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Head of Zeus @headofzeus.bsky.social · 3d

The Book of Kells by Victoria Whitworth - Out Today!

The Book of Kells is probably the most famous manuscript in the world – and Victoria Whitworth's masterly treatment offers something new.

Get your copy here! - https://bit.ly/48HEVnQ

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socmedarch.bsky.social @socmedarch.bsky.social · 4d

Happy Wednesday! Here are some recent medieval news stories you might have missed. First, a forgotten medieval abbey in Cerne Abbas, Dorset: tinyurl.com/socmedarch25 And a medieval knight beneath an ice cream parlour: tinyurl.com/socmedarch26 (Image of excavation: Piotr Wittman/gdansk.pl)

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Pauline Stafford @pstafford.bsky.social · 5d

Wirksworth still v significant royal holding in the Peak in Domesday with lead mines. Lead from Wirksworth sent by Abbess Cynewaru to Canterbury in 835, so some connection. In Mercia as in Northumbria, stone sculpture v important source for early ecclesiastical history. Here a lost female house? 3/

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Helen Gittos @helengittos.bsky.social · 10d

A warmly evocative tribute to Jinty Nelson by Alice Rio:
'Her openness about her family & how much it meant to her turned her into an inspiring role model to generations of younger women...she somehow made you feel that you could be yourself, & that this would not be counted against you.'

Past and Present @pastpresentsoc.bsky.social · 10d

Dame Janet L. Nelson (28 March 1942 – 14 October 2024)

by Alice Rio (All Souls College, University of Oxford)

doi.org/10.1093/past...

Dame Janet L. Nelson (28 March 1942 – 14 October 2024)*

Jinty Nelson left a strong mark of her presence in every institution that she was ever a part of, and there is none which does not regard its association w

doi.org

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Clare Downham @downham.bsky.social · 17d

Free book download of collected papers on Knowledge Commons ‘No Horns on their Helmets? essays on the Insular Viking Age’ #medievalsky #history #vikingsky #archaeology works.hcommons.org/records/xc6k...

No Horns on their Helmets? Essays on the Insular Viking Age

Collected papers, including 1 An imaginary viking-raid on Skye in 795? 2 Annals, armies, and artistry: 'The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle', 865–96 3 'Hiberno-Norwegians' and 'Anglo-Danes': anachronistic ethni...

works.hcommons.org

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Helen Gittos @helengittos.bsky.social · 16d

Is the Book of Kells from Pictland rather than Ireland? Great to see this @theguardian.com piece about @victoriawhitworth.bsky.social's new book on Kells, published by @headofzeus.bsky.social next month: www.bloomsbury.com/uk/book-of-k... www.theguardian.com/books/2025/s...

New research may rewrite origins of the Book of Kells, says academic

Exclusive: Author challenges assumption monks on Iona created manuscript, instead positing its origins are Pictish

www.theguardian.com

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Toby Martin @tobyfmartin.bsky.social · 20d

A chill in the air and some blushing crabapples are telling me autumn has surely arrived now. Have a great week everyone.

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(Dr) Rena Maguire @justrena.bsky.social · 23d

Get to see this before it goes in October!!!!

National Museum of Ireland @nmireland.bsky.social · 23d

One of the highlights of Words on the Wave at @NMIreland is Cod. Sang. 51—an 8th-c. Irish Gospel book with rare depictions of the Crucifixion & Second Coming. On display until 24 Oct. 🕊️
More: www.museum.ie/en-IE/Collec...

Depiction of the Second Coming in the ‘Irish Gospels of St Gall’; St. Gallen, Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. Sang 51, p. 267. © Stiftsbibliothek St. Gallen

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Daniel MacLean @danielmaclean.bsky.social · 23d

THE PICTISH ARTS SOCIETY CONFERENCE!!

Day 1, Metal and Metalwork
Day 2, New research on Pictish Art and it’s Context

Book below!

facebook.com/events/s/pas...

PAS Annual Conference 2025

Event in Brechin, United Kingdom by The Pictish Arts Society on Saturday, October 4 2025

facebook.com

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Carin Ruff @carinr.bsky.social · 26d

Today is the feast of Edith of Wilton, d. ca. 984. 🕯️ My hero for fighting Æthelwold over her wardrobe and winning. Read more here: blogs.bl.uk/digitisedman...

Gotha Forschungsbibliothek Membr. I 81, a 14th-c. MS, contains copy of her Vita by Goscelin.

#medievalsky

Gotha Forschungsbibliothek Membr. I 81, fol. 189r

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Rory Naismith @rorynaismith.bsky.social · Sep 12

Coming next spring ... yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300...

Offa

An authoritative biography of Offa of Mercia, revealing his importance as the king who stood at the turning point of Anglo-Saxon history Offa ruled the Merci...

yalebooks.yale.edu

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The Pictish Arts Society @pictishartssociety.bsky.social · Sep 11

Agenda is up for the Pictish Arts Society conference 2025, happening online on Sat 4 and Sun 5 October. Papers on metal and metalworking in Pictland, plus latest updates from
@northernpicts.bsky.social and new research on Pictish cross-slabs and bull carvings. Tickets from £12.94. Not to be missed!

Conf | The PAS

www.thepictishartssociety.org.uk

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Royal Archaeological Institute @royalarchinst.bsky.social · Sep 5

Check out the great line up for our 2025 - 2026 lecture programme. Full details at www.royalarchinst.org/events/lectu...

Lectures are held in the rooms of the Society of Antiquaries of London, Burlington House, at 5 p.m and on our YouTube channel.

Lecture Programme

View our lecture program - open to both members and non-members - covering a variety of topics between October and May every year.

www.royalarchinst.org

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Charles West @pseudo-isidore.bsky.social · Sep 3

Another major aDNA paper on early medieval Europe. Hard to keep up.

MPI-EVA Leipzig @mpi-eva-leipzig.bsky.social · Sep 3

How the #Slavic #migration reshaped Central & Eastern #Europe. Ancient #DNA provides new insights into early medieval communities. Study @nature.com by an intl. team led by Joscha Gretzinger, @zhofmanova.bsky.social & Johannes Krause. #HistoGenes More: tinyurl.com/msuys4mu & doi.org/10.1038/s415...

How the Slavic migration reshaped Central and Eastern Europe

Genetic analyses of medieval human remains reveal large-scale migrations, regional diversity, and new insights into early medieval communities

tinyurl.com

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Frisia Coast Trail @frisiacoasttrail.bsky.social · Aug 31

This is the medieval church of Westerwijtwerd with its unique mural of two Frisian fighters.

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North Ages @northages.bsky.social · Aug 31

Aug 31: Feast of Cuthburh (Cuthburga) (†c.725). She wed Aldfrith, king of the Northumbrians, but later became nun at Barking then co-founded double monastery at Winburnan (Wimborne) with her sister Cwenburh. Austere to herself but kindly to others. Wimborne Minster 📸Memorino #medievalsky

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Pauline Stafford @pstafford.bsky.social · Aug 14

Sad news. A pioneering woman historian.

Somerville College, Oxford @somervillecollege.bsky.social · Aug 11

We are deeply saddened by news of the death of our Emeritus Fellow Barbara Harvey, CBE, FBA, at the age of 97. Barbara was a Fellow and Tutor in Medieval History at Somerville from 1955 to 1993. Read more here: buff.ly/X9SANFs

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barbarayorke.bsky.social @barbarayorke.bsky.social · Aug 13

I find that with PowerPoint I don’t really need a script as the salient points can go on there in one form or another and I can ad lib the links (though, of course I don’t have to listen to myself so those that have had to may disagree!).

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Royal Archaeological Institute @royalarchinst.bsky.social · Jul 29

RAI Vacancies: Honorary Secretary and Honorary Treasurer

Full details are available at www.royalarchinst.org/news/2025/va...

Applications to be submitted to the Manager at [email protected] by 31st August.

Vacancies: Honorary Secretary and Honorary Treasurer

The Royal Archaeological Institute is seeking applications for the roles of Honorary Secretary and Honorary Treasurer. The Hon Secretary is responsible for overseeing the running of the Institute, org...

www.royalarchinst.org

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Clare Downham @downham.bsky.social · Jul 29

Zoomorphic Handle from Donore, Co. Meath 8th century. My favourite little face in ‘The Word on the Wave’ exhibition at the National Museum of Ireland, Kildare St #medievalsky #ireland

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barbarayorke.bsky.social @barbarayorke.bsky.social · Jul 30

It is great, but buy it while you are there. I made the mistake of not buying it when I was visiting the exhibition (too much luggage already) and I had some difficulty getting hold of it afterwards as there were problems with the online shop (many thanks to Shane of NMI for helping me out).

Dr Kate Farrant Shaw @katefarrantshaw.bsky.social · Jul 28

Celtic medieval treasures - new publication out which accompanies the stunning exhibition of early medieval treasures at the National Museum of Ireland, Kildare- 'Words on the Wave: Ireland and St. Gallen in Early Medieval Europe'
www.museum.ie/en-IE/Collec... #medievalsky

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Dr Christina Cowart-Smith @celticist.bsky.social · Jul 25

Heads up! The brilliant @victoriawhitworth.bsky.social’s Kells book is in Waterstones’ upcoming summer sale. I had the pleasure of engaging with the book when it was being written and it’s splendid - evocative, rigorous, step-changing.

Get your copy on preorder at an excellent price! Code: SUMMER25

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Charles West @pseudo-isidore.bsky.social · Jul 23

What a lovely homage.

Royal Historical Society @royalhistsoc.org · Jul 23

'Jinty Nelson in Thirteen Articles', edited by Alice Rio bit.ly/46WkC5j

New in 'Transactions', a special essay celebrating the work of medieval historian Jinty Nelson (1942-2024). Thirteen historians choose articles (1977-2016) that have had a lasting impression on their own careers #Skystorians

Transactions article: 'Jinty Nelson in Thirteen Articles', first page

Image of memorial event for Jinty Nelson at King's College London, 20 May 2025

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socmedarch.bsky.social @socmedarch.bsky.social · Jul 23

We're back with some recent medieval news stories you might have missed! First up, an excavation shedding light on the tough lives of Early Medieval women: tinyurl.com/socmedarch9 And then we have new insights into medieval Dongola: tinyurl.com/socmedarch12

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Simon Coupland @scoupland.bsky.social · Jul 22

In case you missed it on the BBC:
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Rare Anglo-Saxon coin bought by Exeter museum

Only three of the Anglo-Saxon silver pennies exist, bearing an early version of the name Exeter.

www.bbc.co.uk

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