Jill Harrison
@jillharrison1.bsky.social
FSA Scot, Social art historian/Fifteenth-century Scotland, Flanders and Burgundy. Research Associate, Open University. Leads the Trinity Network and Adornes Network. https://profiles.open.ac.uk/jill-harrison
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Current projects:
Co-Editor - Reviving the Trinity: Networks and Materialities in Scotland and Europe, 1400 -1600
Anselm Adornes: Travel, Trade and Cultural Exchange, Intellectual Networks in Scotland, Bruges and Jerusalem
Jean Guild Award: Reviving the Trinity Stones project
Co-Editor - Reviving the Trinity: Networks and Materialities in Scotland and Europe, 1400 -1600
Anselm Adornes: Travel, Trade and Cultural Exchange, Intellectual Networks in Scotland, Bruges and Jerusalem
Jean Guild Award: Reviving the Trinity Stones project
Waiting for the audience to arrive for my talk on Dutch Golden Age art in a rather wonderful setting in Newcastle.
December 9, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Waiting for the audience to arrive for my talk on Dutch Golden Age art in a rather wonderful setting in Newcastle.
REVIVING THE TRINITY STONES
We would love to welcome you to our exciting free exhibition at the Museum of Edinburgh in 2026. We would also be hugely grateful for donations to help us run our 8 week outreach programme of events, walks and talks.
www.gofundme.com/f/revive-the...
We would love to welcome you to our exciting free exhibition at the Museum of Edinburgh in 2026. We would also be hugely grateful for donations to help us run our 8 week outreach programme of events, walks and talks.
www.gofundme.com/f/revive-the...
Donate to REVIVE THE TRINITY STONES, a precious part of old Edinburgh, organized by Jill Harrison
Please Help us REVIVE THE TRINITY STONES, a precious and frag… Jill Harrison needs your support for REVIVE THE TRINITY STONES, a precious part of old Edinburgh
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December 5, 2025 at 6:35 PM
REVIVING THE TRINITY STONES
We would love to welcome you to our exciting free exhibition at the Museum of Edinburgh in 2026. We would also be hugely grateful for donations to help us run our 8 week outreach programme of events, walks and talks.
www.gofundme.com/f/revive-the...
We would love to welcome you to our exciting free exhibition at the Museum of Edinburgh in 2026. We would also be hugely grateful for donations to help us run our 8 week outreach programme of events, walks and talks.
www.gofundme.com/f/revive-the...
If you are interested in stones- and who isn't- this will be a terrific talk by Luis Albornoz-Parra.
www.ahss.org.uk/news-events/...
www.ahss.org.uk/news-events/...
The Building Stones of Edinburgh with Luis Albornoz-Parra - Architectural Heritage Society of Scotland
Edinburgh is renowned for its dramatic stone architecture. What are the sources and types of building stone?
www.ahss.org.uk
December 1, 2025 at 12:36 PM
If you are interested in stones- and who isn't- this will be a terrific talk by Luis Albornoz-Parra.
www.ahss.org.uk/news-events/...
www.ahss.org.uk/news-events/...
Just received the first exciting glimpse of the lay-out of our book, Anselm Adornes: Travel, Trade, Cultural Exchange and Intellectual Networks in Scotland, Bruges and Jerusalem, due out in February 2026. 370 pages and over 70 full colour images.
November 19, 2025 at 11:52 AM
Just received the first exciting glimpse of the lay-out of our book, Anselm Adornes: Travel, Trade, Cultural Exchange and Intellectual Networks in Scotland, Bruges and Jerusalem, due out in February 2026. 370 pages and over 70 full colour images.
Enjoying new research project on prophets and sibyls in Flemish art- some gorgeous images from the Ghent Altarpiece.
November 9, 2025 at 9:50 AM
Enjoying new research project on prophets and sibyls in Flemish art- some gorgeous images from the Ghent Altarpiece.
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@londonmedievalsoc.bsky.social London Medieval Society will be hosting its first colloquium of the academic year on the 22nd November 2025 on the subject of Women and Knowledge in the Middle Ages. 😊
You can find the Zoom link here: us02web.zoom.us/j/81823681150
You can find the Zoom link here: us02web.zoom.us/j/81823681150
October 25, 2025 at 9:01 PM
@londonmedievalsoc.bsky.social London Medieval Society will be hosting its first colloquium of the academic year on the 22nd November 2025 on the subject of Women and Knowledge in the Middle Ages. 😊
You can find the Zoom link here: us02web.zoom.us/j/81823681150
You can find the Zoom link here: us02web.zoom.us/j/81823681150
Fabulous flamboyants from St Giles Edinburgh, Bede's church of St Pauls, Jarrow and Melrose abbey.
October 19, 2025 at 9:25 AM
Fabulous flamboyants from St Giles Edinburgh, Bede's church of St Pauls, Jarrow and Melrose abbey.
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In case anyone is in Edinburgh and free a week on Thursday:
www.ifecosse.org.uk/events-agend...
www.ifecosse.org.uk/events-agend...
‘Engraved on Man’s Skin’: The Auld Alliance, Much More than a Military Alliance - Institut français · Écosse
‘For this bond was not written on parchment but engraved on the living flesh of man’s skin, not in ink but with their mixed blood.’ When the French poet and diplomat, Alain Chartier, arrived in Scotla...
www.ifecosse.org.uk
October 13, 2025 at 7:24 PM
In case anyone is in Edinburgh and free a week on Thursday:
www.ifecosse.org.uk/events-agend...
www.ifecosse.org.uk/events-agend...
Great to hear Anna Groundwater extolling Dorothy Dunnett's historical novels- and naming Anselm Adornes as a key figure connecting Scotland to Europe and beyond. DD's archive in NLS deserves much greater recognition ( and use) as a serious academic resource.
manuscripts.nls.uk/repositories...
manuscripts.nls.uk/repositories...
Further literary and personal papers of Dorothy Dunnett, including notebooks, photographs, typescripts, reviews, press cuttings, correspondence and related papers, mostly concerning historical researc...
manuscripts.nls.uk
August 27, 2025 at 9:32 AM
Great to hear Anna Groundwater extolling Dorothy Dunnett's historical novels- and naming Anselm Adornes as a key figure connecting Scotland to Europe and beyond. DD's archive in NLS deserves much greater recognition ( and use) as a serious academic resource.
manuscripts.nls.uk/repositories...
manuscripts.nls.uk/repositories...
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Talking ‘Finding Scotland’s Place in World History’ #EdBookFest celebrating new edition of 📚 Connecting Scotland's History 🏴
📍Venue T, Edinburgh Futures Institute, 18 August ⏰ 11am
🎟 bit.ly/3J0amPx
#EIBF #EdBookFest #scottishhistory #Scotland #history #timeline
📍Venue T, Edinburgh Futures Institute, 18 August ⏰ 11am
🎟 bit.ly/3J0amPx
#EIBF #EdBookFest #scottishhistory #Scotland #history #timeline
Watch online: Anna Groundwater: Finding Scotland’s Place in World History
From Mon 18 Aug - Though small in landmass, Scotland and her people have had a mighty impact on the world over many centuries. In Connecting Scotland's History, Anna Groundwater demonstrates the richn...
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August 5, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Talking ‘Finding Scotland’s Place in World History’ #EdBookFest celebrating new edition of 📚 Connecting Scotland's History 🏴
📍Venue T, Edinburgh Futures Institute, 18 August ⏰ 11am
🎟 bit.ly/3J0amPx
#EIBF #EdBookFest #scottishhistory #Scotland #history #timeline
📍Venue T, Edinburgh Futures Institute, 18 August ⏰ 11am
🎟 bit.ly/3J0amPx
#EIBF #EdBookFest #scottishhistory #Scotland #history #timeline
A further episode in the Reviving the Trinity Stones project.
oldedinburghclub.org.uk/trinity-ston...
oldedinburghclub.org.uk/trinity-ston...
Trinity Stone Seekers: Out and About in Restalrig - The Old Edinburgh Club
A visit to St Triduanas Chapel, Restalrig by the the Trinity Stone Seekers looking for connections to the Trinity Collegiate Church
oldedinburghclub.org.uk
August 13, 2025 at 7:02 PM
A further episode in the Reviving the Trinity Stones project.
oldedinburghclub.org.uk/trinity-ston...
oldedinburghclub.org.uk/trinity-ston...
Spectacular images of jewellery and textiles in the James VI/I exhibition at Edinburgh Portrait Gallery. Prominence of the order of St George shows the king embracing his English identity.
July 31, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Spectacular images of jewellery and textiles in the James VI/I exhibition at Edinburgh Portrait Gallery. Prominence of the order of St George shows the king embracing his English identity.
Edinburgh's First Burghers- a fascinating exhibition at St Giles, not to be missed.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=p9mZ...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=p9mZ...
Edinburgh's First Burghers
YouTube video by Edinburgh Council
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July 15, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Edinburgh's First Burghers- a fascinating exhibition at St Giles, not to be missed.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=p9mZ...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=p9mZ...
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Just received a really lovely piece of news:
Visual Arts and the Auld Alliance: Scotland, France and National Identity c.1420-1550 has been longlisted for the Berger Prize 2025!
So very pleased. @edinburghup.bsky.social / Walpole Society/ British Art Matters
www.walpolesociety.org.uk/post/berger-...
Visual Arts and the Auld Alliance: Scotland, France and National Identity c.1420-1550 has been longlisted for the Berger Prize 2025!
So very pleased. @edinburghup.bsky.social / Walpole Society/ British Art Matters
www.walpolesociety.org.uk/post/berger-...
Berger Prize 2025 Longlist announcement
The longlist for the 2025 Berger Prize was announced at the Walpole Society Summer Party on 9 July 2024, held at the Warburg Institute.The chair of the judging panel, Dr Jonny Yarker, noted that this ...
www.walpolesociety.org.uk
July 10, 2025 at 10:41 AM
Just received a really lovely piece of news:
Visual Arts and the Auld Alliance: Scotland, France and National Identity c.1420-1550 has been longlisted for the Berger Prize 2025!
So very pleased. @edinburghup.bsky.social / Walpole Society/ British Art Matters
www.walpolesociety.org.uk/post/berger-...
Visual Arts and the Auld Alliance: Scotland, France and National Identity c.1420-1550 has been longlisted for the Berger Prize 2025!
So very pleased. @edinburghup.bsky.social / Walpole Society/ British Art Matters
www.walpolesociety.org.uk/post/berger-...
Exploring James III's intriguing and unique chapel at Restalrig. More exciting stones and mason's marks to compare with those at Trinity, built not long before. Was this a chapter house, meeting place of an order on the now lost upper story? The acoustic is fabulous so music important.
July 10, 2025 at 9:12 AM
Exploring James III's intriguing and unique chapel at Restalrig. More exciting stones and mason's marks to compare with those at Trinity, built not long before. Was this a chapter house, meeting place of an order on the now lost upper story? The acoustic is fabulous so music important.
At last!! Delighted that 'Reviving the Trinity: Networks and Materialities in Scotland and Europe, 1400 -1600' is now with the publisher. Huge thanks to co-editors and all our patient and terrific authors. The Trinity Network has some exciting new initiatives in the pipeline-more news soon.
July 5, 2025 at 10:26 AM
At last!! Delighted that 'Reviving the Trinity: Networks and Materialities in Scotland and Europe, 1400 -1600' is now with the publisher. Huge thanks to co-editors and all our patient and terrific authors. The Trinity Network has some exciting new initiatives in the pipeline-more news soon.
Delighted to see our article 'Reviving the Trinity: Making Mary of Guelders’ 15th Century built legacy relevant in 21st Century Scotland' in Special Issue: Material Culture and Built Heritage: Manifestations of Scotland’s Royal Past, Present and Future.
rsj.winchester.ac.uk/30/volume/12...
rsj.winchester.ac.uk/30/volume/12...
June 25, 2025 at 9:28 AM
Delighted to see our article 'Reviving the Trinity: Making Mary of Guelders’ 15th Century built legacy relevant in 21st Century Scotland' in Special Issue: Material Culture and Built Heritage: Manifestations of Scotland’s Royal Past, Present and Future.
rsj.winchester.ac.uk/30/volume/12...
rsj.winchester.ac.uk/30/volume/12...
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Discover our newest titles in #Medieval Studies with this newsletter.
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#Medievalsky #History #MiddleAges #Philosophy #ReligiousStudies #Literature #Historysky #Medievalists
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#Medievalsky #History #MiddleAges #Philosophy #ReligiousStudies #Literature #Historysky #Medievalists
June 24, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Discover our newest titles in #Medieval Studies with this newsletter.
Go to: bit.ly/4nfU19b
#Medievalsky #History #MiddleAges #Philosophy #ReligiousStudies #Literature #Historysky #Medievalists
Go to: bit.ly/4nfU19b
#Medievalsky #History #MiddleAges #Philosophy #ReligiousStudies #Literature #Historysky #Medievalists
In Leicester to introduce academic, jouster and terrific speaker, Dr Toby Capwell. His talk, 'Richard III, his armour, and Bruges in the 15th century' at the DDS conference elicited a barrage of great questions and good discussion. The 14 c. Guildhall, Richard III Centre and cathedral worth seeing.
June 23, 2025 at 12:58 PM
In Leicester to introduce academic, jouster and terrific speaker, Dr Toby Capwell. His talk, 'Richard III, his armour, and Bruges in the 15th century' at the DDS conference elicited a barrage of great questions and good discussion. The 14 c. Guildhall, Richard III Centre and cathedral worth seeing.
Hot day, cool cows in Coquetdale, 8.30 a.m Thursday.
June 19, 2025 at 8:50 AM
Hot day, cool cows in Coquetdale, 8.30 a.m Thursday.
Part of a small group of FSA Scot. colleagues at University of Edinburgh’s Centre for Research Collections. Exciting to see the signature of William Scheves, archbishop of St Andrews, 1478 - 1497, and the tiny and exquisite 11th C. Celtic Psalter.
June 13, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Part of a small group of FSA Scot. colleagues at University of Edinburgh’s Centre for Research Collections. Exciting to see the signature of William Scheves, archbishop of St Andrews, 1478 - 1497, and the tiny and exquisite 11th C. Celtic Psalter.
Thank you NLS.
Finding historic place names now easier than ever. Our new Finding Placenames guide can help! The guide has millions of searchable place names, each of which are linked to a location on our historic maps. maps.nls.uk/guides/place...
Finding historic place names now easier than ever. Our new Finding Placenames guide can help! The guide has millions of searchable place names, each of which are linked to a location on our historic maps. maps.nls.uk/guides/place...
Placenames - Map images - National Library of Scotland
maps.nls.uk
June 8, 2025 at 8:46 AM
Thank you NLS.
Finding historic place names now easier than ever. Our new Finding Placenames guide can help! The guide has millions of searchable place names, each of which are linked to a location on our historic maps. maps.nls.uk/guides/place...
Finding historic place names now easier than ever. Our new Finding Placenames guide can help! The guide has millions of searchable place names, each of which are linked to a location on our historic maps. maps.nls.uk/guides/place...
Sharing my Trinity Stones website, a work in progress but you can now contact me via a link. I would love to know of any potentially Trinity or other medieval stone sightings. Huge thanks to my Old Edinburgh Club colleague, Hetty Lancaster who designed it.
www.revivingthetrinitystones.co.uk
www.revivingthetrinitystones.co.uk
Reviving the Trinity Stones Edinburgh
A history and heritage project uncovering the missing stones from the 15th century medieval Trinity Collegiate Church in Edinburgh, Scotland.
www.revivingthetrinitystones.co.uk
June 6, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Sharing my Trinity Stones website, a work in progress but you can now contact me via a link. I would love to know of any potentially Trinity or other medieval stone sightings. Huge thanks to my Old Edinburgh Club colleague, Hetty Lancaster who designed it.
www.revivingthetrinitystones.co.uk
www.revivingthetrinitystones.co.uk
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Great thread. TLDR or for English-lang folks:
stonemasons in 15th c Rouen worked on average 44hrs a week; 75% of weeks were not comprised of the assumed norm of 5.5 days work per work (Sat was 1/2 day on full pay), bc of religious holidays and feasts.
Loads more here, but these jumped out to me!🪨
stonemasons in 15th c Rouen worked on average 44hrs a week; 75% of weeks were not comprised of the assumed norm of 5.5 days work per work (Sat was 1/2 day on full pay), bc of religious holidays and feasts.
Loads more here, but these jumped out to me!🪨
Combien de temps un ouvrier médiéval travaillait-il, par jour, par semaine, par an ? Comment s'organisait une journée de travail ?
Un document fascinant de la cathédrale de Rouen permet de répondre à ces questions. Un fil ⬇️ ! #medievalists #medievalsky
Un document fascinant de la cathédrale de Rouen permet de répondre à ces questions. Un fil ⬇️ ! #medievalists #medievalsky
June 5, 2025 at 7:45 AM
Great thread. TLDR or for English-lang folks:
stonemasons in 15th c Rouen worked on average 44hrs a week; 75% of weeks were not comprised of the assumed norm of 5.5 days work per work (Sat was 1/2 day on full pay), bc of religious holidays and feasts.
Loads more here, but these jumped out to me!🪨
stonemasons in 15th c Rouen worked on average 44hrs a week; 75% of weeks were not comprised of the assumed norm of 5.5 days work per work (Sat was 1/2 day on full pay), bc of religious holidays and feasts.
Loads more here, but these jumped out to me!🪨