📣 Attention #Histodons: Free access to "Medieval Textiles across Eurasia, c. 300–1400" (Cambridge Elements) by Patricia Blessing, Elizabeth Dospěl Williams and Eiren L. Shea, until May 23rd!
"This study considers the textiles made, traded, and exchanged across Eurasia from late antiquity to the late Middle Ages with special attention to the socio-political and cultural aspects of this universal medium. It presents a wide range of textiles used in both domestic and religious settings, as dress and furnishings, and for elite and ordinary owners."
I'm reading a book on medieval relic thefts and relic trade, and it is hilariously entertaining.
I keep thinking how fun these stories would be as a #DnD adventure... With epic bluff checks for selling the acquired relics as genuine. And convincing people the saint spoke to you in a dream and wanted to be stolen. 😄 👼
Somewhat aggrieved that I hadn't discovered the #QGIS multiple map canvas panels sooner. Makes interpreting #LiDAR that much easier. Some interesting linear features interacting with Bran/Brent Ditch around #Cambridge, totally absent from historic maps. #archaeology #gis #prehistory #medieval
