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"It may come as a surprise to many readers that one of the world's rarest pieces of Chinese porcelain resides permanently in...

"It may come as a surprise to many readers that one of the world's rarest pieces of Chinese porcelain resides permanently in Dublin. Made in China around 1300AD, it is the earliest example of Chinese porcelain known to have reached Europe and was owned by royalty for centuries. This is the complex and curious history of how the Fonthill vase ended up in the National Museum of Ireland."

#medieval

https://www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2025/0325/1503868-fonthill-vase-chinese-porcelain-national-museum-of-ireland/

"What do the angelic forces of the Heavenly Host have to do with orgasms? The answer, according to the 12th-century philosopher and...

"What do the angelic forces of the Heavenly Host have to do with orgasms? The answer, according to the 12th-century philosopher and theologian Maimonides, was simple. Some invisible forces that caused movement could be explained by God working through angels."

#medieval

https://aeon.co/essays/why-physics-today-stands-on-the-wings-of-angels-and-demons

SUNY Geneseo is hiring a Special Collections Librarian to oversee the SCs/archives in our recently and beautifully renovated Milne Library....

SUNY Geneseo is hiring a Special Collections Librarian to oversee the SCs/archives in our recently and beautifully renovated Milne Library. I'm on the hiring committee, so happy to answer general questions about the position. #jobfairy

https://jobs.geneseo.edu/postings/5137

A man who set a fire in the crypt of St Michan's Church in Dublin, which caused damage to its #medieval mummified remains, has been...

A man who set a fire in the crypt of St Michan's Church in Dublin, which caused damage to its #medieval mummified remains, has been jailed for six years.

https://www.rte.ie/news/dublin/2025/0220/1497898-st-michans-sentence/

"Ancient human remains uncovered in a Co Derry bog are believed to belong to a young woman who lived around 2,000 years ago. [... They]...

"Ancient human remains uncovered in a Co Derry bog are believed to belong to a young woman who lived around 2,000 years ago. [... They] likely belonged to a woman aged between 17 and 22 years old, and has been hailed as "one of the most important archaeological discoveries on the island of Ireland".

https://www.rte.ie/news/ulster/2025/0220/1497765-derry-bog-body/

But the core of her popularity was always of course Ireland, and in particular in Kildare, the site of her famous...

But the core of her popularity was always of course Ireland, and in particular in Kildare, the site of her famous abbey.

https://www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2025/0201/1429449-kildare-st-brigid-cogitosus-tombs-pilgrims-imbolc/

Brigit's was widely venerated across medieval Europe—there was apparently an altar dedicated to her as far east as Kyiv. She was...

Brigit's was widely venerated across medieval Europe—there was apparently an altar dedicated to her as far east as Kyiv. She was especially respected as a worker of dairy- and livestock-related miracles. This 13th-century gilded reliquary from Plappeville in e. France is said to hold a relic of hers.

Lá Fhéile Bríde sona daoibh! Happy St Brigit's Day, feast day of one of Ireland's patron saints and the traditional first day of...

Lá Fhéile Bríde sona daoibh! Happy St Brigit's Day, feast day of one of Ireland's patron saints and the traditional first day of spring in Ireland. I have a special grá (affection) for Brigit as a #medieval historical figure and because as a child I was taught by the Brigidine Sisters.

The very concept of a $25m, 12 bedroom, 12.7k ft² house is of course grotesque, but I find myself begrudgingly respecting how clearly the...

The very concept of a $25m, 12 bedroom, 12.7k ft² house is of course grotesque, but I find myself begrudgingly respecting how clearly the owners don't care about things like "resale value" or "what the neighbours think" or "cohesion" or "taste."

Have a Guanyin-themed bedroom & a frog-themed bathroom but also a bunch of eclectic #medievalism in rooms filled to the brim with Stuff!

I continue to think someone could write a dissertation on US McMansion Medievalism.

(... am I wrong in thinking the Viking longship table kind of slaps though?)

https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/1201-Marble-Way-Boca-Raton-FL-33432/87660584_zpid/?

The two in particular that have stayed with me are "Wounds" and "Ceasefire", with their focus on the victims of violence...

The two in particular that have stayed with me are "Wounds" and "Ceasefire", with their focus on the victims of violence and the demands—and costs—of peace. (The latter poem I think does something more emotionally imaginative with Greek myth in four stanzas than recent movie "The Return" managed in more than two hours.)

I'm saddened to hear of the passing of Michael Longley. It's more than 20 years now since I studied his poetry for the Leaving Cert,...

I'm saddened to hear of the passing of Michael Longley. It's more than 20 years now since I studied his poetry for the Leaving Cert, and yet there are still passages and images from his work that have stuck with me all that time.

https://www.rte.ie/news/2025/0123/1492500-michael-longley/

Always relieved when I vanquish the department printer at syllabus-printing time. This semester’s courses: Vikings, second half of the...

Always relieved when I vanquish the department printer at syllabus-printing time. This semester’s courses: Vikings, second half of the medieval survey, and medieval women’s history. Technically ready though I still have the “what have I forgotten?” feeling.

My home county of Laois was one of the parts of Ireland most affected by the weekend's uncommonly hefty fall of #sneachta. You'd...

My home county of Laois was one of the parts of Ireland most affected by the weekend's uncommonly hefty fall of #sneachta. You'd want to be a hardy person to be up on the Rock of Dunamase today, where the wind is brisk at the best of times! The Rock is topped by the ruins of a 12th-c. castle.

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I love the still vivid colours of this wall hanging made by the nuns of the Augustinian community of Heiningen in 1516—the sisters'...

I love the still vivid colours of this wall hanging made by the nuns of the Augustinian community of Heiningen in 1516—the sisters' names appear around the edges. It weighs some 50kg, and its embroidered imagery is dense with theological and classical references.

Victoria & Albert Museum, 289-1876.

"Dating back to the #medieval period, the ecclesiastical register belonging to the former archbishop of Armagh Milo Sweteman is around...

"Dating back to the #medieval period, the ecclesiastical register belonging to the former archbishop of Armagh Milo Sweteman is around 650 years old."

https://www.rte.ie/news/2024/1226/1488151-oldest-paper-document-ireland/

Historian Sara McDougall speaks about the intersections between her work—on women and the law in #medieval France—and the Pelicot trial....

Historian Sara McDougall speaks about the intersections between her work—on women and the law in #medieval France—and the Pelicot trial.

Bookmarking this to use in my women's history course next semester.

https://slate.com/life/2024/12/gisele-dominique-pelicot-husband-trial-france-rape-me-too.html

"The portrait is significant because it is the only known living depiction of Constantine XI. Unlike the typical reliance on official...

"The portrait is significant because it is the only known living depiction of Constantine XI. Unlike the typical reliance on official imperial portraits, the artist appears to have rendered the emperor’s features from personal observation, suggesting direct access to him."

https://www.thenationalherald.com/the-portrait-of-the-last-emperor-of-byzantium-constantine-xi-palaiologos-discovered-in-a-fresco-in-greece/

I'm always interested in accounts of restoration/heritage tourism efforts involving medieval sites—here, a 15th c. fortified church...

I'm always interested in accounts of restoration/heritage tourism efforts involving medieval sites—here, a 15th c. fortified church and parochial house in Cincșor, Romania—but didn't expect to blink at a casual aside about how the UK's King Charles owns a number of nearby tourist rental properties.

https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20241210-transylvania-s-last-saxons-revive-its-stunning-ghost-villages

Does this count as #nuntastic or not? I suppose it all depends on your point of view. Could make for an excellent TV mini-series, at least....

Does this count as #nuntastic or not? I suppose it all depends on your point of view. Could make for an excellent TV mini-series, at least.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/dec/05/italian-nun-arrested-over-links-to-powerful-mafia-network

I do not think these women are as impressed with him as he is with his own codpiece. A depiction of the Castle of Love from a 15th c. copy...

I do not think these women are as impressed with him as he is with his own codpiece.

A depiction of the Castle of Love from a 15th c. copy of "Les demandes d'amour". British Library, MS Royal 16 F II, fol. 188.