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victusinveritas · 5 months

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Sir Derek Jacobi as the retired Crusader Knight come Benedictine Brother, Cadfael. Jacobi actually had his hair shaved into a tonsure during filming, instead of wearing a bald cap wig. Some actors felt that was a little too far; others had their own heads shaved.

Beside Sean Pertwee as Sheriff Hugh Beringar.

Great series of stories based on the novels written by the linguist-scholar Edith Pargeter (1913–1995) under the name "Ellis Peters."

In my family we always watched Cadfael on Christmas Eve. A) because it was on the local PBS station and B) because it had a monk and was therefore deemed Christmas adjacent. That it was also usually a murder mystery was just extra fun.

#brother cadfael #sean pertwee #ellis peters #bbc #medieval tv #medieval mysteries #medieval studies

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monstersandmaw · 2 years

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Oh gawd, I’ve fallen back into the ‘medieval mysteries’ genre and obviously there’s non fandom for this series because it’s so small and obscure…

#delete later probably #Matthew Bartholomew series #the audiobook is so good though #it’s so rare to find a narrator of that quality #*sigh*#non monster post #medieval mysteries #like cadfael but the protagonist is not a monk

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the-mediaeval-monk · 2 years

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Brother Thomas moodboard.

He’s an angsty gay monk with Trauma™️, is a spy for the Church, and is a royal bastard. What more could you want in a character?

#prioress eleanor #viktor athelstan #the mediaeval monk #brother thomas from priscilla royal’s books #brother Thomas #Priscilla Royal #medieval mysteries #moodboard #I’ve never made a moodboard before #medieval #Middle Ages #gay #gay monks #so many gay monks and so few fans #read Priscilla Royal’s medieval mystery series #they’re so fucking good

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qaey · 4 months

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hearing murph saying that his characters are all like secretly grizzled old knights makes me want an au with fabian as like the spoiled prince and riz as his knight bodyguard. they solve mysteries

#this isn’t fabriz btw i am very firmly on the aromantic riz train #i just love medieval aus #fabian has absolutely no interest in solving mysteries but riz has to go pretty much everywhere he goes #so he has to just like con fabian into going places so he can solve mysteries #fantasy high #fabian seacaster #dimension 20 #d20 #riz gukgak

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illustratus · 1 year

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cuties-in-codices · 9 months

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taking a ride

in an illustrated copy of konrad von würzburgs "trojanerkrieg" (the trojan war), ca. 1441

the illustration depicts thetis and her servant riding dolphins, behind them achilles unconscious in a bag

source: Nürnberg, GNM, Hs. 998, fol. 31v

#ok quick meta commentary i always struggle with the question of how much context i should provide to the images since i feel like too much #information sort of takes away from their aesthetic/mysterious/fantastical/astonishing qualities you know #on the other hand i feel like many of you would be interested in the context #so i guess i'll have to compromise #medieval art #15th century #trojanerkrieg #thetis #achilles #konrad von würzburg #illuminated manuscript #medieval manuscripts

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ghoul-night · 10 months

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Dynamic Wang, Cologne Cathedral

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madebypointlesswords · 1 year

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The knights at 3am feat. Leon the Long Suffering

Leon: please stop Gwaine, twerking on his bed: Come good sir Leon! Shaketh thou bossom! Elyan, dancing in his boxers: Alexandria play "thy wenches are not loyal" Lancelot, pointing to Gwaine's legs: Thou witch shall not revealeth thine ankles! Conceal thine ankles, wench! Gwaine, curstying: I belongeth to the cobblestone pathways good sir! Leon, under his blanket: We literally have patrol tomorrow Percival, jumping on his bed: but sir, it is hot wench summer! Elyan, shaking his hips: Mine hips do not bear false witness! Leon, crying: can we go to sleep? Please?

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thegimmicky · 10 days

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Misty sheepyard hills

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legoinspire · 4 months

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In ancient ruins, fearless warrior Freyja with her traditional armor explored alongside her father Bjorn. He, a seasoned elder with a sturdy spear told her stories about the old ruins. Together they unraveled mysteries, strengthened their bond and left behind their own stories within the enigmatic embrace of these ancient walls.