#9th century

[theancientwayoflife]

~ Bird ornament.

Date: A.D. 600–800

Place of origin: Guatemala or Mexico, Mesoamerica

Culture: Maya

Medium: Shell

[soundsofmyuniverse]

Love's Messenger (details) by Marie Spartali Stillman (1844 - 1927)

[cuties-in-codices]

the 12 months and their corresponding peasant work (+ close-up of december)

in an encyclopedic miscellany ("liber calculationis"), salzburg, c. 818 AD

source: Munich, BSB, Clm 210, fol. 91v

[city-of-ladies]

"That Æthelswith was the bestower of such gifts is consistent with the other things we know about her. In 868 she witnessed a West-Saxon charter, in which she made a grant of fifteen hides of her own land in Berkshire. She also witnessed all of her husband King Burgred’s charters. Though we only see glimpses of her influence, Æthelswith, like other Mercian queens before her, was a politician.

In 874, twenty one years after Æthelswith married Burgred, the royal couple were forced out of their kingdom by an encroaching Viking army. They fled together to safety in Rome. While Burgred died soon after they arrived, Æthelswith outlived him for another decade, which she spent in Italy.

Queen Æthelswith passed away in 888 in Pavia, and was laid to rest there. She may have been undertaking a pilgrimage when she died. Her body and the ring that she once bestowed were both buried underground a thousand miles apart. And they say medieval women didn’t travel…"

[mapsontheweb]

The "world" in the eyes of 9th century Abbasids

[ltwilliammowett]

The Gokstad ship is a 9th-century Viking ship found in a burial mound at Gokstad in Sandar, Sandefjord, Vestfold, Norway.

[amphibimations]

Hildegard von Bingen !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

she was a nun and a scientist and a musician and poet and invented her own language and alphabet. which i think is pretty neat. this drawing is based on a specific medieval illustration: (link)

[thatshowthingstarted]

Gold bracelets dated 9th–10th centur, Constantinople, Turkey.

Each bracelet consists of twenty partitions that are framed by granular strips and are decorated with cloisonné enamel.

The partitions alternately depict birds pecking at leaves, palms and rosettes and are rendered in different colour variations.

Museum of Byzantine Culture, Thessaloniki

[barbucomedie]

Silver Coin from Winchester, England dated between 875 - 885 on display at Winchester Catherdral, England

This coin was excavated in the Cathedral Close and bears the head of Alfred the Great with the inscription +ÆLFREDREXSA+ which translates to Alfred, King of the Saxons. From 871 to 886 Alfred was King of the West Saxons, the Kingdom of Wessex. During this time of Alfred's reign the Vikings under Guthrum, later King of East Anglia (879 - 890?), Ivar the Boneless, Halfdan Ragnarson, Ubba and Bagsecg formed the Great Heathen Army and invaded much of England.

Photographs taken by myself 2023

[medieval-elephants]

Feeling blue? 1000 years before the blue elephant emoji was added to phones, some Italian monks drew this elephant and friends in a manuscript for Abbot Theobald of Monte Cassino. Monte Cassino was an important monastery and home to St Benedict whose rule is the basis for the Benedictine Order of monks and nuns that still exists today.

This manuscript contains an abbreviation of Hrabanus Maurus's De Rerum Naturis (On the Natures of Things). Hrabanus Maurus (d. 856) was archbishop of Mainz. In addition to encyclodpedia-like works sucha as De Rerum Naturis, he wrote Biblical commentaries, grammars, teaching texts and poems with complex palindromes. He wrote so much that his surviving writings fill about 6 modern type-set volumes.

Materials: parchment, pigments, ink Contents: Hrabanus Maurus, De Rerum Naturis Date: 1022-1032 Now Archivio dell'Abbazia, Montecassino, MS 132 (image from a facsimile)

[thebeautifulbook]

LORSCH GOSPELS. This ivory book cover illustrates late imperial scenes adapted to a Christian theme. It is a striking example of early 9th Century Carolingian art. The front panels are in the collection of the Victoria and Albert Museum.

The manuscript, written in Latin between 778 and 820, roughly coincides with the period of Charlemagne's rule over the Frankish Empire.

The attempt in Northern Europe to revive and emulate classical Mediterranean art forms and styles resulted in a blending of classical and Northern elements in a sumptuous and dignified style. The Northern confidence representing the human figure set the stage for the rise of Romanesque art and eventually Gothic art in the West. The Carolingian era is part of the period in medieval art sometimes called the "Pre-Romanesque". After a rather chaotic interval following the Carolingian period, the new Ottonian dynasty revived Imperial art from about 950, building on and further developing Carolingian style in Ottonian art.

source

[theancientwayoflife]

~ Cylinder Vessel with Palace Scene.

Place of origin: Guatemala, Petén, Dos Pilas or vicinity

Culture: Maya, lk style

Date: A.D. 740–800

Medium: Slip-painted ceramic with post-fire pigment.

[winterhalters]

(some) of the period dramas i'd love to see about french history

[cuties-in-codices]

an anthropomorphic mandrake being dug up with the help of a dog tied to its feet/roots

in "pseudo-antonius musa: de herba betonica", latin manuscript, late 9th century

source: Kassel, UB, 2° Ms. phys. et hist. nat. 10, fol. 34v

[panicinthestudio]

Bodhisattva Cintāmaṇicakra, 9-10th century

Heian period, Japan

Wood, single block construction

Height: 94.9

Important Cultural Property

The legend said that this statue was discovered in the sea of Tango region. The carving technique of the early Heian period can be seen on the stern face with connected eyebrows, as well as the thick and broad body structure. The scarf-like cloth (jōhaku) was draped widely which is rare to see, it leads a theory that this statue belongs to the Tendai sect. Collection of the Nara National Museum

[mapsontheweb]

Hungarian raids in Europe, 9th-10th century.