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Dr Christopher Monk @medievalmonk.bsky.social · 2d

I'd not come across Brocciu cheese. Less lactose than Ricotta, evidently.😋

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Dr Christopher Monk @medievalmonk.bsky.social · 4d

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Dr Christopher Monk @medievalmonk.bsky.social · 24d

Raisins in medieval England. Big ones, sultanas & currants.

This is for those who like a bit of nerdy research.

+ my translation of 2 recipes that use 'grete raysouns', from Richard II's cookery book: a big sausage with sauce & sweet n sour fish.

modernmedievalcuisine.com/2025/09/14/s...

Shining a light on… great raisins

Who would have thought that the subject of medieval raisins would be so complex? In this post, I explore the use of ‘great raisins’ in Richard II’s cookery book, and ask if we can…

modernmedievalcuisine.com

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Anna Willi @annabwilli.bsky.social · 8d

Come work with us!🏺
Together with my brilliant colleague Georgia Barker we are looking for a project curator to research how childhood is represented in the collections of our two departments at the British Museum, Egypt & Sudan and Greece & Rome. 👇👇👇

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Project Curator: Hidden Stories of Childhood Greece and Rome; Egypt and Sudan Full-time: 41 hours per week (including one hour paid lunch break) Fixed term for 12 months £36,396 per annum Application deadline: 12pm (midday) on 17 October 2025

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Dr Vicky Donnellan @vickydonnellan.bsky.social · 7d

This is coming up soon! Free lecture and reception, on Friday 10th October. There are still places left - please come along and/or pass onto your networks

Dr Vicky Donnellan @vickydonnellan.bsky.social · Sep 5

Free lecture by Prof Jaś Elsner at Senate House on 10th October. Book on the link below.

The 28th Denys Haynes Memorial Lecture

Monument, movement and the ritual body: ancient Indian, Roman and Greek art | British Museum share.google/glf556KROUQV...

Monument, movement and the ritual body: ancient Indian, Roman and Greek art

Join one of Britain's leading art historians, Jaś Elsner, for a look at the religious context of some of the great monuments of antiquity.

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Dr Christopher Monk @medievalmonk.bsky.social · 4d

Hope you enjoy making and, of course, eating it. 😋 Many thanks.

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Dr Christopher Monk @medievalmonk.bsky.social · 4d

It's been horrible, stormy weather here in Manchester UK, so I need a delicious #medieval treat:

The original apple pie; well, apple, pear & fig tart, 14th-cent style but with #glutenfree pastry.

Free recipe during October. Tip if you wish.

#LoveMedievalFood

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Recipe, Tart of Applis (apple tart), c.1381 (gluten-free)

A wonderful apple, pear, fig and raisin pastry, spiced with cinnamon, ginger and nutmeg. Perfect for a winter's day when all you want to do is snuggle up in front of the fire.The original 14th-century

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Dr Christopher Monk @medievalmonk.bsky.social · 24d

Raisins in medieval England. Big ones, sultanas & currants.

This is for those who like a bit of nerdy research.

+ my translation of 2 recipes that use 'grete raysouns', from Richard II's cookery book: a big sausage with sauce & sweet n sour fish.

modernmedievalcuisine.com/2025/09/14/s...

Shining a light on… great raisins

Who would have thought that the subject of medieval raisins would be so complex? In this post, I explore the use of ‘great raisins’ in Richard II’s cookery book, and ask if we can…

modernmedievalcuisine.com

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Tales From Antiquaria @antiquariapodcast.bsky.social · 23d

Tales From Antiquaria, a podcast dedicated to exploring the legacy of antiquarian folklore writing in the 1800s - is set to start this October. This is a world of witchcraft, superstition, history and lost traditions presented in the exact way they were recorded in the 1800s. Be great to conect!

Tales From Antiquaria

Home page of Tales From Antiquaria. Official website of Tales From Antiquaria, the podcast dedicated to the legacy of work published on antiquarian folklore and local history in the nineteenth century...

talesfromantiquaria.com

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Dr. Jeremy Swist @metalclassicist.bsky.social · 23d

Assyriologists etc: can you help me identify the artifact used in on the left in this album cover? Thanks!

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Dr Christopher Monk @medievalmonk.bsky.social · 24d

Raisins in medieval England. Big ones, sultanas & currants.

This is for those who like a bit of nerdy research.

+ my translation of 2 recipes that use 'grete raysouns', from Richard II's cookery book: a big sausage with sauce & sweet n sour fish.

modernmedievalcuisine.com/2025/09/14/s...

Shining a light on… great raisins

Who would have thought that the subject of medieval raisins would be so complex? In this post, I explore the use of ‘great raisins’ in Richard II’s cookery book, and ask if we can…

modernmedievalcuisine.com

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chloelewis.bsky.social @chloelewis.bsky.social · Sep 3

'The Seaholme roote preserved eyther in sirrup or by cauding is accepted for a great restorative' Richard Carew.

Sea Holly root is considered medicinal in several countries. A caudle was a warm sweetened drink with ale or wine + spices given to sick people.

#wildflowerhour

Sea holly, woodcut illustration from a herbal, Giorgio Libérale, 1572.

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Dr Christopher Monk @medievalmonk.bsky.social · Sep 2

In question pour les francophones :

Comment traduiriez-vous " c'est une sorte de beignet, qu'on met dans le bec " ?

Contexte : une érudite (Marianne Mulon) interprète une recette médiévale, appelée Mistembec.

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Dr Christopher Monk @medievalmonk.bsky.social · Sep 2

*Une question 😫

Dr Christopher Monk @medievalmonk.bsky.social · Sep 2

Wonderful!

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Alison Fisk @alisonfisk.bsky.social · Sep 2

Gorgeous glass gaming pieces from the Late British Iron Age.

This unique set of 24 coloured glass domes with a flattened base and spiral decoration may have been used for a game similar to ludo some 2,000 years ago.

British Museum 📷 by me

#Archaeology

My photo shows a set of Late Iron Age glass gaming pieces displayed on a sandy surface in a dislay case at the British Museum. The set is made up of 24 coloured glass domes; six each of white, yellow, blue, and translucent green glass. One of the yellow pieces is out of shot in my photo. Each game piece is decorated with five inset spiral motifs in a contrasting colour. Nearly all pieces are uniform in shape; domed, with a slightly pointed apex, and a flattened base. Dimensions approximately 2.57 cm diameter and 2.2 cm height.

The gaming pieces were recovered from a richly-furnished Late Iron Age cremation burial in Welwyn Garden City, when it was disturbed during the construction of two gas-pipe trenches during the building of the Panshangar Estate in 1965.

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Dr Tom Horne @hornesupremacy.bsky.social · Sep 2

⚔️ A really rather splendid Anglo-Scandinavian sword dating to c. AD 900-1000, found at Battersea, London.

A true Viking-Age status symbol in a hyper-violent era.

LI1089.1 (1884.121.21)

On loan from @pittriversmuseum.bsky.social

My 📷 | Ref. @ashmoleanmuseum.bsky.social

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Centre for the Study of Manuscript Cultures (CSMC) @csmc-hamburg.bsky.social · Sep 2

Using digital tools to bring order to the creative chaos in Rilke's notebooks: Our Visual Manuscript Analysis Lab collaborated with @dlamarbach.bsky.social to investigate 56 notebooks of one of the greatest German-language poets:
uhh.de/csmc-rilke

Page from a notebook of Rainer Maria Rilke, DLA, A:Rilke-Archiv Gernsbach.

Another page from a notebook with writing in different colours and directions, and a drawing.

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Hannah Scott @drhannahlscott.bsky.social · Sep 2

Calling the #arthistory hive mind ☎️I’m supervising a UG dissertation on late 19th-c French art this year, especially images of public spaces.

It’s a while since I worked on this material; I’d love to hear recommendations of fab recentish studies.

Link me your book/article! Brag for your friends!

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Dr Christopher Monk @medievalmonk.bsky.social · Sep 2

Je pense qu'elle dit que c'est une sorte de beignet qu'on met dans la bouche, faisant allusion à l'argot " bec ".

Hélas, elle est décédée, alors je ne peux pas lui poser la question.

Merci beaucoup.

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Dr Christopher Monk @medievalmonk.bsky.social · Sep 2

In question pour les francophones :

Comment traduiriez-vous " c'est une sorte de beignet, qu'on met dans le bec " ?

Contexte : une érudite (Marianne Mulon) interprète une recette médiévale, appelée Mistembec.

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Ennius @enniusredloeb.bsky.social · Sep 1

Initial E(xpletis)

Bodleian Library, MS Bodleian 717; Commentary on Isaiah, Jerome; 11th century; France (Normandy); fol. vi verso @bodleian.ox.ac.uk

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Dr Christopher Monk @medievalmonk.bsky.social · Sep 1

Je voulais dire, à Londres et retour.

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Pierre Godon @pierregodon.bsky.social · Aug 31

Deux salles, deux ambiances. Le prêt de la tapisserie de Bayeux au British Museum suscite une polémique feutrée en France, et un grand enthousiasme outre-Manche. Je vous raconte dans cet article www.franceinfo.fr/culture/patr... #tapisseriedebayeux

"Les dégâts seront irréversibles" : pourquoi le débarquement de la tapisserie de Bayeux à Londres fait polémique en France... et pas outre-Manche

De l'autre côté du Channel, la communauté scientifique se félicite du retour symbolique d'une œuvre fondatrice dans la culture du Royaume-Uni, même si les réserves techniques demeurent.

www.franceinfo.fr

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Dr Christopher Monk @medievalmonk.bsky.social · Sep 1

J'ai lu votre article et je commence à croire que la Tapisserie de Bayeux devrait rester à Bayeux. Je pense qu'il est raisonnable de ne pas aggraver les dégâts en lui faisant faire deux voyages supplémentaires à Londres, avec toutes les manipulations que cela impliquerait.

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Dr Christopher Monk @medievalmonk.bsky.social · Aug 31

Very interesting to read about the concern in France over the fragility of the Bayeux Tapestry. Is it too fragile to be transported from Bayeux to the British Museum? Was Macron high-handed in promising this cultural exchange with the UK?

www.franceinfo.fr/culture/patr...

"Les dégâts seront irréversibles" : pourquoi le débarquement de la tapisserie de Bayeux à Londres fait polémique en France... et pas outre-Manche

De l'autre côté du Channel, la communauté scientifique se félicite du retour symbolique d'une œuvre fondatrice dans la culture du Royaume-Uni, même si les réserves techniques demeurent.

www.franceinfo.fr

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