Sally Gilbert

Fantastic exhibition on the ‘mythical and monstrous’ at New College, Oxford today.

@AS_Corpus Using the digital version writing my dissertation for an MA in Medieval Literature and Culture at Birkbeck...with gratitude🙏

So, first things first, what do you utilise The Corpus of Anglo-Saxon Stone Sculpture for? How does it inform your studies? In what capacity does it feature in your research? Do you usually consult the hard-copies or instead use the digital version (corpus.awh.durham.ac.uk)?

Medieval bench end from the church of St John the Baptist, North Bovey

@AS_Corpus Good to see my favourite angel...really must get on with that dissertation...

The Angel, too, is unusual for its stress on male features like facial hair. He has 4 wings: 2 upwards behind his head, 2 falling behind him like a cloak. His left arm is raised in what might be a gesture of benediction, although this area has been damaged.

Pleased to see @sweale's article in @guardian on the huge dismay at the devasting job cuts proposed by @BirkbeckUoL We will all be the poorer tor them. @EnglishAssoc, @IES_London , @UnivEnglish stand with @birkbeck_ETC theguardian.com/education/2022….

Also squeezed in a visit to St Peter’s Church, Heysham, with #earlymedieval a delicious hogback and part of a cross shaft. @AS_Corpus

Beautiful morning to visit #earlymedieval St Patrick’s Chapel, Heysham. Looking forward to #workedinstone @AS_Corpus

Medieval Bayeux looking glorious in the sun

Abbaye Saint-Vigor in Cerisy-la-foret, enjoyed yesterday before the Vikings arrived

@MikeBintley So many eyes!

@TudorGwynn1 @LaurieSansom @NBroadsides Yes! I saw this at Wilton’s Music Hall and it was amazing.

Many, many thanks to @LaurieSansom and his amazing @NBroadsides for a stunning As You Like It at the Viaduct Theatre in Halifax this afternoon

This document was written in 1349, during the Black Death, the bubonic plague pandemic. #WhyArchives? Because anyone can visit us and we will put this in their hands and nearly 700 years dividing human from human is bridged. That's a wonderful thing to be able to do. #Archive30

Peaceful 15th century half timbered porch at Little Hampden spotted on a weekend walk

I love the cultural sector because the starting salaries have been £21-23k for about 15 years now

Went to the V&A to see The Ruthwell Cross but got distracted by this beauty

St Alkmund’s Cross watched wearily by a Viking @derbymuseums

"...we are all born from the same mixture and from the same womb as all the animals.." Strong statement from an 2300-year-old treatise on human nature @BLMedieval Papyrus 591B #animals #wednesdaythought #nature #naturelovers

#MayThe4thBeWithYou Time it is for some Medieval Star Wars blogs.bl.uk/digitisedmanus…

Love this image of a mysterious beast from the ancient Goad Library, part of the ⁦@MerchantTaylors⁩ archive #MysteriousArchives #ExploreYourArchive