Joyce DiPastena

Author of medieval romances and romantic historicals set in 11th and 12th century England and Poitou. (And maybe one day a side trip to Italy.)

[Joyce DiPastena @JoyceDiPastena]

I'm attending this event. RT if you think others will find this helpful 🙌 https://t.co/75IsY8fOYD #indieauthortrainingspeakerseries

[Jean-Luc Deuffic @medievalpecia]

La descente de Croix

[Emily Steiner @PiersatPenn]

"Cel-e-bra-tion!"

'St Omer' or 'Rede' Psalter
Oxford, Christ Church MS 98

[The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints @Ch_JesusChrist]

“The present hostility in public dialogue and on social media is alarming. Hateful words are deadly weapons. Contention prevents the Holy Ghost from being our constant companion.” — President @NelsonRussellM #GeneralConference #GreaterLove

[Emily Steiner @PiersatPenn]

A medieval hell mouth for your collection.
Queen Mary Psalter, England (London or East Anglia), between 1310 and 1320, Royal MS 2 B. vii, f. 1v

[Medieval Military Medicine @MedMilMedicine]

“ All Right !!! Which one of you put all of their eggs in one basket ?!? ” - 13th and 14th centuries, Bodleian Library MS. Douce 5, f. 215r

[Ennius @red_loeb]

Going to the Apothecary shop

BL Sloane 1977, f. 49v
@BLMedieval

[Ennius @red_loeb]

Today is the feast of St Benedict. Here is St Benedict with a hedgehog. 🦔

BL Add MS 39636; Gradual; 3rd quarter of the 15th century; Italy (Lombardy); f.13r @BLMedieval

[Medieval Military Medicine @MedMilMedicine]

Let’s face it - Pen practice/doodles in the late 15th, early 16th century Capesthorne Manuscript, Bodleian Library MS. Lat. misc. c. 66, f. 95v

[Medieval Military Medicine @MedMilMedicine]

Don’t beat yourself up about it - 1st half of the fourteenth century, Luttrell Psalter, British Library, Add. MS 42130, f. 211r

[Emily Steiner @PiersatPenn]

I still prefer the dining room table. 📚

[Old English Wordhord @OEWordhord]

āl-fæt, n.n: vessel suitable for placing on a fire, cooking vessel. (ALL-VAT / ˈaːl-ˌvæt) Image: Maciejowski Bible; France (Paris), 1240s; @MorganLibrary MS M.638, f. 20r. #OldEnglish #WOTD

[Ennius @red_loeb]

June is the month for ploughing in this calendar. #MedievalCalendar
BL Add MS 60629; Psalter; 13th century; Germany, W; f.3v @BLMedieval

[Medieval Military Medicine @MedMilMedicine]

When you don’t quite meet the minimum height requirement to be king - 13th century, The Morgan Library and Museum, 024, MS M.429, f. 10v

[peter toth @petetoth]

A happy dad from 1900 years ago:

"Dear Son,
I hope you are doing well! I have received the pickled fish you sent me with Polybios, delicious, thank you..."

Letter of Soverous to his son Chairas @bodleianlibs
#MondayMotivation #dadlife #MondayMorning

[Eleanor Parker @ClerkofOxford]

'When I see blosmes springe,
And hear foules song,
A swete love-longynge
Myn herte thourhout stong,
Al for a love newe
That is so swete and trewe,
That gladieth al my song...'

A medieval springtime poem for Eastertide https://t.co/lXKwvyuXB1

[Old English Wordhord @OEWordhord]

a-lȳsan, wk.v: to deliver, release, liberate, rescue, free. (ah-LUE-zahn / a-ˈlyː-zan) Image: Très belles Heures de Notre-Dame; France, 14th century; @laBnF Département des Manuscrits, NAL 3093, f. 155r. #OldEnglish #WOTD