Francesca Tinti

I certainly wasn’t expecting this article in the Guardian on the Milan fashion week to have a final section on Sutton Hoo

Visited the Cairo Geniza collection in the Cambridge UL for the first time today. Almost lost for words at the amount and diversity of materials, languages and scripts. Herewith my photo of a Hebrew primer used in 10th century Egypt to teach kids to write

Spanish proofs!

One could not make it up! A recent domestic and presumably unsupervised restoration of a fresco in the ancient church of San Lorenzo in Lucina in Rome, has transformed the face of a generic angel into a portrait of Giorgia Meloni

Thanks to you, Julia and Caroline, for your great idea and leadership throughout this adventure. I can't wait to see the volumes!

Surely there must be a dedicated circle in hell for those publishers which impose the APA style on humanities authors

But there's more! The issue also sees the launch of the EME podcast. 🌟
In this inaugural episode, catch @samottewillsoulsby.bsky.social in conversation with Marco Panato about his article in the issue 🤓
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There is time to apply until 30
January for this opportunity sponsored by Early Medieval Europe to spend one month at the British School in Rome

Currently being treated to a tour of the early medieval church of San Saba led by Giulia Bordi

To my recent collection of photos of palettes I can now add this one reconstructed by Valery Tovazzi and comprising colours used in early medieval frescoes in Rome

Luca Villa has taken us beyond Rome discussing the use of lapislazzuli in the frescos of several Carolingian churches in Raetia

A new reconstruction of St Mary’s oratory built by John VII at St Peter’s. Presented by Antonella Ballardini in her fascinating paper. Drawn by Luigi De Angelis

Antonio Felle shows two inscriptions from 3rd-cent. catacomb. Latin was used for daughter and Greek for her mother. Language choice interpreted as related to Greek as main language of Scripture at this time rather than geographical origin. Learning a lot at conference on Rome and the Others

An exciting new postdoctoral position focusing on Old English epistolary materials

A GIS visualization of foreigners in Rome between AD 300 and 1000 as shown at conference “Rome and the Others”

Looking forward to giving a paper next week in Rome with the archaeologists who excavated parts of the Schola Saxonum, just opposite the church built over Sancta Maria scola Anglorum, as Archbishop Sigeric called it. Lots of interesting 10th-cent evidence attesting to life in the English quarter

Restauro e valorizzazione per il Mausoleo di Sant’Elena e le Catacombe dei santi Marcellino e Pietro a Roma Il Mausoleo di Sant’Elena e le Catacombe dei santi Marcellino e Pietro a Roma ampliano le possibilità di visita grazie a un importante progetto di restauro e valorizzazione che comprende anche la riap...

@writinghelena.bsky.social - have you seen this? www.finestresullarte.info/archeologia/... I have very fond memories of the visit to this site you led several years ago

Thoroughly enjoyed the Munch Museum in Oslo; they have got so much, including numerous pieces of furniture and objects belonging to the artist, such as his palette

Oh and all this bling from the Carolingian Empire was found in the Hon hoard, the largest gold hoard from the Viking Age

The serpent head of the Oseberg Viking ship, carved in 820, and shown for the first time to the public in the Oslo Historical Museum

Runes and travel! A very apt discovery at the Oslo historical museum ahead of my paper on long-distance travel this afternoon. The runes on this stone (11th or 12th cent) were probably carved by a man ‘son of Svein’ to boast about his journeys

The Leper Chapel, Cambridge, 12th century

It seems that the shelf underneath the current section on Charlemagne in the Cambridge University Library has been prudently left empty for likely future expansion

Back to Todas las Almas for lunch

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At Early Medieval Europe we’re thrilled to team up once again with the BSR to sponsor a fellowship! One doctoral student or ECR will have the chance to carry out a month of research in Rome. More info below

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