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Mercian Migrant @mercianmigrant.bsky.social · 16h

Thanks Fiona for the link and the offer. Very kind of you. The abstract has enough info for me. 🙂

Mercian Migrant @mercianmigrant.bsky.social · 21h

Thanks for the link to the PSAS article. The open access article (much appreciated) is titled part 2. Do you know what Part 1 is?

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Dr Elizabeth Norton @enortonhistory.bsky.social · 11d

Tiny fragment at Tangmere Church a rare piece of Scandinavian influenced 11thC sculpture in Sussex. Two figures, one with female genitalia. They are holding a sphere & a horn
I did my masters dissertation on Anglo-Saxon sculpture of Sussex. This is my favourite piece
#anglosaxon #churchmonuments

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Plantlife @plantlifeuk.bsky.social · 24d

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Whether you’re a beginner, regular citizen scientist for #WaxcapWatch, a land manager or simply someone who loves learning about nature - our free fungi course is for you. 🍄

Take your waxcap knowledge to the next level 👉 https://loom.ly/-W0_R_4

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Kevin Wilbraham @kpw1453.bsky.social · 24d

A 7th century Pictish symbol stone discovered in 1936 during excavations at the Knowe of Burrian - a broch at Netherbrough in the Orkney Isles. Now part of the collections at Orkney Museum in Kirkwall. 📸 My own. #FindsFriday #Picts #Orkney

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Head of Zeus @headofzeus.bsky.social · 25d

The Book of Kells by Victoria Whitworth - Out Today!

The Book of Kells is probably the most famous manuscript in the world – and Victoria Whitworth's masterly treatment offers something new.

Get your copy here! - https://bit.ly/48HEVnQ

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Dr Kate Farrant Shaw @katefarrantshaw.bsky.social · 26d

New book of interest out on the 'Book of Kells: exploring the evidence that points to Pictish origins in north-east Scotland'
theconversation.com/book-of-kell...
#medievalsky

Book of Kells: exploring the evidence that points to Pictish origins in north-east Scotland

While we know the manuscript spent at least 650 years at Kells, we do not know where it started its life. Now a new book offers some clues as to its provenance.

theconversation.com

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Pauline Stafford @pstafford.bsky.social · 26d

Weekend walking in the Peak gave an opportunity to revisit the Wirksworth slab. Probably late 8C and the coped top of a tomb from which scenes on the left have been lost. The iconography is connected to Eastern Mediterranean and has been much discussed. @ascorpus.bsky.social especially intriguing 1/

Overview of Wirksworth slab. Scenes truncated or lost in left are washing of feet and perhaps Harrowing of Hell.

Wirksworth slab, central section of bottom tier. Ascension with, unusually, only two witnesses, identified by their headgear as female.

Wirksworth slab, disputed scene. Corpus of Anglo-Saxon sculpture suggests the Hypapante - a representation of the Presentation, with Simeon and Anna outside the Temple.

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Mercian Migrant @mercianmigrant.bsky.social · Oct 4

The new season of the Medieval Irish podcast has begun.

Niamh Wycherley @niamhwycherley.bsky.social · Oct 3

What does it say about a society that valued poets so highly? Find out in The Medieval Irish History Podcast — back for a 3rd series! We are kicking off again with the inimitable @thecelticist.bsky.social @ceilteachomn.bsky.social @tiagoovsilva.bsky.social open.spotify.com/episode/1DTU... 1/2

Poets and Poetry with Dr Elizabeth Boyle

open.spotify.com

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Mercian Migrant @mercianmigrant.bsky.social · Oct 3

Today's dull, grey day is now illuminated by the arrival of this beautiful new investigation into the Book of Kells by @victoriawhitworth.bsky.social . Colourful illustrations; comparisons with stone sculpture. No doubt it will be full of fascinating incites. #medievalbluesky

The cover of the hard back edition of The Book of Kells: Unlocking the Enigma by Victoria Whitworth. A dark blue background with decorated ornaments in gold from the Book of Kells.

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Mercian Migrant @mercianmigrant.bsky.social · Sep 1

I understand the AI concerns of many academics but for enthusiasts like myself without university library access Academia.edu provides us with free to view scholarly papers. I'd like to see more academics make their work available rather than less ☹️

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Mercian Migrant @mercianmigrant.bsky.social · Aug 18

Lovely. This is a species I’ve never found. Are you happy to provide some direction as to where to look on Seaford Head?

Debbie Alston @debbie1alston.bsky.social · Aug 17

Autumn Ladies Tresses growing on Seaford Head - seen this week #wildflowerhour

Autumn Ladies Tresses- A small twisty shaped white orchid growing on chalk grassland

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Mercian Migrant @mercianmigrant.bsky.social · Aug 17

Really interesting. Is the booklet for sale or is it a County Council tourism freebee? Might it be available online? Thanks.

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Mercian Migrant @mercianmigrant.bsky.social · Aug 16

Excellent! Did you follow a set of plans? I can feel a retirement project coming on😂

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Dr Tom Horne @hornesupremacy.bsky.social · Aug 12

The #Viking-Age Luss hogback still lies in the C6th graveyard of the magnificent and welcoming Luss Parish Church.

As with several @govanstones.bsky.social hogbacks, Luss has been recarved in later periods, possibly losing any end-beasts.

My 📷

Ref. portal.historicenvironment.scot/apex/f?p=150...

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Christian Cooijmans @ccooijmans.bsky.social · Jul 28

Tato managed to spot some Viking Age sculptured stones in northern Wales last week, and Maen Achwyfan might be his favourite!

A small Border Terrier in front of the tenth/eleventh-century wheel cross of Maen Achwyfan, standing at 3.4 metres tall in a field in Flintshire, Wales (presumably its original location).

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Elaine Treharne @etreharne.bsky.social · Jul 25

Here comes William and Harry! But who will win? C’est un mystère

dramaquarterly.com/bbc-confirms...

BBC confirms launch for historical King & Conqueror

TRAILER: James Norton and Nikolaj Coster-Waldau clash in historical drama King & Conqueror, the story of Harold of Wessex and William of Normandy in the build-up to the 1066 Battle of Hastings, which ...

dramaquarterly.com

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Dr Christina Cowart-Smith @celticist.bsky.social · Jul 25

Heads up! The brilliant @victoriawhitworth.bsky.social’s Kells book is in Waterstones’ upcoming summer sale. I had the pleasure of engaging with the book when it was being written and it’s splendid - evocative, rigorous, step-changing.

Get your copy on preorder at an excellent price! Code: SUMMER25

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Mercian Migrant @mercianmigrant.bsky.social · Jul 23

Really interesting episode. I so much wanted to see the manuscripts from St Gall but probably won't make it to Dublin ☹️. However,I was delighted to hear Maeve Sikora say the exhibition was going on to Zurich. Please @nmireland.bsky.social when might that be?

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Katherine CM Cross @kcross.bsky.social · Jul 19

Checking out the stonework at @yorkmuseumstrust.bsky.social Viking North exhibition, including my absolute fave from Old Malton - gives us a glimpse of his forked beard and snake-headed seat

A collection of Viking Age stone sculpture presented within a museum display

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Kevin Wilbraham @kpw1453.bsky.social · Jul 20

Sundial from St. Gregory’s Minster in Kirkdale, North Yorkshire. The inscription sets out that Orm had ‘built anew’ the church during the ‘days’ of King Edward (the Confessor) and Earl Tostig of Northumbria, dating the church rebuilding to 1055-1065. 📸 My own. #SaxonSunday

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Fiona Chartres @chartresfi.bsky.social · Jul 20

This stunning carving was found under the chancel floor at St Kyneburgha, Castor in 1928 and is assumed to have come from her shrine. Dating from either the late 8th or early 9thC it's a wonderful thing to get so close to, the folds of cloth, his face..
#SundayStonework

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Dr Tom Horne @hornesupremacy.bsky.social · Jul 13

📷 🐖 I finally got around to photographing the 'other,' slightly less defined, side of the Viking-Age 'Govan 2' hogback!

📍 Govan Old churchyard, @govanstones.bsky.social

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Tuatha @tuatha.ie · Jul 10

The Marigold Stone • Carndonagh • Donegal • c.8th century.

The eastern face depicts a crucifixion scene with Christ on a Greek cross. The foot of the cross descends in an interlacing pattern ending in a small Latin cross at the base, and two strange figures face each other.

The Marigold Stone in the graveyard of Carndonagh Donegal

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Tuatha @tuatha.ie · Jul 5

The stone cross of Skellig Michael.

It is faintly decorated with a double-lined Latin cross, that was carved into a roughly hewn and weathered stone.

This 2.4m high cross stands on a leacht, a drystone altar, giving it an even more imposing aspect in the small monastery.

#WildAtlanticWay 🏺

A large stone cross, roughly carved, in the monastery of Skellig Michael

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