#mediveal

[paperbaghero]

The Dragon's Curse AU I'm working on or something...

Just wanted to post something for this blog so why not post something about the AU. 👀👀

#my art #my ocs #Roslyn #Lizzoro #The Dragon's Curse #The Dragon's Curse AU #mediveal #Knight #Sorcerer #ignore the fact that I drew mom barring hips HDKSNSKDHDKZB #and yes Lizz is still a alien clown because it's fucking funny and I really didn't want to draw her with a normal nose HDKSVSKSBSKSJS #looks weird

[zegalba]

#armor #hand #silver #mediveal #fashion

[shadefish]

March Of Robots Lancer Edition

Day 26

Highlands Blackbeard

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#art #digital art #march of robots #lancer #lancer rpg #mecha #robot #rpg #ttrpg #scotland #scottish highlander #sword #mediveal #giant robot #sci fi #historical

[sennamaticart]

I've been reading about and taking lots of notes about the art of Heraldry. Scanned some notes and digitally colored them!

#heraldry #beasts #monster #monsters #mediveal #coat of arms #primary colors #furry #animal #animal art #market #notes #study notes #creativity #illustration #art tag #i kinda love how these scanned ink drawings look when colored digitally you may see more of these in the future #physical art

[whereserpentswalk]

#196 #poll #polls #monarch #monarchy #history #middleages #mediveal #early modern #feudalism #r/196

[learnelle]

Tania Crossingham - an artist that specialises in creating beautiful Medieval Illuminated Manuscripts

#I’m in love with this artist right now asdfghjkl!!! I’m still on a hashtag break but I just had to share this #tania crossingham #mediveal #history #art history #artblr #art details #aesthetic #booklr #books & libraries #Art History Musings

[dandydingo]

Commission for birdheavennow

#commissions in pinned post <3 #furry anthro #furry art #furry fashion #mediveal #furry commissions #dumbdingo

[maniculum]

Meadmaking

Hey all, Zoe here - the other half of this blog, and I decided to try my hand at posting - particularly my little mead-making project. Even though Mac is the medieval drinks expert, I just like mead as a drink and I feel like a potion-brewing witch when I make it. Beer was the more popular drink during the middle ages, as it was cheaper and more widely available, but I think it's nasty and who doesn't want to feel like Early English royalty?

As I dug into mead-making, I fell into a SUPER deep medieval-mead-making rabbit hole. I'm not a mead expert, and I'd highly recommend Susan Varberg's blog, Medieval Mead & Beer, for a very, very in-depth look at how to make medieval mead. HOWEVER, all that said, I did collect some research and played with it myself. Plus, I made some of my own recipes.

So. Mead. What is it? Fermented honey water, in its most basic form. Honey-wine, it can be called to those who aren't familiar. There's a lot of other names mead has when it's mixed with other things:

Mead – water, honey and yeast

Sack Mead – mead made with extra honey

Short Mead – low honey and low alcohol yeast to be drunk quickly

Hydromel – watered down mead (in period, another word for mead)

Braggot – (period) ale refermented with honey; (modern) malted mead

Melomel – mead made with fruit

Mulsum – mead made with fruit

Cyser – mead made with apples

Metheglin – mead with spices

Pyment, Clar – mead made with grape juice

Hippocras – spiced wine, sweetened (but not fermented) with honey

Botchet — caramelized honey mead

Really, though, when you see it on the shelf, a pumpkin melomel will be marketed as "Pumpkin Mead," so really only the brewmasters get into the weeds on the names. I was really curious as to how the ingredients were sourced in the middle ages - nowadays, brewers get really into where they source their ingredients (there's a bazillion different yeasts you can use!), but after doing some research, turns out the medievals were too!

Honey.

The medievals categorized honey in different ways. The best quality honey was called "life honey" and was the honey that dripped freely from the wax when pierced. Grades of honey diminished as the honey became harder to get out of the hive. The dregs of honey (collected by heating the frame in water to blend the honey but not melt the wax) was given to servants and was not preferred. Honey was also categorized by location - Egyptian honeys were very popular and expensive. Honey from different regions in Spain were considered of different quality - one merchant got particularly fussy when one of his batches was "spoiled" by mixing honey from a better region with that from a worse region. Finally, honey was categorized by flower type. One monetary requested honey made only from lavender. Since hives were highly mobile frames or skeps, it would have been possible for apiarists to move their hives to lavender fields.

Water.

Water is, well, water. Right? Not quite. Medieval recipes do specify using fine, spring water. The water and honey were often boiled together - likely to kill bacteria. However, the wording on "boille" is not super clear. Mead-masters knew that honey shouldn't be boiled (it kills natural yeast), so whether or not the must (the water/honey mix) was boiled in the modern sense or just warmed is unclear. Perhaps the need for "fine, spring, fresh water."

Yeast.

While modern brewers and vintners have a wide variety of yeasts to choose from, medieval brewmasters didn't have as many options. There were a few different options, however. Baking yeast (like a sourdough starter) was one option, while other recipes call for the leftover lees of wine/mead batches. Hops were also used. Of course, yeast is also naturally occurring, so brewers could fairly reliably rely on the natural yeast to kick-start itself.

I'll dump my own mead pics here and then get into the details of a Middle English mead recipe in part two, I guess. I'll talk a bit about the mead-making process, too. Mead is made by mixing honey and water into a must. Then, yeast is added. Modern mead-makers also add yeast nutrients and other additions to ensure their batch doesn't get infected.

A newly made bottle of mead. Notice the cloudy colour characteristic of new mead. As the yeast eats the sugars, they'll create a bottom layer of debris and the mead will clear, as seen below.

After the primary fermentation has occurred (you can tell when the bubbles of gas, telling you the yeast is eating, have stopped), mead-makers will re-reack their mead. This involves moving it from one jug to the next.

At this point, the mead can be put into a closet and age for a while. The best meads have high clarity - that is, they're clear! The example below is only about 2 months old. It has a way to go, but has good clarity already. Notably, the sagas state that the best, oldest, clearest meads were served to Odin and the gods.

Anyway - that's the basics of mead-making. I'll make a part two about older recipes! Sources:

Beekeeping in late medieval Europe: A survey of its ecological settings and social impacts. Llu.s SALES I FAVÀ, Alexandra SAPOZNIK y Mark WHELAN

Trade, taste and ecology: honey in late medieval Europe. Alexandra Sapoznik, Lluís Sales i Favà & Mark Whelan

Of Boyling and Seething: A re-evaluation of these common cooking terms in connection with brewing. Susan Verberg.

#bees #beekeeping #mead #mead-making #mediveal #medieval literature #witches #cottagecore #potions #i feel like a witch #maniculum

[medievalistsnet]

#mediveal #archaeology #germany #castle

[grail-lifesupport]

Sir Morien! An arthurian black (moorish) knight who has a whole romance about him! Son of Sir Agrovale, nephew of Sir Percival, he’s described as extremely strong, having the capability to deliver mighty blows and catch spears midflight and snap them like reeds. He further proves his strength by almost defeating Lancelot in combat. Despite the knights being fearful of his dark skin, he smiles brightly constantly despite all the hardships he’s been through. He spends the story looking for his father Agrovale so he can drag his loser ass back to his mum so they can get properly married.

(if you want to read the story, here’s a link) https://www.gutenberg.org/files/8447/8447-h/8447-h.htm

(Sir Morien, sketch done by my friend and painted by me) the headpiece is based off of saint Maurice's

(Saint Erasmus and Saint Maurice, oil on wood painting, artist Matthias Grünewald)

#morien #sir morien #arthuriana #mediveal #medieval #middle ages #arthurian literature #arthurian legend

[coffeecatsandcoldnights]

And I keep coming back to you

#dark femme #dark aesthetic #dark poetry #dark moodboard #dark academia #romanticism #dark romance #writings #writers on tumblr #aesthetic #english literature #excerpts #writers and poets #poets on tumblr #musings #mediveal #princesscore #tumblr news #new words #wordporn #spilled quotes #books and libraries #booksbooksbooks #web weave #web finds #web weaving

[zegalba]

Balenciaga: Chevalier Armor Knight Boots AW21

#balenciaga #chevalier #armor #silver #shoes #boots #footwear #fashion #knight #mediveal #aw21 #2021

[sl33py-day]

Natsu Tenokami- Emperors Daughter

Nastu | Emperors Daughter | 24 years old | Manipulative + Clingy

There's a few things you need to know before we talk about Natsu in general. In 1635, Japan made a law called the Sakoku decree which limited foreign trade from other regions. Sakoku translated into English is ‘country in chains’ which basically means what it means. No Japanese citizen could leave the country without a really good reason to do so and even then it was hella difficult and expensive. The same restrictions have been happening way before 1635 but the sakoku decree made it impossible to even go anywhere near or anywhere out of japan.

If you're one of the traders you could only go to China and China only. This goes with foreigners as well, Nagasaki was the only port of which trade would be conducted and even then royal guards would watch over and make sure nothing of christian variety would go through trade. During this time southern Japan (Mainly Kyushu) has seen an increase of catholic converters which the imperial emperor found as a threat. Many catholic citizens were killed due to them not converting back or were killed if they didn’t agree to move to a small island off the coast of Japan.

Now that is done and explained in the best way possible let's move on to the main reason we are here.

Nastu was born before the sakoku decree, in the winter of 1611, where everything was still a bit strict with trading but wasn’t to an extent of murder on site. At a young age she would play with the children from the nearby village that laid at the bottom of her imperial fortress. The only issue with this is that her father, Kibishi Tenokami, saw this activity as horrifying and brought dishonesty to the imperial family. ‘No daughter of mine should play with that of commoners’ her father would say on the daily once he found out she went to play in the village. However she would still go down to play since her father wouldn’t dare hurt her in any physical way and only kept her in the fortress for a week max as punishment.

She had 1 older brother, Nobaru, who would be the heir of the throne once he came of age and a younger brother, Kibo, who would be the second heir to the throne if the original heir were to unexpectedly die. Her mother passed away after childbirth due to complications and blood loss. Her father as mentioned earlier is strict with who she talks with others and definitely controls what she does on occasions which is probably why she becomes manipulative towards her lover.

Here's a little side note about Natsu, while yes she did grow up without a mother doesn’t mean she didn’t have a mother figure in her life. That's where her personal assistant Aio comes into play. Aio was 20 when she took care of baby Natsu and was about 36 when Natsu had her first crush. To keep it simple, Aio wasn’t much help and probably didn’t tell her that she was doing something wrong.

At 16 Natsu fell in love with a boy in the village she used to go to as a child. At that time she hasn’t gotten much attention or affection from her father so she quickly became attached to this village boy. Her father heavily disapproved of this and banned Natsu from visiting him, going as far as threatening Aio into locking Natsu in her room at night as well as locking the windows.

Aio, feeling bad for having to do this to a child, she let Natsu visit the boy in the village every week for one night. This kept happening as the months went by and only did it stop when Natsu found out that the village boy she once loved didn’t love her back in the same way. She ended up telling Aio in broken sobs that her lover truly didn’t love her back.

“What am I supposed to do Aio? I-I thought he loved me! H-How could he just fall for some…some ragged village girl! I could’ve given him anything he wanted!”

She spent hours in her room heartbroken, her brothers didn’t know what was going on and tried to help but she refused saying stuff along the lines of ‘I hate this family, if i wasn’t his daughter I could’ve had him!’ which confused the two brothers since they didn’t know who this unknown man was that their sister had unknowingly fallen in love with.

It was only when Natsu came up with the idea to just get rid of the boy who was causing her so much stress and pain in her heart. So after a few days, the village boy disappeared and was never seen again by anyone. Aio helped hide any evidence in fear she would get caught letting Natsu out at night.

Years have passed since that fateful day, rumors came and gone like the morning breeze, none really stayed put into the solid ground in fear the Emperor would cause all hell to break loose. Natsu realized her mistake, even though she doesn’t really feel any guilt. It was the boy's fault for not loving her back.

In my view of the AU I have created I would imagine something like this to happen for Natsu to meet her Darling (Aka male reader)

It was early in the morning with just enough light to pass crates to one another and for the guards to watch everything. She didn’t really want to be there watching the transaction happen but she couldn’t stand Nobaru’s whines and begs for her to at least watch what happens behind the scenes. This was the fourth time he asked and ,to her very reluctant pleasure, she agreed. Which is why she sits alone in the cold morning air at this very moment.

She sat on one of the stone stairs with her elbow on her knee, her gray blue eyes lazily glossing over all the traders one by one with not a single ounce of interest. A slight frown stood on her face, showing how unhappy she was to be here in the exact moment. The chitter chats of the traders talking with the imperial guards filled Natsu’s ears. She couldn’t even pick out what even one trader was saying due to how hushed they talked. That was until something caught her eye. A small group of traders huddled around one of the crates in a bout of confusion. A small cloud of air showed right in front of the blackette’s lips as she sighed. Slowly standing up from the cold pebble stairs the soft clicks of her heels as she walked down the steps quickly quieted everyone near.

“What’s going on here? This isn’t a small party, we should be hurrying the produce onto land.” Her voice was strict but had the flow of sweet honey as she talked, all of the traders stuttered out a response only for one of the guards to walk over and randomly grab down into the crate and pulled out a H/c boy who seemed quite afraid.

Natsu’s eyes widen in shock, she hasn’t seen a foreigner in years if not decades since her father put the Sakoku decree in place. She was quite mezmorized at the exotic features of the man. Even though he was covered in dirt that soiled his commoner clothes his eyes were such a pretty e/c that Natsu couldn’t look away. His hair was covered in dirt and knots probably formed from the rough journey but Natsu didn’t care.

“Let me go!” The unknown boy yelled in both fear and anger as the royal guards held his forearms in a bone crushing grip so he wouldn’t escape. It was chaos as some guards ran to get the emperor while others stood their ground and watched the boy. Natsu knew what was gonna happen next, they would take the boy near the water and slice his head clean off with one of the sharp swords they had. She can’t have that, for some reason she felt compelled to do something to save this boys life.

“Hold your ground!” Natsu yelled above the roaring chaos making everyone stop and turn towards her in confusion and slight annoyance. Her brother Nobaru was even more confused as she walked her way to the unknown boy and ripped him from the guards grip.

“He’s the servant I have requested not to long ago, I wasn’t aware of when he would come. So I’m sorry for not informing you earlier.” Natsu’s grip on the boy loosened quite a bit as he stood confused but happy as he was dragged without further instructions towards the Imperial fortress.

If only he knew that life would’ve been much better if his head was chopped off then.

-Hello! How was the first Oc introduction? Some feedback would be appreciated as well as reposting! Have a good day/night-

#Natsu-Emperors Daughter #Yandere Female #Yandere x reader #yandere oc x you #yandere imagines #Yandere girl #mediveal #Mediveal times #Oc #Oc x reader #Horror

[culturecalypsosblog]

Todays Recipes Of Skyrim blog is Lavender And Honey Bread!

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This is a popular bread in Whiterun, where lavender grows wild and countless beehives are kept to provide the Honningbrew Meadery with enough honey for their mead production. The honey and lavender are such a natural pairing that they are combined not only for the mead but also in this flavorful loaf.

Prep: 15 minutes

Rising: 1 hour

Baking: 25-30 mins

Makes: 1 loaf

Pairs well with: Honningbrew Mead, fresh berry jam & butter

Ingredients:

1 1/4 cups warm milk

1/4 cup 1/2 stick unsalted butter

1/3 cup honey

1 heaping tablespoon culinary lavender

2 teaspoons instant dry yeast

1 teaspoon salt

2 cups whole wheat flour

2 cups all-purpose flour

Directions:

1. Lightly butter the sides of an 8x5 inch 1 pound bread loaf pan & set aside. In a large bowl, combine the milk, butter & honey, stirring until the honey has dissolved. Stir in the lavender, yeast, & salt, along with 1 cup of flour. Continue adding flour 1 cup at a time until the dough is no longer sticky add more flour if necessary.

2. Turn the dough out onto a lightly floured surface& knead for several minutes, until the dough bounces back slightly when poked. Form into an oblong shape and settle gently into loaf pan. Cover lightly with plastic or a warm towel & set somewhere warm to rise for 1 hour until roughly doubled and in size & has a nice shape.

3. Once the dough has risen, preheat to 400F & bake for 25-30 minutes or until a toothpick inserted into the middle of the loaf comes out clean. Allow to cool before slicing.

*TIP*

Culinary lavender can be acquired from alchemists but is more readily purchased at health food stores or online.

I hope you enjoyed this blog more to follow soon

Regards,

Culture Calypso’s Blog 🍞🍯

#my blogs #gaming #skyrim #cooking #elder scrolls #taverncore #baking #homemade bread #lavender flowers #honeycore #cottagecore #mediveal #Spotify

[whereserpentswalk]

The advice that people who run businesses give to eachother online is so odd to look at as someone with morals. Like imagine what these people would have been like a thousand years ago.

"Remember that your work as a lord is only going to get easier once you stop being soft and realize it is your divine right to kill and mutilate peasants who displease you. If you're not willing to conquer the lands of your cousins then you just don't respect the grind."

#mediveal #medieval #196 #my thougts #left #leftist #leftism #marxism #libertarian socialism #socialism #anticapitalist #anti capitalist

[archiminibricks]

We got this and that and that and this...

Everything here stall

#brickcentral #lego #lego photography #afol #legophotography #minifigures #toyphotography #legography #legomania #medieval #medival #mediveal #everything stall #stall