Carolyn Twomey

at a conference where you don’t have to present

Graduate students presenting at the ACHA 2026 Annual Meeting in Chicago can now apply for the Presidential Travel Grant! The deadline: October 1, 2025. Apply now: achahistory.org/presidential-t….

Today's featured title: "Marriage in Byzantium: Christian Liturgical Rites from Betrothal to Consummation" by Gabriel Radle, Cambridge University Press, 2025.

The Norman font at Siston St Anne, South Gloucestershire, is very special as it is one of only 38 lead fonts in England. In the background is the chancel arch, with murals added late in the 19th century by the lady of Siston Court. #FontsOnFriday 📸 © LobsterThermidore CC-BY-1.0

10th August is the feast of St Lawrence whose martyrdom on the gridiron is depicted here. Bamberg State Library Msc.Lit. 1; Sacramentary; early 11th century; Fulda; f.144r

Initial 'E'(t) depicting Jonah emerging from the jaws of the whale, and the city of Nineveh in the distance Bibliothèque de l'Arsenal Ms-590 réserve; Biblia latina; 14th century (about 1300); Paris; f.389v @GallicaBnF

Late #FontsOnFriday Check out this amazing -- now free-- BAPTISTERIA SACRA INDEX (BSI) baptisteriasacraindex.ca that is an on-going project to catalog all of the baptismal fonts. Thus far, they have 26,000 examples. If you have pics of some that they need pics for, send them in 😊

The Norman font from the Church of St Michael the Archangel at Kirkby Malham in North Yorkshire. 📸 My own. #FontsOnFriday #KirbyMalham

From Garrowby Hill. 30x24'' oil on canvas. malcolmludvigsen.org.uk

A neat 3-D reconstruction of Finchale Priory, Co. Durham, using geospatial survey data and some digital 3D wizardry bsky.app/profile/bobmar…

{New Book!} The Social Lives of Medieval Rings Ed by Jitske Jasperse - Articles focus on the social aspects of medieval finger rings unites the contributions of nine scholars w/ backgrounds in art history, history, archaeology, museum studies & collecting. arc-humanities.org/9781802700947/…

The fabulous font at Hereford Cathedral is from the 12th century, and features the twelve apostles It’s an example of the renowned Herefordshire School of Romanesque Sculpture

📢The MFA is looking for a graduate provenance research intern (2 days per week, fall-spring 2025-2026). The application period runs until August 11, and the interview and the internship will both be on site. workforcenow.adp.com/mascsr/default…

Ghost window: a spectral trace in brick and flint. Every now and then I come across a scene that is utterly beautiful but not intended to be so...here at St. Lawrence, Beeston St. Lawrence, Norfolk.

CFP "Historical Aspects of Engla Land: Beyond Beowulf" Session(s) celebrating the historical study of Early Medieval England at @KzooICMS 2026. @medievalhistory and I welcome papers focusing on any historical aspect between 500 and 1070. Co-Sponsored by @HaskinsSociety!

Salle, St Peter & St Paul, Norfolk The 15thC Seven Sacrament font has a contemporary font cover which is so tall that is it supported by a crane attached to the ringing gallery. #FontsonFriday #Norfolk #norfolkchurches

What a day to have studied Latin in Chicago.

View from Magdalen Tower this morning. Over 16,000 people attended this year's event 👏 📸 Instagram | BethStenlake #MayDay

A reminder that our own Michele Vescovi will deliver the CRSBI Annual Lecture next week in London! Free to attend but please RSVP (link in comments) @crsbi @ULHistory @unilincoln

#FontsonFriday C12th font with 9 Apostles by the Herefordshire School of Romanesque Sculptors at St George's, Orleton, Herefordshire.