Tony Divey

For #Woodensday here’s some fine pieces from Gainsborough Old Hall, in the care of EH. My 📷

I believe #TolkeinTuesday is a thing? In which case, cheers with a beer all the way from The Green Dragon, Hobbiton (NZ)

For #MosaicMonday here’s a modern mosaic representation on the site of the Folly Lane temple in Verulamium (St. Albans), a Romano British temple built respecting the earlier burial of a Celtic chieftain. Photo by my co-curator Sara
#StAlbansmuseums
#ReligioninVerulamium

A Verulamian Museum poster advertising their temporary exhibition ‘Religion in Verulamium’ with three images: a close up of the mosaic face of the Roman god Oceanus (perhaps with a nod to the antlered Celtic god Cernunnos!), bronze statue of the goddess Venus, and a close-up of a small bronze reclining figure. All against a dark blue background.

I had a super time at Verulamium Museum yesterday! I recommend it!

Thanks @tonydivey.bsky.social for showing me around the ‘Religion in Verulamium’ exhibition which you co-curated. Well done to you and Sara!

Amazing mosaics in permanent galleries too! @stalbansmuseums.bsky.social

#Archaeology

It was a pleasure - glad you could come and see it

Spotted: the Alban Pilgrimage puppets from St Albans Cathedral taking a detour through Verulamium Museum 👋
They’re here for our 'Religion in Verulamium: Tolerance and Fusion?' exhibition. Come see them on display this half term and discover how they connect to the story.

Included with admission.

For #FindsFriday here’s a knife from Roman Wroxeter. My 📷 object in care of EH

I’ve posted a tile from Haughmond Abbey before for #TilesonTuesday but here’s a selection I snapped yesterday at the EH stores

For #MuseumMonday I can’t help mentioning our exhibition again

I’m very happy with what we’ve put together here - thanks to all at the museum for allowing us to co-curate

For #FindsFriday here’s a Roman stylus, a pen for writing on wax tablets, from Wroxeter. My 📷 object in care of EH

Ah, yes, but between the flint are rows of red Roman tiles

For #SundayStonework here’s St. Michael’s church in St. Albans, built on the site of the Roman basilica, featuring in our Religion in Verulamium exhibition and associated walk. Look at those Roman tiles!

Religion in Verulamium: Tolerance and Fusion? What were the religious beliefs and practices of the Celtic peoples living in Verulamium at the time of the Roman conquest? How were they changed by the Roman occupation and a different pantheon of go...

Time to remind everone.. opening next Friday
www.stalbansmuseums.org.uk/whats-on/rel...

For #FindsFriday here’s a Roman razor from Wroxeter (some nice alliteration there). My 📷 object in care of EH

For #AdoorableThursday I offer St. Peters Cambridge. My 📷

For #TowerTuesday here’s the tower from St Albans Cathedral. For a bonus #TilesonTuesday there’s also plenty of reused Roman tiles

Religion in Verulamium: Tolerance and Fusion? What were the religious beliefs and practices of the Celtic peoples living in Verulamium at the time of the Roman conquest? How were they changed by the Roman occupation and a different pantheon of go...

Excited about our upcoming exhibition ! www.stalbansmuseums.org.uk/whats-on/rel...

For #RomanFortThursday here’s a projectile (ballista bolt?) point from Wroxeter. My 📷 object in care of EH

Here’s something from St. Albans Cathedral for #TilesonTuesday. My 📷

A warming image on a cold Sunday… Helios at St Albans Museum #SundayYellow

I guess the artist of Trajan’s Column hadn’t seen an actual cataphract

Horses with scale-armoured legs? Surely not?

Happy New Year, Alison, hope to see you soon

For #MuseumMonday here’s a Mosquito aircraft (the first ever built in 1940) in the excellent De Haviland museum, London Conley

This is my last #EgyptologyWednesday post from the excellent Made in Egypt exhibition at the Fitzwilliam, Cambridge. What I like about this is that it’s thought to bear the name of the maker - very rare - between the two standing figures. My 📷

For #SundaySeashore here’s Maggi Hambling’s Scallop at Aldeburgh. My 📷 taken last week

For #ForestFriday here’s a treetop view from #RSPB Minsmere. My 📷 taken last week

For #EgyptologyWednesday here’s an ancient template for how to do wall paintings. My 📷 from Made in Egypt at the Fitzwilliam, Cambridge

For #TudorTuesday here’s the Moot Hall, Aldeburgh, Suffolk, built around 1520. My 📷 taken last week