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Dr James Alexander Cameron @drjacameron.stainedglassattitudes.com · 2d

Was at Chester Cathedral last week for the Centring the Past project, which sought to understand the lost, poorly-documented timber centres for medieval masonry vaults.

This hand-carved frame recreating that of the Chester Chapter House vestibule vaults struck quite a profile on the Dean's Field.

Oak timber frame (essentially two intersecting King Post trusses, but apparently calling that bit in the centre a king post gets carpenters very mad) sat on work benches. The stonework is 3D printed and the tas-de-charge are mostly strapped to them. The voussoirs and boss wait to be added

Study day attendees have now added the voussoirs and boss to the frame

view of the frame from the central tower roof of Chester Cathedral

the frame from the northern part of the medieval city walls

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Richard III Society of Canada @richardiiisocca.bsky.social · 1d

Just look at that chancel/rood screen!

Bob Marshall @bobmarshall.co.uk · 2d

Hi #PortfolioDay!

I'm an Architectural Illustrator from Edinburgh. I visually reconstruct heritage buildings and monuments in #Blender3D guided by archaeology, measured survey data, and by working in collaboration with historians and archaeologists.

Website: bobmarshall.co.uk

ALT: A speculative digital reconstruction of the Bass of Inverurie - a late twelfth-century timber and earthwork castle held by the Earls of Garioch (pronounced "Geary" in the local tongue)- members of the extended royal family of Scotland and the ancestors of King Robert the Bruce. Personal project © Bob Marshall 2017. CC BY-NC-ND 4.0

Speculative digital reconstruction of Tor Alvie hillfort near Aviemore, Scottish Highlands. The site was identified as a hillfort in 2010-11 (Historic Environment Record: MHG55341). The reconstruction model was created in Blender 3D using a combination of high-resolution digital terrain data obtained from Ordnance Survey, which I used to create my backdrop of the Cairngorm Mountains. Although the fort has never been excavated, the line of its rampart walls can broadly be determined by a stony bank that encloses an area of roughly 85m x 30m, bearing immediate similarities in size and shape to Craig Phadrig hillfort near Inverness. However, unlike Craig Phadrig, there is no evidence that Torr Alvie was vitrified. It is difficult to know how thick the ramparts were, whether there were timber palisades, and how many entrances the fort had, so imagination plays a large part in this visualisation. With grateful thanks to Eve Boyle and Adam Welfare of Historic Environment Scotland and Professor Gordon Noble of the University of Aberdeen for their input and assistance. © Bob Marshall / badenochstorylands.com 2020.

A speculative digital reconstruction of the early sixteenth-century chancel screen of St Mary's parish church in Youghal, Ireland. Using survey measurements, I developed a computer model to help me work out a possible design for the screen and its loft. Its form is guided by the information written in historical documents and from a single piece of decorated timber, which may have been part of this original screen, found underneath the church floor during recent archaeological investigations. I have combined influences from some surviving medieval screens found in churches in several English counties. The depiction of the Last Judgement painted above the chancel arch is imaginary, and also influenced by similar mural paintings found in several medieval English churches. The Last Judgement, sometimes also referred to as a ‘Doom’, was a common feature of medieval churches. It was an instrument for highlighting the contrasts between the rewards of heaven and the agony of hell, intended to guide Christians away from sin and misbehaviour.

A digital reconstruction of Brougham Castle shows how it may have looked in 1388 following the additions and alterations made by Roger Clifford, 5th Baron of Westmoreland. This view of the castle in wintertime is from the northwest. Artist: Bob Marshall. © Historic England / English Heritage Trust. Contact Historic England Archives for Licensing enquiries.

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Maynooth University @maynoothuniversity.ie · 3d

Translators of medieval romances reshaped stories to portray Irish women as more independent and proactive than their English counterparts, writes Benedetta d’Antuono, PhD researcher at the Department of Early Irish. 💘

www.maynoothuniversity.ie/research/spo...

Medieval illustration depicting two figures in elaborate clothing, possibly embracing. One holds a hawk perched on the wrist, while the scene is framed with decorative floral patterns and a striped border. The colors are vivid, including reds and greens.

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Richard III Society of Canada @richardiiisocca.bsky.social · 2d

Huzzah!

Richard III Society of Canada @richardiiisocca.bsky.social · 2d

A very Happy Thanksgiving to all our Canadian followers. @turiking.bsky.social , I hope you’ve found a turkey!

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Karen K. Ho @karenho.bsky.social · 5d

I cannot imagine what it would be like to find 13 rare medieval and Roman artifacts at a charity thrift store in Chilliwack, BC, but I'm glad they were donated to Simon Fraser University for further study: www.sfu.ca/sfunews/stor...

Rare ‘medieval’ artifacts found in B.C. thrift store donated to SFU for study

Rare artifacts dating back potentially thousands of years have been found in a British Columbia thrift store and donated to Simon Fraser University for study.

www.sfu.ca

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Trans* Book History @transbookhistory.bsky.social · 5d

Indexes or printer's firsts (not manicules). This is the hill I die on.

Steven Van Impe @svanimpe.bsky.social · 9d

#EarlyModern meme! #BookHistory

The bottom of a page of printed text, showing three hands (or printers' fists) pointing at each other.

The spiderman meme: three spidermen pointing at each other.

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Richard III Society of Canada @richardiiisocca.bsky.social · 6d

The door to the Stanbury Chapel at Hereford Cathedral. The chapel is the resting place of John Stanbury, Bishop of Hereford from 1453 - 1474. Image courtesy @tbryce1485.bsky.social For #AdoorableThursday

A wooden door with an unusual wrought iron top third, allowing one to peer inside the chapel.

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Bristol Centre for Medieval Studies @bristolcms.bsky.social · 6d

Don't forget today's (Thursday) seminar at 4pm! #medievalsky #skystorians

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Patricia Stoop @dr-patriciastoop.bsky.social · 7d

Great news!! My special issue on Writing for Third Parties: Commercial Manuscript Production in the Late Middle Ages (Queeste, @amsterdamupress.bsky.social) is now available in open access.

Looking much forward to your reactions!

www.aup-online.com/content/jour...

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Steven Van Impe @svanimpe.bsky.social · 7d

Another #NewAcq incunable (permanent loan) 📚💙 📜

Morticellarium aureum ('The golden undertaker'), a manual to contemplate a Christian death, printed in Antwerp by Gerard Leeu in 1488. EHC 913035.

Not sure the guy in the fancy hat is ready to contemplate anything.

Title page of the book, with a woodcut of a monk in a hood showing a guy in a fancy hat that death (a grinning skeleton with a scyte) is already in his house. Details of the black-and-white woodcut are coloured in with red.

The woodcut printer's mark of Gerard Leeu, showing a fantasy representation of the City of Antwerp. Details of the black-and-white image are coloured in red and yellow.

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Scottish History Society @scothistorysociety.bsky.social · 7d

Winter Lecture Series: Finding Women in Scottish History

Join us for a series of free, online lectures to explore sources of women's lived experience, intellectual and religious networks, and socio-political power in medieval and early modern Scotland.

scottishhistorysociety.com/shs-winter-l...

SHS Winter Lecture Series: Finding Women in Scottish History

scottishhistorysociety.com

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SCMedievalist @scmedievalist.bsky.social · 8d

Child 1 has a marketing project about restaurants and needs 300 survey responses. She can't earn higher than 70% if she doesn't reach the target. Seems unfair - some kids just don't have as many friends/family! Could you take 2 min to take the survey? Due in 2 days and she needs 100 more. Thanks!

Restaurant Survey

In one of my classes at school we are creating a restaurant as part of a marketing plan. The purpose of this survey is to gather data on what is popular in the community. The survey helps determine wh...

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Richard Ovenden @richove.bsky.social · 9d

MLGB is back!! Delighted that Medieval Libraries of Great Britain @bodleian.ox.ac.uk is now back online. We are also working had on plans for the next phase of the resource, enhancing & adding data & functionality. HUGE thanks to my colleagues for their hard & clever work mlgb.bodleian.ox.ac.uk

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KRad @kradmacher.bsky.social · 9d

Thank you! There’s one more chance to join us live in Toronto this Wednesday.

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Richard III Society of Canada @richardiiisocca.bsky.social · 9d

More details here: www.canadianmedievalists.org/The-CSM-Onli...

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London Society for Medieval Studies @londonmedieval.bsky.social · 10d

Hello to our new followers! We are the LSMS: PGR & ECR-led since 1970, championing ✂️-edge research across the fields of medieval studies & the critical & creative possibilities of interdisciplinary work & learning

Our seminars are always free & open to all, register here 👉 bit.ly/londonmedieval

A blue term card with a manuscript banner at the top. It lists the times & dates of seminars for the winter term - includes link to register for them bit.ly/londonmedieval

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Richard III Society of Canada @richardiiisocca.bsky.social · 12d

A new year has begun for the Richard III Society of Canada aka the Canadian Branch. But it isn't too late to join! See www.richardiii.ca/general-memb... for details

General Membership Information and monthly meetings – Richard III Society of Canada

www.richardiii.ca

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Helen Day @lbflyawayhome.bsky.social · 13d

Other work by the Ladybird artists.
‘Ludlow Castle’ (Readers Digest magazine)
Artist: SR Badmin

Finally detailed mixed media illustration of a view looking down into the Severn Valley and up towards Ludlow Castle, surrounded by autumn trees

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Richard III Society of Canada @richardiiisocca.bsky.social · 14d

We are looking forward to our AGM on Saturday, 2 days after the start of the Society's new year. Oct 2nd is, of course, Richard III's birthday.

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Richard III Society of Canada @richardiiisocca.bsky.social · 14d

Image from The Book of Hours of Adélaïde de Savoie (Musée Condé 76, fol. 10v), c. 1460-1465

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Richard III Society of Canada @richardiiisocca.bsky.social · 14d

One of October's Labour of the Month was harvesting fruit. This lovely image deserves to be seen in full, especially for the woman shimmying up the tree.

A full page from a medieval manuscript. On either side of the text are tall trees with people visibly picking fruit high up among the leaves. One woman is somehow pulling herself up the straight trunk. The fruit, apples perhaps, appear to be tossed down to the labourers below who are putting them in baskets. One woman has her hand in front of her face. Either she is eating or she has been hit on the nose with some fruit as it came down from the tree.

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Richard III Society of Canada @richardiiisocca.bsky.social · 15d

Blue Jays all the way!

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Richard III Society of Canada @richardiiisocca.bsky.social · 15d

But all in person, right? We are used to not be able to party afterwards but hearing the talks would be nice. (Picture forlorn face here)

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Liesbeth Corens @onslies.bsky.social · 16d

PROGRAMME! Excited to be welcoming Alexander Marr, Dirk van Miert, and @ebenbow.bsky.social this term -- and David Hopkin, Jeroen Puttevils, Feike Dietz, Sam Geens, Valika Smeulders, and Gloria Moorman in Spring.

All welcome @ihr.bsky.social or zoom! www.history.ac.uk/news-events/... #SkyStorians

programme of hte Low Countries Seminar, Institute of Historical research, Fridays 17:30
17 October: Alexander Marr: Three Renaissance ‘Grotesques’: Holbein, Dürer, Massys
31 October: Dirk van Miert: The Synod of Dordrecht: binding the Anglo-Dutch orthodox Republic of Letters
17 November: Eliot Benbow: Low Countries Merchants in and around London c. 1350-1550: Specialising in the Trade of Everyday Goods
programme of hte Low Countries Seminar, Institute of Historical research, Fridays 17:30
17 October: Alexander Marr: Three Renaissance ‘Grotesques’: Holbein, Dürer, Massys
31 October: Dirk van Miert: The Synod of Dordrecht: binding the Anglo-Dutch orthodox Republic of Letters
28 November: Eliot Benbow: Low Countries Merchants in and around London c. 1350-1550: Specialising in the Trade of Everyday Goods

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