elphabaforpresidentofgallifrey:
The best misinterpretation of Christmas ever.
all this from a man in a bowtie
“Richard!”
As a Medieval Studies major, this is the most profound thing I have ever read. This is literally all that historians (and archaeologists! and linguistic anthropologists! and all of that lot!) do. We sit there with a little bit of information and then say “SCIENCE!”.
(Source: alysonhase, via damnitwhatisthecatdoing)
I am a Medieval Studies major, so I can vouch for the realness of this.
The most famous of Hagia Sophia’s Byzantine mosaics is this 13th-century Deësis Mosaic, depicting Christ Pantrocrator flanked by the Virgin Mary and St. John the Baptist.
Christ holds a closed Book of Gospels in his left hand and raises his right in benediction. His gentle expression is that of the “Palaeologan Christ,” who reveals God’s compassion for humanity. On either side, the Virgin and St. John the Baptist are turned towards Christ in attitude of worship.
Photo © Holy Land Photos.
http://www.sacred-destinations.com/turkey/istanbul-hagia-sophia-photos/slides/deesis-mosaic3-c-hlp
Another detail view of Christ Pantocrator from the 13th-century De�sis Mosaic in the south gallery of Hagia Sophia.
Photo © Dick Osseman..
Detail of John the Bapist from the 13th-century De�sis Mosaic in the south gallery of Hagia Sophia.
Photo © Dick Osseman.
http://www.sacred-destinations.com/turkey/istanbul-hagia-sophia-photos/
To Anthony Cooke
The goodbye I tried to speak but could not utter with my tongue
By my eyes I delivered back to yours.
That sad love that haunts the countenance in parting
Contained the voice that I concealed from display,
Just as Penelope, when her husband Ulysses was present,
Was speechless—the reason is that sweet love of a gaze.
Then afterwards Ovid sends greeting muses to the absent,
Just as to you, distant, I have sent my small note.
I hope then that silent Dacre will not be scorned by you
For the mind has suffered and held fast in faithfulness to you.
Believe that among servants there is not any more faithful:
As Plancus Plotinus thus will Dacre be to you.
I remain your servant Plancus, more faithful than any;
To this servant Dacre, you remain sweet Coke.
Epigram written by Martial, ‘Of the girdle’Long enough am I now; but if your shape should swell under its grateful burden, then shall I become to you a narrow girdle.
Last summer, Professor Elaine Treharne discovered a 16th century love poem hidden in a copy of Chaucer’s works. The poem was written in Latin and until Elaine’s discovery, unknown to scholars. This is the earliest found erotic poem written by a woman.
The poem was written by Elizabeth Dacre to Anthony Cooke, tutor to King Edward VI, son of Henry VIII. Elizabeth was likely already married at the time of the poem’s composition as she used the name Dacre, the surname of her first husband. Anthony was imprisoned in the Tower of London at the time of Elizabeth’s marriage, accused of involvement in the plot to bring Lady Jane Grey to the throne.
Elizabeth became a very powerful woman through marriage and the acquisition of lands. She died at the age of 30 while giving birth to her fifth child, a son who also died. No portrait exists and her grave is unmarked. More than 30 years her senior, Anthony outlived her, serving as a knight of the shire for Essex after his release from the Tower.
Full article: WVU Today
Photo: Mark Brown, West Virginia University
Suggested by: Other Notebooks Are Avaliable
This day in history:
The Romanian Revolution of 1989 begins.
Starting off as protests, a crackdown ordered by dictator Nicolae Ceaușescu soon followed in attempt to quell unrest. Full-scale fighting erupted between those loyal to Ceaușescu against the Romanian Army and protesters.
The revolution ended on later that month on Christmas day with the execution of Ceaușescu and his wife Elena; the last executions in Romania before capital punishment was abolished.
December 16, 1989 - 22 years ago today.
The Trundholm sun chariot (Danish: Solvognen), is a late Nordic Bronze Age artifact discovered in Denmark. It is a representation of the sun chariot, a bronze statue of a horse and a large bronze disk, which are placed on a device with spoked wheels.
Medieval urine wheel. Labelled in Latin, this 15th century diagram shows some of the possible colours of urine (outer edge of circle) to help doctors diagnose urine-related diseases. Artwork from Fasciculus Medicinae, a collection of medieval medical manuscripts, published in Europe, that date from 1491.
PNF (Partito Nazionale Fascista) Headquarters, Palazzo Braschi, 1934 (via)
This is terrifying!
(Source: brilliantinemortality)
World War II Propaganda
