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Testing a video share on Mastodon. Part of my Pannonian Avar project. I watched a few videos on Youtube and practiced drawing lance moves. Content warning: Violence.

#drawing #avars #earlymedieval #lancer #speculativehistory #historicalcomics

The second set of pics from my Deerhurst visit.

This is St Mary's church, which has it's origins in the 8th century. The church has grown and changed over the centuries, but to stand in such an ancient building was incredible. The third image shows the Deerhurst Angel, and the last shows a Wolf head (one of a pair).

#history #anglosaxon #england #english #englishhistory #photo #photography #getoutside #getoutdoors #saxon #darkages #earlymedieval #anglosaxonhistory #albion

A picture of St Mary's as I walk along the path towards it.

A picture of the interior of St Mary's, taken from the end of the aisle looking towards the altar.

The Deerhurst Angel, placed high on a wall at the back of the church by the ruined Apse.

One of the carvings of a Saxon wolf head, there's one each side of the door.

“If you just look at the archaeology of our top early medieval monasteries, Portmahomack stands out as exceptionally literate and book-orientated. The standard books will say there are no Pictish manuscripts. We need to flip that on its head and say that the Book of Kells is actually an exceptionally Pictish-looking manuscript.”

New research may rewrite origins of the Book of Kells

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2025/sep/26/new-research-may-rewrite-origins-of-the-book-of-kells-says-academic

#Scotland #Ireland #medieval #earlymedieval #Picts #Celticstudies #art #religiousart

Ancient Writing in the Gaelic World : The Ogam Scripts and Ogam Text [pdf poster 1pp] #ogam #ogham #EarlyMedieval https://www.academia.edu/128572481/Poster_on_Ogam

The Donaghmore Ogam Stone [pdf 1pp] #ogham #ogam #OghamIn3D #OghamProject #EarlyMedieval https://www.academia.edu/keypass/SHZ3emZHQk83OVoxMXZjaXVucHJhMFFMcWtnbk1FQ3lLUlJvdGJkNlFiUT0tLU5BSTdFL2VBQ1F3LzFTeXI4WjB1eHc9PQ==--9a9b7e33b06ad2f8051dcb555528679c4438c092/t/F9PT-SuZW7v7-qz880/resource/work/128572415/The_Donaghmore_Ogam_Stone

King Alfred’s Peace-Making Strategies with the Vikings https://www.medievalists.net/2025/02/king-alfreds-peace-making-strategies-with-the-vikings/ #Vikings #EarlyMedieval #EnglishHistory

Colmán’s Legacy: From Lindisfarne to Inishbofin (Possibly via Commondale?)

Today marks the anniversary of the death of Colmán of Lindisfarne in the year 675. A fine excuse, I thought, to wander over to Commondale, a place supposedly named after the saint. At least, that is what Tom Scott Burns claimed in The Walker’s Guide to the Cleveland Hills. But, as with most things, it is n ...

http://www.fhithich.uk/?p=37479

#Commondale #NorthYorkMoors #EarlyMedieval #history #prehistoric

Lots of little dragon heads: This tablet woven trim is inspired by a 10th century textile fragment from Dublin. It is not a faithful reconstruction of the original. While the original is woven in brocade technique, this trim has been woven with 2 threads per tablet. It resembles the motive pretty well, though: double dragon heads, hence called Dublin Dragons.
#tabletweaving #brettchenweben #Wikinger #viking #mittelalter #medieval #reenactment #weben #weaving #earlymedieval #livinghistory #dragon

I may have bought a sword....

#HEMA #nerd #EarlyMedieval #sword #GreedyBastard

image of a replica germanic spatha: the pommel consists of a semioctagonal counterweight on a pommel mount; the pommel mount is inlaid with a band of some wood of sorts. The grip is tapering towards the centre, where too that same wood is inlaid. The crossguard is small like a gladius's, so barely enough to cover the knuckles, but also inlaid with a band of wood. It's sheathed and only part of the scabbard is visible; the locket (metal top of the scabbard) is shiny as balls. the rest is faux leather (it was cheap enough for me to want to buy - don't judge my dutch stinginess)

Temperature Inversions and Timetable Errors

A glorious morning on the hills south of Guisborough, the so-called top of Belmangate. While the town wallowed in cold and damp misery, those above the temperature inversion were treated to the breathtaking sight of Eston Nab and Airy Hill rising like islands from the clouds, with a diffused Brocken spectre thrown in for good measure.

Dr. ...

http://www.fhithich.uk/?p=37071

#Guisborough #NorthYorkMoors #EarlyMedieval #etymology #Roman

A Slog up Roseberry Topping and a Nod to Pagan Roots

I could claim it was a brisk dash up Roseberry Topping this morning, but in truth, it was more of a plodding trudge. Perhaps it only felt that way because I foolishly dressed for winter, not realising it would be unseasonably warm for Christmas Eve. This is the view from the summit, looking down on Aireyholme ...

http://www.fhithich.uk/?p=37049

#Aireyholme #ClevelandHills #NorthYorkMoors #RoseberryTopping #EarlyMedieval #history

Explore the festive side of early medieval history with the Christmas-themed issue of After Constantine! https://www.patreon.com/medievalists/shop/after-constantine-christmas-themed-issue-130212?source=storefront #journal #earlymedieval #LateAntiquity #christmas

Expand your knowledge of early medieval history with After Constantine, Issue 4—download now! https://www.patreon.com/medievalists/shop/after-constantine-issue-4-156954?source=storefront #earlymedieval

"Trafficking with Demons" fills a much-needed gap in the scholarship of magic, covering broadly the 4th to the 10th centuries CE. #History #Religion #EarlyMedieval #LateAntiquity #HistoryFacts https://www.worldhistory.org/review/460/trafficking-with-demons-magic-ritual-and-gender-fr/

Check out our latest paper on the early medieval site of Busa delle Vette (Dolomites), published in the last issue of Preistoria Alpina. Residue analysis showed that some of the cooking pots found at the site were used to prepare millet porridge! Markers of red fruits have also been found.
https://www.muse.it/home/ricerca-e-collezioni/editoria-muse/riviste-e-collane/preistoria-alpina/volumi-e-articoli-pa-dal-2016/pa-vol-54-2024/

#mountainarchaeology #earlymedieval #dolomitipark #residueanalysis

Thirteen treasures: discussion of lists of named possessions in #earlymedieval Britain, Tri Thlws ar Ddeg Ynys Brydain.
#bookstodon https://wp.me/p9xVjG-dV

‘The Chief Relic of the Western World’: Columcille & the Book of Kells
28 March, free online (booking essential)

Created two centuries after St Columba’s death, The Book of Kells is one of the great treasures of Western religious art. Dr Rosemary Power’s talk will give an introduction to the artistry & theology that shaped it.

#Scottish #Irish #literature #CelticStudies #BookofKells #medieval #earlymedieval #art #theology #religion

https://www.kilmartin.org/evening-talks

Funded PhD alert! Applications now open for an IRC-funded PhD scholarship on the EMISoS (Early Medieval Irish Scripts on Stone) project! Full details available here: https://www.maynoothuniversity.ie/early-irish-sean-ghaeilge/news/fully-funded-phd-scholarship-department-early-irish-maynooth-university
#PhD #EarlyIrish #CelticStudies #EarlyMedieval #InscribedStones #DigitalEpigraphy

Beyond the Mist — The Battle of Stokesley

This morning, the air on Great Ayton Moor was crystal clear, but away in the south-west, a low mist crept up the Vale of Cleveland, making the wind turbines at Seamer look like they're levitating.

That white house yonder caught my eye. Turns out, it's Howe Hill. Now, I can therefore take a brief detour into a tale about the Saxon Battle of Stokesl ...

http://www.fhithich.uk/?p=34818

#GreatAytonMoor #Stokesley #AngloSaxon #EarlyMedieval

Easby Moor from Roseberry Topping

The names Easby and Roseberry both derive from Old Scandinavian, but what did the Deiri tribe, nestled snugly between the Humber and the Tees rivers, call these places? Picture Deira as the precursor to Yorkshire, holding court in York.

But Deira wasn't a territorial area. It seems more like a robust dynasty. The exact genesis of this lineage has been lost ...

http://www.fhithich.uk/?p=34679

#Aireyholme #EasbyMoor #NorthYorkMoors #EarlyMedieval

#earlymedieval

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