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(Codex Manesse, UB Heidelberg, Cod. Pal. germ. 848, f. 188r)
Thread: emojis as medieval images. (CW: violence and dicks ahead)
(Please suggest more medieval emojis if you think of any!)
(BL, MS Royal 6 E VI, f. 16v) #MedievalTwitter
In his letters, 8th-century missionary (and apparent fan of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy) St. Boniface keeps sending people towels as presents.
One letter: "I am sending also a cloak, and a towel to dry the feet." #MedievalTwitter
Colorful, depressed geese.
(Bodleian Library MS. Bodl. 602, f. 65v) #MedievalTwitter
A great new article is now out: @DanielleGAllor's "Propping the Tree of Charity: Allegory and Salvation History in Piers Plowman".
If you want to think about how medieval writers used trees to think about things, this is the article! #MedievalTwitter
https://t.co/JVQrfBBNBa
The count is terrified by the zombies and the death of all his peasants and he begs forgiveness of the abbot and the dead saint, as well as paying them back double for the damage he caused. The abbot forgives them but doesn't stop the undead peasants.
Grendel maddened by the sounds of harps in Heorot is just basically a remake of The Berenstain Bears and Too Much Birthday, I think.