A 12thC belief that the king of England must not enter Lincoln — new post by me :) http://www.caitlingreen.org/2016/05/sinister-omens-idle-traditions-twelfth.html …pic.twitter.com/vOOHCBrdxI
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Once owned by Belaset, daughter of Solomon of Wallingford in 13thC; she was hanged in 1290.. http://www.pastscape.org.uk/hob.aspx?hob_id=326716&sort=4&search=all&criteria=bow%20stone&rational=q&recordsperpage=10&p=4&move=n&nor=71&recfc=0 …pic.twitter.com/S818OUks8b
Wow, hanged for coin clipping! Coins were serious business...
So it would seem... or seen as a useful excuse? :-/
And given the historical tendency to link Jews with dishonest financial dealings, it's suspect, at best.
Indeed :(
An ink drawing of the twelfth-century Jew's House, Lincoln, as it appeared in 1784, by Samuel Hieronymus Grimm :) http://www.bl.uk/onlinegallery/onlineex/topdrawings/l/005add000015541u00170000.html …pic.twitter.com/uXWUMxADaS
A 13thC Jewish synagogue lamp found near the Stonebow, Lincoln; now in @collectionusher.pic.twitter.com/4QWpdbwOzv
More details & a replica of the 13thC medieval Jewish ritual oil lamp from Lincoln: http://www.jtrails.org.uk/whats_on/news/c-1638/lincoln-jewish-community-and-jtrails-recreates-historic-medieval-lincoln-jewish-synagogue-lamp/ …pic.twitter.com/RndSlhZlq6
I imagine that he had a name, but he was just called The Jew? Was he the only one in town?
Also, wonderful gothic detail on the left upper window, but it looks like something may have happened to the rightside one.
yes, some interesting infilling going on...!
Lazy 18th C worker saying "You want me to duplicate that? Well just bugger off now!"
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