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Frahulettaes and Wedefic ([personal profile] frahulettaes) wrote2007-12-26 09:15 am

Spammityville Horror

Heee! Because I had to use that title.

[livejournal.com profile] jenlev , This one is for you.

Excerpt:

A new facsimile edition of the 14th century Holkham Bible was recently published by the British Library. Last week's Time Out London featured a fascinating (and, frustratingly, offline!) article on the Bible, which was drawn by a cockney who started off to produce a pamphlet and quickly expanded out to produce a mammoth retelling of the life of Christ, cheekily inserting himself into many of the illustrations. It features Mary being ribbed for getting knocked up, Noah reeling with drink, an Jesus (residing among the cockneys of Paternoster Row) literally reassembling a lad who falls off a roof and falls into many pieces. London barmaid and bankers are sent to hell, and many other elements that are emblematic of life in 1330s London.

OMG...I'm having such fun. *hat tip to boing boing*

[identity profile] jenlev.livejournal.com 2007-12-26 10:46 pm (UTC)(link)
:::flails with laughter:::

Oh my gods, it's fanfic bible version 2.0?

[identity profile] frahulettaes.livejournal.com 2007-12-26 10:49 pm (UTC)(link)
EXACTLY! I knew you'd get it!!! Bible-fic! BWAHAHAHAHA!!!

oh lordy, *wipes eyes*

[identity profile] jenlev.livejournal.com 2007-12-26 10:58 pm (UTC)(link)
Pretty damn fabulous stuff. :)

Hee! Kind of makes me wish to know the person who drew all those pictures.

[identity profile] frahulettaes.livejournal.com 2007-12-26 11:27 pm (UTC)(link)
I bet he or she was a kick to just have a few drinks with. ;)

[identity profile] jenlev.livejournal.com 2007-12-26 11:34 pm (UTC)(link)
Most probably. Heh!!

[identity profile] writestufflee.livejournal.com 2007-12-26 11:14 pm (UTC)(link)
Ooooh! This is so cool! My little medievalist heart adores this. And it's even better that it's a Mary Sue!

[identity profile] frahulettaes.livejournal.com 2007-12-26 11:26 pm (UTC)(link)
It's a Gary-Stew! I Loff it with all my harts! Heee! Glad you're pleased. :)