Plagues and Memes - I embroidered a 700-year-old cat-snail onto a mask

I used this small project to practice embroidery of the style found in medieval England, known as Opus Anglicanum. I chat about how medieval people were like us, the nature of plague, and how to respect your neighbors as we near the end of the worst part of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Music:
No. 3 Morning Folk Song, Esther Abrami, Youtube Audio Library

Medieval Dance Tunes
Performer: Paul Arden-Taylor (shawm, bombarde, recorder, rauschpfeife) Elizabeth Wright & Malcolm Peake (strings/percussion).
MUSOPEN: https://musopen.org/music/43864-medieval-dance-tunes-sequence/​
Creative Commons License: Public Domain Mark 1.0

Renaissance Castle, Doug Maxwell, Youtube Audio Library

Lord of the Land by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Source: http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1400022
Artist: http://incompetech.com/

Sources:
Image Source: Maastricht Book of Hours f. 185r (Stowe MS 17), British Library http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Stowe_MS_17

“The Making of Medieval Embroidery,” Victoria and Albert Museum Youtube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JgN7osGCf5g

“Embroidery on Late Medieval Clothing,” La Cotte Simple
https://cottesimple.com/articles/medieval-embroidery-on-clothing/

“US state vaccinations,” Our World in Data
https://github.com/owid/covid-19-data/blob/master/public/data/vaccinations/us_state_vaccinations.csv

CDC Mask Wearing
https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/science/science-briefs/masking-science-sars-cov2.html

CDC Outdoor Activities
https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/daily-life-coping/participate-in-activities.html

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