'Teaching-only staff at Sheffield Hallam University are set to be moved into a subsidiary firm, leaving research intensive scholars the only academics still being employed directly by the institution.'
Utterly inequitable & betrays a fundamental misunderstanding of the teaching/research nexus. 1/3
Today I'll be mostly decorating replicas of the Nether Largie South Cairn, Chalcolithic beaker, and here you can see the tools I'll be using. But it hides some very useful archaeological evidence, if you'd like to know more visit our YouTube channel youtu.be/TlA22i7vpx8?... #archaeology 🏺
Full view of c.1450 dalmatic in glass case. It is made of dark blue voided/cut silk velvet in a large organic pattern and has tablet woven brocaded bands down the front side seams, across the chest, and narrower ones along the sleeves, side seams, and all edges.
I am posting more medieval-early modern precious fabric piecings, because I've taken so many museum photos over the last 10 years it would be a shame not to. This one is from Museum Schnuetgen in Cologne, taken in August 2015, 📷me CC BY-NC-SA 4.0. Dalmatic vestment fabric & trimmings c.1450 🧵1/4
White cat with black Dalmation spots snoozing on a printer that is hard plastic.
My darling Tristan, how is snoozing on the printer comfortable? Cats are (adorable) weirdos.
A black standing desk for a laptop is in a sunny Scottish conservatory. Yes, sunny and Scottish isn’t always an oxymoron. An open laptop is in the top shelf, an open print edition of a thesis is on the shelf below. There is no chance to actually work on typing changes into the Word document, because a white cat with a black back of his head is sitting smack bang on the thesis. His head is turned to look at the laptop screen.
Happy Caturday. Still working in the corrections (or trying to, Tristan is “helping”). That’s what I get for veering into several disciplines. 😸
people in the environment can be good for the environment
I was trying to explain this a few weeks ago to someone, but British culture is so estranged and alienated from its own industrial countryside, and Victorian/colonial gamekeeper lenses of conservation, all soaked in Malthusian fear
I know, right? How come I’ve never encountered the term before? It amazes me, again and again, that one can spend decades in a field and still be intrigued.
Can anyone recommend literature on paradata in archaeology, arts, heritage? I hadn't come across the term until today and something's tickling my brain i.e. wanting to make connections. #MedievalSky
Photo of one of my sketchbooks showing coloured pencil and pencil drawings of gem stones and settings from the 12th century, and embroidery designs
I tried drawing tablets with pens before iPad and Apple pen, but you know what? I prefer paper and pencils. I am not artist, but one does not need to be an artist to enjoy drawing or painting.
Bunch of extant object studies for one of the artefacts I have been creating.
Once I’ve moved to Germany, I’ll join the village choir. I was reassured that it doesn’t matter that I can’t actually sing. 🫣
Getting around restrictions: Schlotheuber, E. (2010) 'Best Clothes and Everyday Attire of Late Medieval Nuns', in Schwinges, R.C., Schorta, R. & Oschema, K. (eds.) Fashion and clothing in late Medieval Europe. Riggesberg; Basel: Abegg-Stiftung, pp. 139-154. abegg-stiftung.ch/publikation/...
Child's dress in a glass display case in the museum. It is simply cut, as all clothing of the period, because why cut something in silly fancy ways when there is a straightforward way of clothing the body. Long sleeves, scoop nec, and a wide gore set into the skirt at the front, to turn the narrow width into a skirt.
Herjolfsnes in the Southern tip of Greenland was inhabited from start of Norse settlement to its end. Excavated byDanish archaeologist in 1921, very well preserved clothing was found in the cemetery. Now in the National Museum in Copenhagen 📷Amica Sundström & Maria Neijman historicaltextiles.org 2/
I'm going to post medieval sumptuary laws recs for the next few days. Muzzarelli, M. G. (2009) 'Reconciling the Privilege of a Few with the Common Good: Sumptuary Laws in Medieval and Early Modern Europe', Journal of Medieval and Early Modern Studies, 39(3), pp. 597-617. doi.org/10.1215/1082...
Book cover of "madder red" in a very bright, not unexpectedly, red. In the middle is a drawing of madder plants in blue on white.
Chenciner, R. (2000) Madder red: a history of luxury and trade: plant dyes and pigments in world commerce and art. Richmond, Surrey: Curzon.
"The secret and devilishly complex Oriental dyeing process to obtain the lustrous colour known as Turkey Red was avidly sought by Europeans"
If you see this, post a knight.
(1250-75 BnF Français 2186 Li Romanz de la poire)
I need to check my parents’ guest flat for the bowl. Not sure they still have it. I remember many a dessert in those apple bowls in my childhood.
So fancy! My parents only have the transparent version. You’re a right old fancy-pants with your amber ones.
Still true.
Photo of a thick, printed thesis on my lap. The lap isn't visible. On a small square, deep pink table are a Belvoir lime and yuzu bottle, a soda stream water bottle and a tall filled glass. The late afternoon sun is streaming in, illuminating glass candle lantern and cat fois containers on the windowsill.
My wild Friday evening commenceth. Proofreading the final thesis version with Virgin Mojito and cats (out of sight) in the (rarely) sunny conservatory.
Here are the Top 5 Dogs of the week!
🧪🦣🏺 I'm quoted here, and much of what I spoke about with Carl echoes April's comments.
Extra thoughts:
1. nice new piece for extending complexity in how we think about #Neanderthal interactions, though as authors note, multiple mechanisms (not just mate choice) possibly active in X chromo patterns
I can make clothes - I hope someone will hunt for food for me, and I'll make togs in return. Thanks to reenactment, I do know how to make fires at least.
So weird.
So early 80s.
So weirdly good.
Of course
Thank you! And dooooo ittt. If you’d like any literature etc recs, let me know. Happy to have a Zoom chat
Wide shot of a living room with black floor and white, glass-doored bookshelves. In the centre is a mannequin with a c.1200 CE red silk floor length dress, standing in front of a grey backdrop. To the right and the left are diffuser lamps, and in the centre front the camera is visible on a tripod, Inception-like.
I turned my living room into a photo studio last night. Photographing red fabric is hard! One red silk, one red velvet. While not perfect, the final shots are better than any I tried before without the setup. Completed outfits are part of my creative practice PhD #HistoricDress #MedievalDress
Hoffmann-de Keijzer et al. (2013) 'The colours and dyeing techniques of prehistoric textiles from the salt mines of Hallstatt', in Grömer et al. (eds.) Textiles from Hallstatt: weaving culture in Bronze Age and Iron Age salt mines: Vol. 29 Archaeolingua. Budapest, pp. 135-162. tinyurl.com/3enan36r
image from the article which shows many samples of wool with different colours throughout the woad dyeing process
Hartl, A., Proaño Gaibor, A. N., van Bommel, M. R. and Hoffmann-de Keijzer, R. (2015) 'Searching for blue: Experiments with woad fermentation vats and an explanation of the colours through dye analysis', Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports, 2, pp. 9-39. doi.org/10.1016/j.ja...
Hopping a few thousand years into the future from yestereday's rec: Hayward, M. (2007) 'Crimson, Scarlet, Murrey and Carnation: Red at the Court of Henry VIII', Textile History, 38(2), pp. 135-150. doi.org/10.1179/0040... #EarlyModern #DressHistory
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