12th century wall painting of St. Cuthbert of Lindisfarne in the Galilee Chapel at Durham Cathedral. Today is St. Cuthbert’s feast day.

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When 15th century Medieval Rabbits grow weary of being hunted, they become hunters 🐰🐇🐰

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Coincés sur des vestiges de banquise, les rennes pourront-ils délivrer des colis à ?

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Unrequited Love and the Power of the Muse for this ‘First Meeting of Petrarch and Laura’, Marie Spartali Stillman, 1889.

Laura was the muse of the medieval Italian poet, Petrarch. Marie lived near Florence for a while, and had a love of Italian poetry and art.

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Elaine of Astolat and her unrequited love for Launcelot, taken from Arthurian legend and reimagined by Tennyson, is today’s

Painted by John Melhuish Strudwick, she stares fixedly at the shield of Launcelot she has carefully and reverently placed and swaddled.

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The Mermaid of Zennor by John Reinhard Weguelin was inspired by a Medieval legend of a mermaid who lived at Pendour Cove, near Zennor, Cornwall.
Legend tells a man fell in love with the her, followed her beneath the waves, never to be seen again.


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The Ballyvass drinking-horn terminal mount is only the 5th example found in Ireland through excavation! Dating to ~8th C, the mount was found as part of the N9/N10 Kilcullen to Waterford Scheme in 2007 in partnership with

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🍂Welcome, 🍁November🍁, and bring to all of us peaceful and healthy days.🍂
(Book of Hours from Rohan, National Library CZ VI D 25) https://t.co/W1XOA4QnFN

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It's Join and a team of Questing Time subs as we paly at 7:30pm BST and then dive over to raid for

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Our pull-outs are now available on our website! Explore medieval myths and legends, get up close with fascinating artefacts, try out themed games and crafts, and learn how to party like it’s 1272!
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Medieval Monday: Tall Tales from the Silk Roads. For centuries, Eurasia has been crossed by a complex network of trade routes. These routes passed across both land and sea and are today known as the Silk Roads and Spice Roads.

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Inktober day 17: Line art and colors of a medieval lady

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