Voyagers in the Vault of Heaven: Phenomenon of Ships in the Sky in Medieval Ireland & Beyond https://journals.lib.unb.ca/index.php/MCR/article/view/17808/22180 …pic.twitter.com/UZAvZzkn1V
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And finally, a similar tale of ships in the sky from late 18thC Nova Scotia :) https://journals.lib.unb.ca/index.php/MCR/article/view/17808/22180 …pic.twitter.com/QrEVzEZi8s
One more from Gervase of Tilbury's 13thC Otia Imperialia, via @lordbonkers blog :) http://liberalengland.blogspot.co.uk/2009/08/sea-above-earth.html …pic.twitter.com/y1KxlpGJll
Another supposed pre-modern 'airship', this time from 17th-century Berkshire— apparently flew over a high steeple :)https://twitter.com/HannahWorthen/status/906189345882767362 …
The airship in Clonmacnoise Inspired this poem by Seamus Heaneypic.twitter.com/ZbRARCJAoX
Fabulous, thank you! :)
@strangehours are those two last tweets accounts of the same story from diff sources? It appears they cite the same town.
It's certainly not impossible, although article treats them as distinct :)
balloons? I thought they were a 18th C thing
They are! Different explanation required here, I fear: article sets it out well :)
no trained to interpret medieval qay of writing ;) any hints?
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