tag:dreamwidth.org,2012-01-20:1438614How to see ghosts or surely bring them to youcommuni_katecommuni_kate2014-04-23T00:34:48Ztag:dreamwidth.org,2012-01-20:1438614:83321how do you know the lions there aren't giants?2014-04-22T23:34:32Z2014-04-23T00:34:48Zamusedpublic1 Medieval merriment from the wonderful Toast. A critique of medieval maps, this article is part of the excellent Two Monks series. One monk is supremely confident about all things despite never travelling further than his own closet. His colleague is an incredibly gullible artist. Together, they invent various styles of crazy historical art. <br /><br />Because how do you know the lions there <em>aren't </em>giants? Really?<br /><br /><a href="http://the-toast.net/2014/04/22/two-medieval-monks-invent-cartography/">And all of Asia is mostly just one enormous castle</a>...<br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=communi_kate&ditemid=83321" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments