« Medieval depiction of a spherical earth with different seasons at the same time » by Hildegard von Bingen

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#arts #artshare #paintings 🎨 #HildegardVonBingen #earth #seasons #medieval

Also, while on the topic of King Arthur legends:

Please for the love of god someone translate Escanor to English!

We have an actual Arthurian love-hate romance for grumpy Sir Kay. How is this not a thing yet?!

#storytelling #KingArthur #translation #medieval #histodons #literature

How am I just hearing about The Marvels of Rigomer

#storytelling #Medieval #KingArthur

Topic 4: Saints

Book:
Furta Sacra: Thefts of Relics in the Central Middle Ages, by Patrick J. Geary

This was a hilarious yet well researched book on the business of stealing relics and justifying the theft with outrageous legends in the Middle Ages. From saints that *wanted* to be stolen all the way to saints who miraculously had two identical corpses so that both rival churches could have one...

#history #religion #saints #medieval #histodons