Alec MacKinnon · @alecmackinnon
40 followers · 148 posts · Server mastodon.scotIn search of Michael Scot, I re-read James Hogg's Three Perils of Man. You learn nothing about Scot but it's great fun. https://daceblog.blogspot.com/2023/08/michael-scot-in-hoggs-three-perils-of.html?m=1 #michaelscot #jameshogg #historyofscience #ScottishBorders
#ScottishBorders #historyofscience #jameshogg #michaelscot
Alec MacKinnon · @alecmackinnon
39 followers · 131 posts · Server mastodon.scot
The Court of Emperor Frederick II in Palermo (1865), by Arthur von Ramberg. I wonder if one of these characters is Ramberg's depiction of Michael Scot, who had made his way from #Scotland to become Court Astrologer here? #medievalscience #michaelscot #historyofscience
#historyofscience #michaelscot #medievalscience #scotland
Alec MacKinnon · @alecmackinnon
39 followers · 118 posts · Server mastodon.scotOn the trail of Michael Scot, 13th century astrologer, mathematician and translator, a visit to Melrose in the Scottish Borders: https://daceblog.blogspot.com/2023/04/the-michael-scot-trail-melrose.html?m=1 #michaelscot #ScottishBorders #historyofscience #middleages #melrose
#melrose #middleages #historyofscience #ScottishBorders #michaelscot