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December 4, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Reposted by Anna
How did people with deafness or hearing impairment communicate in the Middle Ages? This post discusses sign language and the story of Thomas Tillsye - one of tne first recorded uses of sign language in England.
wellcomecollection.org/stories/medi...
Medieval deaf communication
Communicating with hand signs has a long history. Researcher Jude Seal examines the evidence for signing in Medieval Europe among both deaf and hearing communities.
wellcomecollection.org
December 4, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Urgh. But thank you for the reminder to check for my own travel plans.
December 4, 2025 at 9:43 AM
😮🤯😠😭😱
November 12, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Wow! I am very impressed (intarsia scares me)
November 11, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Is that intarsia?!
November 11, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Phew! I had visions of being kept awake by my duvet!
November 7, 2025 at 5:32 PM
For me it’s one of the few times a year I actually wake up feeling awake - no resentment here!
October 27, 2025 at 8:14 AM
I like Brumaire as it gives good excuse for tasty things like crumble and soups and roasts, excellent puns for tuberous peas, and general salsify wtf-ness. And it even inspired to me poetry once, so noteworthy for that too (I mean, rubbish poetry, but still).
October 23, 2025 at 10:37 AM
But a nice pattern
October 22, 2025 at 9:24 AM
Are you seasalty? 😁
October 3, 2025 at 8:52 AM