Category Archives: arts + crafts

cræft-wyrc

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cræft-wyrc, n.n: workmanship. (KRAFT-WUERK / ˈkræft-ˌwyrk)

Today’s Wordhord Wednesday post is about the eall-isig star. Read it on Patreon.

treadmillcrane
Building the Tower of Babel, a good example of the medieval building process. Note the pulley system, driven by a man inside a wooden wheel that functions much like a treadmill. From the Morgan Picture Bible (a.k.a. the Crusader Bible, the Maciejowski Bible and the Shah ‘Abbas Bible). France (Paris), 1240s. New York, The Morgan Library and Museum, MS M.638. [ica.themorgan.org]

hyrst

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hyrst, f.n: an ornament, a decoration, jewel, anything of value, trapping, equipment, armour, implement. (HUERST / ˈhyrst)

A gold and garnet cloisonné strip from the Staffordshire Hoard, the largest hoard of gold and silver metalwork yet found in England, most likely deposited in the 8th or 9th century, containing mostly artefacts from the 7th to early 8th centuries. [staffordshirehoard.org.uk]