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Ms: BNF, Français 372, f. 22r (14th c.). #medievalcat #medievalt @medievodons
Do not touch!
Ms: Beinecke, MS 404, f. 130r (14th c.). #medievalcat #medievalt @medievodons
Helping.
Ms: BL, Stowe MS 17, f. 34r. #medievalcat #medievalt @medievodons @histodons
Imitation.
Ms: BnF, Latin 919, f. 10r. #medievalcat #medievalt @histodons
dailymedievaldeath#otd 1216 Pope Innocent III died in Perugia. Jacques de Vitry reported a devestiture of the deceased there. In 1861 the remains were transferred to Rome and buried in San Giovanni in Laterano. #medievaldeath #MedievalT
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#otd 1219 Rudolf I, Count Palatine of Tübingen, died. He was buried in the family burial ground he founded in the Premonstratensian monastery of Bebenhausen, where this gravestone commemorates him. #medievaldeath #medievalt
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#otd 1460 Richard of York, 3rd Duke of York died in the Battle of Wakefield. His opponents are said to have displayed his impaled head - with a crown made of paper, to mock him. Today, this monument commemorates him. #medievalt #MedievalDeath @histodons Pic.: Wikipedia Commons
#otd 1290 died Magnus III, King of Sweden. He was buried in the Riddarholmen Church in Stockholm. The picture shows his tomb, created by Lucas van der Werdt in 1574. #MedievalDeath #medievalt @histodons Pic.: Wikipedia Commons
#otd 1041 died Michael IV, Byzantine emperor. He had previously received the tonsure. #MedievalDeath #medievalt @histodons
Pic.: Madrid illuminated manuscript of the Skylitze f. 218r. Wikipedia Commons