understanding the economics of time and attention, which are the ultimate scarce goods
In contrast to the Canterbury Tales, medieval fabliaux feature non-commercially-sponsored story contests with participatory judgment. … Read the post participation in contest judgment in medieval literature
Interactive medieval “we are seven” prints seem to be a parody of the seven sages of ancient Greece and Rome. Wisdom wasn’t beyond laughter. … Read the post seven sages in interactive medieval parody
A medieval superhero slashes off heads of hounds, orders around a Moor, and removes bull’s balls from an overbearing mother-in-law to cure matriarchy. … Read the post La Dame Escoilliee: medieval superhero defeats matriarchy
Six immortals of poetry (rokkasen) were listed in an influential anthology of Japanese poetry. Ōtomo no Kuronushi has a distinguished position among them. … Read the post Ōtomo no Kuronushi, immortal of poetry
A coronis verse dialogue in the colophon of Codex Coislinianus is much less artful than the coronis epigram in colophon of an obscure 3rd-century papyrus. … Read the post coronis colophon in Codex Coislinianus