On this day in 1782, Margaret Scott Maxwill died aged 43. See this and other gravestone inscriptions from Ballymore, Co. Westmeath, in the Journals: https://tinyurl.com/maxwill1782
On this day in 1714, John Harriss died aged 40. The Journals show his gravestone inscription from Belan and others from elsewhere in Co. Kildare: https://tinyurl.com/harriss1714
#otd 1388 died Kuno II of Falkenstein, archbishop and elector of Trier. He was buried in the St. Kastor Church in Koblenz. #medievaldeath#medieval@medievodons Pic.: Wikipedia Commons
On this day in 1707, Ann Pearson died. See this and other gravestone inscriptions from St. Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin, in the Journals: https://tinyurl.com/pear1707
#otd 1277 Pope John XXI died and was buried in the cathedral of Viterbo. His tomb was redesigned in the 19th century. #medievaldeath#medieval@medievodons Pic: Wikipedia Commons
On this day in 1637, Malby Brabazon died. His funeral entry details his extended family. See more 17th-century funeral entries in the Journals: https://tinyurl.com/brab1637
“THE DYNAMITER is a hugely inventive & brilliant book, at once a political thriller, a blackly comic satire, & a female adventure”
Robert Louis Stevenson & Fanny Van de Grift Osbourne married #OTD, 19 May, 1880. In this article, Prof Penny Fielding explores the dangerous #collaboration between RLS & his wife: granting female agency on the page & in life
#otd 1218 Emperor Otto IV died. He was buried in Brunswick Cathedral. #medievaldeath#medieval@medievodons Pic.: Grave slab in Brunswick Cathedral, Wikipedia Commons.
On this day in 1751, Jean Simpson died aged 45. See this and other gravestone inscriptions from Donaghadee, Co. Down, in the Journals: https://tinyurl.com/simp1751
#otd 1410 died Rupert ('of the Palatinate'), Holy Roman King. He was buried in the Heiliggeistkirche in Heidelberg. The tomb shows him next to his wife Elisabeth of Hohenzollern, who died a year after him. #medievaldeath#medieval@medievodons Pic.: Wikipedia Commons
On this day in 1791, Francis Grose was buried. See this and other gravestone inscriptions from Drumcondra, Dublin, in the Journals: https://tinyurl.com/grose1791
#otd 1307 died Conrad II of Pfeffenhausen, bishop of Eichstätt. He was buried in the Eichstätt Cathedral. #medievaldeath#medieval@medievodons Pic: Wikipedia Commons
On this day in 1727, Duncan McCay was baptised at Clonca (Cloncha), Co. Donegal. The parish register has been lost but transcripts survive in the Journals: https://tinyurl.com/mccay1727
#otd 1395 died Beatrix of Berg, Electress of the Palatinate. She was buried in the collegiate church of St. Ägidius in Neustadt an der Weinstraße. The picture shows her grave slab, which was embedded in the floor.. #medievaldeath#medieval@medievodons Pic.: Wikipedia Commons
On this day in 1791, Robert Mills died aged 18. See this and other gravestone inscriptions from Athlone, Co. Westmeath, in the Journals: https://tinyurl.com/mills1791
It's the Day of Hermes aka Mercurius Day aka #Wednesday! 🐏
#OTD, 15 May, it's the #Mercuralia, a Roman festival in honour of Mercurius in his function as god of commerce. This year it coincides with the birthday of Apollon. #Hermes and #Apollon are half-brothers and love each other dearly:
"And Hermes loved the son of Leto continually, even as he does now."
Homeric Hymn 4 to Hermes
#otd 1422 died Gerhard II of Goch, bishop of Naumburg. He was buried in Naumburg Cathedral, where this epitaph commemorates him. #medievaldeath#medieval@medievodons Pic: Wikipedia Commons
On this day in 1821, Elizabeth Singer died aged 24. See this and other gravestone inscriptions from "Little George's" graveyard in Dublin in the Journals: https://tinyurl.com/singer1821
Die Vernichtung der ungarischen Juden beginnt. Bis zum 9.7.1944 werden über 400.000 von ihnen nach Auschwitz verschleppt und vernichtet, insgesamt ermorden die Nazis mehr als 500.000 Juden aus Ungarn.
#otd 1219 William Marshal, "the best knight that ever lived" (Stephen Langton), died. In his Historia Anglorum, Matthew Paris highlighted the death with an inverted coat of arms - and a crossbow. #mediaval@medievodons#medievaldeath Ms.: BL Royal MS 14 C VII f. 104v.
On this day in 1748, John Ryan died aged 60. See this and other gravestone inscriptions from Dunsany, Co. Meath, in the Journals: https://tinyurl.com/ryan1748
John the Orphanotropho was chief court eunuch in Byzantium (11th c.). He was involved in various intrigues, the picture shows Empress Zoë trying unsuccessfully to have him poisoned. He died #otd 1034. #medievaldeath#medieval@medievodons Pic: Madrid, BNE, Codex Vitr. 26-2, f. 212r.
On this day in 1763, Frances McDonnell died aged 9 months. The Journals show a drawing of a monument erected for her by her father, Alexander, at Bonamargy graveyard, Ballycastle, Co. Antrim: https://bit.ly/mcdon1763