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