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Images from the Codex Masesse by the Nachtragsmaler I, II and III, all made between 1305-40
GRECO, El The Burial of the Count of Orgaz 1586-88 Oil on canvas, 480 x 360 cm Santo Tomé, Toledo
To my followers,
Due to a problem with the new âtwo-way authorizationâ security option, which I activated last week, I can no longer log on to my Tumblr account. The problem is that I am not receiving the SMS with the needed code. At present my only way into the account is via my mobile, which still happens to be logged in â for now.
This issue explains why my posts are at present infrequent, or why they may temporarily stop. While Tumblr was quick to reply to my initial query for help, they have stopped responding to emails. If you know how to âforceâ the system to send me a new code via SMS, or if you have heard of similar issues, please contact me. It is extremely frustrating that I am unable to show you things medieval - other than typing posts on my phone.
Erik
Pic: London, BL, Add. 11639.
A love story hidden in a hat
You are looking at a medieval book from c. 1270, but it has a most unusual shape - and a most ironic story. In fact, you are looking at fragments of a such a book, which form a research passion of mine. In the early-modern period bookbinders cut up medieval manuscripts because the handwritten objects had become old-fashioned after the invention of printing. As a result, we encounter snippets of manuscripts on the inside of bookbindings, as I explain in this blog about such beautiful destruction - a more recent discovery is presented in this blog.
Occasionally the recycled parchment sheets were used for other purposes: the pages in this image form the lining of a bishopâs mitre - onto which the cloth was subsequently pasted. Whatâs remarkable about the hat is not just that the poor bishop had a bunch of hidden medieval pages on his head, but that they were cut from a Norwegian translation of Old French love poetry (so-called lais). Lovers were chasing each other through dark corridors, maidens were frolicking in the fields, knights were butchering each other over nothing. All the while the oblivious bishop was performing the rites of the Holy Mass. Itâs a wonderful historical clash; as well as the mother of all irony.
Pic: Copenhagen, Den ArnamagnÊanske Samling, MS AM 666 b 4to (c. 1270,  Strengleikar, Norse translation of Old French love poems). More information about this wicked item here.
List of Prohibited Books, 1564.
Why go to war?
Charles V - Holy Roman Emperor - went not only for practical reasons but to bolster his own image.
Medieval smiley face
This is a true feel-good doodle, drawn by a medieval reader and found in the lower margin of a 13th-century page. The surprisingly modern-looking smiley face is wearing glasses and seems to float towards the text in a balloon, quite content. This little scene made my day.
Pic: Conches, BibliothĂšque municipale, MS 7 (main text 13th century, doodle 14th or 15th century). More medieval doodles in this Tumblr.
The gruesome death of Thomas Becket
One of more graphic depictions of this moment. Three of the four knights attack the archbishop, who is kneeling in prayer before the altar. One of the knights kicks Thomas to the floor, and sends his miter flying as his sword cracks open Thomasâs head.
Edward Grim, who was himself wounded in the attack, wrote down what, according to his account, are the last words of Thomas:
âFor the name of Jesus and the protection of the Church, I am ready to embrace death.â
Reliquary Head of St Eustace
Basle, Switzerland
The Hague, KB, 74 G 27, f. 83r (âDaphne, pursued by Apollo, changes into a laurel-treeâ). Christine de Pisan, LâEpistre dâOthea. Auvergne(?); c. 1450-1475.
Under the circumstances, not the most efficient way to turn into a tree.
Saint Vittoria
Edith Piaf mid-performance at New Yorkâs Versailles nightclub, 1952. Photo by Allan Grant for Life magazine.
 Altarpiece of St. Sebastian c. 1493
Archers - Luttrell Psalter (c.1330)