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Baptism in Medieval Norway: "Please baptise your children in WATER ONLY" "...is seawater okay?" "I guess" "spit?" "no, what even" "Ice? Snow?" "... fine, just make sure to melt it first."

Reminder about Anna Horn's lecture on 24th April. Link to register and information here: uib.no/en/rg/lawandcu…

Some dates for your diary for all things law and culture. On the 24th April, Anna Horn, Uni Oslo, will deliver a lecture on the potential common cultural aspects of Eastern Norwegian and Western Swedish scribal milieus in the 13th c. Zoom sign up here: uib.no/en/rg/lawandcu…

Thanks again @ww_gail!

Last but certainly not least, a fresco in romanesque style (and a picture of if from 20 years ago), which could be eleventh or twelfth century. We are not sure who the female saint behind Mary is. The man might be one of the magi. 3/3

Went to Ripon with a fellow medievalist today and felt so incredibly welcome, among others because of the wonderful @ww_gail who gracefully showed us some of the treasures of @riponcathedral. Here, carvings in the sedilia 1/3

These people patiently waiting for Jesus to save them from hellfire are making the same facial expressions as the one I make when trying to prove to the bartender that I'm not an obnoxious customer on a busy Saturday at 1am...

My podcast episode about corpse usurpation is out! open.spotify.com/episode/57xP52…

iʀ Wōd[i]nas weraʀ He (is) Óðin’s man The runic inscriptions on one of the Vindelev bracteates from the 5th century has been a wonderful discovery. One of them will get some attention today. videnskab.dk/forskerzonen/k… 1/9

New runestones discovered! The oldest datable runestone has been discovered in Svingerud in Ringerike (Norway). 1/9 nrk.no/kultur/fant-20…

@magloken Foreslår arkaisering gjennom norrønt ósigraðr, usigradajurten.

Me to my students: "We must respect the ideas of medieval eschatology and try to interpret medieval people's relationships with death on their own terms." Me in my dissertation: "The benefactor was likely dead or otherwise incapacitated."

My dad did a photoshoot of the cat playing a psaltery as was prophesied in the ancient drawings

@ThePhDPlace Generous medieval people.

Explain your research in 3 words or less

Does any academic ever manage to read that literature they take home to "read over the holidays"? If yes, how??

Just need this to be in the world besides on my screenshots roll.

The will excerpt is printed in Friedrich Bruns' Die Lübecker Bergenfahrer und ihre Chronistik (1900), p. 149.

I found a bilingual tautology! In 1527, Ciriacus Kynkel donated a frock lined with "horlyonen". My dictionary claims unknown meaning/origin. Could it be a combination of Old/Middle Norwegian "hörr" and Middle Low German "leynen", literally linen-linen?

Current mood:

Today I wrote 500 words, and then I deleted 500 (different) words. Logically, I know that still counts as writing, but I somehow still feel like no progress was made.