#earlymedieval — Public Fediverse posts
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What Lies Beneath? Pictish Monsters & the Living Frame
25 June, online – tickets £3.96–£7.21“Medieval art is well known for its monsters but Pictish art seems to take this fascination to another level.”
Join Professor Heather Pulliam from the Edinburgh School of Art in Groam House Museum's Annual Academic Lecture
#Scottish #Scotland #history #Pictish #archaeology #arthistory #earlymedieval #medieval #monsters #carvedstones
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What Lies Beneath? Pictish Monsters & the Living Frame
25 June, online – tickets £3.96–£7.21“Medieval art is well known for its monsters but Pictish art seems to take this fascination to another level.”
Join Professor Heather Pulliam from the Edinburgh School of Art in Groam House Museum's Annual Academic Lecture
#Scottish #Scotland #history #Pictish #archaeology #arthistory #earlymedieval #medieval #monsters #carvedstones
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“Nor is heaven as is alleged.
Nor is hell as is asserted.
Nor is the good eternally happy.
Nor is the bad eternally unhappy.”Scaring off the Loch Ness Monster is quite an achievement, but my favourite St Columba story is the one where he buries St Oran alive, twice
—from the CARMINA GADELICA, via the National Library of Scotland
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https://digital.nls.uk/early-gaelic-book-collections/archive/75758828?mode=transcription
#Scottish #literature #folklore #medieval #earlymedieval #StColumba #saint #Gaidhlig #Gaelic #theology
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“Nor is heaven as is alleged.
Nor is hell as is asserted.
Nor is the good eternally happy.
Nor is the bad eternally unhappy.”Scaring off the Loch Ness Monster is quite an achievement, but my favourite St Columba story is the one where he buries St Oran alive, twice
—from the CARMINA GADELICA, via the National Library of Scotland
4/4
https://digital.nls.uk/early-gaelic-book-collections/archive/75758828?mode=transcription
#Scottish #literature #folklore #medieval #earlymedieval #StColumba #saint #Gaidhlig #Gaelic #theology
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New Open-Access ebook
Atlas of Scottish History to 1707
published by the Society of Antiquaries of ScotlandAlmost 15 years in the making, the atlas contains maps, diagrams, plans, charts and tables covering the history of Scotland from the earliest times up to 1707, along with explanatory texts
https://books.socantscot.org/digital-books/catalog/book/25
#Scottish #history #IronAge #Roman #Picts #Scots #DálRiata #Vikings #Norse #AngloSaxon #earlymedieval #medieval #latemedieval #renaissance #earlymodern
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New Open-Access ebook
Atlas of Scottish History to 1707
published by the Society of Antiquaries of ScotlandAlmost 15 years in the making, the atlas contains maps, diagrams, plans, charts and tables covering the history of Scotland from the earliest times up to 1707, along with explanatory texts
https://books.socantscot.org/digital-books/catalog/book/25
#Scottish #history #IronAge #Roman #Picts #Scots #DálRiata #Vikings #Norse #AngloSaxon #earlymedieval #medieval #latemedieval #renaissance #earlymodern
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“The Chief Relic of the Western World”: Columcille & the Book of Kells
From 2024: Dr Rosemary Power takes us through some of the illuminations in the Book of Kells, as an introduction to an intensely rich & integrated work of art
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iemcAIGadb4
#Scottish #literature #history #medieval #earlymedieval #bookhistory #arthistory #BookofKells
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“The Chief Relic of the Western World”: Columcille & the Book of Kells
From 2024: Dr Rosemary Power takes us through some of the illuminations in the Book of Kells, as an introduction to an intensely rich & integrated work of art
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iemcAIGadb4
#Scottish #literature #history #medieval #earlymedieval #bookhistory #arthistory #BookofKells
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Medieval monks in Easter Ross – and not the Hebridean island of Iona – may have created the intricately decorated 1,200-year-old Book of Kells, according to researchers. A new project will explore the possibility it was created at a monastery in Portmahomack where there was a workshop turning animal hides into vellum.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c8r4jxj0e3jo
#Scottish #literature #medieval #earlymedieval #history #BookHistory #BookofKells #arthistory #CelticArt
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Medieval monks in Easter Ross – and not the Hebridean island of Iona – may have created the intricately decorated 1,200-year-old Book of Kells, according to researchers. A new project will explore the possibility it was created at a monastery in Portmahomack where there was a workshop turning animal hides into vellum.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c8r4jxj0e3jo
#Scottish #literature #medieval #earlymedieval #history #BookHistory #BookofKells #arthistory #CelticArt
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The Book of Kells: Was it made in Easter Ross?
25 March, Sabhal Mòr Ostaig, Skye & online: freeThe Book of Kells is often called the world’s most famous manuscript, but its origins are shrouded in mystery. Dr Victoria Whitworth challenges the consensus that the Book was made in the island of Iona, making a case instead for the Pictish monastery of Portmahomack.
https://www.smo.uhi.ac.uk/seiminear-rannsachaidh-dr-victoria-whitworth/?lang=en
#Scottish #Irish #literature #earlymedieval #arthistory #bookhistory #BookofKells #CelticStudies
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The Book of Kells: Was it made in Easter Ross?
25 March, Sabhal Mòr Ostaig, Skye & online: freeThe Book of Kells is often called the world’s most famous manuscript, but its origins are shrouded in mystery. Dr Victoria Whitworth challenges the consensus that the Book was made in the island of Iona, making a case instead for the Pictish monastery of Portmahomack.
https://www.smo.uhi.ac.uk/seiminear-rannsachaidh-dr-victoria-whitworth/?lang=en
#Scottish #Irish #literature #earlymedieval #arthistory #bookhistory #BookofKells #CelticStudies
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Solmōnaþ — Cake, Mud, and Lowered Hopes
It is Solmōnaþ. Cake Month. A rare cause for cheer in the damp gloom of February.
In the Anglo-Saxon calendar, Solmōnaþ sat where February is now. It marked a time when offerings were made to pagan gods, back when England was less Christian and more heathen. The idea was simple. Feed the gods and hop ...
http://www.fhithich.uk/2026/02/01/solmonath-cake-mud-and-lowered-hopes/
#Aireyholme #Gribdale #NorthYorkMoors #EarlyMedieval #history
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Solmōnaþ — Cake, Mud, and Lowered Hopes
It is Solmōnaþ. Cake Month. A rare cause for cheer in the damp gloom of February.
In the Anglo-Saxon calendar, Solmōnaþ sat where February is now. It marked a time when offerings were made to pagan gods, back when England was less Christian and more heathen. The idea was simple. Feed the gods and hop ...
http://www.fhithich.uk/2026/02/01/solmonath-cake-mud-and-lowered-hopes/
#Aireyholme #Gribdale #NorthYorkMoors #EarlyMedieval #history
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"Two women, one conquest, and a deadly mission where trust is the rarest currency of all."
Excerpt: Therein Lies the Pearl by Catherine Hughes
#TheCoffeePotBookClub #BlogTour #NormanConquest #AngloSaxonHistory #EarlyMedieval #StMargaret #HistoricalFiction #MedievalHistory
👉 https://archaeolibrarian.wixsite.com/website/post/therein-lies-the-pearl-by-catherine-hughes
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I took a trip to Deerhust a few weeks ago, visiting the Anglo-Saxon site of St Marys Church and Oddas Chapel.
While there I improvised some filming. It's taken a little while, and I wish I'd had my equipment, but the video of that visit is now live.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uEVJ7VMahZw
#history #anglosaxon
#england #english #englishhistory
#video #getoutside #getoutdoors
#saxon #darkages #earlymedieval
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“If you just look at the archaeology of our top early medieval monasteries, Portmahomack stands out as exceptionally literate and book-orientated. The standard books will say there are no Pictish manuscripts. We need to flip that on its head and say that the Book of Kells is actually an exceptionally Pictish-looking manuscript.”
New research may rewrite origins of the Book of Kells
#Scotland #Ireland #medieval #earlymedieval #Picts #Celticstudies #art #religiousart
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“If you just look at the archaeology of our top early medieval monasteries, Portmahomack stands out as exceptionally literate and book-orientated. The standard books will say there are no Pictish manuscripts. We need to flip that on its head and say that the Book of Kells is actually an exceptionally Pictish-looking manuscript.”
New research may rewrite origins of the Book of Kells
#Scotland #Ireland #medieval #earlymedieval #Picts #Celticstudies #art #religiousart
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King Alfred’s Peace-Making Strategies with the Vikings https://www.medievalists.net/2025/02/king-alfreds-peace-making-strategies-with-the-vikings/ #Vikings #EarlyMedieval #EnglishHistory
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King Alfred’s Peace-Making Strategies with the Vikings https://www.medievalists.net/2025/02/king-alfreds-peace-making-strategies-with-the-vikings/ #Vikings #EarlyMedieval #EnglishHistory
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Colmán’s Legacy: From Lindisfarne to Inishbofin (Possibly via Commondale?)
Today marks the anniversary of the death of Colmán of Lindisfarne in the year 675. A fine excuse, I thought, to wander over to Commondale, a place supposedly named after the saint. At least, that is what Tom Scott Burns claimed in The Walker’s Guide to the Cleveland Hills. But, as with most things, it is n ...
http://www.fhithich.uk/?p=37479
#Commondale #NorthYorkMoors #EarlyMedieval #history #prehistoric
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Colmán’s Legacy: From Lindisfarne to Inishbofin (Possibly via Commondale?)
Today marks the anniversary of the death of Colmán of Lindisfarne in the year 675. A fine excuse, I thought, to wander over to Commondale, a place supposedly named after the saint. At least, that is what Tom Scott Burns claimed in The Walker’s Guide to the Cleveland Hills. But, as with most things, it is n ...
http://www.fhithich.uk/?p=37479
#Commondale #NorthYorkMoors #EarlyMedieval #history #prehistoric
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Lots of little dragon heads: This tablet woven trim is inspired by a 10th century textile fragment from Dublin. It is not a faithful reconstruction of the original. While the original is woven in brocade technique, this trim has been woven with 2 threads per tablet. It resembles the motive pretty well, though: double dragon heads, hence called Dublin Dragons.
#tabletweaving #brettchenweben #Wikinger #viking #mittelalter #medieval #reenactment #weben #weaving #earlymedieval #livinghistory #dragon -
Lots of little dragon heads: This tablet woven trim is inspired by a 10th century textile fragment from Dublin. It is not a faithful reconstruction of the original. While the original is woven in brocade technique, this trim has been woven with 2 threads per tablet. It resembles the motive pretty well, though: double dragon heads, hence called Dublin Dragons.
#tabletweaving #brettchenweben #Wikinger #viking #mittelalter #medieval #reenactment #weben #weaving #earlymedieval #livinghistory #dragon -
Temperature Inversions and Timetable Errors
A glorious morning on the hills south of Guisborough, the so-called top of Belmangate. While the town wallowed in cold and damp misery, those above the temperature inversion were treated to the breathtaking sight of Eston Nab and Airy Hill rising like islands from the clouds, with a diffused Brocken spectre thrown in for good measure.
Dr. ...
http://www.fhithich.uk/?p=37071
#Guisborough #NorthYorkMoors #EarlyMedieval #etymology #Roman
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Temperature Inversions and Timetable Errors
A glorious morning on the hills south of Guisborough, the so-called top of Belmangate. While the town wallowed in cold and damp misery, those above the temperature inversion were treated to the breathtaking sight of Eston Nab and Airy Hill rising like islands from the clouds, with a diffused Brocken spectre thrown in for good measure.
Dr. ...
http://www.fhithich.uk/?p=37071
#Guisborough #NorthYorkMoors #EarlyMedieval #etymology #Roman
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A Slog up Roseberry Topping and a Nod to Pagan Roots
I could claim it was a brisk dash up Roseberry Topping this morning, but in truth, it was more of a plodding trudge. Perhaps it only felt that way because I foolishly dressed for winter, not realising it would be unseasonably warm for Christmas Eve. This is the view from the summit, looking down on Aireyholme ...
http://www.fhithich.uk/?p=37049
#Aireyholme #ClevelandHills #NorthYorkMoors #RoseberryTopping #EarlyMedieval #history
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A Slog up Roseberry Topping and a Nod to Pagan Roots
I could claim it was a brisk dash up Roseberry Topping this morning, but in truth, it was more of a plodding trudge. Perhaps it only felt that way because I foolishly dressed for winter, not realising it would be unseasonably warm for Christmas Eve. This is the view from the summit, looking down on Aireyholme ...
http://www.fhithich.uk/?p=37049
#Aireyholme #ClevelandHills #NorthYorkMoors #RoseberryTopping #EarlyMedieval #history
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Explore the festive side of early medieval history with the Christmas-themed issue of After Constantine! https://www.patreon.com/medievalists/shop/after-constantine-christmas-themed-issue-130212?source=storefront #journal #earlymedieval #LateAntiquity #christmas
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Explore the festive side of early medieval history with the Christmas-themed issue of After Constantine! https://www.patreon.com/medievalists/shop/after-constantine-christmas-themed-issue-130212?source=storefront #journal #earlymedieval #LateAntiquity #christmas
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Expand your knowledge of early medieval history with After Constantine, Issue 4—download now! https://www.patreon.com/medievalists/shop/after-constantine-issue-4-156954?source=storefront #earlymedieval
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Expand your knowledge of early medieval history with After Constantine, Issue 4—download now! https://www.patreon.com/medievalists/shop/after-constantine-issue-4-156954?source=storefront #earlymedieval
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Thirteen treasures: discussion of lists of named possessions in #earlymedieval Britain, Tri Thlws ar Ddeg Ynys Brydain.
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‘The Chief Relic of the Western World’: Columcille & the Book of Kells
28 March, free online (booking essential)Created two centuries after St Columba’s death, The Book of Kells is one of the great treasures of Western religious art. Dr Rosemary Power’s talk will give an introduction to the artistry & theology that shaped it.
#Scottish #Irish #literature #CelticStudies #BookofKells #medieval #earlymedieval #art #theology #religion
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‘The Chief Relic of the Western World’: Columcille & the Book of Kells
28 March, free online (booking essential)Created two centuries after St Columba’s death, The Book of Kells is one of the great treasures of Western religious art. Dr Rosemary Power’s talk will give an introduction to the artistry & theology that shaped it.
#Scottish #Irish #literature #CelticStudies #BookofKells #medieval #earlymedieval #art #theology #religion
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Funded PhD alert! Applications now open for an IRC-funded PhD scholarship on the EMISoS (Early Medieval Irish Scripts on Stone) project! Full details available here: https://www.maynoothuniversity.ie/early-irish-sean-ghaeilge/news/fully-funded-phd-scholarship-department-early-irish-maynooth-university
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Beyond the Mist — The Battle of Stokesley
This morning, the air on Great Ayton Moor was crystal clear, but away in the south-west, a low mist crept up the Vale of Cleveland, making the wind turbines at Seamer look like they're levitating.
That white house yonder caught my eye. Turns out, it's Howe Hill. Now, I can therefore take a brief detour into a tale about the Saxon Battle of Stokesl ...
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Beyond the Mist — The Battle of Stokesley
This morning, the air on Great Ayton Moor was crystal clear, but away in the south-west, a low mist crept up the Vale of Cleveland, making the wind turbines at Seamer look like they're levitating.
That white house yonder caught my eye. Turns out, it's Howe Hill. Now, I can therefore take a brief detour into a tale about the Saxon Battle of Stokesl ...
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Easby Moor from Roseberry Topping
The names Easby and Roseberry both derive from Old Scandinavian, but what did the Deiri tribe, nestled snugly between the Humber and the Tees rivers, call these places? Picture Deira as the precursor to Yorkshire, holding court in York.
But Deira wasn't a territorial area. It seems more like a robust dynasty. The exact genesis of this lineage has been lost ...
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Easby Moor from Roseberry Topping
The names Easby and Roseberry both derive from Old Scandinavian, but what did the Deiri tribe, nestled snugly between the Humber and the Tees rivers, call these places? Picture Deira as the precursor to Yorkshire, holding court in York.
But Deira wasn't a territorial area. It seems more like a robust dynasty. The exact genesis of this lineage has been lost ...
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1902 wurde in Gammertingen ein reich ausgestattetes frühmittelalterliches #Grab entdeckt. Unter den Beigaben befand sich u.a. ein #Kettenhemd, das in seiner Vollständigkeit einzigartig ist. Mehr zum Grab -->
@googleartshttps://artsandculture.google.com/story/_AURXonUu4-R3Q
#Archaeology #LMWdigital #Armor #grave #earlymedieval #reconstruction @archaeodons
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1902 wurde in Gammertingen ein reich ausgestattetes frühmittelalterliches #Grab entdeckt. Unter den Beigaben befand sich u.a. ein #Kettenhemd, das in seiner Vollständigkeit einzigartig ist. Mehr zum Grab -->
@googleartshttps://artsandculture.google.com/story/_AURXonUu4-R3Q
#Archaeology #LMWdigital #Armor #grave #earlymedieval #reconstruction @archaeodons
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📢Applications now open for a fully-funded 4-year PhD scholarship in early Irish epigraphy! ⚠️Deadline 27 October⚠️
Full details available here: https://maynoothuniversity.ie/early-irish-sean-ghaeilge/news/fully-funded-phd-scholarship-department-early-irish-maynooth-university
#PhD #EarlyIrish #CelticStudies #EarlyMedieval #InscribedStones #DigitalEpigraphy -
Lilla Cross – A Tale of Loyalty and Bravery
On a day that turned out so dreich that even a duck would not be happy, a journey to Lilla Cross on Fylingdales Moor might have seemed a good idea when we set off. No wind whistled across the heather, but instead there were faint echoes of woeful cries that must have reverberated through the centuries. From a time when Lilla, a devoted minister-cum-serva ...
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Lilla Cross – A Tale of Loyalty and Bravery
On a day that turned out so dreich that even a duck would not be happy, a journey to Lilla Cross on Fylingdales Moor might have seemed a good idea when we set off. No wind whistled across the heather, but instead there were faint echoes of woeful cries that must have reverberated through the centuries. From a time when Lilla, a devoted minister-cum-serva ...
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Aireyholme Lane — A trade route of the past?
Descending Aireyholme Lane to the farm was like being part of a time-honoured ritual, with the sheep gracefully separating like the biblical Moses parting the Red Sea. The scene held an air of timelessness, as if this track had been used since the dawn of time. But one couldn't help but wonder, when exactly was that?
It appears likely that thi ...
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I'm new here. So far my handful of posts have been automatic links to my blog posts. But the Elephant Bot just suggested I introduce myself.
So: I'm Nicola, a writer (novels mostly), fighter, kitty wrangler, scholar, and queer crip. The most recent novel is SPEAR, a "queer Arthurian masterpiece for the modern age," and a new one, MENEWOOD, sequel to HILD, coming 3 October, 2023.
More about my books here:
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Teampall Caomháin • Inis Oírr
A small stone church was established here as early as the 11th century, and it was later extended with a chancel in the 13th century.
The church has almost been entirely swallowed by the drifting sand, and has only been kept clear by the dedication and work of the islanders.
#inisoirr #AranIslands #Irisharchaeology #earlymedieval #irishhistoryandheritage #irishhistory #Archaeology #explorewithtuatha #wildatlancway #galway #discoverireland #VisitIreland
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After sailing by it each time we went to Skellig Michael, it was fantastic to finally get to visit Illaunloughan at the weekend, lovely site!
Recommend the really interesting publication on the excavation there by Jenny White Marshall and Claire Walsh.
#kerry #WildAtlanticWay #IrishArchaeology #IrishHistory #EarlyChristian #EarlyMedieval #DiscoverIreland
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A wonderful discovery in #Leeds could be a treasure trove of information about the #EarlyMedieval period.
An ancient lead coffin has been unearthed in a previously undiscovered, 1,600-year-old Leeds cemetery which could help unlock the secrets of one of the most significant periods in British history.
#Histodons #EarlyMedievalArchaeology #AngloSaxon #Medieval #medievodons #MedievalMonday
@anglosaxon
@histodons
@medievodonshttps://news.leeds.gov.uk/news/historic-leeds-cemetery-discovery-unearths-secrets-of-ancient-britain
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Requested by @maninthewoods who mentioned folklore about cows. Not sure how well this one fits the criteria, but it's a folktale, and there's a cow in it...
This is one of the many stories about St Cuthbert that we have up here.
After Cuthbert died on the Farne Islands, his burial place became a pilgrimage site; however, Viking raids made it unsafe, so a group of monks removed his coffin and took it away.
They travelled the countryside for a long while, looking for a safe place, and there are plenty of stories about their journey, but those will have to wait for another time.
One night, a monk had a dream, or perhaps it was a holy vision, that the saint's body would be safe at Dunholme. However, none of them knew where that place was or had ever heard of it.
Soon after, they encountered two milkmaids on the road. One was looking for her good dun cow, and the other said she had seen the cow away over at Dunholme. The monks followed the milkmaids until they came to a piece of land protected by a loop of the river and by steep crags. There was the dun cow peacefully grazing, and there they knew Cuthbert's body would be safe.
They buried his coffin and built a church over it. The church became a cathedral and a city grew up. Over the years the name Dunholme became Durham, and St Cuthbert's body still rests there, thanks to a wandering dun cow.
#folklore #FolkloreThursday #Northumberland #Durham #legends #OriginMyth #StCuthbert #EarlyMedieval
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Early Medieval Irish cattle estimated withers heights from 17 different sites … & my brain wants to play Connect Four game 😁 (wonder what is going on with that short adult female? Dwarf cow or stunted early growth … an outlier).
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Oldest #Odin Inscription in the World Found — Scientists have identified the earliest known inscription referring to the #Norse god Odin on part of a gold disc unearthed in the Vindelev treasure found 2020 from 1,500 years ago
#histodons #medievodons #medieval #EarlyMedieval
https://arkeonews.net/the-oldest-odin-inscription-in-the-world-found-in-the-vindelev-treasure/
