Jan 6, 2023
One of the most common questions about daily life in the Middle Ages is what did homes look like. Medieval manuscript illuminations can reveal much about the exteriors and interiors of a peasant’s house.
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One of the most common questions about daily life in the Middle Ages is what did homes look like. Medieval manuscript illuminations can reveal much about the exteriors and interiors of a peasant’s house.
Oxburgh Hall interiors 1 out of 2.
From top to bottom: brick ceiling with solid fan construction (not hollow) in tower off King’s room; toilet chute turned into a Priest’s Hole after the ban on Catholicism in the 1580s. The priest would hide down there; King Henry VII and subsequent kings’ bed
Queen Mary of Scot’s sewing things; decorated chest
Marion tapestry, worked on by Mary Queen of Scot and Bess of Hardwick
Wallpaper in the library
Racist as fuck chess set.
A good article on the myths and facts of Medieval flooring.