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  1. On Monday the cyclists will visit #StAlbans & #WalthamCross before ending in London. The originals of Waltham’s Eleanor statues are now in the V&A, but were drawn by Stukeley & engraved for the Society of Antiquaries in 1721:
    scalar.missouri.edu/vm/vol1pla

    #QueenEleanorCycleRide #stonecarving #cycling

  2. Books & roses feature on Eleanor crosses - the memorials erected by a grieving Edward I to his beloved wife Eleanor of Castile. What a way to be remembered!

    I've just written about this:
    barnes1.net/clairefromclare/po
    @medievodons @bookstodon

    #EleanorCross #ClareCollege #stonecarving #medieval

  3. Dervorguilla of Galloway, who wrote the 1282 statutes & ‘did the practical work’ to establish the Oxford college named after her husband John Balliol, is commemorated in a statue unveiled last year. This article shows the interesting process as well as the outcome:
    theoxfordsausage.com/a-new-pub 🧵 1/2

    #Dervorguilla #Balliol #Oxford #stonecarving #sculpture

  4. Look what I did today! An external round surface and an internal curve. There is even a flat surface carved out, if you can get your head around that.

    I made two schoolboy errors. In my enthusiasm, I gouged a little too deeply and knocked off a tiny bit of internal corner. I still can't believe I did that in a day.

    More to come tomorrow!

    #Sculpture #StoneCarving

  5. Behind the choir will be an extraordinary backdrop: a #RoodScreen made not of wood but of stone, twisting and curving to the sky. It's been dated to the 1350s. So, just after the #BlackDeath... Who would have supported innovation at such a time?
    barnes1.net/clairefromclare/po
    @medievodons

    #StoneCarving #Craftsmanship #Patronage #GreatBardfield #Stebbing #LadyOfClare

  6. A new memorial will commemorate the ratification of a document in 1359. Unlike most paperwork, this one continues to inspire after 667 years. It was on parchment not paper, but it's thoughts that count.
    barnes1.net/clairefromclare/po

    #CardozoKindersley #StoneCarving #inspiration #ClareCollege #GreatBardfield

  7. At our March meeting (1st March, IN PERSON), Dr Kathryn Piquette and Mick Oakey will give a talk on "New Research on the Making of the Narmer Palette" (1/4)

    #egyptology #ancientEgypt #NarmerPalette #stoneCarving