Bettina Bildhauer

@bmeb.bsky.social

Menstruation, Middle Ages, blood, Seven Sages of Rome, German literature

We hold a monthly virtual reading group exploring different versions of the Seven Sages tradition! Tomorrow's discussion of the Hebrew text will include: inexplicable ageism; analogues for the Tristan-as-beggar fidelity trick; and what ✨magic spells✨ are most useful when committing robbery. Join us!

Black and white stylised image of Tristan, dressed in a medieval beggar's hood, carrying Iseut. Artist: Mac Harshberger, in Joseph Bédier, Tristan and Iseult, trans. by Hilaire Belock (New York: Albert and Charles Boni, 1927); repr. online by Robbins Digital Library, https://d.lib.rochester.edu/camelot/publication/harshberger-tristan-and-iseult