{"id":86,"date":"2020-03-19T14:34:01","date_gmt":"2020-03-19T14:34:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lauramorreale.com\/blog\/?page_id=86"},"modified":"2020-04-15T14:21:14","modified_gmt":"2020-04-15T14:21:14","slug":"medieval-silliness","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/archive.lauramorreale.com\/middleagesforeducators\/medieval-silliness\/","title":{"rendered":"Medieval Silliness"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Aside from being serious scholars, medievalists can also be silly. Here are some fun examples of medievalists being silly with the materials we all enjoy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BLMedieval\/status\/1250346042828009474\">Fun with emojis<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/user-791397571\/de-la-conquete-de-constantinople-translation-and-abridgement\">De La Conquete de Constantinople<\/a>, by Tobias Hrynick<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CourtauldRes\/status\/1240614866055987202\">A 21st Century Bayeux Tapestry<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ox.ac.uk\/soundsofthebodleian\/#duke\">Sounds of the Bodleian Library <\/a>, Duke Humfrey&#8217;s Library<\/li><li> <a href=\"http:\/\/<blockquote class=&quot;twitter-tweet&quot;&gt;<p lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot;&gt;Here's the whole slide deck, for posterity. <a href=&quot;https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Voynich?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&quot;&gt;#Voynich<\/a&gt; <a href=&quot;https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/MIAconf19?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&quot;&gt;#MIAconf19<\/a&gt; <a href=&quot;https:\/\/t.co\/WtFmZuMZh2&quot;&gt;pic.twitter.com\/WtFmZuMZh2<\/a&gt;<\/p&gt;\u2014 Lisa Fagin Davis (@lisafdavis) <a href=&quot;https:\/\/twitter.com\/lisafdavis\/status\/1112750896176340993?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&quot;&gt;April 1, 2019<\/a&gt;<\/blockquote&gt; <script async src=&quot;https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js&quot; charset=&quot;utf-8&quot;&gt;<\/script&gt;\">A new solution for the Voynich manuscript<\/a>, proposed by Lisa Fagin Davis. <\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/hyperallergic.com\/551297\/buddhas-to-do-list-discovered\/\">Buddha&#8217;s To-do List<\/a>, by Seth Rodney<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ETreharne\/status\/1245040738846404608\">Medieval Rolls<\/a>, Elaine Treharne<\/li><li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.openculture.com\/2019\/03\/killer-rabbits-in-medieval-manuscripts-why-so-many-drawings-in-the-margins-depict-bunnies-going-bad.html\">Killer Rabbits in Medieval Manuscripts<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/culturised.co.uk\/2017\/04\/cant-see-the-wood-for-the-trees-the-mysterious-meaning-of-medieval-penis-trees\/\">Can\u2019t See the Wood for the Trees: The Mysterious Meaning of Medieval Penis Trees<\/a> by Elizabeth Wilson<\/li><li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gotmedieval.com\/\">Got Medieval<\/a> Blog<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/tricycle.org\/trikedaily\/buddha-telecommuting\/\">Newly Found Scripture Reveals Buddha Gave Remote Sermon, Struggled with A\/V Issues,<\/a> by Matthew Abrahams<\/li><li>For all you Star Wars fans, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/playlist?list=PL8e3GREu0zuDCBZ1zju_uWTP5yiB5ZX75\">Sacred Texts: Codices Far, Far Away <\/a>(a series of videos) by Brandon Hawk and Dot Porter (really fun!).<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">It&#8217;s funny, because it&#8217;s true. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/saiTOYY83T\">pic.twitter.com\/saiTOYY83T<\/a><\/p>\u2014 Peter Kruschwitz (@petrifiedmuse) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/petrifiedmuse\/status\/1241313306796871680?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 21, 2020<\/a><\/blockquote> <script async=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Aside from being serious scholars, medievalists can also be silly. 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