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Larisa Grollemond

@larisag.bsky.social

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Associate Curator of Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts at the Getty Museum, UPenn art history PhD; major nerd. Opinions, especially the spicy ones, my own.

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Larisa Grollemond @larisag.bsky.social · Sep 5

🚨Cool CFP alert! Are you working on something cool related to medievalism? We want your proposals for an upcoming issue of Different Visions: Medievalism II: Fragments, Fictions, Futures--non-traditional formats and approaches very welcome!

differentvisions.org/medievalism-...

Medievalism II: Fragments, Fictions, Futures - Different Visions

Call for Proposals Following our first special issue, Encountering Medievalism, this second volume in the two-part series further investigates art historical medievalisms, with a focus on how medieval...

differentvisions.org

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Larisa Grollemond @larisag.bsky.social · 2d

Nice review of Going Places!

observer.com/2025/10/exhi...

The Getty Center’s ‘Going Places: Travel in the Middle Ages’ Is a Visual Feast of Medieval Movement

“Accounts that are received from antiquity and repeated over and over again, then merge with eyewitness accounts and blend together in a mix of some fact informed by historical fiction, and e…

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Larisa Grollemond @larisag.bsky.social · 6d

some days I just want to move to a remote cabin on Svalbard, an island close to the North Pole, and be friends with Cecilia and Grim. IYKYK.

Larisa Grollemond @larisag.bsky.social · 10d

listening to my husband explain a regular clock to my 5 year old and it’s a miracle any of us can tell time

Larisa Grollemond @larisag.bsky.social · 21d

delete your academia account for lots of reasons (mainly that it’s awful in every way), but also because of this nightmare new ToS

Ordinary Notes @hystericalblkns.bsky.social · 21d

If you’re on academia dot edu, let me suggest that you strongly consider deleting your account.

The new TOC from academia dot edu.

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Larisa Grollemond @larisag.bsky.social · Sep 5

Medievalism II: Fragments, Fictions, Futures - Different Visions

differentvisions.org

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Larisa Grollemond @larisag.bsky.social · Sep 5

my Medieval Tymes intro for Going Places 🫏🗺️🧭

Getty @gettymuseum.bsky.social · Sep 2

Need a vacation? 🧳

Getty is taking you back to medieval times with Going Places: Travel in the Middle Ages, an exhibition showcasing the many ways artists of that era depicted travel.

Going Places features manuscripts from the museum’s permanent collection (many of which are rarely seen!). 📖

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Larisa Grollemond @larisag.bsky.social · Aug 29

it will be on view for the first time at the Getty in Going Places: Travel in the Middle Ages, opening next Tuesday!

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Larisa Grollemond @larisag.bsky.social · Aug 29

🚨new acquisition! @gettymuseum.bsky.social just acquired this gorg late 13th century French/Flemish copy of the Romance of Alexander:

www.getty.edu/news/romance...

The Adventures of Alexander the Great, Medieval-Style

Alexander battles giants and unicorns in this new addition to Getty’s manuscripts collection

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Larisa Grollemond @larisag.bsky.social · Aug 27

Next week--sign up online for the Zoom link!

Larisa Grollemond @larisag.bsky.social · Aug 4

Thrilled to be hosting this ONLINE, FREE Art Break to talk to Anthony Bale (@[email protected]) about travel in the Middle Ages on Sept. 4th at 12pm PST--sign up here:
www.getty.edu/calendar/art...

Art Break: Travel in the Middle Ages | Getty Event

Why did people travel in the Middle Ages? In this conversation, discover the compelling and often unexpected voyages of medieval people.

www.getty.edu

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Larisa Grollemond @larisag.bsky.social · Aug 27

“This is the new censorship: not a loud rejection, but a quiet dilution. And it’s just as effective.”

www.nytimes.com/2025/08/23/a...

As Trump Targets the Smithsonian, Museums Across the U.S. Feel a Chill

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Larisa Grollemond @larisag.bsky.social · Aug 26

So fun! Thanks @profgabriele.com and @lollardfish.bsky.social!

Matt Gabriele @profgabriele.com · Aug 26

new piece on the newsletter! me & @lollardfish.bsky.social talk with the wonderful @larisag.bsky.social about a new "Travel in the Middle Ages" - a new exhibition opening soon at the Getty

#medievalsky

free to read and SUBSCRIBE! -->

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Travel in the Middle Ages

A Conversation with Larisa Grollemond about a New Exhibition at the Getty Museum (LA)

buttondown.com

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Larisa Grollemond @larisag.bsky.social · Aug 18

Thanks for the write-up of Going Places, @medievalists.bsky.social !

www.medievalists.net/2025/08/goin...

Going Places: Travel in the Middle Ages to Open at The Getty - Medievalists.net

The Getty Center will present Going Places: Travel in the Middle Ages from September 2 to November 30, 2025, exploring medieval journeys through rare manuscripts, pilgrimages, trade, and imaginative v...

www.medievalists.net

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Larisa Grollemond @larisag.bsky.social · Aug 11

eating all those authentically medieval Spanish foods, tomato soup and corn

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Larisa Grollemond @larisag.bsky.social · Aug 11

truly that would be the thing that would totally take the audience out of the entirely accurate historical experience!

Larisa Grollemond @larisag.bsky.social · Aug 11

it's always included in the Squire job postings: apply.jobappnetwork.com/clients/1342...

Work for Medieval Times Dinner & Tournament

Work as a Squire for Medieval Times Dinner & Tournament at 7662 Beach Boulevard, Buena Park, US, CA, 90620

apply.jobappnetwork.com

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Larisa Grollemond @larisag.bsky.social · Aug 11

because of COURSE he did

Larisa Grollemond @larisag.bsky.social · Aug 11

the GENUINENESS of the production, of course

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Larisa Grollemond @larisag.bsky.social · Aug 11

imagine the theatrical drama of a lady knight disguised as a man!

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Larisa Grollemond @larisag.bsky.social · Aug 11

the disclaimer reads: "To preserve the authenticity and genuineness of the scripted role of Knights in the Medieval Times theatrical production."

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Larisa Grollemond @larisag.bsky.social · Aug 11

Guys did you know that in the year of Our Lord 2025, the position of "squire" at Medieval Times (and of course, in connection, Knights who are promoted from the ranks of Squires) can only be filled by "male performers"?

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Larisa Grollemond @larisag.bsky.social · Aug 4

Thrilled to be hosting this ONLINE, FREE Art Break to talk to Anthony Bale (@[email protected]) about travel in the Middle Ages on Sept. 4th at 12pm PST--sign up here:
www.getty.edu/calendar/art...

Art Break: Travel in the Middle Ages | Getty Event

Why did people travel in the Middle Ages? In this conversation, discover the compelling and often unexpected voyages of medieval people.

www.getty.edu

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Cambridge UL Special Collections @theulspeccoll.bsky.social · Aug 4

Our latest blog features a recent acquisition: a Parisian journal, in medieval style, inspired by the 1900 Paris Exposition. Read all about it here: specialcollections-blog.lib.cam.ac.uk?p=30510

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Larisa Grollemond @larisag.bsky.social · Jul 29

how dare I, an American, speak about European history

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Larisa Grollemond @larisag.bsky.social · Jul 29

@book-historia.bsky.social has also made a wonderful video on this topic!

www.youtube.com/watch?v=cDMp...

Cotton Gloves and Old Books? No Way! | Bite Sized Book History

YouTube video by Book Historia

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Larisa Grollemond @larisag.bsky.social · Jul 29

mss and paper conservators throughout the field have agreed that gloves reduce dexterity and actually can cause more harm than good in most cases, for manuscripts the standard is clean, dry hands: blogs.bl.uk/digitisedman...

White Gloves or Not White Gloves

Whenever a British Library manuscript is featured in the press or on television, we inevitably receive adverse comments about our failure to wear white gloves! The association of glove-wearing with ha...

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