Stephanie Skenyon

Director of the Sullivan Museum and History Center at Norwich University; PhD in History; experienced cat servant.

[Stephanie Skenyon @pilgrimchick]

My husband: "Your Twitter feed is all medieval stuff and cats." Yes, indeed, it is. #PhD #phdlife #phdchat #cats #medieval #medievaltwitter

[Plantagenet @Plantagenet1455]

Illustration of King Arthur from the 14th-century Chronicle of England. ca. 1307.

[National Churches Trust @NatChurchTrust]

This unusual 12th-century font, depicting a Green Man and a Tree of Life, can be found at Brecon Cathedral. Brecon Cathedral is thought to stand on the site of an earlier Celtic church.

#FontsOnFriday

📸 © AndyScott (CC BY-SA 4.0)

[Alison Fisk @AlisonFisk]

Roman glass cups with colourful enamel decoration depicting animals from the Roman arena. AD 200s.

Found in richly-furnished graves in Denmark. National Museum of Denmark, Copenhagen. 📷 by me

#FindsFriday
#Archaeology

[North Ages @NorthAges]

The trial of William de St Calais, bishop of Durham, began at Sarisberie (Old Sarum, Wiltshire) #OTD in 1088. He was implicated in that year’s plot to supplant William II ‘Rufus’, king of the English, with his brother Robert II, duke of Normandy. The bishop was ultimately exiled.

[Kevin Wilbraham @KPW1453]

A Saxon doorway from the south side of the tower of All Saints’ Church at Brixworth in Northamptonshire. Using recycled Roman tiles, the doorway was originally internal and led to a now demolished cell. 📸 My own. #AdoorableThursday #Brixworth #Northamptonshire

[Alison Fisk @AlisonFisk]

The amazing Roman pharos (lighthouse) at Dover, still standing after almost 2,000 years! 🤩

The tallest surviving Roman structure in Britain, and one of only three surviving lighthouses from the former Roman Empire! Dated 1st-2nd century AD.

📷 by me

#RomanSiteSaturday
#Archaeology

[Kevin Wilbraham @KPW1453]

13th century roundel from Dorchester Abbey in Oxfordshire depicting the consecration of St. Birinus before his mission to convert the West Saxons to Christianity during the early 7th century. 📸 My own. #StainedGlassSunday #DorchesterAbbey #Birinus

[Archaeology & Art @archaeologyart]

Fired clay brick stamped with a dedication naming King Ur‑Nammu and bearing accidental dog paw prints, from the Ziggurat of Ur (temple of the moon‑god Nanna), Third Dynasty of Ur, c. 2112–2004 BC; Collection: The British Museum, London..

[Kevin Wilbraham @KPW1453]

The ‘Wirksworth Stone’ - a sculptured stone-slab from St. Mary’s Church at Wirksworth in Derbyshire. Comprising of biblical scenes and figures, the stone dates from the C7th to C9th and may have originally been used as a coffin lid. 📸 My own. #SaxonSunday #SundayStonework

[Ennius @red_loeb]

It is argued that 'claricia' who is depicted swinging from the initial 'Q'(uid) at the beginning of Psalm 51, is the illuminator.

Walters Ms. W.26, Claricia Psalter; late 12th - early 13th century; Germany (Augsburg); f.64r

[Kevin Wilbraham @KPW1453]

The well worn ‘Sea of Steps’ at Wells Cathedral in Somerset. Dating from the late 13th century, the steps lead to the Cathedral’s Chapter House. 📸 My own. #StairwellSaturday #WellsCathedral

[Medieval Military Medicine @MedMilMedicine]

A scribe’s effort to correct an omission. The words that were accidentally left out are pulled along by one man who passes them to another who waits between the fourth and fifth lines to receive them - c. 1300, English Book of Hours, Walters Ms. W.102, f. 39v

[Kevin Wilbraham @KPW1453]

Some of the surviving fresco decoration from the House of Livia, the wife of Augustus, on the Palatine Hill in Rome. The frescoes date to around 30 BC. 📷 My own. #FrescoFriday #Rome

[Stephanie Skenyon @pilgrimchick]

@greenleejw @KzooICMS Sorry to you there! I hope the conference was a success for you.

[Steve @Portaspeciosa]

The Doom at St Thomas Salisbury has been posted recently. Round the corner in the former lady chapel we can find some lovely C15 paintings. Here we see the Lily in a vase for Mary, and the garter and cross possibly as a nod to the Guild of St George. #WallPaintingsWednesday

[Kevin Wilbraham @KPW1453]

Part of a Coptic wall painting from the 6th or 7th centuries depicting St. Cosmas from the Monastery of Apa Thomas at Wadi Sarga in Egypt. Now part of the collections at the British Museum. 📸 My own. #FrescoFriday #Egypt

[Dr Jo Ball @DrJEBall]

A 1500-1800 year old #Roman red woolly sock, found in #Egypt - it has a split toe, one side for the big toe, the other side for the rest, so you could wear it with flip-flop type sandals (apparently socks with sandals was a thing in the ancient world...) #Archaeology

[John McCafferty @jdmccafferty]

St Mary Magdelene Statuette of ivory, Indo-Portuguese make, Goa, c. 1650 (V&A Museum, London)

[The Met: Medieval Art @met_medievalart]

Book Cover (?) with Byzantine Icon of the Crucifixion

[Medieval Military Medicine @MedMilMedicine]

A wooden prop in the margins, beautifully employed to support a bit of text that has overrun the end of the line - 15th century, Birgitta of Sweden, British Library, Harley MS 612, f. 50r