#otd 1487 Roberto Sanseverino d'Aragona died. The condottiero, for a time count of Colorno and from 1460 count of Caiazzo died in the Battle of Calliano. His tomb slab in Trento Cathedral was designed by Lux Maurus by order of Maximilian I. #medievaldeath#medieval@medievodons
Traute Endemann: Markturkunde und Markt in Frankreich und Burgund vom 9. bis 11. Jahrhundert (Vorträge und Forschungen. Sonderband 3), Konstanz/Stuttgart 1964.
Death of the Lion. #Otd 1195 Henry ‘the Lion’ died. In Brunswick Cathedral is the monument for him and his wife Mathilde, the coffins of the couple are in the crypt. #medieval#medievaldeath@medievodons@histodons Pics.: Wikipedia Commons.
#otd 642 died Oswald, King of Northumbria. He was soon venerated as a saint, making his remains relics. Parts of his skull are in this head reliquary (12th c) in Hildesheim. #medieval@medievodons#medievaldeath
"The head of the Earl of Leicester [...] was severed from his body, and his testicles cut off and hung on either side of his nose." (Arnold FitzThedmar). #Otd 1265 died Simon V de Montfort in the battle of Evesham. #medievaldeath#Medieval@histodons@medievodons BL Cotton MS Nero D II f. 177r
A joy to be at Clare College to unveil the stone sculpture of the 1359 seal - greatly enlarged for visibility! Wonderful workmanship by Cardozo Kindersley Workshop, http://kindersleyworkshop.co.uk
In 2020 we published a 2nd edition of the definitive biography of the #LadyOfClare - & then we learned more about the evolution of her heraldic & visual identity. New insights came from archaeology, from archives, & from drawing & carving which brought details from hands to eyes. Two books now available at #ClareCollege: booksites https://barnes1.net/FHGE/ & https://barnes1.net/seal/