December 2011
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houseoftang replied to your post: Attention designer/artist followers!
I did a brief overview of heraldry and blazoning and I’m simultaneously excited and mortified!!!
Oh, please… I’m so glad you’re even considering it. I think it would be fun for you to try!
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Edit: Attention designer/artist followers!
otokogeisha replied to your post: Attention designer/artist followers!
don’t you mean long horizontal ornamentation?
Yes. Yes I do. (Lousy brain…)
aisling-r replied to your post: Attention designer/artist followers!
Do you just want us to submit our work to you or are you asking us if we want to do it and then hold a contest for it?
Just submit, or ask for my e-mail, whatever works...
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Attention designer/artist followers!
As was announced recently, Medium Aevum celebrated it’s first tumblr birthday.
Today I finally chose a new theme. There are still some things to fix, change and add but it’s already a lot better than the old one. Ideal for the high-res images I often post.
What I wanted to ask of you is:
How would you like to design a unique Coat of Arms for my blog?
Only requirements are that...
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“Knowledge is power!”
– Roger Bacon
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Yule
The word “yule” derrives from the above “fruma jiuleis” (from the 4th century Gothic language) meaning November
note: Looks fine on the page, but not on the dash
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Medium Aevum's 1st birthday!
When I started this blog I said to myself: ‘I will be happy with 150 followers. Who’s interested in the Middle Ages?’
Well, a year later these are the landmarks so far:
Followers: 7.049
Following: 184
Posts: 1.544 (5 at most are reblogs)
Liked: 6.287
Also, I got in the tumblr Spotlight, and I’m currently one of the history tags editor.
Talk about exceeding...
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“…The wicked knight leapt suddenly upon him, cutting off the top of the...”
– Edward Grim’s /gruesome/ contemporary account of Thomas Becket’s assassination. He himself was also wounded in the attack.
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Anketa
Ako razumeš šta piše ovde (bez google translate-a) čvakni srce, čisto da znam koliko vas ima iz komšiluka daljeg i bližeg. :)
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British Civil Servants’ Favorite Websites?... →
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Here's a fun fact...
In the Middle Ages, two meals a day were served. Our modern luncheon was called “dinner” and was served in the morning, between 10 and 11, whilst supper was served between 4 and 7 o’clock.
At the end of the Middle Ages, food was very rich in meat and it was not until the 19th century that such a high level of meat consumption was to be found in the towns and above all, in the country.
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Anonymous asked: Just came across The Online Medieval and Classical Library (OMACL) and thought I'd tell you in case you hadn't before. X
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“A.D. 1015. This year was the great council at Oxford; where
Alderman Edric...”
– Sounds like Epic fantasy, but it’s actual history
(The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, Part 4: A.D. 1015 - 1051)
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