Reposted by medieval marginaliaChristian Bauman @christianbauman.bsky.social · 10/09/2026Guys, my buddy Gail has a new book out and I must insist you go get it right now, today, immediately. It has it all: Medieval British Jews! Murder! Brave Children! And she wrote “Ella, Enchanted,” so c’mon already, what more can I say. #booksky 0172
medieval marginalia @medievalmarginalia.com · 08/09/2026Mary Magdalene receiving holy communion from an angel. San Domenico Maggiore, Naples. Pietro Cavallini, 1309. 0141
medieval marginalia @medievalmarginalia.com · 06/09/2026“To everyone’s relief, William I died if dysentery in 1166…” You know it’s bad when people are rooting for dysentery. 0322
Reposted by medieval marginaliaFrog and Toad Bot @frogandtoadbot.bsky.social · 04/09/2026“Why are you pouring water over your head?” asked Frog. “I hope that if I pour water over my head, it will help me to think of a story,” said Toad. 116826
medieval marginalia @medievalmarginalia.com · 02/09/2026fall of the damned (detail), dieric bouts, 1470 1639
Reposted by medieval marginaliaWilliam Shakespeare @shakespeare.lol · 25/08/2026[Exit Queen.] 2063895111004
Reposted by medieval marginaliaG. Willow Wilson @gwillow.me · 20/08/2026If the world wasn't burning to ash, this aspect of climate change--revealing the past, the bones in riverbeds, the inscriptions on rocks, "ghost gardens"--would be really cool. As it stands, it feels like a bad omen. 14426100
medieval marginalia @medievalmarginalia.com · 20/08/2026100 times more willing to order Jungle Joose from a menu like this 0351
medieval marginalia @medievalmarginalia.com · 11/08/2026blessed to be friends with Norse philologist Eirik Storesund (@brutenorse elsewhere), who takes me to springs blessed by medieval Icelandic bishop Guðmundur the Good 0231
medieval marginalia @medievalmarginalia.com · 10/08/2026inexplicably, a crab on a guard rail in Iceland 5322
Reposted by medieval marginaliaCarausius @carausius286.bsky.social · 28/07/2026This incredibly preserved Roman legionary’s boot was found at Vindolanda, a fort on Hadrian’s Wall. It fully enclosed the foot and would have had a sturdy sole with hobnails in it. The hobnails protected the boot on long marches and perhaps were also useful in battle for stamping on prone enemies. 712231
medieval marginalia @medievalmarginalia.com · 28/07/2026drop me in a country in europe, I will find a medieval well. 📌crljivica, croatia 1300
Reposted by medieval marginaliaJess H @jessharris.bsky.social · 10/07/2026@medievalmarginalia.com hi! Just wanted to say how much I LOVED the anchoress talk yesterday. One of the most interesting talks I've been to in a long time. I hope you manage to give the talk you hinted at about female devotional practice - I'd be super keen to learn more! 141
medieval marginalia @medievalmarginalia.com · 03/07/2026Sold out! Would there be interest in me hosting a virtual event of this discussion? 3160
medieval marginalia @medievalmarginalia.com · 30/06/2026me: *looks at my child* child: “…portcullis” (slightly menacing tone) 1201
medieval marginalia @medievalmarginalia.com · 30/06/2026update from this week’s heat dome bodleian library, ms douce 134 217546
medieval marginalia @medievalmarginalia.com · 22/06/2026all eyes on Uta! substack.com/@medievalmar...substack.comResting Gothic Facehow a medieval woman became a Nazi pin-up and a Disney villain 0256
Reposted by medieval marginaliaMatthew Cobb @matthewcobb.bsky.social · 18/06/2026Fascinating detail here about how and why women, rather than men, became telephone operators. 171
medieval marginalia @medievalmarginalia.com · 10/06/2026have just finished my third read through of this. each time [this g-d book] happens to me all over again. 2120
medieval marginalia @medievalmarginalia.com · 09/06/2026london! come listen to me yap about anchoresses july 9! www.tickettailor.com/events/pints... 1338
medieval marginalia @medievalmarginalia.com · 30/05/2026“That looks like the Monster Energy drink logo.” 0402
medieval marginalia @medievalmarginalia.com · 28/05/2026hear ye, hear ye open.substack.com/pub/medieval...open.substack.comWhat's With All the Vulvas?genitalia in medieval art 1185
Reposted by medieval marginaliaPavel @spavel.bsky.social · 19/05/2026DON'T MAKE ME TAP THE SIGN 5296103
medieval marginalia @medievalmarginalia.com · 14/05/2026something personal today ❤️ medievalmarginalia.substack.com/p/walter-f-m...medievalmarginalia.substack.comWalter F Murray 1943 - 2025On the anniversary of his passing, I’d like to tell you about my grandfather, Wally. 0121
medieval marginalia @medievalmarginalia.com · 14/04/2026April 14, feast day of Saint Lidwina, a 14th century Dutch mystic. Aged 15 she fell and broke a rib ice skating, causing her paralysis and chronic pain. Lidwina turned to God in her suffering, practicing intense fasting & prayer. She is remembered as the patron saint of ice skating & chronic pain. 35613
Reposted by medieval marginaliaChristian Bauman @christianbauman.bsky.social · 12/04/2026My #sundaysentence this week relates to the dangers found on the road to Galicia: "One French guidebook of the early twelfth century issued grave warnings of the loose morals of the people who dwelled there, such as Navarrese farmers 'who practice unclean fornication' with their mules and mares." 2182
medieval marginalia @medievalmarginalia.com · 26/03/2026advice for the 14th c housewife - read all about it! substack.com/home/post/p-... 0175
Reposted by medieval marginaliaThe Public Domain Review @publicdomainrev.bsky.social · 17/03/2026Happy birthday to Irish artist Harry Clarke, born #onthisday in Dublin in 1889 (on #StPatricksDay no less). Here he is in a self-portrait as an absinthe drinking Mephistopheles from Goethe's Faust. More in our essay "Harry Clarke’s Looking Glass" publicdomainreview.org/essay/h... #OTD 312738
medieval marginalia @medievalmarginalia.com · 03/03/2026read all about it! medievalmarginalia.substack.com/p/medieval-p... 0172
Reposted by medieval marginaliaa swarm of autumn bugs @facefullabugs.bsky.social · 25/02/2026Love the glimpse into the beautiful mind that notated this used copy of Moby Dick I got 236178393367
medieval marginalia @medievalmarginalia.com · 24/02/2026Pieter Bruegel the Elder’s The Blind Leading the Blind. A little late for medieval, but shh, let me have this one. I could stare at the details all day. 2323
medieval marginalia @medievalmarginalia.com · 09/02/2026I've been fascinated by the ways medieval women found autonomy. A few weeks ago I wrote about anchoresses. This week, a far more fun way to find freedom and occasionally power: widowhood. medievalmarginalia.substack.com/p/on-medieva...medievalmarginalia.substack.comOn Medieval Widowhoodmarriage, property, and survival in the middle ages 03011
medieval marginalia @medievalmarginalia.com · 28/01/2026I'm going to need everyone to be really, really normal about this two wise men nourished by Wisdom. Aurora Consurgens, s. Rh. 172 Parchemin, 100 f. 24512
Reposted by medieval marginaliaThe Fake History Hunter @fakehistoryhunter.net · 28/01/2026An 14th-15th century ‘coarse border ware’ condiment dish. Found in a London cesspit. Appears to be in great condition. Which makes me think someone dropped it in by accident. Which makes me think someone was snacking on the toilet! www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2020... 4816
medieval marginalia @medievalmarginalia.com · 25/01/2026every time I’m at tate britain I love seeing hoards of women flocked around this painting like a siren’s call, dragging half interested men to Gaze Upon Her 0473
medieval marginalia @medievalmarginalia.com · 22/01/2026veritable treasure trove on early internet medieval sites 1241
