Ann Marie Rasmussen

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Today is the feast day of Saint Dymphna! In this blog post, Hannah Gardiner looks to material revelation to understand the headlessness of surviving Dymphna pilgrim badges Saint Dymphna, lost heads, and material revelation https://t.co/Pk26sTwa3d

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Early April, we had the pleasure of welcoming Melanie Jackson to the DRAGEN Lab, where she presented an artist talk and led a hands-on medieval badge making workshop! https://t.co/PBvP91iuSR

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Melanie Jackson's artist talk is happening TOMORROW night at @StJeromesUni. Very thankful to @SSHRC_CRSH for making this talk possible!

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Another event alert! 📅 VISUALLY LED RESEARCH AND ATTENTION TO THE PAST: Join us for a talk with artist and lecturer at @RCA Dr. Melanie Jackson, who will explore a series of secular medieval pilgrim badges. April 13, 7-8:30 pm ET at @StJeromesUni. @uwaterlooARTS @amrasmus1300

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Kendall Diemer's exhibition at St. Jerome's University will launch next Monday. In this blog post, Kendall shares her thoughts on medieval objects and decay. Musings on decay: announcing Kendall Diemer's exhibition https://t.co/fqm4tDYijI

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Whether you love or loathe this February celebration, one thing is clear: drawing on several centuries of cultural imagery, Valentine’s Day symbols are strong and here to stay.

#ValentinesDay2023 #medievaltwitter #hearts #lovebirds

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Join us tomorrow at 12:00 p.m. (EST)!

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Carolin Rinn, @LucySplarn and I will be discussing the importance, challenges, and possibilities of public-facing medieval scholarship next Tuesday at 12:00 p.m. (EST).

Register below & feel free to share!

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Last year, Ellen Siebel-Achenbach used linocuts to mark the season. This year, she's been working with wood to re-imagine a headless Saint Claude pilgrim badge as a Räuchermann... who indeed smokes!!

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Kendall Diemer's fantastic exhibition will be on display until Wednesday. Come see it on the second floor of SJ1 while you can!

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Have a few extra minutes on campus? Come check out an exhibit of objects from our collection on display on the SJ1 second floor at @SJULibrary

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Did Margery Kempe collect pilgrim badges? What do you think? Research assistant Hannah Gardiner asks this question in our new blog series -- with thoughts in today's first post from Anthony Bale and Anne E. Bailey.

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Medieval Badge Colouring Pages https://t.co/MQ7P692d4d

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Spekyng Rybawdy | Melanie Jackson https://t.co/R9SAFUoulq

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Agnus Dei Badges https://t.co/oAyc4ap0oC

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Our undergraduate researcher-maker Ellen Siebel-Achenbach's latest project: embroidered medieval badge bookmarks!

The sampler for the bookmark on the right, featuring Saint Bridget of Sweden, is up on https://t.co/8zWOdIgfrF. The one on the left is to come.

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An embroidered medieval badge bookmark? Why not!

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Bawdy badges appeared early this year in a most unusual place, but perhaps exactly the place where you might expect to find them in the twenty-first century: on British TV...

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Part three of the Golden Scabs of Saint Job series! https://t.co/1ipGC6e1Px

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And a medieval Epiphany badge for your Epiphany!

Print by Ellen Siebel-Achenbach.