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[FICATHON] Gimmors and Devices, part 4/4 (notes)
Part I
Part II
Part III
End Notes:
Regarding names:
"Cunradus" is a Latinized Early German name; "Blicchece" is an Early German byname. You can find them and other Early German names here.
"Mafeo" is a characteristically Venetian 14th-century name. I found it here. Mafeo of Venice is an actual (albeit off-screen) character in Woodstock. He doesn't have a name there, and is only referred to as "the Franciscan monk." I don't like characters not having names, so I named him.
The Seintespirite was a merchant ship out of Bordeaux in 1351 to 1352. I wanted the balloon's name to have a period look and sound to it. "Envelope," by the way, is the technical term for the balloon part of a hot air balloon.
Regarding quotations:
"For such as we are made of, such we be" is a quote from Twelfth Night, Act II, Scene 2. Viola is the speaker.
"Thou thing of no bowels" is part of a line from Troilus and Cressida, Act II, Scene 1. The full line, spoken by Thersites, is "If thou use to beat me, I will begin at thy heel, and tell what thou art by inches, thou thing of no bowels, thou!"
"I have worn so many winters out, and know not now what name to call myself! O! that I were a mockery king of snow!" are lines from Richard II, Act IV, Scene 1. They are spoken by the true Richard in that play, not an imitation.
The scenes in the king is baffled about his true age and birthday and in which Tresilian concocts a way to kill Thomas of Woodstock quote from and paraphrase lines from the play Thomas of Woodstock.
The "fiery Wheel of Fate in the sky" both appears in the play Thomas of Woodstock and in Holinshed's Chronicles. Whether there ever was such a phenomenon, I don't know, but a fireball meteor would fit the description given.
Odds and Ends:
The chemical formula for rust is Fe2O3. (I couldn't imagine that things like hell, damnation and sex would have quite the horror for a mechanical man that rust would.)
"Keraunology" isn't a real word. "Kerauno-" is an ancient Greek root meaning "lightning" or "thunderbolt," so it's basically the study of lightning—a form of what we would call "electrical engineering."
Some medieval recipes can be found here.
Seraphim (singular, seraph) are the highest level of angels in the Christian hierarchy and are the fifth of ten ranks of angels in Judaism. According to Christian teaching, they are forever in God's presence and are said to burn with charity. They are, themselves, supposed to illuminate the world with their love of God and, through their existence, enlighten others. (Considering what Green is willing to do to illuminate and enlighten, this is pretty creepy.)
Na Floreta Çanoga, Na Bellaire and Na Pla were Jewish women doctors who lived in Spain of the time. Na Floreta did attend Queen Sibila of Aragon in 1381. Na Bellaire and Na Pla received formal licenses from the medical community in 1387—making them among the few licensed female physicians of the Middle Ages.
Part II
Part III
End Notes:
Regarding names:
"Cunradus" is a Latinized Early German name; "Blicchece" is an Early German byname. You can find them and other Early German names here.
"Mafeo" is a characteristically Venetian 14th-century name. I found it here. Mafeo of Venice is an actual (albeit off-screen) character in Woodstock. He doesn't have a name there, and is only referred to as "the Franciscan monk." I don't like characters not having names, so I named him.
The Seintespirite was a merchant ship out of Bordeaux in 1351 to 1352. I wanted the balloon's name to have a period look and sound to it. "Envelope," by the way, is the technical term for the balloon part of a hot air balloon.
Regarding quotations:
"For such as we are made of, such we be" is a quote from Twelfth Night, Act II, Scene 2. Viola is the speaker.
"Thou thing of no bowels" is part of a line from Troilus and Cressida, Act II, Scene 1. The full line, spoken by Thersites, is "If thou use to beat me, I will begin at thy heel, and tell what thou art by inches, thou thing of no bowels, thou!"
"I have worn so many winters out, and know not now what name to call myself! O! that I were a mockery king of snow!" are lines from Richard II, Act IV, Scene 1. They are spoken by the true Richard in that play, not an imitation.
The scenes in the king is baffled about his true age and birthday and in which Tresilian concocts a way to kill Thomas of Woodstock quote from and paraphrase lines from the play Thomas of Woodstock.
The "fiery Wheel of Fate in the sky" both appears in the play Thomas of Woodstock and in Holinshed's Chronicles. Whether there ever was such a phenomenon, I don't know, but a fireball meteor would fit the description given.
Odds and Ends:
The chemical formula for rust is Fe2O3. (I couldn't imagine that things like hell, damnation and sex would have quite the horror for a mechanical man that rust would.)
"Keraunology" isn't a real word. "Kerauno-" is an ancient Greek root meaning "lightning" or "thunderbolt," so it's basically the study of lightning—a form of what we would call "electrical engineering."
Some medieval recipes can be found here.
Seraphim (singular, seraph) are the highest level of angels in the Christian hierarchy and are the fifth of ten ranks of angels in Judaism. According to Christian teaching, they are forever in God's presence and are said to burn with charity. They are, themselves, supposed to illuminate the world with their love of God and, through their existence, enlighten others. (Considering what Green is willing to do to illuminate and enlighten, this is pretty creepy.)
Na Floreta Çanoga, Na Bellaire and Na Pla were Jewish women doctors who lived in Spain of the time. Na Floreta did attend Queen Sibila of Aragon in 1381. Na Bellaire and Na Pla received formal licenses from the medical community in 1387—making them among the few licensed female physicians of the Middle Ages.
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