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around the year 1500, medieval painter hieronymus bosch drew a person with sheet music written on their butt being tortured in hell.
500 years later, someone decided to transcribe and play the song. now, you can hear it too!
It was believed in medieval times that hedgehogs had spikes so they could roll over fruit to carry home to their children, which is not true but is a really cute idea
just found out there was a medieval italian guy called bartolomeo colleoni which means "bartholomew balls" and his coat of arms was three pairs of balls and his war cry was "coglia! coglia! coglia!" which means "balls! balls! balls!"
a medieval viking era ring inscribed with the words ‘for allah’, found in a 1200 year old grave in sweden. the ring is part of a small body of evidence of direct contact between the vikings and the abbasid caliphate!
around the year 1500, medieval painter hieronymus bosch drew a person with sheet music written on their butt being tortured in hell.
600 years later, a tumblr user decided to transcribe and play the song. now, you can hear it too.
"'Ha ha' and 'he he' signify laughter in Latin and in English, because they are cried out when laughing."
Wonderful evidence here in Ælfric's Grammar that 'ha ha' has been the sound and spelling of laughter in English since at least the 11th century and the Old English period.
I was curious about what kinds of colours medieval peasants might have worn so I started dyeing my handspun wool with plants I found outside...turns out medieval peasants must have loved soft pastels???