weald, m.n: high land covered with woods, forest. (WEH-ald / ˈwɛald)
#OldEnglish #WOTD

Today I am grateful for Robert Bartlett. I really like his writing style

Another plate from my copy of John O. Westwood’s Facsimiles of Anglo-Saxon & Irish Manuscripts (1868), this one from the mid-8th century Stockholm Codex Aureus, created in Southumbria in present day England. Westwood made his “facsimiles” by painting copies of the originals. #booksky #medievalsky

smash or pass: kings and queens of england edition

every day is like "should I [redacted] or should I make a list"

a-sēon, str.v: to look at or upon, set eyes on (something). (ah-SAY-on / a-ˈseːɔn)
Image: Peterborough Bestiary; England (Peterborough), c. 1300-1310; @parkerlibcccc.bsky.social MS 53, f. 197v.
#OldEnglish #WOTD

when does it become pmdd and is there a cure

because if I'm crashing out and if you're crashing out then who is stopping the plane from crashing out too

Fifth Avenue Nocturne (c.1895) - Childe Hassam (1859-1935) #impressionism #genrepainting

BONG

Two Men Contemplating the Moon (c.1825-30) - Caspar David Friedrich (1774–1840) #romanticism #genrepainting

"Woe to the red dragon, for his banishment hasteneth on. His lurking holes shall be seized by the white dragon, which signifies the Saxons whom you invited over; but the red denotes the British nation, which shall be oppressed by the white."
- Geoffrey of Monmouth
#BookologyThursday

no yeah me and the no smoking picnic tables outside the UL go wayyy back

terrified for my blood test but soooo happy for the excuse to be in Cambridge for another day before term starts... got to find some more books for the dissertation!!

lēosan, str.v: to lose, be deprived of (something / someone); (of thought / intention?) to be lost, come to nothing. (LAY-o-zahn / ˈleːɔ-zan)
#OldEnglish #WOTD

heofon-hwealf, f.n: vault of heaven. (HEH-o-von-HWEH-alf / ˈhɛɔ-vɔn-ˌhwɛalf)
Image: Rohan Hours; Angers, c. 1430-1435; @labnf.bsky.social Latin 9471, f. 109v.
#OldEnglish #WOTD

eternally grateful for my mother, my best friend and wisest mentor