Procopius's Secret History, but only if it's directed by Armando Iannuci.

Matt Gabriele@profgabriele.com · 5d ago

ok let's do a discourse: what historical text absolutely needs the big budget film treatment, AND will create the need for a review by a scholar in a prestige publication? for medieval Europe, either: -- Song of Roland -- Book of Margery Kempe

One thing I love about Marseille's notaries—especially this one, Laurent Aycard—is that they tend to doodle or decorate their registers and the initial capitals of their acts (in the long-form extensoirs, at least). Aycard organized his registers w/ letters. This is the beginning of "Register O."

For many years, I had this image of a 'stereotypical medieval manor' from William Shepherd's Historical Atlas (1923) in my teaching powerpoints. A few years ago, I decided that I wanted something clearer and more hi-res, so I pulled it into Adobe Illustrator and rebuilt it.

I did this years ago on Twitter, but, here's a list of tools/utilities that every medievalist show know about and have bookmarked: #medievalsky