Medieval IlluminationThe resurrected trying to catch a watermelon. book of hours, Savoie ca. 1445-1450. Chambéry, Musée Savoisien, inv. 977-1-1, fol. 119r.
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Alistair K@medieval_illuminations It takes pretty strong hip adductors to hold a watermelon like that, regardless of whether there are holes through your feet.
Adrian Thorne 💚@libroraptor @medieval_illuminations Just can’t remember exactly where a big nude watermelon party is prophisised in the scriptures….?
@adrianthorne @medieval_illuminations It's ok – no one actually expects anyone to have read and remembered them all, except those who think that there are only the few in the bible. I remember once quipping something about the Gospel of Thomas and one of them loudly proclaimed, in one of the most authoritative voices I've ever heard, "There are four gospels: Matthew, Mark, Luke and John."
A nearby senior theology professor audibly gasped, and then said, in a voice warm and kind, "There are four *canonical* gospels; there are many, many more."
Tim M@libroraptor @adrianthorne @medieval_illuminations /me Taking notes for the next time the Mormons / JH / etc camp out by the station etc
@libroraptor @medieval_illuminations And Lo, with great skill, did Our Lord both drop the bass and the watermelon.
And the flock went wild.
And many hands were raised.
And the room did shaketh.
(Gospel of Tunes 32:42)