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Louise D’Arcens, ‘Comic Medievalism’ presentation
This photograph was taken during the early part of a plenary paper by Louise D’Arcens of the University of Wollongong titled ‘Comic Medievalism: Why and How the Middle Ages make us Laugh’. The paper was presented at the PMRG/CMEMS…
Love and Devotions: from Persia and beyond, Melbourne
This photograph shows banners advertising the ‘Love and Devotions: from Persia and beyond’ exhibition at the State Library of Victoria. The banners form an image taken from a Persian manuscript. The exhibition features Persian manuscripts…
Magna Carta
On the seven hundred and twentieth anniversary of the first issue of Magna Carta (in 1215), this article in the Western Mail outlines the charter’s significance for English history and notes that special lessons had been delivered in…
Magna Carta scene, Royal Clock, Queen Victoria Building, Sydney
The diorama of King John I (1166-1216) signing Magna Carta in 1215 is one of six revolving scenes devoted to English royalty that appear on the hour in the Royal Clock in Sydney’s Queen Victoria Building. The clock was designed by Neil Glasser…
Making chain mail at the Perth Medieval Fayre
A photograph depicting chain mail being hand-crafted according to the traditional medieval method at the Perth Medieval Fayre. Chain mail is made by interlocking a number of metal rings to form small sections. Each ring is linked through four others…