Dr Christina Smith

Got to marvel at the Rupertus Cross in the Salzburger Dom (Cathedral museum) last week. Couldn't stop smiling! Thankful for these moments of renewed joy and wonder for the #earlymedieval world...which I've found somewhat difficult to keep while wading through a pandemic PhD.

Rob Rinder talks about his deep affection for churches. "Places where the sacred and the ordinary share a postcode." #GreatExpectationsForChurches

@Portaspeciosa 🩷

@weefiddler Very sorry to read this Christina, what a dreadful thing to happen. A. Family photo albums, B. My signet ring and C. A clock left to me by a beloved aunt.

Question for the hive mind: If you could only take 3 objects w/ you that represent core memories, what would they be? Pets/people are a given. Thinking about this as I learnt I lost most of my treasured childhood & uni objects - a burglar ransacked my storage unit back home.

A 2nd c BC limestone grave-marker from Tremithousa, Cyprus, on which a man and woman flank a deceased man. Note the placement of the hands 👋🏼. On display, Room 72, @britishmuseum #britishmuseum #cyprus #sculpture #sculpturesnippets #funerarysculpture #archaeology

Here’s a #Chalcolithic pottery ossuary from Azor, Israel. Used to hold the bones of the dead, this 🏠 house-shaped box was originally painted—its gables and windows decorated and delineated with pigment. 🎨 Held @britishmuseum in Rm 59.

I've decided to attempt a sculpture-focused Instagram (@sculpturesmith). This emerged after spending the last year leading tours of sculpture in the British Museum. I'll try my best to include as much geographic, temporal, and material breadth as possible. Follow, if interested!

@Carolyngian Isn't it! (And beautiful green leather seats on the benches) Although there's only one woman imaged on that wall!

@weefiddler what a room!

An absolute pleasure to be in Newcastle with the Antiquaries last week!

@Portaspeciosa @lowthercastle The blue skies cooperated perfectly!

@weefiddler @lowthercastle Fab shot Christina!

Is this Italy....Croatia....Greece? No, it's Lowther Castle in Cumbria! What a glorious Wednesday visit to @lowthercastle.

@SarahBlick3 @lowthercastle It was the perfect day!

@weefiddler @lowthercastle Amazing shot! 😍

@MercianMigrant @AS_Corpus Yes, I am! 🙂

@weefiddler Tagged you in as I wasn’t sure if you were still tweeting for @AS_Corpus

#Ireland Rock ‘n’ Road Trip Day 3: Killaghtee, #Donegal . The circular head contains a cross. Below the cross is a triple knot (triquetra). Possibly dates from about 650AD and might mark the grave of an early monk, St. Aedh who is believed to have had a ‘cell’ here. @weefiddler

And Lowther has some pretty fantastic early medieval sculpture to boot (chacklepie.com/ascorpus/catvo…) Can't make it to Lowther? The Great Court @britishmuseum has one of the Lowther pieces: a show-stopping vinescroll cross-shaft! 🌱

The church of St Bega on the shore of Bassenthwaite Lake (approached from the Cumbrian Way). C.10th century, the church may represent the Kingdom of Cumbria's Irish-Scandanavian links across the Irish Sea. More on the intriguing St Bega from Clare Downham: doi.org/10.1016/j.jmed…

1st year PhD student showing up at the 8 am panel with 25 expertly crafted slides, 57 backup slides, and print-outs prepared four weeks in advance vs Tenured professor giving the keynote with two slides of mood pictures clicked together in the hotel lobby 15 minutes earlier

@oliviasview @laurenolmeda 🙄😳😑

sunrise in Tynemouth 0505 ⁦@BBCRadio3⁩