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richardiiisocca.bsky.social
Richard III Society of Canada
@richardiiisocca.bsky.social
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What it says on the label. Interested in late 15th C with a focus on the Wars of the Roses but promotes anything medieval of interest.
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uvic-medi.bsky.social
Our conference is approaching fast!
We are looking forward to seeing everyone again!
#medievalsky #conference #recreation #hands-on
December 4, 2025 at 8:44 PM
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In case this is of interest or @kfduggan.bsky.social
amaemconference.bsky.social Aberdeen Medieval and Early Modern Conference @amaemconference.bsky.social · 11h
We're now welcoming abstracts for our 2026 conference, on the theme of 'Violence in the Medieval and Early Modern North'! The deadline is 15 January.
December 4, 2025 at 6:50 PM
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agemoyen.bsky.social
Calendrier de l'avent d'enluminures médiévales #calavhist, jour 4 !

Un chevalier se contorsionne pour enlever sa cotte de mailles...
Morgan Bible, Morgan Library & Museum MS M.638, f. 28r
Enluminure médiévale montrant un chevalier plié en deux, agrippant le haut de son haubert de mailles de sa main gauche Enluminure médiévale montrant des scènes de l'Ancien Testament
December 4, 2025 at 9:12 AM
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lizhebbard.bsky.social
Still at Nelson-Atkins and having entirely too much fun to stop and post (I’ll post more soon!) but couldn’t resist sharing these blue rubrics! Blubrics! 💙💙💙😍

@peripheralmss.bsky.social #midwestmss #medievalsky #medievalmss #manuscripts #fragments
December 3, 2025 at 9:32 PM
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richardiiisocca.bsky.social
But that's not all! We also have this beautiful White Rose Ornament for sale. See www.richardiii.ca/ricardian-me... to see everything for everyone on your Ricardian gift list. But act soon while there is still time to mail everything out!
Cloth 3-D white rose with green embroidered leaves and gold highlights throughout.
December 2, 2025 at 9:39 PM
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agemoyen.bsky.social
Calendrier de l'avent d'enluminures médiévales #calavhist, jour 3 !
Le roi Cambyse meurt en se transperçant accidentellement la jambe... (aïe)

Bibliothèque de l’Arsenal, Ms-5193 réserve, fol. 102r., manuscrit du XVe siècle
Enluminure médiévale montrant un roi se perçant la jambe droite avec une épée
December 3, 2025 at 8:54 AM
richardiiisocca.bsky.social
But that's not all! We also have this beautiful White Rose Ornament for sale. See www.richardiii.ca/ricardian-me... to see everything for everyone on your Ricardian gift list. But act soon while there is still time to mail everything out!
Cloth 3-D white rose with green embroidered leaves and gold highlights throughout.
December 2, 2025 at 9:39 PM
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agemoyen.bsky.social
Calendrier de l'avent d'enluminures médiévales, jour 1.

Une petite marginalia (= dessin dans une marge de manuscrit) représentant... un lapin dans une camisole de force 😅??

BNF, ms. Francais 95, fol. 138v ; un roman arthurien copié vers 1270-1290.
Enluminure médiévale montrant un lapin gris enveloppé dans un tissu ou dans sa peau, les yeux exorbités
December 1, 2025 at 12:41 PM
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sarannmcd.bsky.social
Anyone in the greater NYC area with a spare hour or few Thursday December 4 630pm come learn about MEDIEVAL STUDIES and many other wonderful graduate certificate programs @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social
#skystorians #medievalsky
thegraduatecenter.bsky.social CUNY Graduate Center @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social · 17d
Interested in advanced certificate programs at the Graduate Center? Join us at an open house on 12/4 at 6:30 p.m. to learn more. RSVP www.gc.cuny.edu/events/certi...
November 29, 2025 at 11:34 AM
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spindlypete.bsky.social
based on how often the naughty teens of major cities throw the rentable scooters directly into the river i've formed a theory that the many iron age swords and cauldrons found in lakes around europe that we've previously assumed were ceremonial and sacrificial in nature were in fact thrown by teens
August 17, 2024 at 4:38 PM
richardiiisocca.bsky.social
Here in the Northern Hemisphere, winter is closing in. To people in the Middle Ages this meant it was important to preserve as much food for the coming months as possible.In December's Labour of the Month we see some of the stages of preparing the newly killed pig.Ms76-folio12-recto #Medievalsky
A painting from a medieval manuscript. On the left, a well to do couple watch from a window. Below them a man prepares to bleed the deceased pig. In the middle, a man and a woman hold down the pig readying it for the killing blow from the man on the right who is standing. The right picture show the pig being cooked in a fire outdoors. Beyond a stone wall a woman tends other pigs.
December 1, 2025 at 12:45 PM
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drnwillburger.bsky.social
A late medieval pocket sundial from Freiburg. The portable sundial once contained a small compass in the circular recess, helping to align the sundial along the north–south axis so the correct time could be determined.

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A small, rectangular, weathered wooden pocket sundial with finely carved concentric circles and hour markings surrounding a deep circular recess in the center, where a compass once sat, all shown against a black background.
November 28, 2025 at 8:37 AM
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richardiiisociety.bsky.social
A Voice for Richard, Part II! This Saturday 29 November 2-5 pm, in person at the King Richard Visitors Centre or via Live Stream. Tickets available at kriii.com/what-s-on/20... Speakers include @mattlewishistory.bsky.social, Yvonne Morley-Chisholm, Caroline Wilkinson & others.
Poster with the details of the upcoming event. The top of it says 'A Voice for King Richard III. New for 2025 and further to the 2024 international launch. History reimagined. The facial avatar of King Richard III speaking in the authentic pronunciation of his time.' There is a link to the project's webpage - www.avoiceforrichard.co.uk
November 25, 2025 at 10:45 PM
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ajw87.bsky.social
Just in case you want to take advantage of the Brill sale...
November 28, 2025 at 7:45 AM
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We wouldn't post this early normally but holiday music is in all the stores & so it must be time!May we show you some delightful,useful & whimsical gifts? www.richardiii.ca/ricardian-me... Such as this wonderful working catapult & pencil sharpener!We take no responsibility for any damage to castles.
Composite photo of a large castle already partially in ruins. In front of it, many times smaller, are 9 catapults loaded up and ready to fire at the castle. Close up photo of the back of the catapult. The pencil sharpener is easy to see. Above it is the loaded catapult with a bright read bead in it.
November 27, 2025 at 2:30 PM
richardiiisocca.bsky.social
A very Happy Thanksgiving to all our American followers! May your feasting be as convivial as the dinner last year at the @merchantshallyork.org as the Richard III Society celebrated Our Centenary.
Tables upon tables of well dressed people turn to listen to Peter Hammond say a few words. They are in a magnificent medieval hall.
November 27, 2025 at 12:33 PM
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onslies.bsky.social
You've got a couple of hours before the official sign-up window closes! Or just come to Bloomsbury tomorrow, it's lovely even in wintery conditions. (did I mention the excellent Sichuan food?)
onslies.bsky.social Liesbeth Corens @onslies.bsky.social · 10d
THIS FRIDAY! Come and hear the fabulous @ebenbow.bsky.social about #LowCountries Merchants in and around London: Specialising in the Trade of Everyday Goods

FRI 28 Nov, 17:30, @ihr.bsky.social & on zoom (register for link): www.history.ac.uk/news-events/... #MedievalSky #EarlyModern #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
November 27, 2025 at 12:05 PM
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uoftcms.bsky.social
The @medievalacademy.bsky.social Leyerle-CARA Prize supports the research of an MAA member who needs to consult materials available at the University of Toronto. This includes all it collections, including the vast network of U of T Libraries. Apply by January 31!
bit.ly/3KdqOwW
MAA logo with text reading Leyerle CARA Prize
November 24, 2025 at 7:28 PM
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richardiiisociety.bsky.social
Members of the Richard III Society will be pleased to know that there are places available for the talk by @richardasquith.bsky.social on 'Death of a Yorkist Mayor: Executing the Will of Sir Ralph Verney (d. 1478)' This zoom meeting is on 22 November. Check your email for details on how to register.
November 17, 2025 at 1:50 AM
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bristolcms.bsky.social
Please do pass this on to anyone who may be interested! ☺️ #medievalsky #skystorians
bristolcms.bsky.social Bristol Centre for Medieval Studies @bristolcms.bsky.social · 15d
Exciting news! 📣🎉The Bristol Summer team are hosting a Q&A event for people to find out more about the Bristol Summer School in Medieval Studies. 🙋🙋‍♂️🙋‍♀️ The event will run Jan 2026 (date tbc), and you can register your interest via the QR code or the link in the comments!😊 #medievalsky #skystorians
November 19, 2025 at 1:31 PM
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liber-ray.bsky.social
A fun look today at @rialibrary.bsky.social’s manuscript of the week! The 15th-century Leabhar Breac / The Speckled Book (RIA MS 23 P 16) is a collection of religious, literary and historical works, including the lives St Patrick, St Brigid and Alexander the Great 📜🎉
November 18, 2025 at 5:43 PM
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sonjadrimmer.bsky.social
I have been WAITING for a journalist to write this story.

I specialize in manuscripts produced in England between 1300 and 1500. If this had occurred in the midst of writing my dissertation or first book, it would have exploded my career.
hetanshah.bsky.social Hetan Shah @hetanshah.bsky.social · 16d
I’ve written a piece on the curious lack of media and political interest in the issues faced by our national @britishlibrary.bsky.social. This is strange given we live in a world where ideas, knowledge and research are a long-term source of innovation and insight
www.cityam.com/the-british-...
The British library is in crisis: why does nobody care?
The widespread indifference to the British Library's crippling cyberattack demonstrates a perilous failure to value the knowledge infrastructure vital for national prosperity
www.cityam.com
November 18, 2025 at 1:48 PM
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sims-mss.bsky.social
Take a peek at our new book of hours! Made in Bruges, ca. 1470, this lovely illuminated book has several full-page miniatures, decorated margins, and many large and small illuminated initials. (UPenn Ms. Codex 2324) #medievalsky

🔗: https://bit.ly/4hO98Va
November 15, 2025 at 6:56 PM
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greenleejw.bsky.social
Eel smuggling is a major problem today. But it's not new!

In 1463, London city officials arrested 9 Zeeland merchants who tried to slip 97 barrels of salted eels past customs at Billingsgate. They wanted to avoid import fees, but wound up facing a £40 fine.
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Meme. Medieval drawing of a cooper, putting the lid on a barrel with a hammer, while surrounded by other barrels. The man -- we'll call him Ædwallow-- is wearing a pink shirt and blue leggings, as if he's planning on going to gender reveal party later and he wants to cover all his bases. He's wearing a somewhat shapeless red hat that might -- or might not -- keep his ears warm. He has a white apron tied around his waist. He is clean-shaven, and his face looks young. His expression is terribly intense, and it doesn't take much imagination to believe that he is sealing his rival in this barrel. Perhaps this was a man named Flord whom Ædwallow had called a friend in his youth, until he had ran off with Ædwallow's mother to live a life of crime together as petty toast thieves in Malta. Ævence spent years tracking them down, & now's he's caught them and stuffed them in barrels to ship back home, for reasons only he knows. Meme text reads: "Staring down the barrel of a too-eelaborate plan"
November 13, 2025 at 4:49 PM
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Are you a medieval maker? Or know someone who is? Email [email protected] for a chance to be featured in my holiday gift guide!
November 11, 2025 at 6:49 PM