Saturday, 29 August 2015

Monthly Round-up

Another months of exciting medievalness to round up.

A short article on the myth of chastity belts:
http://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/medieval-chastity-belts-are-myth-180956341/?no-ist

Some pretty cool use of drones to discover new archaeological site in Ireland:
http://www.archaeology.org/news/3616-150819-ireland-drone-survey

A medieval word puzzle, what does the sword's inscription say?
http://britishlibrary.typepad.co.uk/digitisedmanuscripts/2015/08/help-us-decipher-this-inscription.html

Particularly on-topic this month, medieval asylum seekers:
http://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/what-it-was-like-to-seek-asylum-in-medieval-england

Some medieval frivolity 'down under' with a medieval feast complete with menu:
http://www.goodfood.com.au/good-food/eat-out/canberras-amazing-onenightonly-medieval-good-food-feast-20150811-gimf7p.html

And finally, this month's image of choice: Paris, Bibl. de la Sorbonne, ms. 0121, f. 023


Beware psychotic bunnies wielding axes. For they are short, and will do great damage to shins. 
 

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