Tudor Times

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Looking from the chancel to the nave through the medieval chancel screen at North Leigh, Oxon.

Old Eastern European literature be like ‘Read my poem in praise of Poland! Where all the characters are Lithuanian! Which is set entirely in Belarus! And is written in Latin,’ etc.

A beautiful #Roman metal brooch in the shape of a horse - animal brooches were popular in the Roman world, & I can see why! #AncientBlueSky

John Aubrey and the Victoria County History: Parallel Endeavours in Systematic Local History - On History Dr Louise Ryland-Epton describes the gestation of the latest Victoria County History (VCH), publications on Chippenham and its neighbourhood, looking at how this work was informed by earlier scholarsh...

Happy 400th birthday to John Aubery, born at Kington St Michael, near Chippenham, Wiltshire in 1626.

In celebration of that, and the launch of our latest book, 'Chippenham, Our History', launched today, a blog celebrating systematic local histories from @lrylandepton.bsky.social. #Skystorians

Ancient and Modern....

For once old and new work in harmony; contemporary sculpture frames the view of the Berkeley chapel from the south aisle and the wonderful 4-light Decorated period window beyond #HolyTrinityBristol for #WindowsOnWednesday

I'm out packing up a collection today, and we will have to close at 4 to get these 30+ boxes of ancient history, literary classics, etc. moved to the shop.

There is a complete set of 20+ volumes of Dumas, and one of Hugo, if that's any consolation

THESE ISLES: Dramatist and poet William Shakespeare (c.1564-1616), widely regarded as the most influential writer in the English language, was attuned to the politics of the Isles. 1/9

The mystery is above the history.”

Ann Bathurst, giving the best ever definition of mysticism

#OTD 1539 d. Thomas Boleyn, Earl of Wiltshire. His rise to power& influence & subsequent catastrophic fall from favour show just how rewarding, and dangerous, life as one of Henry VIII’s courtiers could be. His life story is told in @Regina_Saba
biography bit.ly/2JIWolY

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A regiment of cross-stitch kneelers on parade at St John the Baptist Church, Marldon.

#TextileTuesday #needlework #crossstitch

There is only one thing greater than the majesty of this architecture and that's the patience Mouse demonstrated waiting for a shot with no people in. Three hours 22 minutes.

Pulpitum, quire and high altar from the west #HolyTrinityBristol

#TympanumTuesday & hard not to feel sad about this one
The Shobdon arches: some of the finest work of the Hereford School, ripped out of the church & left on a hillside to erode
There's a cast of this in the V&A i need to go see

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My photo shows a Roman floor mosaic depicting an octopus. The octopus is composed of small black tesserae (tiles) and has eight writhing arms with suckers and narrow curling tips. It is set against a white tesserae background. Octopus detail from a monochrome marine mosaic featuring Triton with a cherub and various sea creatures, including the octopus, dolphins and a cuttlefish, at the women’s changing room at the Central Baths in Herculaneum.

Spectacular octopus from the floor of the women’s changing room at the Central Baths in ancient Herculaneum.

📷 by me

#MosaicMonday
#Archaeology

#OTD 1498 Thomas Wolsey, son of a small farmer and butcher in Ipswich, was ordained priest. The Church was one of the few avenues of advancement for boys of the lower classes and Wolsey rose to be one of the most powerful men of his generation. bit.ly/18vZYYI

A Roman mosaic depicting an owl with wide eyes, brown and red body, and blue feet, set against a cream-colored background with a black geometric border. The owl looks a bit deranged.

Just another Monday…

A Roman mosaic depicting a somewhat whimsical owl 🦉, found in Uzès, southern France, dating second half of the 1st century BC.

📷 Denis Gliksman, Inrap

🏺 #MosaicMonday

getting comfortable with being uncomfortable Good academic writing means sitting with a discomfort that never entirely goes away. It’s not a discomfort that comes from having nothing to say. Most of us have more than enough ideas crowding the…

Fantastic blogpost by @patthomson.bsky.social on productive discomfort 👏 ‘Academic writing is a form of thinking. It’s not the transcription of thoughts already completed, but a process of thinking itself.’ patthomson.net/2026/03/08/g...

'Tudor Historical Fiction just as I like it! - Book Review

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#HistoricalFiction #Tudors #HenryVIII

Daffodils,
That come before the swallow dares, and take
The winds of March with beauty;

The Winter's Tale , act 4, sc. 3, l. 121

In my Devon garden this week

#SundayYellow #ShakespeareSunday #daffodils

Step aboard the Golden Hinde with Sir Francis Drake in Drake – Tudor Corsair — a gripping tale of adventure, ambition, danger and discovery on the high seas:

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#Elizabethan #Tudors #HistoricalFiction #Audiobooks

I was very kindly sent an advanced proof of Mary Boleyn: The Queen’s Slandered Sister by @sylviabso.bsky.social My comments are below:

#maryboleyn #theotherboleyngirl #anneboleyn #boleyns #henryviii

Silver Boadicea brooch on a VOTES suffragette sash

The Suffragette Boadicea brooch, produced by the Women’s Social and Political Union WSPU in 1908; Boudica (Boadicea) was the war leader of the Iceni in AD60, leading a rebellion against the Roman occupation.
A thread…🧵
#InternationalWomensDay
#WomensHistoryMonth

A 3,000 year old Bronze Age mould used to cast spearheads has been discovered under a barn in southeastern Moravia, Czech Republic.

📷Marek Hensl, Czech Radio
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Four small figures — S. Anne, mother of the Virgin Mary, S. Anne teaching the Virgin Mary to read, S. Roch and S.Sebastian — on a second ‘cenotaph’, which is now squashed in beside the organ in St. John the Baptist, Marldon, Devon.

#SundayStonework

A lovely oil lamp from Roman Cirencester (Corinium) with its lion motif. Now part of the collections at Corinium Museum in Cirencester. 📸 My own. #RomanBritain #Cirencester

Majesty....

Intricate Decorated Period east window. The Lady Chapel is flooded with coloured light from all sides #HolyTrinityBristol for #StainedGlassSunday

We are looking at a black and white photo of a woman in a long skirt, waist length jacket with a big hat and fur stole around her neck. She is standing on a set of stairs to the Hall.

We are looking at a woman with white bobbed hair wearing a red robe with faux fur lining. She is wearing a jewel of office around her neck. She is sitting in an old oak chair in the Great Hall.

Happy #InternationalWomensDay!

It won't come as a surprise to you, that the Merchant Adventurers were mostly male, however women did play an active role in the Company. In other words; they kicked ass.

Here below is a shorter than it should be thread of these very cool women:

Portrait of a Lady, by Catharina van Hemessen c. 1528–after 1587. She is the earliest known female #Flemish painter whose work can be clearly verified as hers. This picture was painted c.1548/49. (The Bowes Museum)

Ledger stone to Sir Edward and Lady Margery Cary (of Stantor), St John the Baptist, Marldon, Devon.

After more than 50 years of married life they died within days of each other — he on 14th June 1645 aged 80, she on the 19th, aged 85.

#monumentsmonday