Rob Webley

Small finds archaeologist, medievalist - metalwork, esp. horsey and religious @findsorguk, Husband, Daddy, European, occasionally plays tennis for Wivey B team

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#Eurovisión2026

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@susie_dent Just the other day we were wondering if there was a word/phrase for when your cat is on its back, brushing it on the ground, while showing you their tummy. Probably there is - we just haven’t heard it yet!

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Wed 15 Apr, last meeting till Sep, ending season on a high! Thrilled to welcome @PGaches, specialist in the repair of historic plasterwork, on how & why ceilings began to be plastered in the 15th century, & how the process developed. Keep in touch with SVBRG at the other place.

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@findsorguk See also this video by Dr Tim Pestell describing the Norfolk example shown here on the left, and its international connections: https://t.co/hEyDuMSG1q @NorwichCastle

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For #FindsFriday a group of gold medieval pendants recorded via @findsorguk as Treasure (a fourth is being processed currently). The form has been observed to have connections with the Eastern Baltic, and the findspots of all fall in eastern England.

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For #FindsFriday a seal matrix found in Lancashire @findsorguk but connected with Bromholm Priory, Norfolk. The Patriarchal cross was brought there from Constantinople in the 13th century. Pilgrim items include ampullae, many from London but some found in the Netherlands. #MedRit

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A recent @findsorguk record now adds to these, also from North Yorkshire

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Back with the pilgrim badges for #FindsFriday. These two fragments @findsorguk I think I have now better identified as former fragments of a type of crucifixion badge. Found respectively in N Yorks and Wakefield, they find parallels from London, Bristol and Stoke (Kunera) #MedRit

[Somerset Archaeological & Natural History Society @SANHSinSomerset]

SANHS April 2026 e-bulletin - https://t.co/oPb0cTS5cw

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Some of the largest medieval seal matrices recorded @findsorguk can be associated with the Trinitarians (active in England from 1244). The earliest of those shown originated at their house at Easton, Wiltshire. #FindsFriday

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For #FindsFriday a rare depiction of a tetramorph of the evangelists on a medieval seal matrix. This matrix is of unusual shape and belonged to Thomas of Ringleton (Kent), but found in Norfolk (@findsorguk NMS-AD5AAA). The evangelists' initials surround the composite creature.

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This would seem to be a rather earlier depiction, perhaps dating to the 13th century, found in Suffolk @findsorguk

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For #FindsFriday a pair of medieval images of the Assumption of the Virgin on artefacts recorded through @findsorguk. The seal matrix is datable to the first half of the 15th century, while the finger-ring is later C15th, if not early C16th (now @britishmuseum). #MedRit

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@YORYM_FLO Just to add that the evangelist’s symbols tend to surround a Christ in Majesty mount on the reverse of the cross, the cross’ front showing the Passion. Their arrangement is standardised - this one being consistent with St Mark’s lion.

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For #FindsFriday some medieval seal matrices showing the Virgin and Child as Maria Lactans (rather than Sedes Sapientiae). That they show supplicant figures and (often) canopies suggests they represent statues from churches, perhaps shrines. Images: @findsorguk

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@1970sfootball @IHPower It’s definitely Twitter

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@SarahBlick3 Tagging @SANHSinSomerset

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@JPG_1969 @BooksTeaFilms Great rood screen (which, incidentally, I got married in front of)!

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@BooksTeaFilms @RichardIIIGhost The type is referred to as 'Dragonesque'

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For #FindsFriday a stunning Limoges reliquary casket featuring, ia, the Magi on horseback! @Nationalmuseet https://t.co/oJ2PTSY9jr