Medieval Scribbles

Here we are again at the end of another year. Last year it was my resolution to write a blog (ta-dah!) and this year it was my resolution to...

A kitchen scene, (Luttrell Psalter, British Library, Additional Ms. 42130, f. 207v). Ask me my favourite thing about Christmas and I wou...

This image seems a particularly apt summary of the past week. I feel especial sympathy for the figure on the far right. Tres Riches H...

This highly decorated arch, from the Augustinian priory of Kirkham, marked the entrance to the refectory from the cloister. Ornamentation s...

Drip. Drip. Drip. Clank. Clank. Clank. He rapped his rhythmic reply against the mildew covered wall. The cold steel clasped his scarred ...

One evening this week I was out walking when I tripped, causing my shoe to fly off and my foot to land in a puddle. I cursed my stupidity lo...

This week I was incredibly lucky to have the opportunity to handle thirteenth-century mosaic tiles. Though these tiles are now merely fragme...