Malyss

Mael Iso mac Neill, OL, at your service. Baron of Lions Gate, Principality of Tir Righ, in the glorious Kingdom of An Tìr. 14th century Scot. [SCAdian blog of @withoutmalice]

[lowrifaberart]

🏳️‍⚧️🌝

[nerdintheforest]

can i offer you an unsolicited

in these trying times

[thewanderingalchemist]

Scribal practice!

[thewanderingalchemist]

I plan to lean more on the illumination side of things in the SCA, with my partner @buffonissimo doing the calligraphy for any scrolls we do. But I want to build my penmanship skills as well for versatility.

I know this pen nib is too wide for what I would need to work with for scrolls, but I'm still learning the faces right now so the size helps me see my work.

[tinyuglyworld]

Silver neck rings from the Finnish Iron Age (500 BCE-1300 CE)

Source

[mephistopheles]

midsummer: if the feudal strictness of your home kingdom can’t give you what you want, try going on an adventure guided by magical supernatural beings

macbeth: but not like that

hamlet: if you’re in a duplicitous violent world, your king and your peers and your girlfriend may lie to you, so only follow the advice of your steadfast best friend

othello: but not like that

as you like it: if you undergo a misfortune that causes you to hate your life in your city, give yourself a makeover and run away to the woods

timon of athens: but not like that

two gents: if you’re in love in italy, you can quickly and easily communicate important information via the verona postal service

romeo and juliet: but not like that

[kooldewd123]

actually the craziest impact animorphs has had on me is that i never really got an urge to eat cinnamon buns from reading them BUT the phrase "the refreshing beverage known as vinegar" has forced its way into my head every other week for years to try and convince me it would be a good idea to chug a whole glass of it

[kooldewd123]

tyhe voices in my head are gettinh louder

[sarifel-corrisafid-ilxhel]

Vinegar is what we used to use as the acid in our sodas before we switched to Carbonated Water in the 19th century, and vinegar-based sodas trace their roots all the way back to the Bronze Age Meditteranean! The Romans called it Posca! The Ottomans adopted it from the Romans and called it Sharab, which means "Drink", and then American colonists acquired the recipe from the Ottomans in the 17th century and changed the name to Shrub!

There's a famous example of Posca that most people misremember because we don't drink Vinegar much anymore. If you're familiar with the Crucifixion of Jesus in the Bible, you probably remember the bit about the Roman soldier offering Jesus a sponge full of vinegar to drink. Most people think the Roman dude was mocking Jesus, but that's wrong. That was a sponge full of Posca. The Roman dude was like "Well this sucks. Want a Sprite?"

...Fun fact, I know this because the phrase "Refreshing Beverage known as Vinegar" got stuck in my head one night at work, and I started googling "Does anybody drink vinegar". I had to know. It turns out the answer is yes! And you can still find vinegar-based soft drinks today! Switchel is a vinegar-and-ginger drink you can find at some bars in the US, and it goes back to pre-carbonated soft drinks.

Also, I know several people who drink pickle juice regularly, and white vinegar is a key component of pickle juice! So that's also where vinegar as a drink can pop up in your day to day life.

[thejakeformerlyknownasprince]

There's also a trendy New Age beverage called fire cider that's literally just vinegar, cinnamon, spice, and pretensions. RIP Ax, you would've loved the fire cider craze.

[kooldewd123]

op here. imagine how i feel. i've been dealing with this propaganda in my notifications all week.

[rfpreiwaphase]

@copperbadge i'm going to cross-wire this to your corner and see what happens.

[copperbadge]

oh yes -- before I had surgery to fix the problem I used to get terrible headaches when my sinus passages would get inflamed and swell shut. Often the inflammation was from dehydration, and when it was I could drink posca and get some relief, since it rehydrates faster than plain water and takes the swelling down.

My recipe was a shot glass's worth of vinegar, a spoonful of sugar, and a pinch of salt, then top off with 16-20 oz of water. Tastes kind of lemony, very nice.

[funeral]

Kathleen Cohen, Metamorphosis of a Death Symbol: The Transi Tomb in the Late Middle Ages and the Renaissance

[memories-of-ancients]

Gold pendant necklace with pearls, sapphires, and emeralds, Byzantine, 6th-7th century AD

from Phoenix Ancient Art

[fluentisonus]

various groups of people from this manuscript

[mapsontheweb]

Monasteries destroyed by Henry VIII during the Dissolution of the Monasteries

[barbucomedie]

Bronze Belt Buckle from Hainaut, Belgium dated to the 7th Century CE on display at the Art and History Museum in Brussels, Belgium

During the 5th century, the area that is now modern day Belgium came under the control of the Merovingian controlled Frankish Empire. While the area was occupied by the remnants of the Western Roman Empire and Franks who had migrated there to settle. The Merovingian's saught to occupy previous Western Roman colonies in Western Europe as they saw themselves, as many new kingdoms and empires were doing, as successors to the Western Roman Empire. Much of this idealology would continue into the start of the Medieval period with the formation of the Holy Roman Empire under Charlemagne and the Carolingian's.

Photographs taken by myself 2025

[worldsandemanations]

Bowl with Fish design , Iran, probably Kashan, late 13th–mid-14th century, stonepaste; black decoration under a transparent turquoise glaze

[contemptible-scoundrel]

I attempted to rob a man at zweihanderpoint but unfortunately he pulled out a pike and gained the range advantage, giving me no choice but to flee

[memories-of-ancients]

Horse armor crafted by Wihelm von Worms the Elder in 1499

from The Philadelphia Museum of Art

[artschoolglasses]

Breastplate with Defences for the Pelvis and Upper Thighs, Austrian or South German, 1480-90

From the Philadelphia Museum of Art

[janeypievanas]

The gang, including demonindistress.

[medievalistsnet]

Early Medieval Burial Ground Discovered in Scotland

Archaeologists working alongside a sewer upgrade project in the Scottish Highlands have uncovered a burial ground thought to date to the 6th century AD, along with two Iron Age roundhouses that may be up to 3,000 years old.

Read here