Bristol, Abbot's Gatehouse c. 1170
These are certainly what are known as 'beakheads' in Romanesque/Norman carvings but I've never seen ones with what look like antlers, making them more akin to moose. Beautiful whatever they represent. Appreciated by @CathyRosamundLowe as well.
#MedievalMonday & this weekend: a long overdue revisit to Winchester Cathedral
If you like learning about medieval life, I greatly suggest the books by Frances and Joseph Gies.
The books might be a bit old, but they tend to cover details that many books skip over (medieval women, for example).
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frances_and_Joseph_Gies
#medieval #medievallife #worldbuilding #history #MedievalMonday
The perpendicular west front of Beverley Minster in the East Riding of Yorkshire. ๐ธ My own. #MedievalMonday #BeverleyMinster #Yorkshire
๐บ Video Share: "A day in the life of a MEDIEVAL INN"
" What was life really like in a medieval inn? From dawn fires to drunken brawls, discover the truth behind the tavern tropes." ๐บ
#MedievalMonday & hard to think of a more spectacular location for a chapel than St Ninians, Shetland
Just across this beach on the island, the church is c12 but there was a pictish hoard found burried there from c9
See more in our episode on Shetland >>>
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wZ-MvqT7bhs
Fan vaulting from the 14th century Great Cloister at Gloucester Cathedral. ๐ธMy own. #MedievalMonday #GloucesterCathedral
The wonderful 14th century octagon tower at Ely Cathedral. As the height and width would not have supported a stone vault, the tower was constructed in wood following the collapse of the central Norman tower in 1322. ๐ธ My own. #MedievalMonday #ElyCathedral #Cambridgeshire
The remains of the 14th century east window of the priory church at Walsingham Priory in North Norfolk. The Augustinian priory was founded in around 1153, and dissolved in 1534. #MedievalMonday #Walsingham #Norfolk
15th century memorial brass for Alice, wife of Sir Ralph Shelton, located in the north side of the sanctuary of St. Maryโs Church at Great Snoring in Norfolk. ๐ธ My own. #MedievalMonday #GreatSnoring #Norfolk
๐ฐ โ ๐ One of the best historical research trips: to Sibiu, #Transylvania:
Old Targului Street Sibiu Day-Night Walk Photos and a Medieval Story
https://alluringcreations.co.za/wp/old-targului-street-sibiu-day-night-walk-photos-medieval-story/
Historical accuracy is the skeleton holding up my #HistFic stories.
๐ฐ โ ๐ One of the best historical research trips: to Sibiu, #Transylvania:
Old Targului Street Sibiu Day-Night Walk Photos and a Medieval Story
https://alluringcreations.co.za/wp/old-targului-street-sibiu-day-night-walk-photos-medieval-story/
Historical accuracy is the skeleton holding up my #HistFic stories.
The remains of St. Peterโs Church on the Brough of Birsay in Orkney. The 12th century church was possibly part of a monastic complex. ๐ธ My own. #MedievalMonday #Birsay #Orkney
#MedievalMonday & #ManuscriptMonday :
Solomon's Fleet, f.108r from De avibus (Aviarium of Hugh of Fouilloy), BNF lat.14429, N. France, c.1275-1300.
https://mandragore.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cgfbt719382
โThis boat carrying 2 peacocks & 2 apes illustrates a story from the biblical book of 1 Kings 10:22: โFor the king [Solomon] had a fleet of ships of Tarshish at sea with the fleet of Hiram. Once every 3 years the fleet of ships of Tarshish used to come bringing gold, silver, ivory, apes, and peacocks.โโ
https://bestiary.ca/beasts/beastgallery257.htm
The C12th church of the Hospital of St Cross. It was founded by Henry of Blois between 1132 and 1136 to support 13 men & is possibly England's oldest surviving charitable institution. The church is the only remaining part of the original foundation. ๐ธ My own. #MedievalMonday
The late 13th century gatehouse at Kirkham Priory in North Yorkshire. ๐ธ My own. #MedievalMonday #KirkhamPriory
Stunning Southwell Minster, Nottinghamshire was mostly built in the first half of the 12th C in Romanesque style, replacing a 10th C church. The chancel was rebuilt in the 13th C. A cathedral of the Church of England since the late 19th C. Popped in while visiting nearby family. #MedievalMonday
A view of St Peter's Church (Howden Minster) through the east window of the ruined chancel at Howden in the East Riding of Yorkshire. ๐ธ My own. #MedievalMonday #HowdenMinster
Soutra Aisle in the Scottish Borders - all that remains of the medieval hospital and Augustinian friary of the House of the Holy Trinity. Probably founded in the 12th century, it was one of the most important medieval hospitals in Scotland. ๐ธ My own. #MedievalMonday
The early 14th century Pele Tower at Corbridge in Northumberland. Built of stone from the Roman fort of Coria (Corbridge), it served as a fortified residence for the vicars of the nearby Parish Church of St. Andrews. ๐ธ My own. #MedievalMonday #Corbridge
