Jewish Magical Incantation Bowl / Medieval History Magical incantation bowl written in Jewish Aramaic. Bowls like these were designed as protective magic against demons. TagsAncient Egypt (30) ancient greece (74) animals (101) anthropology (87) archaeology (122) architecture (79) art (407) Central/late Middle Ages (84) Central and Late Middle Ages (33) Christian history (174) disease (121) Early Middle Ages (55) economic history (49) environmental history (155) Eurasia/Middle Eastern history (201) evolution (64) fashion history (43) folklore (35) folklore/mythology (102) history of education (54) history of food (41) History of Magic (44) history of race (42) history of sex (59) Islamic history (25) Jewish history (46) literature (242) math (47) medicine (166) medieval (83) military history (104) mythology (29) political history (143) pre-history (57) religion (330) Rome (151) science (63) social history (265) technology (99) U.S. history (105) U.S. natural parks (55) warfare (90) weapons (55) women (26) women's history (213) Categories Africa, Asia and South Asia (133) Ancient History (383) Big History (55) Byzantine History (37) Early Americas (42) Early Modern (213) Fabulous Females (129) History of Science (253) Live Reporting (181) Long 19th- 20th centuries (405) Medieval History (393)
Boar Hunting in “Tres Riches Heures du Duc be Berry” Medieval History / November 26, 2024 / animals, art, environmental history, social history, weapons In the background you are hearing the 15th-century English Christmas “Boar’s-Head Carol,” and looking at a closeup of a boar hunt from the month of…
Plague Doctor Mask Early Modern, History of Science, Medieval History / November 19, 2024 / disease, Eurasia/Middle Eastern history, medicine, social history This plague doctor mask from the Deutsches Historisches Museum was developed in the 17th century, and the prototype is usually attributed to the French physician…
Drought Conditions and the Collapse of the Visigothic Kingdom Ancient History, Medieval History / October 7, 2023 / architecture, Early Middle Ages, environmental history, Rome The ruins of Suso Monastery in San Millán de la Cogolla look eerily beautiful in this image, evocative of a distant past whose details are…
The Trotula Test for Medieval Infertility Medieval History / November 6, 2024 / Central/late Middle Ages, literature, medicine, women's history We know that women in the Middle Ages wanted to have control over their ability to conceive, and medical texts from these centuries show that…
