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Apart from being an important botanist, Carl Linnaeus was also prolific in his correspondence. In today's archival post, @GuyFassler and Natalie Smith translate and discuss a mysterious letter he recieved written in Hebrew📜 scilicet.org.uk/a-letter-to-li…

How good was the Latin of late medieval painters? and does it matter? 🎨In today's post, @GuyFassler tells us about an inscription beneath a painting in Pistoia that raises questions about what it meant to be literate in the early fifteenth century scilicet.org.uk/the-literacy-o…

Which medieval snail are you today?

Has any medieval artist ever seen a lion? 🦁In this post, @GuyFassler shares some rather distressed and delightful depictions of our favourite big cats scilicet.org.uk/medieval-lions

⛈️Obsessed with the weather?? You're not alone... In our latest post, James Fox takes a deep dive into the diary of an 18th-century woman who recorded the weather nearly every day for 37 years. scilicet.org.uk/the-woman-who-…

I've been interested in the diary of Janet Burnet for some time now, so it was great to get the chance to write about it for scilicetblog

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Remember our post about Gustav IV Adolf's childhood drawings of horses? (scilicet.org.uk/royal-doodles-…) Here are some drawings by his father, Gustav III. How do you think they compare?

Weather shapes our daily lives in all sorts of ways. But how did people in the past remember extreme weather?🌪️ Discover how historical accounts of weather can inform our understanding today in @GuyFassler’s new post ⛈️ #History #Climate #Weather scilicet.org.uk/the-city-remem…

We're back with a new post from @GuyFassler !

A petition from fourteenth-century Pistoia paints a lively picture of those who frequented its cathedral San Zeno ⛪ In today's archival post, @GuyFassler shares a story about barking dogs and rowdy children terrorising a medieval church #medieval scilicet.org.uk/barking-dogs-a…

💥 New post 💥 Sex, Scandal and Intrigue... On this #GuyFawkesnight, James Fox tells us what a scandalous court case from 1700 reveals about the way the #GunpowderPlot was remembered in eighteenth-century England scilicet.org.uk/remembering-th…