New: Peter Fergusson PhD Scholarship in English Medieval Architecture @courtauld.bsky.social. Preliminary deadline 17 Nov. For more info visit courtauld.ac.uk/study/postgr... - or DM me.

Geoffrey Luttrell, patron of the Luttrell Psalter, died 650 years ago today - 23 May 1345 also his 69th birthday. Ars longa, vita brevis. (British Library, Add MS 42130). (Speaking of brevis, I’ve posted a much longer blather about this on insta). Happy anniversary, Geoffrey Luttrell.

Goya’s luminous salmon steaks are completely ravishing - like he painted them for an hour and a half, then ate them. One of the many extraordinary works on loan to @courtauld.bsky.social from the Oskar Reinhart Collection for Goya to Impressionism, opening on Valentine’s Day.

I did this clutch of drawings over a few days, experimenting with scale and focusing on different kinds of detail. It was an interesting thing to do: reminded me that drawing forces a pace of observation that runs completely counter to our high-rate-glimpse culture.

don’t draw medieval art much - unsure why, maybe avoiding work/relaxation cross-contamination. But @tomnickson1981 and @sacharpg’s Medieval Multiplied show @courtauld, which is centred on the most incredible ivory mirror case, made me want to. courtauld.ac.uk/whats-on/med...

Delighted to see the unicorn horn, once in the treasury of St-Denis, back on display, in an excellent case and perfect location @museecluny 🤩🦄. #unicorn #unicornhorn #medievalsky

A year old today: Cosmo has been celebrating all day, primarily through the medium of snacks. 🥰 #korthalsgriffon #longhairpointinggriffon

Happy December c/o the Sherborne Missal (BL, Add MS 74236, fol. 11v)

The 891-year-old Smithfield meat market is closing, bringing to an end the medieval triumvirate of church, hospital, and market (the fairground and field with a horse pool and gallows are long gone…). Image: Lobel’s map of London c1520 #medievalsky #medievallondon

Cosmo is impervious to Bert but highly pervious to treats #stormbert #korthalsgriffon

Storm Bert is still blowing hard - 40+ mph gusts this morning. Worth consulting windy dot com as well as this Austrian diagram of c1300 before taking my reluctant hound for a walk.

#medievalsky

🍸📚 Reading Elizabeth de Burgh’s 1359 statutes for the foundation of Clare College - established in the wake of the plague, with student numbers down - is rather remarkable given the absolute state of things in 2024. 1/2 #medievalsky

Bluesky giving me c2011 flashback, when you could have an intense, sprawling convo with mss specialists all over the world about inky cat footprints or the material evidence of spectacle use in manuscripts… ps any tips finding on medieval art and medieval mss convos? #medievalsky #historysky

Is bluesky a light at the end of the tunnel…? Keen to find out…. c/o Hieronymous Bosch’s vision of the afterlife (in the Accademia, Venice)