One of the quaint nooks in the Turku Castle. I love how much contrast there is always between the dark walls within, compared to the light that casts on the white walls.
Metered by eye, as I almost always do since I can't be bothered with keeping track of the batteries. Scanning with a Plustek OpticFilm 7600i, Vuescan for raws, Negpy for flipping into a positive.
Fun fact: The german word for windowsill is "window-bench" owing to these medieval benches. They were super useful before electric/gas light
That's an interesting piece of trivia. IIRC this nook is in the ladies common chamber, meaning light was required for chores that were common at the time (embroidery, knitting etc.). The best corner rooms in terms of getting light for as long as possible were usually reserved for scribes though, the scribes chamber was in the southwestern corner which is well lit for most of the day. Especially important in Finland with the short days in winter.
It's difficult to realize how few real solutions we had for artificial lighting back in the day. Even candles were a luxury just a couple hundred years ago, and required constant attention to trim the wicks. Oil lamps were smelly, beeswax and tallow melted too easily and availability was limited. The common folk here in Finland used small wooden shingles for lighting, which burned out relatively quickly and created a fire hazard. It also smoked a lot, and you had to use a bucket to catch the hot embers that dropped off as it burned.