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love this piece in @literaryhub.bsky.social #medievalsky lithub.com/what-to-read...

lithub.comWhat to read after you see the Bayeux Tapestry.The Bayeux Tapestry is now on display in England’s British Museum, and the hottest ticket in London right now is a chance to peek at a nearly century old piece of fabric art. Whether you’ve gotten …

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El Gato Astronomico

@astrocat.bsky.social

oh cool they made the thing from the memes for real

AnnieGTMD

@anniegt.bsky.social

So great! Time to re-read The Bright Ages. Last weekend the Times put out an interactive guide to the Bayeux Tapestry that is/was OUTstanding, so while I won't be able to see it in person, I feel like I've seen it!

Wrongolia

@wrongolia.bsky.social

Great essay, I really liked the perspective.

Matt Gabriele

@profgabriele.com

ebook only $9.99 bookshop.org/p/books/the-...

bookshop.orgThe Bright Ages: A New History of Medieval Europe"The beauty and levity that Perry and Gabriele have captured in this book are what I think will help it to become a standard text for general audiences for years to come….The Bright Ages is a rare thi...

Matt Gabriele

@profgabriele.com

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David M. Perry

@lollardfish.bsky.social

Oh man …. What company to be in

james folta

@jamesfolta.com

Boy, you think your “bad at math” days are behind you until you mix up one hundred and one thousand

Matt Gabriele

@profgabriele.com

I am a historian, not a mathstorian

james folta

@jamesfolta.com

Your honor, the decimal point attacked ME

Adam Christopher

@adamchristopher.me

Nearly a... century old?

Matt Gabriele

@profgabriele.com

i don't see that. perhaps it was corrected? it now says "a nearly thousand year old piece of fabric art."

Adam Christopher

@adamchristopher.me

Ah! Yeah they must have caught it.

Adam Christopher

@adamchristopher.me

I was lucky enough to see the tapestry last month just after opening. It was absolutely incredible. (screenshot of the original text)