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18 July: date of the 960s translation of the relics of St Eadburh of St Mary's Abbey or Nunnaminster at #Winchester #otd

(© Copyright Chris Talbot CC BY-SA 2.0/ BM)

Daughter of Edward the Elder of England & Eadgifu of Kent. Offered as an oblate by her mother aged 3.
July 18, 2025 at 3:50 PM
jdmccafferty.bsky.social
15 June 960: d. St Eadburh of St Mary's Abbey or Nunnaminster at #Winchester #otd (© Copyright Chris Talbot licensed for reuse CC BY-SA 2.0/ BM)

Daughter of King Edward the Elder of England & Eadgifu of Kent. She'd been offered as an oblate by her mother aged 3.
June 15, 2025 at 9:46 PM
ccurran.bsky.social
One of my favourite things about Winchester is that the Nunnaminster is now a pub.
May 22, 2025 at 7:12 PM
madhmstr.bsky.social
Choose 20 paintings that have stayed with you or influenced you — one painting per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just paintings.

#blueskyartchallenge #art #painting

Day 8:
Folio 27r from the Lindisfarne Gospels, incipit to the Gospel of Matthew.
Folio 27r from the Lindisfarne Gospels, incipit to the Gospel of Matthew. The main text contains the first sentence of the Gospel According to Saint Matthew: "Liber generationis Iesu Christi filii David filii Abraham" ("The book of the generation of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham"). The first line contains the word "liber" ("the book") with illuminated letters in insular majuscule; the first three letters ("lib") are much more ornate than the last two ("er") in white. The next two lines are in runic capitals (i.e. Latin letters in a rune-inspired script, also seen in the Book of Nunnaminster for example): the first of these lines partially contains the word "generationis" ("generation" in the genitive case) as "-onis" appears in the next line, followed by the contracted form of "Iesu", namely "Ihu" with a tilde on the "h"; this type of contraction is called a nomen sacrum. The last line is in insular majuscule and begins with another nomen sacrum, the contraction "χρi" with a tilde, meaning "Christi". This is followed by a more compressed series of words. The first is "filii" ("son", genitive) with an "fi" ligature and a letter "l" with two stacked "i" letters on its leg. Then "David" is seen and is formed with a letter "d" with an "a" stacked on a "v" in its counter followed by "id". After that, "filii" is present again, however this time the "fi" ligature is replaced with the Greek letter phi (φ) due to its phonetic similarity. The last word is "Abraham", which is split into two lines.
May 8, 2025 at 1:50 AM
enortonhistory.bsky.social
Ruins of Nunnaminster in Winchester, a Benedictine nunnery founded by Eahlswith, widow of Alfred the Great between 899 & 902. Her granddaughter Eadburh would later become a nun there. Rebuilt several times, dissolved by Henry VIII 1539 #nunnaminster #winchester #anglosaxon #saxon #alfredthegreat
February 13, 2025 at 7:05 PM
enortonhistory.bsky.social
Very exciting to happen upon the ruins of Nunnaminster in Winchester today which was founded between 899 and 902 by Eahlswith, widow of Alfred the Great. Dissolved 1539 by Henry VIII #nunnaminster #anglosaxon #alfredthegreat #queen #saxon #nunnery
February 13, 2025 at 6:58 PM
katefalardeau.bsky.social
Out now in Mediaevalia vol. 44, my article on the gendered compilation and liturgical creativity seen in Cambridge, Corpus Christi College, MS 163! Intersections of liturgy, history, and gender… I had to sneak Nunnaminster in there, as well #nuntastic
The cover of Mediaevalia volume 44, with a black ink rendering of Rome from the Nuremberg Chronicle (1493). The first page of the article The Consecration of Widows in CCCC 163 by Kate R. Falardeau.
December 3, 2023 at 12:29 AM