Ologies with Alie Ward · 2025-04-02 · 75 min · 13,680 words

Medieval Codicology (WEIRD MEDIEVAL MANUSCRIPT ART & MEMES & SNAILS) with Evan Pridmore

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Oh hey, it's the Bobby Pin hiding in your hair overnight. Ally Ward, this episode is coming out in the middle of the night, sometime between April first and second. Friends. It's not a prank. It's real. It's really a whole episode about medieval manuscript art.

With a focus on drawings of snails. This is why I make this show. This is why This was my dream job forever. I love this. And you will too as we cover what these golden illuminated middle ages manuscripts were made of, and so much more with this expert who did their undergrad at the University of Winchester in medieval and renaissance studies. A master also in medieval and renaissance studies and is working toward a PhD. Now you may be familiar with their work.

hundreds of thousands of art history hungry people follow them online and they educate the public about historical texts. and arts and snistery, which are medieval snail themes. Their bio simply explains that Medieval snail historian. No, seriously, that's what my thesis was on.

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