#medieval event

[dettumi]

[positivelyqueer]

if you feel like you’re ‘getting in the way’ as a mobility aid user, particularly with larger aids like wheelchairs, rollators/walkers, gait trainers and service dogs, That Is A Fault Of The Space (and potentially the people), not of you. You deserve all the space you take up and more.

[sanctus-ingenium]

recount of the events that took place between Gryfon and Pantera during the battle against the dragon Avarice

Although complete hull losses had happened before over the centuries, this was the first record in history of one beast inflicting such damage against another. Saint Gryfon plays a critical role in dragon battles by acting as a platform for the spear of god, a harpoon so powerful that a single shot is enough to tether a dragon in place and winch it to the ground. But while tethering a dragon, Gryfon cannot physically move, and he must be defended from attack. Saint Pantera was a more than capable battle partner and bodyguard, and the dragon was not especially large, so it was expected to last only a few days.

No one could have predicted Pantera turning on his charge. Eyewitnesses and surviving crewmembers of the brawl saw Pantera turn without warning to strike Gryfon, and in the collision the knight rider Sir Glory XIV, his six apprentices, and fifty of Gryfon and Pantera's crewmembers lost their lives. The harpoon came loose and the dragon escaped. In the confusion, Pantera fled the scene.

It was thought that Sir Victory XVI of Pantera was responsible for the carnage, but key eyewitnesses later stated that the knight had in fact fallen from the throne chamber of Pantera prior to the attack. His body was found later, on the ground beside the severely damaged Gryfon. We never found his head.

It is advised that the former Saint Pantera is located as quickly as possible, to put him out of his misery. All surviving apprentices of Sir Victory are hereby reassigned to smith duty.

[upennmanuscripts]

Way back in February, 2023, we took a look at LJS 443, a 15th century Armenian collection of texts on the calendar. From the highlight reel you'll see it's chock full of diagrams and tables, and includes a few pretty colorful headings, too. You can watch the full 30-minute video at the link below, and if you're interested in joining #CoffeeWithACodex in real time check out the schedule and details on our website: https://www.library.upenn.edu/events/coffee-codex

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[wickedfang-sso]

Am I the only one who thought the lance we get upon being knighted would be an actual item we get in our inventory? Like idk how we'd use it, but I was under the impression that somehow we'd be able to carry that lance around outside the jousting arena whenever we wanted after 'claiming' it.

What's the point of displaying it as a reward and having a 'claim' button if we don't get anything? Am I missing something?

[wonder-worker]

Thinking about Elizabeth Woodville as a gothic heroine is making me go insane. She entered the story by overturning existing social structures, provoking both ire and fascination. She married into a dynasty doomed to eat itself alive. She was repeatedly associated with the supernatural, both in terms of love and death. Her life was shaped entirely by uncanny repetitions - two marriages, two widowhoods, two depositions, two flights to sanctuary, two ultimate reclamations, all paralleling and ricocheting off each other. Her plight after 1483 exposed the true rot at the heart of the monarchy - the trappings of royalty pulled away to reveal nothing, a never-ending cycle of betrayal and war, the price of power being the (literal) blood of children. She lived past the end of her family name, she lived past the end of her myth. She ended her life in a deeply anomalous position, half-in and half-out of royal society. She was both a haunting tragedy and the ultimate survivor who was finally free.

[crustyfloor]

Till's piece from the event is a very honest depiction, but I want to examine it in more detail since it looks so interesting.

For one, I find the headpiece confusing, I was hesitant on this point in the last post I made covering this I assumed the headpiece Till is wearing (separate from the headphones) was this device.

There isn't even a name for that device, but it's been theorized that it serves a similar function have the collars pet humans have, but affects the pet humans in some way.

I believe it's a behavioral management device since there is an emphasis on the brain when it's shown. And just based on the design itself. I think the purpose of it is similar to a shock collar.

Till in this environment looks familiar, he has that focused expression that he always has when he's writing music, like he's in a daze. Since this is a practice in a controlled environment I think he might actually be handling an instrument this time around (hence the headphones). Till has a natural passion for music, the environment of Anakt Garden also appears more calm than what he goes through with Urak so he looks very much in his element.

But despite how calm, and focused he looks outwardly, his collar shows orange.

Till is giving with his expressions even around the aliens, so if he was feeling bad (I would suspect as much seeing the fresh experiment patches..) I believe it would look more obvious, but the difference threw me off a bit. I could be reaching (definitely) But given how unruly his behavior can be, and how much effort the aliens are putting into finding ways to subdue him I think they used that device to mellow him out so that they could properly monitor him.

The collar being orange gives me the impression that he's not as calm as he looks but the headpiece is keeping him in a 'sedated' state(?)

Red - Condition in the negatives, energy depleted, feeling bad. overall horrible state.

Orange, yellow - to a lesser extent, more like if you're feeling skittish, nervous, (think of this mode as feeling under the weather)

Green - Good, calm, happy, normal and a healthy mode.

(Translation by kh47uo on Twitter)

This behavior could also show desensitization, as he had likely been conditioned to not be phased nor show weakness in front of the aliens even if he feels bad, a way of tolerating. But this is just me trying to make sense of whatever that head gear was... he could've also been sedated beforehand (banging my head against the concrete)

Also interesting to me that we weren't shown Till doing other things, like dancing, or singing. I think it's a testament to Anakt's (And Urak's) priorities as they have Till build on his music skills, his strongest skill. It's probably because that's all he has to offer is his music (His grades in every other subject are a mess.). So building that to its greatest potential before anything is important. But it's a reminder of the situation, he's not so intense about his craft because of his inclination to it. He doesn't make music simply because he likes it, he does it because it's what he has to do to survive. Despite doing what he is naturally driven to do, he looks like he has had his life drained out of him.

Urak (the bastard) knows that for sure. Appearances, and 'decent' skills can get you far but overwhelming passion and skill can put you farther above all the rest, it's exactly why Luka is the best in his league, and why Urak pushes Till to his limits to surpass that even with such destructive means.

[klabauters]

Knight's tournament at Grenzwacht

Pictures by Rico

[samipekoe]

another day of working hard at the being normal factory

[flowerakatsuka]

[ messy ass sprite edit ] youkai au, but if it was cooler & sexier ( aka they let these losers have anything besides their fuck ass bowl cuts. )

[silver-peel]

The fair unknown, the local man bullied by a birb🪶

[dettumi]

[mcrcki]

the beating of the wings echoed in her mind, mirroring the beating of her heart as she stared into the sky.. violet should've been terrified, should've ran in fear at the sight of a dragon so close to her and yet.. all she could do was stare. stare and feel. it all hits her like a tidal wave, sent her way by the wind of the dragons wings, and gods, for a moment, she wishes she could forget it all again. and all at once, all she sees is red. she's going to fucking kill him. she's going to fucking save him but she is going to rip him apart first. first she just needed to fucking find him in this godsforsaken village.

@tragcdysewn for xaden riorson

[upennmanuscripts]

Two of the most popular, frequently copied and translated astronomical texts of the Middle Ages were Joannes de Sacro Bosco's Sphaera mundi and Georg von Peurbach's Theoricae novae planetarum. On September 19, Curator Dot Porter will bring out LJS 42, a 16th century commentary on a Hebrew translation of Sphaera mundi, followed by a commentary on a Hebrew translation of Theoricae novae planetarum.

Coffee With A Codex is an informal lunch or coffee time to meet virtually with Kislak curators and talk about one of the manuscripts from Penn's collections. Each week we'll feature a different manuscript and the expertise of one of our curators. Everyone is welcome to attend.

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[taniatas]