Interesting trade roots, things at Harvard, and a medieval village

Some nice picture of what they found in the grave as well

For more info see here:

http://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.de/2012/09/stinging-nettles-reveal-bronze-age.html#.UGnep1Fc9t0

Upcoming Events | Harvard Medieval Studies Committee

 Mahindra Humanities Center Medieval Studies Seminar: Hildegard Keller (Germanic Studies, Indiana University): Of Mice, Men, and Metaphors: Figurative Speech about Time. Reflections from and beyond the Middle Ages. Monday, 22 October, 4:00-6:00 p.m., Kates Room, Warren House. Co-sponsored by the Department of Germanic Languages and Literatures.

Monday, 29 October

Mahindra Humanities Institute Medieval Studies Seminar: Marc Epstein (Religion, Vassar College):  Artist Anonymous, Patron Unknown: Iconography and Authorial Intention in the Medieval Haggadah. 4:15-6:00 p.m., Barker Center 133. Co-sponsored by the Center for Jewish Studies and the Jewish Cultures and Societies Seminar.

For more info: http://medieval.fas.harvard.edu/icb/icb.do?keyword=k13729&pageid=icb.page537015

Archaeologists believe they have found the remains of a medieval village in Herefordshire.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-hereford-worcester-19304965

Cases for stuff

Someone asked about cases on the SCA A ans S page on facebook.  Someone else was kind enough to post this wonderful link:

http://www.larsdatter.com/cases.htm

enjoy!!

Glass and Kent State

Medieval monastery in Hungary was a glass-making hub, researchers find

 Central European University Professor of Medieval Studies Jozsef Laszlovszky and his students have been hanging out in the 12th century. They haven't gone back in time, just up the Danube to the site of a medieval monastic estate in Pomaz that housed a glass-production center.

 

http://www.ceu.hu/news/2012-09-25/ancient-technology

 

27th International Conference on Medievalism at Kent State University

 

http://www.medievalism.net/conferences/ksu2012conference.html

Shipwrecks, Catholic university, and mythology

Shipwreck yields treasures dating from 14th century

Experts have confirmed that relics retrieved from a shipwreck in the central province of Quang Ngai date back to the 14th century, making them among the oldest underwater antiques Vietnam has ever discovered.

More info:

http://english.vovnews.vn/Home/Shipwreck-yields-treasures-dating-from-14th-century/20129/142195.vov

Newport’s Medieval Ship could have been Basque

THE origins of the Newport Medieval Ship may have finally been solved – with new research announced yesterday pointing to the north of Spain.

http://www.southwalesargus.co.uk/news/gwentnews/9935347.Newport___s_Medieval_Ship_could_have_been_Basque/?ref=nt

Were Medieval Universities Catholic?

Lessons for higher education today

http://www.americamagazine.org/content/article.cfm?article_id=13577

Lofty Depths and Tragic Brilliance: The Interweaving of Celtic and Anglo-Saxon Mythology and Literature in the Arthurian Legends

http://digitalcommons.liberty.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1144&context=masters

Alfonso, wine and medicine, and hunting and fishing

Jewish Collaborators in Alfonso’s Scientific Work
By Norman Roth

To read the article:   http://libro.uca.edu/alfonso10/emperor5.pdf

Wine and Medicine from Hippocrates to the Renaissance
By Christopher Hoolihan

To read the article: http://ia700602.us.archive.org/6/items/caduceushuman911993unse/caduceushuman911993unse.pdf

Medieval Hunting and Fishing Practices and the Court Epics
By William John Slayton

http://scholarship.rice.edu/bitstream/handle/1911/14664/7023575.PDF?sequence=1

Alfonso, wine and medicine, and hunting and fishing

Jewish Collaborators in Alfonso’s Scientific Work
By Norman Roth

To read the article:   http://libro.uca.edu/alfonso10/emperor5.pdf

Wine and Medicine from Hippocrates to the Renaissance
By Christopher Hoolihan

To read the article: http://ia700602.us.archive.org/6/items/caduceushuman911993unse/caduceushuman911993unse.pdf

Medieval Hunting and Fishing Practices and the Court Epics
By William John Slayton

http://scholarship.rice.edu/bitstream/handle/1911/14664/7023575.PDF?sequence=1

Medical book, build your own loom and Italian Villas

Rare 500-year-old illustrated medical book shows doctors analysing urine to diagnose illness and brushing lice from a boy's hair

• Encyclopedia of knowledge and folklore on plants, animals and minerals
• Book is on display for the first time at University of Aberdeen as part of the Pharmacopoeia exhibition

More info:  http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2201221/Rare-500-year-old-illustrated-medical-book-shows-doctors-analysing-urine-diagnose-illness-brushing-lice-boys-hair.html

Build your own scrap wood loom

http://www.instructables.com/id/Scrapwood-Loom/

Decline and fall of the Italian villa: Haunting images of the forgotten palaces which are now spectacular ruins

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2181957/Italian-villa-The-palatial-rustic-retreats-Renaissance-lie-abandoned.html#ixzz26BAeZfO2