#Medieval

George Demacopoulos

GDemacopoulos

Today is the Feast of St. Ambrose of Milan in the Orthodox Church. Since seminary, I've been fascinated by his life and writing. A short thread: Ambrose is one of

Erik Wade

erik_kaars

Honestly, nothing is funnier to me that medieval images of Christ's ascension to heaven, because they're all just his feet hanging down from the sky. Yes, this is a thread.(BnF,

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hisevilforest

punctuation and capitalization in fiction are like musical notation, not like cohesive grammar. you're not using it to be correct, you're using it to indicate how your narrative voice should

Judy Doherty

JudyADoherty

Inspired by @StroudStory talk for @TheCCT on Arts and Crafts war memorials in the Cotswold area, I pootled down to take a closer look at the memorial in Hythe, Kent.

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apostolaich

"There remains the historical truth, that this European structure, built upon the noble foundations of classical antiquity, was formed through... the Catholic Church. Europe will return to the faith, or

Alison Fisk

AlisonFisk

Family visit to historic Pevensey Bay, East Sussex. First up, a walk around the impressive walls of the #Roman sea fort they called Anderida, built c. AD290. Used as a

John Ahern

johnrahern

Judith M. Bennett's "Ale, Beer, and Brewsters in England: Women's Work in a Changing World 1300-1600" is a fascinating exploration of the "by-industry" and commercial industry of brewing in late

Erik Wade

erik_kaars

The thing I love about medieval dragons in European manuscripts is that so many of the drawings are smol and cute. This is a silly #MedievalTwitter thread of smol, adorable

The Public Archive

public_archive

Academics could gain a certain clarity about themselves if they acknowledged that being an academic is a job, not a mission, and that being an intellectual is merely a form

Sara

tinyredbook

My fave xmas related medieval motif is the Dream of the Magi (where they are warned in their sleep not to return to Herod), but here they are three Kings

soph

poeparty

underrated sitcoms/comedy shows: a thread derry girls- ongoing, 2 seasons - a group of friends growing up in ireland in the 1980s- SO FUNNY, would recommend subtitles schitts creek -

Jeffs Comics

jeffs_comics

Take a gander at this cutaway.What is it about cutaways? Whether its the Batcave, the Enterprise, Tnunderbird 2, or the Great Escape, there is something immersive to put you into

Alphastream - Wearing a Mask Like A Hero

Alphastream

Really excellent design thread. That idea of the theme is really important. A lot of design fails that.https://twitter.com/the_strix/status/1354869283054964739 I’m often asked to write an adventure from an initial concept. And

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aesthetici4n

"Never did an eye see the sun unless it had first become like the sun, and never could a soul have a vision of Beauty unless it is itself beatiful"Plotinus

Erik Wade

erik_kaars

Have I got a *wild* medieval story for you.A woman sleeps with someone in exchange for presents, and her husband gets mad. So she sets out to prove that her

Stained Glass Attitudes

DrJACameron

This is great for lots of reasons, but also for understanding the scale and construction of the oft-misunderstood octagon and its lanternhttps://twitter.com/GeoffRobinson49/status/1337402129510707205 all of this is basically timber. that

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