Scott Manning
@scottmanning.com
Author of Joan of Arc: A Reference Guide to Her Life and Works (2023). Co-editor Cinema Medievalia (2024).
Medievalism 🏰, film 🎥, astronomy 🪐, comics, Transformers 🤖, books 📚, antiquing, 🖊️, Star Wars 🚀. he/him
https://linktr.ee/scottmanning
Medievalism 🏰, film 🎥, astronomy 🪐, comics, Transformers 🤖, books 📚, antiquing, 🖊️, Star Wars 🚀. he/him
https://linktr.ee/scottmanning
Fortunate to meet Donato Giancola this last weekend at the IX sci-fi/fantasy art show in Reading. He graciously signed my Lord of the Rings book.
October 30, 2025 at 1:15 AM
Fortunate to meet Donato Giancola this last weekend at the IX sci-fi/fantasy art show in Reading. He graciously signed my Lord of the Rings book.
As a teenager I watched Monty Python and the Holy Grail in daily 30-min chunks over and over until I memorized every line. Today I’ve had an essay on the 13th-century Queste del saint Graal accepted for publication in a peer reviewed journal.
October 11, 2025 at 1:19 AM
As a teenager I watched Monty Python and the Holy Grail in daily 30-min chunks over and over until I memorized every line. Today I’ve had an essay on the 13th-century Queste del saint Graal accepted for publication in a peer reviewed journal.
I am now the northeast pennsylvania distributor for staples
August 26, 2025 at 3:32 PM
I am now the northeast pennsylvania distributor for staples
okay staples did not disappoint on the staple supply
August 26, 2025 at 2:14 PM
okay staples did not disappoint on the staple supply
My fountain pens match Helen Slater’s wetsuit on The Legend of Billie Jean
August 21, 2025 at 11:29 AM
My fountain pens match Helen Slater’s wetsuit on The Legend of Billie Jean
commute reading
🪐 📚 🛸
🪐 📚 🛸
August 19, 2025 at 12:52 PM
commute reading
🪐 📚 🛸
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I need an honest assessment. Are these stamps creepy?
August 4, 2025 at 11:33 AM
I need an honest assessment. Are these stamps creepy?
I was chillin outside and this little guy walked right up to me. He was startled when I talked to him, but he didn’t scamper off. We’ve left carrots for him.
July 8, 2025 at 11:17 AM
I was chillin outside and this little guy walked right up to me. He was startled when I talked to him, but he didn’t scamper off. We’ve left carrots for him.
This is the second snapping turtle I’ve helped across the road in as many weeks.
July 4, 2025 at 10:29 AM
This is the second snapping turtle I’ve helped across the road in as many weeks.
mrw my friend asks me to read their essay and not hold back
June 23, 2025 at 12:59 PM
mrw my friend asks me to read their essay and not hold back
Arthurian images at the Morgan Library from the Julia Margaret Cameron exhibit. Lancelot and Guinevere, and Vivien and Merlin.
Albumen silver print, 1874
Albumen silver print, 1874
June 20, 2025 at 12:41 PM
Arthurian images at the Morgan Library from the Julia Margaret Cameron exhibit. Lancelot and Guinevere, and Vivien and Merlin.
Albumen silver print, 1874
Albumen silver print, 1874
I encountered a ferocious beast near my house. Barely escaped with my life.
June 18, 2025 at 12:38 PM
I encountered a ferocious beast near my house. Barely escaped with my life.
Anna Hyatt Huntington’s Joan of Arc bronze statue is still standing tall and proud in NYC 🗽. It is now 110 years old.
📷 mine
📷 mine
June 12, 2025 at 10:42 PM
Anna Hyatt Huntington’s Joan of Arc bronze statue is still standing tall and proud in NYC 🗽. It is now 110 years old.
📷 mine
📷 mine
This is the proper text to footnote ratio. Some may disagree but they would be wrong.
June 8, 2025 at 7:44 PM
This is the proper text to footnote ratio. Some may disagree but they would be wrong.
In a hallway that connects Terminal A East and West at the Philly International Airport, there is a series of giant black and white photos of the city. Among them is Emmanuel Frémiet’s Joan of Arc equestrian statue.
June 4, 2025 at 11:03 AM
In a hallway that connects Terminal A East and West at the Philly International Airport, there is a series of giant black and white photos of the city. Among them is Emmanuel Frémiet’s Joan of Arc equestrian statue.
Joan of Arc stands sentinel with banner after the yard has had a mow
June 2, 2025 at 11:22 AM
Joan of Arc stands sentinel with banner after the yard has had a mow
new joan of arc book just dropped
June 1, 2025 at 12:33 PM
new joan of arc book just dropped
I chromed the base of my Matrix stand and I’m quite happy with the results. #transformers
May 25, 2025 at 4:48 PM
I chromed the base of my Matrix stand and I’m quite happy with the results. #transformers
Finishing up the last of my #MaytheFourth greetings this year. #starwars
April 30, 2025 at 12:29 PM
Finishing up the last of my #MaytheFourth greetings this year. #starwars
me: I don’t need anymore books I have more than I’ll ever read
also me leaving a used bookstore:
also me leaving a used bookstore:
April 12, 2025 at 9:27 PM
me: I don’t need anymore books I have more than I’ll ever read
also me leaving a used bookstore:
also me leaving a used bookstore:
if i visit your house and there’s a dying gaul, i am striking this pose. you have been warned.
April 1, 2025 at 12:41 PM
if i visit your house and there’s a dying gaul, i am striking this pose. you have been warned.
The Temptation of Saint Hilarion by Dominique Louis-Féréol Papety, 1843-3
Oil on mahogany panel, 19.9x25.4” w/o frame
The Wallace Collection
📷 mine
Oil on mahogany panel, 19.9x25.4” w/o frame
The Wallace Collection
📷 mine
March 27, 2025 at 12:39 PM
The Temptation of Saint Hilarion by Dominique Louis-Féréol Papety, 1843-3
Oil on mahogany panel, 19.9x25.4” w/o frame
The Wallace Collection
📷 mine
Oil on mahogany panel, 19.9x25.4” w/o frame
The Wallace Collection
📷 mine
I never wanted an ultron cookie jar until I saw his disembodied head at a flea market. this could be an actual piece in the mcu. like, maybe tony stark doesn’t even like cookies but he wants to make a show of his conquered foe.
March 10, 2025 at 1:12 PM
I never wanted an ultron cookie jar until I saw his disembodied head at a flea market. this could be an actual piece in the mcu. like, maybe tony stark doesn’t even like cookies but he wants to make a show of his conquered foe.
my bro found his karate kid bookmark that my mom gave him back in the 80s
March 9, 2025 at 11:57 AM
my bro found his karate kid bookmark that my mom gave him back in the 80s