“In the 890s, having recently converted to Orthodox Christianity, Boris ensured his church would be independent from the Patriarchate of Constantinople. Although interested in their religion, he was clearly concerned with curtailing Byzantine influence in his newly Christianised state. The alphabet offered an opportunity: by adopting it, Boris could ensure that Byzantine culture could not arrive in Bulgaria unmediated.”
Learned something fascinating from the Återskapat #podcast. Amica Sundström and Maria Neijman have activated a major #Medieval source material that nobody seems to have touched before. There is no mention of it in the bibliographical databases. The huge KLNM encyclopedia has a single sentence about it: "Seals were often protected by fabric or leather bags and, towards the end of the Middle Ages, by metal cases" (15:194).
The National Archives in Stockholm hold hundreds of these seal bags. They're made from Medieval fabric that has been kept indoors, in the dark, since they were made. They pretty much retain their original colours! It's a fabric sample archive! With calendar dates!
#otd 1388 died Kuno II of Falkenstein, archbishop and elector of Trier. He was buried in the St. Kastor Church in Koblenz. #medievaldeath#medieval@medievodons Pic.: Wikipedia Commons
“The implication is that Anglo-Saxon elites had access to significant quantities of Byzantine silver, something that dramatically alters our view of how economically and politically connected they were.”
“_ The implication is that Anglo-Saxon elites had access to significant quantities of Byzantine silver, something that dramatically alters our view of how economically and politically connected they were._”
#otd 1277 Pope John XXI died and was buried in the cathedral of Viterbo. His tomb was redesigned in the 19th century. #medievaldeath#medieval@medievodons Pic: Wikipedia Commons
#otd 1218 Emperor Otto IV died. He was buried in Brunswick Cathedral. #medievaldeath#medieval@medievodons Pic.: Grave slab in Brunswick Cathedral, Wikipedia Commons.
Sven Jaros et al., Changes of Monarchical Rule in the Late Middle Ages / Monarchische Herrschaftswechsel des Spätmittelalters
[...] (Europa im Mittelalter 44), Berlin 2024.
#otd 1410 died Rupert ('of the Palatinate'), Holy Roman King. He was buried in the Heiliggeistkirche in Heidelberg. The tomb shows him next to his wife Elisabeth of Hohenzollern, who died a year after him. #medievaldeath#medieval@medievodons Pic.: Wikipedia Commons
#otd 1307 died Conrad II of Pfeffenhausen, bishop of Eichstätt. He was buried in the Eichstätt Cathedral. #medievaldeath#medieval@medievodons Pic: Wikipedia Commons
Kamp, Hermann (ed.), Herrschaft über fremde Völker und Reiche. Formen, Ziele und Probleme der Eroberungspolitik im Mittelalter (Vorträge und Forschungen 93), Ostfildern 2022.
#otd 1395 died Beatrix of Berg, Electress of the Palatinate. She was buried in the collegiate church of St. Ägidius in Neustadt an der Weinstraße. The picture shows her grave slab, which was embedded in the floor.. #medievaldeath#medieval@medievodons Pic.: Wikipedia Commons
From the manuscript to you: How Old Norse manuscripts are read and edited
"A case-study in how a page from an Old Norse manuscript (in this case the Codex Regius of the Poetic Edda) is edited for publication in a modern-day book. Manuscript images from the Árni Magnússon Institute at the University of Iceland (handrit.is)."
#Video length: Thirty minutes and fifteen seconds.