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ClaireFromClare, to medievodons
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"Cambridge is probably the most intensively dug city in the country" (UK). Recent archaeology has informed a long-awaited map showing some of the layers: https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-cambridgeshire-67497550

The is showing glimpses in its "Advent Calendar": https://nitter.net/hist_towns

Earlier maps of the street names & hostels, context & snapshot c.1800 are on the HTT website at https://www.historictownstrust.uk/towns/cambridge

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ClaireFromClare, to medievodons
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6 Dec is the Feast of #StNicholas, patron saint of children. It was celebrated in medieval England with the appointment of a #BoyBishop, empowered to give orders & sermons & distribute largesse to the poor - a focus for festivities & frivolities, at Clare Castle as elsewhere. The #tradition was suppressed by Henry VIII, but survives... https://www.liturgicalartsjournal.com/2021/01/customs-and-traditions-boy-bishop.html
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ClaireFromClare, to litstudies
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Article on Professor in 's CAM magazine: https://magazine.alumni.cam.ac.uk/henry-louis-gates-jr/

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ClaireFromClare, to histodons
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Interesting research on textile dyes in medieval Estonia:
https://news.err.ee/1609119521/early-medieval-estonia-s-favorite-color-was-blackish-blue
& the use of local plants / lichen mixed with the woad, which was not the local variety but traded & widely cultivated across Europe from the . 🧵 1/3

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ClaireFromClare, to medievodons
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@medievodons, does anyone know about in England? I read that a coveted royal licence of 'free warren' was required to keep & hunt rabbits. However, the accounts of the record in 1338/9 the receipt of rabbits from various manors which had no such licence. More details available but... would the rabbits have been caught legally? on what terms? or domesticated? Thoughts welcome!

ClaireFromClare,
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🐰 Some of my rabbit questions have been answered! & now I will look out for pillow mounds in the archaeological landscape, & recognise them in medieval manuscripts, thanks to this article by Haydn Brown: https://norfolktalesmyths.wordpress.com/2018/05/18/the-rabbit-in-east-anglia-revisited/
& its main source, the linked paper by Mark Bailey, 'The Rabbit and the Medieval East Anglian Economy'. Good reading! 🕳️ 🐇

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ClaireFromClare, to bookstodon
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Thinking of thanks to the splendid , I'm delighted to see that the are on sale again. These evocative by are set in 1353-4, the adventures of a young proprietor as life & business began to normalise after the .
Buy from https://www.hive.co.uk/Search/Search?Series=Oxford%20Medieval%20Mysteries & support your favourite , so that they too may live to write a 's Tale!
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ClaireFromClare,
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Edited the previous post (apologies), as the image was not rendering properly in some browsers. : Do shallow aspect ratios cause problems? I resized it to 16x9.

I was keen to show the paperbacks, with cover designs by https://www.jdsmith-design.co.uk/, evoking .

ClaireFromClare,
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Bless @internetarchive for saving the interesting website of the late , to which she was adding until her sudden death in August 2018. Here's her introduction to & to the business of the , supplying both affordable to students & fine illustrated to wealthy patrons:

https://web.archive.org/web/20180825032105/http://annswinfen.com/2018/07/medieval-books-part-one/

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ClaireFromClare, to histodons
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Hooray, welcome to @BHO 🎺 📯 📢

"British History Online is a digital library of primary and secondary sources for the history of the British Isles. Part of the Institute of Historical Research." www.british-history.ac.uk
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ClaireFromClare, to medievodons
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The great fair at outside (https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/the-800-year-old-story-of-stourbridge-fair) was commemorated last weekend at the with dancing, singing, storytelling & craft stalls.

The accounts of the record purchases there over the years: salt, often; also furs & lambskins; smoked herring, cod & stockfish; rice & almonds. were bought in great quantity, used by the pastry chef from Paris & to indulge the pet .

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rmathematicus,
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@ClaireFromClare @medievodons @histodons As a young man, Isaac Newton bought a book on astrology at Stourbridge fair

ClaireFromClare, to histodons
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New archaeological investigation & early finds at the beautiful on the , in conjunction with a 5-year conservation programme (🧵 1/2):
https://www.medievalists.net/2023/07/preserve-tintern-abbey/

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ClaireFromClare, to medievodons
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A joy to be at Clare College to unveil the stone sculpture of the 1359 seal - greatly enlarged for visibility! Wonderful workmanship by Cardozo Kindersley Workshop, http://kindersleyworkshop.co.uk

Iconographic key & more at https://barnes1.net/seal/

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The medieval seal, with numbered key to the iconography. For the text to match the numbers, please look up the website. Can you see 14 people, 5 lions, 2 castles, an eagle and a lamb? The original silver masterpiece is 6cm high.

ClaireFromClare,
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Lida the alphabetician spoke of choices in . Roxanne noted the architectural parallels with , demonstrated the , & explained other challenges for . And then the unveiling!
📹 35min in total, https://stories.clare.cam.ac.uk/unveiling-of-lady-clares-seal/

Roxanne comparing the architecture of the canopy with that of contemporary Ely Cathedral.
Roxanne demonstrating the confident stance and Gothic Sway
Roxanne & Lida awaiting unveiling.

ClaireFromClare, (edited )
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In 2020 we published a 2nd edition of the definitive biography of the - & then we learned more about the evolution of her heraldic & visual identity. New insights came from archaeology, from archives, & from drawing & carving which brought details from hands to eyes. Two books now available at : booksites https://barnes1.net/FHGE/ & https://barnes1.net/seal/

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ClaireFromClare, to medievodons
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Once upon a time there were two princes... 'William and the Werewolf' was translated from French into Middle English c.1350, then into modern English & illustrated by Michael Smith. He's his new book publication with @Unbound, and needs only a few more subscribers for the press to start rolling...
https://unbound.com/books/werewolf/updates/william-and-the-werewolf-where-was-it-written-and-what-does-it-tell-us-about-who-wrote-it
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ClaireFromClare,
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success! 'William and the Werewolf' proceeds to publication, & remains available for pre-order. Congratulations Michael!
https://nitter.net/MythicalBritain/status/1649393194449227776

Hello @Unbound, please support your with more info here on the ? We have readers who love , , & ...

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ClaireFromClare,
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All of the images for 'William and the Werewolf', cut & then two days ago printed by Michael Smith, to accompany his new translation. Looking forward to the finished book!
The previous update discusses the process: https://unbound.com/books/werewolf/updates/illustrating-william-and-the-werewolf-my-work-in-bringing-you-a-book-to-treasure

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ClaireFromClare, to medievodons
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The wine-trading , which sank in the c.1469, has just returned to - in 2,500 pieces, after in Portsmouth by the team. Now to find a site for reassembly & display of this great future tourist attraction! Superb storytelling & imagery in the 3 min video at https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-wales-64151535

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ClaireFromClare,
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"More than 500 years underground, gone through cleaning, conservation, soaked in wax and freeze-dried - and yet these isotope signatures are still in the timbers... vessels and timber structures that previously didn't date with traditional ring dendrochronology can now potentially be dated with oxygen isotope or stable isotope dendrochronology."
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-wales-67302907
H/T @iuculano
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