#otd 1481 Mehmet II ,the Conqueror' died. He was buried in the Fatih Mosque complex he built. His tomb is presented like this today. #medievaldeath#medieval@medievodons Pic.: Wikipedia Commons
Research reveals Westminster’s Tudor horse cemetery as likely a resting place for imported elite animals
Three decades ago, an exceptional animal burial ground was unearthed in Westminster, London, serving as the final resting place for exotic horses during the medieval and Tudor eras...
#otd 1250 died Al-Malik al-Mu'azzam Turan Shah, the seventh sultan of the Ayyubids in Egypt. The circumstances vary, here: He is simply stabbed to death. On the right, the captured Louis IX. #medievaldeath#medieval@medievodons MS: BNF, Français 5716, f. 127v.
Werlich, Ralf-Gunnar / Spieß, Karl-Heinz (ed.), Ausbildung und Verbreitung des Lehnwesens im Reich und in Italien im 12. und 13. Jahrhundert (Vorträge und Forschungen 76), Ostfildern 2013.
#otd 1308 King Albert I was murdered by a group around his nephew John. Almost 200 years later, the act was depicted in this drawing. #medievaldeath#medieval@medievodons MS: Chronicle of the 95 dominions of Austria, Burgerbibliothek Bern, Cod. A45, f. 97r
#otd 1315 Enguerrand de Marigny, chamberlain to Philip IV of France, was hanged at Montfaucon. #medievaldeath#medieval@medievodons Hs.: BNF Français 2606 f. 361v
#otd 1495 died Rudolf II of Scherenberg, bishop of Würzburg. His successor Lorenz von Bibra commissioned Tilman Riemenschneider to design the monument, which stands in St. Kilians Cathedral in Würzburg. #medieval@medievodons#medievaldeath Pic.: Wikipedia Commons
Count Regal Inkwell, the Lord Inquisitor, favoured by the Princess, leaned in for the kiss. For all the rewards which power netted him, it always came with equal if not greater amounts of stress: So much to worry about, so much to fear, so much at stake every day.
This was meant to be his comfort from the stresses of life, to be in the embrace of Mr. Fluffy Pillow, his Majordomo, the highest-ranking servant of his household, and his beloved, his precious, sweet fluffy boy.
And still, the noble worried. Always. He often joked that he wouldn't be himself if he didn't worry.
It wasn't that he couldn't have the pegasus:
Few would deny a powerful stallion such as him anything, let alone some common-born pegasus. It wasn't that he was a married stallion seeking comfort in the embrace of his servant, he was naught if not a dutiful husband, and his wife knew and did not mind the time he spent with the pegasus.
Rather, what worried him at times like these, always, was quite the opposite:
How aware he was of the gulf there was between himself and the winged servant. In power, in age, in all things. It had been years, and still every night did he wonder if one day the other horseshoe would drop, if he'd find out the pegasus was merely following orders, doing his job in spite of himself. — He very genuinely loved the servant and wanted to see him happy. He would never, ever, forgive himself if it came to light that his beloved had given himself to him out of duty, and that he had essentially been forcing himself on the pegasus.
Still they kissed, even as the little pony in the lord-inquisitor's head reprimanded him for this great impropriety. Still they embraced in their secret little rendezvous.
Fluffy, for his part, thought of nothing, and worried about nothing: His master was a great stallion, as lovely on the inside as he was outside. He took great joy and pride in serving a stallion such as Lord Inkwell, and considered himself the luckiest colt alive, that he was also the target of his glorious liege's affections
#otd in 1404 Philip the Bold died. His tomb in the Palais des Ducs de Bourgogne was built between 1384 and 1410, damaged in the 18th century and restored in the 19th century. #medievaldeath#medieval@medievodons Pic.: Wikipedia Commons
#otd 1393 Dietrich von der Schulenburg, Bishop of Brandenburg, died. He was buried in Brandenburg Cathedral, where this tomb slab has survived. #medievaldeath#medieval@medievodons Pic..: Wikipedia Common
Manuscript Portal Brings Medieval Manuscripts from Greifswald Online
104 manuscript volumes from the Greifswald Ministry of Spirituality and 55 volumes from the holdings of the Greifswald University Library were digitized. In total, this resulted in 83,375 image files with 72,293 pages. Together with previously digitized works, 165 manuscripts stored in Greifswald are now available via the M-V Digital Library and the manuscript portal.