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Gender Nonconforming Jesus: A look at art history. CW: religion, transphobia, artistic nudity, depictions of open wounds (Long post)
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You strike Green Knight? You cut off his head like the football?! Oh! Oh! Beheading for Gawain! Beheading for Gawain One Year Hence!!
Historic Memes #23
If you are Catholic, this is a joke about history, and no offense is meant. Have a good new year😁
Do any history majors maybe want to connect? Maybe make some friends?
I just find it hard to connect within my uni and thought maybe somebody struggled as well.
My dms are always open and idk maybe we could create a history discord server or something?
"Hey can I play some sounds, it helps me to fall asleep"
"oh yeah, sure. Go ahead"
"thank you :)"
Fun little thing about medieval medicine.
So there’s this old German remedy for getting rid of boils. A mix of eggshells, egg whites, and sulfur rubbed into the boil while reciting the incantation and saying five Paternosters. And according to my prof’s friend (a doctor), it’s all very sensible. The eggshells abrade the skin so the sulfur can sink in and fry the boil. The egg white forms a flexible protective barrier. The incantation and prayers are important because you need to rub it in for a certain amount of time.
It’s easy to take the magic words as superstition, but they’re important.
Is this truly how I want to introduce myself?
Me: Casually explaining what I have planned to write in the current chapter of my fic.
My fiancé: In the next chapter Ciri should leap to the world of medieval Poland and meet king Władysław Jagiełło, have some adventures at his court. And Ulrich von Jungingen should be there too.
Me: Hmmm, that's an interesting concept. Noted.
My fiancé: And Ulrich von Jungingen should have two c*cks conjoined together, and they should fight each other with their c*cks.
Me, spluttering my drink onto the wall: It always ends up with c*cks, when it comes to you, doesn't it?
The Leper Saint
another art that I abandoned (June) and just finished up. the little face veil was supposed to be more opaque so that it would actually serve its purpose (lol) but I spent too much time on the face to just cover it up so much ❤️🩹
reblogs very welcome but no reposts without permission please!
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I’d like to bring this to the attention of Tumblr- it’s very funny and very interesting (official academic research into fandom and fanfiction!)
Love You’re Dead To Me, and was very excited when this episode came out! There’s more episodes about literally anything you could want as well!
𝑨𝒔𝒍𝒂𝒖𝒈 & 𝑫𝒊𝒎𝒊𝒕𝒓𝒚
There is 17 castles within walking distance from my house lol
~ Lead mortuary cross from victim of the Great Plague of 1348.
Culture: English
Date: 1340-1350
Posted by Steven Payne to Facebook group British Medieval History:
People in the Middle Ages valued sweet smelling breath and bodies, seeing them as desirable, so there is a great deal of evidence from the period of tooth pastes, powders and deodorants. Contrary to the typical Hollywood depiction of medieval peasants with blackened and rotting teeth, the average person had teeth which were in fairly good condition, mainly due to the rarity of sugar in the diet. Most medieval people could not afford sugar and those who could used it sparingly. Archaeological data shows that only 20% of teeth had signs of decay, as opposed to 90% in the early twentieth century. The main dental problem for medieval people was not decay but wear, due to a high content of grit in the main staple, bread. For deodorants, soap was available for the wealthy, but a variety of herbs and other preparations were also used. Soapwort is a plant native to Europe and Asia which, when soaked in water, produces an effective liquid soap. Mint, cloves and thyme were also extensively used by simply rubbing into the skin, and alum (hydrated potassium aluminium sulphate) was an effective deodorant. I am trying to keep to 14th century technology on my pilgrimage to Canterbury, which gives me various options when looking at hygiene. In the middle ages people generally cleaned their teeth by rubbing them and their gums with a rough linen cloth, or the chewed end of a stick. There are various recipes for pastes and powders that could be put on the cloth to help clean the teeth, but I have chosen simple salt to whiten them and to aid fresh breath. I will also be using the stick method, and will be taking along a supply of liquorice root sticks for that purpose. I also have a few blocks of alum, which when rubbed into wet skin has a deodorising effect. Alum, like beeswax, was used extensively in the middle ages for a variety of purposes, also being useful: * in the purification of drinking water as a flocculant * as a styptic to stop bleeding from minor cuts * as a pickling agent to help keep pickles crisp * as a flame retardant * as an ingredient in modelling clay * as an ingredient in cosmetics and skin whiteners * as an ingredient in some brands of toothpaste The photograph shows my wash kit including home made olive oil soap, salt for the teeth, a block of deodorising alum, cloves, a boxwood comb made for me by Peter Crossman of Crossman Crafts and some liquorice root sticks, all on a woollen ‘towel’. Note that the cloves are kept in a ventilated box….this is because insects hate the smell of cloves and so a perforated box will keep them out of my kit and food bag when I am sleeping rough. TIP: If you steep some cloves to obtain the oil and put the liquid around the doors and windows of your house, it keeps spiders and insects out.
Pottery from Bulgarian Black Sea cost
Second Bulgarian Empire
Burgas RHM