Oct 28 2024 28 mins 6
Get ready for some spooky scary skeleton action, because this week Emily and Kyle have a bone to pick with the word charnel.
Our hosts discuss why the average grave in a Medieval graveyard might not be as old as you’d assume, and explore what happens when a church has more skulls and bones than they know what to do with.
Kyle might be shocked and appalled at this space efficient alternative to burial, but Emily finds a macabre beauty in the ossuary decor theme. Alas, this style of crypt was not to last… but that doesn’t mean the dead aren’t still kicking around under London.
Chapel of Bones - Évora, Portugal
(https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Igreja_de_S%C3%A3o_Francisco_de_%C3%89vora_-_Capela_dos_Ossos_(2).jpg)
Basilica of St. Ursula - Cologne, Germany
(https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Goldene_Kammer_St_Ursula_K%C3%B6ln_29122014_02.jpg)
Sedlec Ossuary - Kutná Hora, Czechia
(https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sedlec_Ossuary_Interior_5.jpg) AND (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sedlec-Ossuary.jpg)
Join us every week as we explore the fascinating origins and meanings of words, uncovering the hidden stories behind language and how it evolves over time, for language enthusiasts and etymology buffs alike.
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Produced by Seth Gliksman, Kyle Imperatore, and Emily Moyers
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