#WeirdHistory
A letter to the London mayor in 1583 complained that bowling alleys would "draw God's wrath upon the city."
You would think he’d have a boat and not a horse.
#MedievalArt
#Scribe
#Monk
#Fish
#WeirdArt
#WeirdHistory
#Histodon
#histodon #WeirdHistory #weirdart #fish #monk #scribe #medievalart
You would think he’d have a boat and not a horse.
#MedievalArt
#Scribe
#Mark
#Monk
#Fish
#WeirdArt
#WeirdHistory
#Histodon
#histodon #WeirdHistory #weirdart #fish #monk #mark #scribe #medievalart
Hmm, I'm not convinced by the quasi-religious monarchy dictatorship system of government....
Princess-Abbess of Gandersheim, according to wikipedia.
Adelaide II: "according to reports by Bernold of Constance, Adelaide was also involved in Egbert's assassination two years later."
Henriette Christine: "In 1712 the 42-year-old Abbess of Gandersheim, Henriette Christine of Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel, suddenly resigned on account of the birth of her illegitimate son."
#Gandersheim #LowerSaxony #Germany #history #WeirdHistory #Christianity #AbolishTheMonarchy
#gandersheim #LowerSaxony #germany #history #WeirdHistory #christianity #AbolishTheMonarchy
Princess-Abbess of Quedlinburg, according to wikipedia.
Adelaide: "the young girl was abducted by the forces of her quarrelling uncle Duke Henry II of Bavaria in 984 and held in custody by his henchman, the Billung count Egbert the One-Eyed."
Anna III: "died suddenly aged 36 after a walk. The official cause of her death was stroke. She was succeeded by her enemy's sister."
Dorothea: "Her baptism was notably held without the customary exorcism."
#Quedlinburg #SaxonyAnhalt #Germany #history #WeirdHistory #Christianity
#Quedlinburg #SaxonyAnhalt #germany #history #WeirdHistory #christianity
This is cute. The army of Saint Louis (Louis IX of France) departing from Aigues-Mortes escorted by angels (1248), Seventh Crusade, engraving by Gustave Dore (1832-1883) from History of the Crusades by Joseph-Francois Michaud (1767-1839), 1888 edition.
#History #Mastodon #Funny #FrenchHistory #France #Weird #Cute #Funny #Histodons #Histodon #Historical #Art #Photography #ArtHistory #Thursday #Friday #Historian #WeirdHistory #Metal #MetalHistory #Book
#book #metalhistory #metal #WeirdHistory #historian #friday #thursday #arthistory #photography #art #historical #histodon #histodons #cute #weird #France #Frenchhistory #funny #Mastodon #history
Couldn’t balance my Cabala checkbook, forgot to add ‘Influence of the moon on reading the signs of the Cabala (Kabbalah), miniature from Cabalistic treaty, Greek manuscript, 16th century.’ Venice, Biblioteca Nazionale Marciana. DeAgostini/Getty Images.
#thursday #art #religion #history #photography #histodons #weird #funny #metal #metalhistory #weirdhistory #mastodon #share #histodon #arthistory #books #book
#book #books #arthistory #histodon #share #Mastodon #WeirdHistory #metalhistory #metal #funny #weird #histodons #photography #history #religion #art #thursday
Can we revive this practice immediately? Zoppot sports week, javelin throwing from a moving car 1922. 'Zeitbilder' 31/1922. Vintage property of ullstein bild/Photo Carl Fernstaedt/ullstein bild via Getty Images.
#thursday #history #sports #photography #histodons #histodon #weird #funny #weirdhistory #metalhistory #metal #art #historical #culture #historian
#historian #culture #historical #art #metal #metalhistory #WeirdHistory #funny #weird #histodon #histodons #photography #sports #history #thursday
We sacrificed the Quagga (Equus quagga), extinct South African mammal of the horse family, on the alter of vanity. Look at this thing; it’s pure Instagram fire. And that’s just an engraving, published London 1815. Photo Universal Images Group via Getty Images. #History #animals #histodon #histodons #art #photography #weirdhistory #mastodon
#Mastodon #WeirdHistory #photography #art #histodons #histodon #animals #history
If my contractor and decorator don’t understand my vision, artist and collector Viktor Wynd does. The Viktor Wynd Museum of Curiosities, Fine Art, & Natural History contains an eclectic mix of exhibits. Photo by Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images.
#History #Wednesday #Histodon #Histodons #Art #museum #photography #science #arthistory #esoteric #weirdhistory
#WeirdHistory #esoteric #arthistory #science #photography #museum #art #histodons #histodon #wednesday #history
Flight experiments with the Ville de Paris balloon-airship in Sartrouville, France, photograph by M Branger, from L'illustrazione Italiana, Year XXXIII, No 47, November 25, 1906. I sense a common theme.
#history #weirdhistory #mastodon #funny #flight #aviation #photography #historybuff #sundayfunday
#sundayfunday #historybuff #photography #aviation #flight #funny #Mastodon #WeirdHistory #history
Henceforth, I shall synthesize all scientific data in Sunday comics form. Degeneration of blood cells. Photo by Carl Simon/United Archives/Universal Images Group via Getty Images.
#sunday #art #History #histodons #Science #weirdhistory #histodon #mastodon #funny
#funny #Mastodon #histodon #WeirdHistory #science #histodons #history #art #sunday
Cartoon from "Le Rire", Paris. Wilhelm II, Emperor of Germany depicted as a one - man orchestra conducting the affairs of Europe. In my native language, idiomatic Texan, this is roughly translated as, “talking out of one’s ass.” Photo Universal History Archive/Universal Images Group via Getty Images. #history #Germany #Paris #France #Histodons #Histodon #Art #Politics #Cartoons #historical #weirdhistory
#WeirdHistory #historical #cartoons #politics #art #histodon #histodons #France #Paris #Germany #history
I was impressed by this history hipster’s commitment to Casual Friday Zhukov but was disappointed to learn it’s a portrait of some early twentieth century rando. Unidentified man, his chest adorned with medals, many for cycling, skating, and skiing. #thursday #history #weirdhistory #mastodon #histodon #art
#art #histodon #Mastodon #WeirdHistory #history #thursday
Fun little video about how to #fight #WarElephants.
#hannibal #WeirdHistory #histodon #warelephants #fight
So the dentist told me the bone lumps below my tongue were called “mandibular tori”.
I made a horn sign and said like bulls in Ancient Greece?
Dentist said “I never thought about that.”
#Histodons
#WeirdHistory
#AncientHistory
#Dentistry
#Anatomy
#Tori
#Taurus
#taurus #tori #anatomy #dentistry #ancienthistory #WeirdHistory #histodons
Anyone heard of #CanadianBikerWars ? Apparently in recent decades wars between motorcycle clubs raged in #Quebec. Dozens of bombings, hundreds murdered.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Biker_War
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quebec_Biker_War
#urbanwarfare #WeirdHistory #quebec #canadianbikerwars
That time W.B. Yeats kicked Aleister Crowley down some stairs.
#wbyeats #aleistercrowley #AcademicMastadons #experimentaltheology #poets #hermeticorder #victorians #weothervictorians #poetkickscrowley #weirdhistory
#WeirdHistory #poetkickscrowley #weothervictorians #victorians #HermeticOrder #poets #experimentaltheology #academicmastadons #aleistercrowley #wbyeats