To me personally (still a neophyte on the subject, to be sure), they are the most beautiful example of how the Dark Ages weren't actually all that dark. https://thewrongmonkey.blogspot.com/2020/09/the-lindisfarne-gospels.html
Just saw this deck getting kickstarted on my twitter, if anyone else is interested!
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/737088756/liber-ludorum-playing-cards
I have two of his decks already, and really like them.
Sorry if this isn't an appropriate question for this subreddit, I have no idea where else to ask this. I'm curious if there's a place where one can read the contents of the Lindisfarne gospels and match up the lines in the book, I'm guessing probably not.
Are there any other similar manuscripts from England or Scandinavia that have been translated? Thanks for your time!
I am finally about to buy some art - likely reproductions of illuminated manuscripts. However, I would first like to know what I am looking at as much as possible. Ideally, this book(s) should go into variations in style by time/region, some discussion of chemistry, imagery that it post-Biblical but pre-Modern - what's up with the snakes, peacocks, etc. through the eyes of the monks in their scriptorium. A discussion of language would also be appreciated. I have a bit of high school Latin, but cannot just look at a page of 8th century insular script and make out much.
I've had a look at AskHistorians' book list, and it is very good, but offers little specific to my new interest. I am definitely getting A Guide to Western Historical Scripts from Antiquity to 1600 based on you guys' recommendation, but something more specific would be appreciated.
I don't want to step on anybody's toes here, but the amount of non-dad jokes here in this subreddit really annoys me. First of all, dad jokes CAN be NSFW, it clearly says so in the sub rules. Secondly, it doesn't automatically make it a dad joke if it's from a conversation between you and your child. Most importantly, the jokes that your CHILDREN tell YOU are not dad jokes. The point of a dad joke is that it's so cheesy only a dad who's trying to be funny would make such a joke. That's it. They are stupid plays on words, lame puns and so on. There has to be a clever pun or wordplay for it to be considered a dad joke.
Again, to all the fellow dads, I apologise if I'm sounding too harsh. But I just needed to get it off my chest.
Do your worst!
I'm surprised it hasn't decade.
For context I'm a Refuse Driver (Garbage man) & today I was on food waste. After I'd tipped I was checking the wagon for any defects when I spotted a lone pea balanced on the lifts.
I said "hey look, an escaPEA"
No one near me but it didn't half make me laugh for a good hour or so!
Edit: I can't believe how much this has blown up. Thank you everyone I've had a blast reading through the replies 😂
It really does, I swear!
They’re on standbi
Pilot on me!!
Because she wanted to see the task manager.
Nothing, he was gladiator.
Dad jokes are supposed to be jokes you can tell a kid and they will understand it and find it funny.
This sub is mostly just NSFW puns now.
If it needs a NSFW tag it's not a dad joke. There should just be a NSFW puns subreddit for that.
Edit* I'm not replying any longer and turning off notifications but to all those that say "no one cares", there sure are a lot of you arguing about it. Maybe I'm wrong but you people don't need to be rude about it. If you really don't care, don't comment.
