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The Wunderkammer of the Mild Colonial Boy, Esq., a Reactionary Tory Gentleman, who armed only with a Steampowered Babbage Engine and Pure Intentions, wanders the Time Streams and Aetheric Plane gathering an Eccentric Hodgepodge of Curiousities, Frivolities, Whimsicalities and Nonsense.

Q. Why is your Tumblelog called "My Ear-Trumpet Has Been Struck by Lightning"?

A. Because "My Grandmother's Ear-Trumpet Has Been Struck by Lightning" wouldn't fit in the available space.

cheaplaughs: The martyrdom of St Alban, from a 13th century manuscript, now in the Trinity College Library, Dublin. Note the executioner’s eyes falling out of his head. Alban sheltered a Christian priest (Geoffrey of Monmouth’s later interpolation giving his name as “Amphibalus”, the name for the cloak) in his home, and was converted and baptised by him. When the “impious prince”, as Bede has called him, sent Roman soldiers to Alban’s house to look for the priest, Alban exchanged cloaks with the priest and was arrested in his stead at Chantry Island. Alban was taken before the magistrate, who was furious at the deception and ordered that Alban be given the punishment due to the priest if he had indeed become a Christian. Alban declared, “I worship and adore the true and living God who created all things.” These words are still used in prayer at St Albans Abbey. St Alban was eventually sacrificed to the Roman gods and was condemned to death. He was taken out of the town across the River Ver to the top of the hill opposite. The reputed place of his beheading is where St Albans Cathedral now stands. 

cheaplaughs:

The martyrdom of St Alban, from a 13th century manuscript, now in the Trinity College Library, Dublin. Note the executioner’s eyes falling out of his head.

Alban sheltered a Christian priest (Geoffrey of Monmouth’s later interpolation giving his name as “Amphibalus”, the name for the cloak) in his home, and was converted and baptised by him. When the “impious prince”, as Bede has called him, sent Roman soldiers to Alban’s house to look for the priest, Alban exchanged cloaks with the priest and was arrested in his stead at Chantry Island. Alban was taken before the magistrate, who was furious at the deception and ordered that Alban be given the punishment due to the priest if he had indeed become a Christian. Alban declared, “I worship and adore the true and living God who created all things.” These words are still used in prayer at St Albans Abbey. St Alban was eventually sacrificed to the Roman gods and was condemned to death. He was taken out of the town across the River Ver to the top of the hill opposite. The reputed place of his beheading is where St Albans Cathedral now stands. 

jothelibrarian: Pretty medieval manuscript of the day is a gruesome depiction of the martyrdom of St Alban. Today is his feast day [22 June]. The manuscript is in the collection of Trinity College Dublin and was written and illustrated by Matthew Paris in the thirteenth century. Image source: Image declared as public domain on Wikimedia Commons. The martyrdom of St Alban, from a 13th century manuscript, now in the Trinity College Library, Dublin. Note the executioner’s eyes falling out of his head.

jothelibrarian:

Pretty medieval manuscript of the day is a gruesome depiction of the martyrdom of St Alban. Today is his feast day [22 June].

The manuscript is in the collection of Trinity College Dublin and was written and illustrated by Matthew Paris in the thirteenth century.

Image source: Image declared as public domain on Wikimedia Commons.

The martyrdom of St Alban, from a 13th century manuscript, now in the Trinity College Library, Dublin. Note the executioner’s eyes falling out of his head.