Rebecca Pinner
@drrebeccapinner.bsky.social
Assoc Prof in Medieval Literature. Currently researching saints, water & landscapes esp the Fens. Often up a hill. She/her.
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Let's focus upon storing eyeglasses in a premodern context. As a wealthy reader and owner of books you could always go for the luxury option: use your custom-made case carved out of the back board of a big book to store your reading tool. Impressive, am I right?
#HowToDoWithGlassesInThePast
#HowToDoWithGlassesInThePast
October 27, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Let's focus upon storing eyeglasses in a premodern context. As a wealthy reader and owner of books you could always go for the luxury option: use your custom-made case carved out of the back board of a big book to store your reading tool. Impressive, am I right?
#HowToDoWithGlassesInThePast
#HowToDoWithGlassesInThePast
It's a detail of a late medieval wall painting of St Christopher showing the fish and crustaceans swimming around his feet as he wades across the river. The painting is late medieval in a church in Norfolk, UK 🦈🐡🐠🐟 In case that helps...
September 9, 2025 at 5:04 PM
It's a detail of a late medieval wall painting of St Christopher showing the fish and crustaceans swimming around his feet as he wades across the river. The painting is late medieval in a church in Norfolk, UK 🦈🐡🐠🐟 In case that helps...