I think the painting is strongly modelled on the death-of-Mary formula, and there you frequently have one or two apostles sitting beside the bed, reading books. (This is Austrian and 15th century, but same idea.)

Some of these plays still hit home quite hard, such as the story of Abraham & Isaac. Centuries of sadnes about losing a child have been written into it.

Having fun at the Medieval Mystery plays at Teddy Hall, especially Hans Sachs' "Adam & Eve". @hlaehnemann.bsky.social @oxmedstud.bsky.social

Angels concert in the parish church St Vitus in Egling an der Paar / Bavaria.

Do you know the so-called "St Florian's principle"? "Good St Florian, spare my house, let others burn." Maybe, just maybe it's time for the #HE sector to stand together, rather than each university hoping for the failure of its "competitors"? #university

Farmers' protest in Oxford this morning. If farmers had protested as vigorously against #Brexit as they are now fighting the land inheritance tax, British farming - and the UK - would be in a better place now. #FarmersProtest

First time a work by a female composer is performed at the New Year's Concert of the Vienna Philharmonic: Constanze Geiger's Ferdinandwalzer. Nice piece by a woman with a very varied life!
www.sophie-drinker-institut.de/geiger-const...

Augsburg Cathedral at night.

Merry Christmas!

If you like unusual #Renaissance music, here is the latest recording by The Brabant Ensemble (dir. Stephen Rice), which charts the life of a monk through music. I researched the story as part of a bigger project on monastic music around 1600; they turned it into beautiful sounds. #earlymusic