonday with the Baños del Nogal in Granada,
a bath house from c11-12

See more of the historic centre of Granada in the episode >>>
www.youtube.com/watch?v=4mIW...

Ss Attracta, Bega, 2 Brigids, Brónach, Buriana, Cainer, Cranat, Dahalin, Darbiled, Dymphna, Faber, Fanchea, Gobnait, Grimonia, Ia, Íte, Lí Ban, Lupait, Moninne, Samthann, Sunniva and 3 sisters from Duhallow, Cork!

#Ireland #books #WritersLift #hagiography #herstory #medievalsky #MedievalMonday

📢Happy #medievalmonday, #medievalsky!
📜The #OldEnglish Resource of the Week
📖 Old English Biblical Prose: Translation, Adaptation, Interpretation
✍️ Francis Leneghan
📲 Boydell and Brewer: boydellandbrewer.com/book/old-eng...

Monday

#AllMetalMonday
#BenchmarkMonday
#BlueMonday
#BrutalMonday / #MondaysAreBrutal
#ClassicLitMonday
#JadeMonday
#MagentaMonday
#MallardMonday
#MammalMonday
#ManholeCoverMonday
#ManuscriptMonday
#MapMonday
#MarbleMonday
#MaritimeMonday
#MarketMonday
#MedievalMonday
#MementoMoriMonday

Carew Castle 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 in the landscape, with the River Carew flowing west into the Milford Haven

see more of our journeys across the UK >>>
www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...

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#MedievalMonday with Weobley Castle 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 and its incredible views out across the north of Gower

see more of our journeys across the UK >>>
www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...

For #medievalMonday we’re in Rye, East Sussex. Ypres Tower or Rye castle

The ‘rainbow arch’ and the remains of the 12th century church at Lindisfarne Priory on Holy Island in Northumberland. 📸 My own. #MedievalMonday #LindisfarnePriory #HolyIsland #Northumberland

#MedievalMonday & the rather incredible Cheddar Brooch from the Somerset Museum
A large silver disc brooch from around c9-10

We caught this on a broader journey to North Devon & Cornwall which you can catch here >>>
www.youtube.com/watch?v=tiGX...

📢Happy #medievalmonday, #medievalsky!
📜The #OldEnglish Resource of the Week
📖 Disrupting Categories, 1050–1250: Rethinking the Humanities through Premodern Texts
✍️Elaine Treharne
📲 ARC Humanities Press: www.arc-humanities.org/978180270086...

Carlisle Castle basement room. The castle was rebuilt in stone in the 12th century under the direction of Henry I.
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Monday

#AllMetalMonday
#BenchmarkMonday
#BlueMonday
#BrutalMonday / #MondaysAreBrutal
#ClassicLitMonday
#JadeMonday
#MagentaMonday
#MallardMonday
#MammalMonday
#ManholeCoverMonday
#ManuscriptMonday
#MapMonday
#MarbleMonday
#MaritimeMonday
#MarketMonday
#MedievalMonday
#MementoMoriMonday

The half-timbered early 16th century ‘Pitchmarket’ at Cerne Abbas in Dorset. The name derives from the market which was once held outside the house, where millers would ‘pitch’ for corn. 📸 My own. #MedievalMonday #CerneAbbey #Dorset

St John the Baptist's Church, Chester

For #MedievalMonday - a medieval oak coffin inscribed with the words "Dust to Dust". It was discovered in the 19th century and set high in the church ruins. #Chester