#otd 946 died Edith, the first wife of Otto the Great. She was buried in Magdeburg, first in the Mauritius Monastery, later in the cathedral, from 1510 in this tomb. #medievaldeath#medieval@medievodons
#otd 1397 died Rupert Pipan, son of Rupert of the Palatinate, who later became King Rupert. Rupert Pinan is buried in St. Martin, Amberg. #medievaldeath#Medieval@medievodons
#otd 1424 Margaret of Bavaria, duchess of Burgundy, died. This tomb, which shows her next to her husband John the Fearless, is now in the Musée des Beaux-Arts de Dijon. #medievaldeath#Medieval@medievodons
#otd 628 Saint Anastasius of Persia, a Zoroastrian soldier who had converted to Christianity, died. He died as a martyr. The picture from the Menologion of Basil II (no exact data available) probably shows his burial in Rome. #medievaldeath#medieval@medievodons
Heute vor 25 Jahren wurde das - seinerzeit noch leere - neue Gebäude für das Jüdische #Museum#Berlin eröffnet.
Was darin seit August 2020 in der aktuellen #Dauerausstellung zu sehen ist, hat François Guesnet für unsere #Expokritik besprochen:
#otd 1354 died Balduin of Luxembourg, Archbishop of Trier, brother of an emperor, uncle of a king and great uncle of another emperor. He is buried in Trier Cathedral in this high tomb. #medieval@medievodons#medievaldeath
#otd 842 Byzantine emperor Theophilos died. In this depiction, the head of the executed commander Theophobos is brought to his deathbed. #medievaldeath#medieval@medievodons
Pic.: Madrid, BNE, Codex Vitr. 26-2 f. 62r. Wikipedia Commons
#otd 1456 Elisabeth of Lorraine-Vaudémont died. Four chansons de geste were translated into German by her and those around her - setting a trend. She was buried in St. Arnual in Saarbrücken. #medieval#medievaldeath@medievodons
#otd 1284 died Ulrich of Blücher, bishop of Ratzeburg. He was buried in Ratzeburg Cathedral, where his tombstone still commemorates him today. #medievaldeath#medieval@medievodons
#otd 1487 the cathedral provost Thomas Rode was slain during the so-called Rostocker Domfehde. This ,Murder stone' was initially placed at the scene of the crime, but today stands in the Monastery of the Holy Cross. #medievaldeath#medieval@medievodons
#OTD in 1948, 54 Italian civilians were massacred in Mogadishu and 55 were wounded. The British authorities did nothing to stop the massacre. 14 Somali died, amongst them Hawo Tako, whilst protecting an Italian. However her image has being used as a symbol of tge independence. @histodons
An inspiring tomb: probably after seeing this tomb, Philip Larkin wrote the poem "An Arundel Tomb". The tomb shows Eleanor of Lancaster, who died #otd 1372, next to her second husband, Richard FitzAlan. #medievaldeath#medieval@medievodons
#otd 1499 died John Cicero, Elector of Brandenburg. He was first buried in the monastery of Lehnin. His mortal remains were later transferred to Berlin Cathedral together with the epitaph created by the sculptor Hans Vischer. #medievaldeath#medieval@medievodons
#OTD in 1950, Modena: the police, armed with MGs, rifles and armoured cars opened fire against workers protesting against mass firings from a foundry for political reasons. 6 men died that day (3 of them ex-partisans), one of them lynched and shot in the head. 200 were wounded. #ColdWar @histodons
#otd 1324 died the famous traveler Marco Polo. His testament is available today as an elaborate facsimile, but not as a public domain image. #medievaldeath#medieval@medievodons
The controversial wife: #otd 1355 died Inês de Castro, wife of Peter I of Portugal. She was murdered on the orders of her father-in-law Alfonso IV, as he disapproved of the marriage. She was buried in the monastery of Alcobaça. #medievaldeath#medieval@medievodons