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Discussion thread: Medieval Codicology (WEIRD MEDIEVAL MANUSCRIPT ART & SNAILS) is up! (Patreon)

Published:
2025-04-02 23:35:10
Imported:
2026-06

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This episode is out and published, and available to hear wherever you get podcasts!

Medieval manuscripts, let's hear all about them. This episode is out and ready to hear, and art history communicator Evan Pridmore shares their knowledge about rare old books, who was drawing all those creepy little pictures in the margins, what they mean, why the animals had weird human faces and .... what's with the snails? Oh, we get into it.

Have you listened yet? What did you think?

Let's chat,

Ol' Wardcore

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Medieval Codicology (WEIRD OLD MANUSCRIPT ART & MEMES & SNAILS) with Evan Pridmore - alie ward

Medieval art memes! Human-faced animals! Drunk monks! And a preponderance of snails. Middle Ages manuscript expert, art history communicator, and Medieval Codicologist Evan Pridmore cover: what those golden illuminated Middle Ages manuscripts were made of, who drew them, why were people sometimes na

Comments

Aurora Cullen

i personally was not prepared for the snails to be racist idk about y’all

Lizzy Martinez

LOL Alie you quoting my comment/question exactly was amazing!!! I had to call my husband on his way to work to make sure he was listening. Anyways this episode was so much more than we expected, and brought me back to Middle School social studies! Like yes, Ottoman Empire and the history of the printing press, I do still know you well!

Taylor campbell

brb googling (non-racist) medieval marginalia for tattoos

Hope J 🏳️‍🌈

This was so fascinating! For anyone interested in medieval manuscripts, I want to plug my colleagues at the Schoenberg Institute for Manuscript Studies (https://schoenberginstitute.org ) and especially Dot Porter who does fun “Coffee with a Codex” talks every Thursday and sometimes highlights marginalia or specific illuminations.

Kelly King

One of my favorite potter's work is medieval art inspired. https://swenwares.wixsite.com/swenwares If anyone is in New England, he is part of an annual pottery trail in MA at the end of April. This will be my 3rd year of attending and I make it a point to buy at least one thing from him every year. This Ologies episode has me looking forward to seeing what he has this year!

Kelly King

Thanks for sharing! I'm finishing my grad degree in Library and Information Science and I find archives of all kinds fascinating.

Euan Munro

Another episode that proves Alie can interview anyone about anything and it will be interesting!

Lionessfeather

Does anyone know why there aren't any transcripts anymore? I know Alie still credits a transcriptionist in the credits but i haven't been able to find the actual transcripts for newer episodes for months (And I really want to send this one to someone who can't do podcasts)

Wendy Lockhart

I’m going to be honest, I almost skipped this one. Boy howdy am I glad I didn’t. Who knew medieval art and snails could be so amazingly fascinating? Another episode knocked out of the park.

CurtisDawg

I saw a snail at the bus stop this morning!

Nick worth

Can we get Evan back to talk about the prevalence of butt trumpets in medieval illustration?

Lionessfeather

Ah, I was just too impatient then. Makes sense that it takes a week or two, transcribing is hard work! Thanks!

princenocturnal

I loved this! Always happy to see they/thems in science and talking on the show. And I love that it's so normap and accepted at Ologies 🥰

spiderbeetlebee

That was so surprising! I went in prepared for a silly time learning about funky little drawings and learned so much about how it's not that at all

Susan G

I have the biggest platonic crush on Evan. I want to listen to them talk about medieval snails and manuscripts all day.

Sunflower star

That got darker than I was expecting but I'm glad I know now, and love the insight into monks -and nuns' !- medieval lives and art!

Wendy Lockhart

I was just at the Getty, and they have a medieval manuscript exhibit! I even found a snail

Aimee Ford

EVAN! (Pardon the shouting, but) DID YOU START THE ANIMALIA MARGINALIA GANG for the Wild Green Charity Battle?!? If so, you are my hero. If not, you do know about it, right?!

Jen Clinton

my reaction to the nomadic/snail thing was... !!!

Kelly King

Very cool, thanks for sharing!

GirlieHippie

My best friend has a PhD is medieval warfare (not joking) and I had to tell him the snail facts, he didn’t even know the premise behind them! Thank you for making me feel smart 😎 I’ll never look at snails the same now though