brother mayhew

twunk monk of farnham monastery

[brothermayhew]

methinks tis high time I formally introduced myself!

About me:

name:

brother mayhew

background:

i’ve been at farnham for 15 years. i come from a family of farmers who served a liege lord. when i was 18 years old i, being young and fit, was called to fight for him against an invading rival. in the heat of the battle i said my first prayer: that if the lord in all His mercy would spare me i would turn away from my life of sin and devote the rest of my days to Him. within two days I arrived at farnham, unable to read or write but strong of body and able to work a plow. i have since become strong of mind under the tutelage of farnham’s finest!

interests:

tending the vegetable garden, orchard, and wheat field, looking after the beasts of burden (they are as much my brethren as the other monks) reading voraciously (currently hyperfixated on this italian poet named dante), scribing (my illuminations need work but my script is decent!), spirited debate with my brothers, book club with some of the sisters (shhhhhhhh…..)

dni:

brother eustace, the prior, my wife (we had been married but a few months when i left for farnham…)

[larkstonguesinaspicpart1]

LET’S HAVE A CONCLAVE

[gomjabbar]

every time a new Star War movie or show is announced all the fans are like “OMG Glup Shitto is back 😭😭😭”

[charlesoberonn]

World defining tumblr post

[brothermayhew]

brother glup

[planetclaires-deactivated202404]

pirating movies by seeing them in tumblr gifs and basing my own story around them

[rabbitrah]

that's how medieval peasants were supposed to use the stained glass windows to teach themselves bible stories when church was exclusively in latin

[therestlessforest]

Blorbaux from my tapestries

[traumacatholic]

Thinking about Fray Bigotón (brother moustache), mascot of the Franciscan Monastery of Cochabamba in Bolivia who was adopted after being found as a stray

[brothermayhew]

trying to figure out how to get the prior to allow me to hire a musician to steadily beat a drum while i do my work in the scriptorium....,,. it seems to be the only way i can focus

[monasterycat]

*banging head on a wall repeatedly after blankly staring at the manuscripts in the scriptorium" maaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaw

[brothermonk-sam]

I am here tonight at the Monk Gala, of course, to raise funds for the monastery yet again with our annual fashion show. I'm wearing custom linen from the house Saint Yves Laurent and I'm just so happy to be here raising money for a good cause

[brothermayhew]

thou art serving, brother !!!!

[brothercynewulf]

I hath entirely too much work to do and a complete lack of energy to do it. I beg forgiveness to the brothers that shall find me repeatedly and painfully banging my head against a desk in the scriptorium. I hath no greater wish than to walk into the lake and sleep for one thousand years.

[bowelfly]

The abbot knew it was a mistake leaving this particular group of reprobates unattended by a senior brother during their chore duty. Still, despite his protestations, the two initiates he had assigned to help out assured him they were more than happy to pick up the slack as long as the impromptu jug band got to keep playing.

commissioned by a very generous furry. the kobold and fox belong to him and a friend.

individual closeups under the cut

[gjjuddmk2]

[ceekari]

sound on, obviously

[brothermayhew]

someone prithee do this to me...,,, ,for science

[sevdahalma]

One of my favorite historical tidbits is that Arab traders, for centuries, fooled Europeans into thinking cinnamon came from a rare, vicious and fearsome cinnamon bird.

The belief was so prevalent, in fact, that the mythical cinnamon bird shows up in the writings of Herodotus and Aristotle, all the way into medieval European manuscripts where it’s illustrated in all its fierce, cinnamony glory:

Pliny the Elder expressed skepticism of the bird in his writings, rightly assuming that it was a tale invented to keep control on the trade and prices by reducing competition, but the belief was already so widespread that it persisted in many areas into the early 1300’s.

[brothermayhew]

the cinnamon bird a ruse??!?!?! all along?!

[hildegards-abbey]

the pope???

[blacksmith-oliver]

the pope 😔

[brotherhumphrey]

gonna start a new thing where i tonsure various people's blorbos, to make them holier. my first target: the formula one racing community. snip snip! i'm coming for you piastri!

[stevencharleston]

it's kinda sad that slop is such a popular pejorative now. after all it has done to nourish the noble hog

[hildegards-abbey]

I hath been slowly chipping away at a small hole in the wall of my chambers here at Farnham and hath finally discovered that the prior resides on the other side. Is it typical to rest with a companion here?

I wish that I had not chipped at the hole

[brother-liudebert]

this is quite typical!

the prior is simply instructing his companion in prayer. hope this helps! :)

[brothermonk-sam]

in another life i really would have liked to wash robes and file manuscripts with you