Malcolm Stoneman
@malcolmstoneman.bsky.social
Interests - Walking, Cycling, Travel, History, Nature. Retired Head of Humanities, European. 🇪🇺
January 10, 2026 at 11:02 AM
Votive silver plaque - Romano British
4th Century CE
Significant because of Christian chi-rho monogram. (See ALT text)
Dedicated by a visitor to the shrine/church & perhaps pinned up or placed on an altar.
Found Water Newton, #Cambridgeshire
Now #BritishMuseum
#RomanSiteSaturday #RomanBritain
4th Century CE
Significant because of Christian chi-rho monogram. (See ALT text)
Dedicated by a visitor to the shrine/church & perhaps pinned up or placed on an altar.
Found Water Newton, #Cambridgeshire
Now #BritishMuseum
#RomanSiteSaturday #RomanBritain
January 10, 2026 at 9:21 AM
Votive silver plaque - Romano British
4th Century CE
Significant because of Christian chi-rho monogram. (See ALT text)
Dedicated by a visitor to the shrine/church & perhaps pinned up or placed on an altar.
Found Water Newton, #Cambridgeshire
Now #BritishMuseum
#RomanSiteSaturday #RomanBritain
4th Century CE
Significant because of Christian chi-rho monogram. (See ALT text)
Dedicated by a visitor to the shrine/church & perhaps pinned up or placed on an altar.
Found Water Newton, #Cambridgeshire
Now #BritishMuseum
#RomanSiteSaturday #RomanBritain
Church of All Saints,
#Combeinteignhead #Devon
Battlemented west tower (perhaps 15th Century) with diagonal buttresses & an embattled polygonal north east stair turret.
Restored by Fulford in 1851 & 1887 with tall corner white pinnacles, when the rest of the tower is red.
#SteepleSaturday
#Combeinteignhead #Devon
Battlemented west tower (perhaps 15th Century) with diagonal buttresses & an embattled polygonal north east stair turret.
Restored by Fulford in 1851 & 1887 with tall corner white pinnacles, when the rest of the tower is red.
#SteepleSaturday
January 10, 2026 at 8:04 AM
Church of All Saints,
#Combeinteignhead #Devon
Battlemented west tower (perhaps 15th Century) with diagonal buttresses & an embattled polygonal north east stair turret.
Restored by Fulford in 1851 & 1887 with tall corner white pinnacles, when the rest of the tower is red.
#SteepleSaturday
#Combeinteignhead #Devon
Battlemented west tower (perhaps 15th Century) with diagonal buttresses & an embattled polygonal north east stair turret.
Restored by Fulford in 1851 & 1887 with tall corner white pinnacles, when the rest of the tower is red.
#SteepleSaturday
January 9, 2026 at 11:04 AM
Lid of an #Etruscan funerary urn
Made in #Volterra
Tufa
c. 250-100 BCE
Found in Volterra and eventually later part of Dr John Disney collection.
Such private collections form the basis of many of our famous museums.
See ALT text.
Now #FitzwilliamMuseum #Cambridge
#FindsFriday
Made in #Volterra
Tufa
c. 250-100 BCE
Found in Volterra and eventually later part of Dr John Disney collection.
Such private collections form the basis of many of our famous museums.
See ALT text.
Now #FitzwilliamMuseum #Cambridge
#FindsFriday
January 9, 2026 at 9:02 AM
Lid of an #Etruscan funerary urn
Made in #Volterra
Tufa
c. 250-100 BCE
Found in Volterra and eventually later part of Dr John Disney collection.
Such private collections form the basis of many of our famous museums.
See ALT text.
Now #FitzwilliamMuseum #Cambridge
#FindsFriday
Made in #Volterra
Tufa
c. 250-100 BCE
Found in Volterra and eventually later part of Dr John Disney collection.
Such private collections form the basis of many of our famous museums.
See ALT text.
Now #FitzwilliamMuseum #Cambridge
#FindsFriday
Holy water stoup
Alabaster marble
Late 13th century
School of Nicola Pisano, attributed to Giovanni Pisano.
Chiesa di San Giovanni Fuorcivitas, #Pistoia #Italy
The shaft, with carvings of the Three Theological Virtues, supports the basin with the Four Cardinal Virtues.
Not quite #FontsOnFriday
Alabaster marble
Late 13th century
School of Nicola Pisano, attributed to Giovanni Pisano.
Chiesa di San Giovanni Fuorcivitas, #Pistoia #Italy
The shaft, with carvings of the Three Theological Virtues, supports the basin with the Four Cardinal Virtues.
Not quite #FontsOnFriday
January 9, 2026 at 8:45 AM
Holy water stoup
Alabaster marble
Late 13th century
School of Nicola Pisano, attributed to Giovanni Pisano.
Chiesa di San Giovanni Fuorcivitas, #Pistoia #Italy
The shaft, with carvings of the Three Theological Virtues, supports the basin with the Four Cardinal Virtues.
Not quite #FontsOnFriday
Alabaster marble
Late 13th century
School of Nicola Pisano, attributed to Giovanni Pisano.
Chiesa di San Giovanni Fuorcivitas, #Pistoia #Italy
The shaft, with carvings of the Three Theological Virtues, supports the basin with the Four Cardinal Virtues.
Not quite #FontsOnFriday
Coffee time ☕️☕️🌺 -
#Cambridge #Cambridgeshire
Rose - 📷 07.01.2026
Pembroke College Library #Cambridge
Architect - Alfred Waterhouse 1877
#elevensestime
#Cambridge #Cambridgeshire
Rose - 📷 07.01.2026
Pembroke College Library #Cambridge
Architect - Alfred Waterhouse 1877
#elevensestime
January 8, 2026 at 11:02 AM
Coffee time ☕️☕️🌺 -
#Cambridge #Cambridgeshire
Rose - 📷 07.01.2026
Pembroke College Library #Cambridge
Architect - Alfred Waterhouse 1877
#elevensestime
#Cambridge #Cambridgeshire
Rose - 📷 07.01.2026
Pembroke College Library #Cambridge
Architect - Alfred Waterhouse 1877
#elevensestime
Small #Roman jar
Bronze (copper alloy)
C. 100-300 CE
Small jar (amphora) with enameled inlay decoration and stopper.
In Fitzwilliam Museum, #Cambridge
#MetalworkThursday
Bronze (copper alloy)
C. 100-300 CE
Small jar (amphora) with enameled inlay decoration and stopper.
In Fitzwilliam Museum, #Cambridge
#MetalworkThursday
January 8, 2026 at 8:38 AM
Small #Roman jar
Bronze (copper alloy)
C. 100-300 CE
Small jar (amphora) with enameled inlay decoration and stopper.
In Fitzwilliam Museum, #Cambridge
#MetalworkThursday
Bronze (copper alloy)
C. 100-300 CE
Small jar (amphora) with enameled inlay decoration and stopper.
In Fitzwilliam Museum, #Cambridge
#MetalworkThursday
January 7, 2026 at 11:02 AM
Guildhall of St Mary, #Eye #Suffolk
Late 15th Century #medieval, timber framed, with upper oriel windows.
Restored 1875, when much of the carving was re-cut.
The angle-post has a medieval (or is it Victorian?) carving of the Angel Gabriel.
#WindowsOnWednesday
#Woodensday
#WoodcarvingWednesday
Late 15th Century #medieval, timber framed, with upper oriel windows.
Restored 1875, when much of the carving was re-cut.
The angle-post has a medieval (or is it Victorian?) carving of the Angel Gabriel.
#WindowsOnWednesday
#Woodensday
#WoodcarvingWednesday
January 7, 2026 at 7:57 AM
Guildhall of St Mary, #Eye #Suffolk
Late 15th Century #medieval, timber framed, with upper oriel windows.
Restored 1875, when much of the carving was re-cut.
The angle-post has a medieval (or is it Victorian?) carving of the Angel Gabriel.
#WindowsOnWednesday
#Woodensday
#WoodcarvingWednesday
Late 15th Century #medieval, timber framed, with upper oriel windows.
Restored 1875, when much of the carving was re-cut.
The angle-post has a medieval (or is it Victorian?) carving of the Angel Gabriel.
#WindowsOnWednesday
#Woodensday
#WoodcarvingWednesday
January 6, 2026 at 12:26 PM
Reposted by Malcolm Stoneman
#Epiphany #TympanumTuesday
The three kings arrive and present their gifts to the child Jesus: on lintel of Romanesque portal of Pieve Sant' Andrea in Pistoia.
Dated 1166, by Gruamonte, a sculptor/architect influenced by Pisa/Lucca style.
A rare portrayal, also related to Via Francigena pilgrimage.
The three kings arrive and present their gifts to the child Jesus: on lintel of Romanesque portal of Pieve Sant' Andrea in Pistoia.
Dated 1166, by Gruamonte, a sculptor/architect influenced by Pisa/Lucca style.
A rare portrayal, also related to Via Francigena pilgrimage.
January 6, 2026 at 9:45 AM
#Epiphany #TympanumTuesday
The three kings arrive and present their gifts to the child Jesus: on lintel of Romanesque portal of Pieve Sant' Andrea in Pistoia.
Dated 1166, by Gruamonte, a sculptor/architect influenced by Pisa/Lucca style.
A rare portrayal, also related to Via Francigena pilgrimage.
The three kings arrive and present their gifts to the child Jesus: on lintel of Romanesque portal of Pieve Sant' Andrea in Pistoia.
Dated 1166, by Gruamonte, a sculptor/architect influenced by Pisa/Lucca style.
A rare portrayal, also related to Via Francigena pilgrimage.
Reposted by Malcolm Stoneman
Shrine of the Three Kings, Cologne Cathedral
Der Dreikönigsschrein 1180-1225, rare Mosan Romanesque gold-plated silver reliquary, holding relics of The Magi: Caspar, Melchior & Balthasar; set with gems & ornamented with 74 high-relief figures.
#ThreeKingsDay #Epiphany
Der Dreikönigsschrein 1180-1225, rare Mosan Romanesque gold-plated silver reliquary, holding relics of The Magi: Caspar, Melchior & Balthasar; set with gems & ornamented with 74 high-relief figures.
#ThreeKingsDay #Epiphany
January 6, 2026 at 6:03 AM
Shrine of the Three Kings, Cologne Cathedral
Der Dreikönigsschrein 1180-1225, rare Mosan Romanesque gold-plated silver reliquary, holding relics of The Magi: Caspar, Melchior & Balthasar; set with gems & ornamented with 74 high-relief figures.
#ThreeKingsDay #Epiphany
Der Dreikönigsschrein 1180-1225, rare Mosan Romanesque gold-plated silver reliquary, holding relics of The Magi: Caspar, Melchior & Balthasar; set with gems & ornamented with 74 high-relief figures.
#ThreeKingsDay #Epiphany
The Adoration of the Magi (detail)
Avignon or Naples
About 1340-4
For the feast of ephinany -
One of the #medieval paintings in @nationalgalleryuk.bsky.social -
“Siena: The Rise of Painting 1300-50”
Loaned by The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Other details from the painting in 🧵👇
Avignon or Naples
About 1340-4
For the feast of ephinany -
One of the #medieval paintings in @nationalgalleryuk.bsky.social -
“Siena: The Rise of Painting 1300-50”
Loaned by The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Other details from the painting in 🧵👇
January 6, 2026 at 8:50 AM
The Adoration of the Magi (detail)
Avignon or Naples
About 1340-4
For the feast of ephinany -
One of the #medieval paintings in @nationalgalleryuk.bsky.social -
“Siena: The Rise of Painting 1300-50”
Loaned by The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Other details from the painting in 🧵👇
Avignon or Naples
About 1340-4
For the feast of ephinany -
One of the #medieval paintings in @nationalgalleryuk.bsky.social -
“Siena: The Rise of Painting 1300-50”
Loaned by The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Other details from the painting in 🧵👇
January 5, 2026 at 6:31 PM
🚶🏻♂️ #Wimbotsham #Norfolk
#FenEdge #TheFens
• Track, ditch & threatening clouds
• Signpost - Gull Pit Drove
• Muntjac
• “You are being watched!”
#FenEdge #TheFens
• Track, ditch & threatening clouds
• Signpost - Gull Pit Drove
• Muntjac
• “You are being watched!”
January 5, 2026 at 4:37 PM
🚶🏻♂️ #Wimbotsham #Norfolk
#FenEdge #TheFens
• Track, ditch & threatening clouds
• Signpost - Gull Pit Drove
• Muntjac
• “You are being watched!”
#FenEdge #TheFens
• Track, ditch & threatening clouds
• Signpost - Gull Pit Drove
• Muntjac
• “You are being watched!”
January 5, 2026 at 10:46 AM
“Phoenix Mosaic” - Ibex frieze, carpet of roses.
Marble and limestone cubes
6th century CE
Daphne (suburb of Antioch on the Orontes,
Antakya, Turkey),
Assembled in the restoration of 2012, with the roses border having been displayed in Warsaw.
In @museelouvre.bsky.social #Paris
#MosaicMonday
Marble and limestone cubes
6th century CE
Daphne (suburb of Antioch on the Orontes,
Antakya, Turkey),
Assembled in the restoration of 2012, with the roses border having been displayed in Warsaw.
In @museelouvre.bsky.social #Paris
#MosaicMonday
January 5, 2026 at 8:04 AM
“Phoenix Mosaic” - Ibex frieze, carpet of roses.
Marble and limestone cubes
6th century CE
Daphne (suburb of Antioch on the Orontes,
Antakya, Turkey),
Assembled in the restoration of 2012, with the roses border having been displayed in Warsaw.
In @museelouvre.bsky.social #Paris
#MosaicMonday
Marble and limestone cubes
6th century CE
Daphne (suburb of Antioch on the Orontes,
Antakya, Turkey),
Assembled in the restoration of 2012, with the roses border having been displayed in Warsaw.
In @museelouvre.bsky.social #Paris
#MosaicMonday
🚶♀️🚶🏻♂️ Whin Common Road,
#Denver #Norfolk
Cottage with use of local carrstone & brick. Of note is the tumbling in, changing roof lines & vague Dutch gable outline.
#Vernacular #architecture
#SundayStonework
#Denver #Norfolk
Cottage with use of local carrstone & brick. Of note is the tumbling in, changing roof lines & vague Dutch gable outline.
#Vernacular #architecture
#SundayStonework
January 4, 2026 at 4:05 PM
🚶♀️🚶🏻♂️ Whin Common Road,
#Denver #Norfolk
Cottage with use of local carrstone & brick. Of note is the tumbling in, changing roof lines & vague Dutch gable outline.
#Vernacular #architecture
#SundayStonework
#Denver #Norfolk
Cottage with use of local carrstone & brick. Of note is the tumbling in, changing roof lines & vague Dutch gable outline.
#Vernacular #architecture
#SundayStonework
January 4, 2026 at 11:07 AM
Lady St Mary church,
#Wareham #Dorset
West window of etching, painting & stain on mouth blown glass. Designed by Andrew Johnson it dates from 2011.
The town is shown at the bottom with its two rivers, Frome & Piddle, full of fish in a vivid blue colour on either side.
#StainedGlassSunday
#Wareham #Dorset
West window of etching, painting & stain on mouth blown glass. Designed by Andrew Johnson it dates from 2011.
The town is shown at the bottom with its two rivers, Frome & Piddle, full of fish in a vivid blue colour on either side.
#StainedGlassSunday
January 4, 2026 at 8:51 AM
Lady St Mary church,
#Wareham #Dorset
West window of etching, painting & stain on mouth blown glass. Designed by Andrew Johnson it dates from 2011.
The town is shown at the bottom with its two rivers, Frome & Piddle, full of fish in a vivid blue colour on either side.
#StainedGlassSunday
#Wareham #Dorset
West window of etching, painting & stain on mouth blown glass. Designed by Andrew Johnson it dates from 2011.
The town is shown at the bottom with its two rivers, Frome & Piddle, full of fish in a vivid blue colour on either side.
#StainedGlassSunday
Reposted by Malcolm Stoneman
Something lovely for the weekend!
The Dorestad Brooch, c. AD 800.
This beautiful Carolingian brooch was found at the bottom of a well in the Netherlands in 1969!
Gold inlaid with almandines, pearls, glass, and enamel. Rijksmuseum van Oudheden, Leiden 📷 AlexanderVanLoon www.rmo.nl/en/collectio...
The Dorestad Brooch, c. AD 800.
This beautiful Carolingian brooch was found at the bottom of a well in the Netherlands in 1969!
Gold inlaid with almandines, pearls, glass, and enamel. Rijksmuseum van Oudheden, Leiden 📷 AlexanderVanLoon www.rmo.nl/en/collectio...
January 3, 2026 at 6:49 PM
Something lovely for the weekend!
The Dorestad Brooch, c. AD 800.
This beautiful Carolingian brooch was found at the bottom of a well in the Netherlands in 1969!
Gold inlaid with almandines, pearls, glass, and enamel. Rijksmuseum van Oudheden, Leiden 📷 AlexanderVanLoon www.rmo.nl/en/collectio...
The Dorestad Brooch, c. AD 800.
This beautiful Carolingian brooch was found at the bottom of a well in the Netherlands in 1969!
Gold inlaid with almandines, pearls, glass, and enamel. Rijksmuseum van Oudheden, Leiden 📷 AlexanderVanLoon www.rmo.nl/en/collectio...
January 3, 2026 at 4:31 PM
Reposted by Malcolm Stoneman
👀 Tea time ☕️☕️🌺 -
#Wimbotsham #Norfolk
Progress report on yesterday’s rose. 😉
( @karenmca.bsky.social )
A great afternoon walk, with a slight snow flurry, the rose still in flower, two Cattle Egrets across the fields & ……………………… a Kingfisher in flight.
📷 03.01.2026
#elevensestime
#Wimbotsham #Norfolk
Progress report on yesterday’s rose. 😉
( @karenmca.bsky.social )
A great afternoon walk, with a slight snow flurry, the rose still in flower, two Cattle Egrets across the fields & ……………………… a Kingfisher in flight.
📷 03.01.2026
#elevensestime
January 3, 2026 at 4:08 PM
👀 Tea time ☕️☕️🌺 -
#Wimbotsham #Norfolk
Progress report on yesterday’s rose. 😉
( @karenmca.bsky.social )
A great afternoon walk, with a slight snow flurry, the rose still in flower, two Cattle Egrets across the fields & ……………………… a Kingfisher in flight.
📷 03.01.2026
#elevensestime
#Wimbotsham #Norfolk
Progress report on yesterday’s rose. 😉
( @karenmca.bsky.social )
A great afternoon walk, with a slight snow flurry, the rose still in flower, two Cattle Egrets across the fields & ……………………… a Kingfisher in flight.
📷 03.01.2026
#elevensestime
January 3, 2026 at 11:04 AM