Medieval Codicology (WEIRD OLD MANUSCRIPT ART & MEMES & SNAILS) with Evan Pridmore

Medieval art memes! Human-faced animals! Drunk monks! And a preponderance of snails. Middle Ages manuscript expert, art history communicator, and Medieval Codicologist Evan Pridmore cover: what those golden illuminated Middle Ages manuscripts were made of, who drew them, why were people sometimes naked in them, what art trends came and went – and what does it say about our history and future, immigration politics, antisemitism, what exactly is a Salisbury steak, and so much more. Also: the perfect tree for your home orchard. 

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Links to things we discussed:

Barley Cakes

The Ordeal of Bread and Cheese: A Trial Like No Other

Nun Harvesting Phalluses from a Phallus Tree and a Monk and Nun Embracing

​​More sexy fruit : The penis tree and the medieval nun

Phallus tree: a 13th century mural 

Medieval snail tattoos

London medieval woodcut tattoo artist, Yan Gold

Reddit:  r/MedievalArtMemes

Knight v. Snail imagery via the British Library 

[ASMR] Authentic Quill Pen! NO Talking [Scratching | Tapping | Writing | Doodling]

Best of Horrible Histories | 15TH ANNIVERSARY SPECIAL | Horrible Histories

The History of Hairshirts

You can buy religious whips for $69.99

Are Iron Maidens Really Torture Devices?

The Whistling Guinness Oyster

John of Salisbury

“The relation of Alimentation and Disease” by James Salisbury 

Book of Hours

The Book of Hours: A Medieval Bestseller

Medieval woodcut and snail tattoos by Yan Gold aka _art.of.gold

What the Hell Was That ‘S’ Thing Everyone Drew in School?

Pen and Parchment: Drawing in the Middle Ages

Hairshirts

Mr. Doodle

Cool S

Cochineal, a red dye from bugs, moves to the lab

Baller haircut: the tonsure

Why Were Medieval Knights Always Fighting Snails?

The Ordeal of Bread and Cheese: A Trial Like No Other


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Anthropodermic Biocodicology (HUMAN LEATHER BOOKS)

Malacology (SNAILS & SLUGS)

Classical Archaeology (ANCIENT ROME)

Metropolitan Tombology (PARIS CATACOMBS)

Museology (MUSEUMS) Encore in Memory of Ronnie Cline

Modern Toichographology (MURALS & STREET ART)

Proptology (THEATER & FILM PROPS)

Pectinidology (SCALLOPS)

Anagnosology (READING)

FIELD TRIP: I Go France and Learn Weird France Stuff


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