January Miscellany Items of Interest Message in a bottle in Edinburgh home Histoic graffiti in Croatia From Twitter Medieval graffiti at risk from the weather Prisoners’ graffiti in Winchester’s 11th century West Gate Apotropaic cat skeleton in Devon cottage
Material approaches to Roman Magic: Occult objects and Supernatural Substances Material approaches to Roman Magic: Occult objects and Supernatural Substances. Adam Parker and Stuart McKie, TRAC, Oxbow, 2018 Stern theoreticians wrestle with the nebulous and inconclusive. The back cover synopsis of this volume sums up, somewhat long-windedly, the need to extend archaeological research…
The Graffiti of St Giles, Wormshill and All Saints, Iwade Alan Anstee of the Kent Medieval Graffiti Survey talks about two churches near Sittingbourne in Kent. When looking through the surveys of these two churches prior to starting to write this, I was struck by the difference in what was found in each church. This…
October Miscellany A graffiti cat is lurking in the background of a famous painting. The Blind Fiddler by David Wilkie hangs in the Tate Britain Gallery. The cupboard doors on the right of the painting show a clearly drawn little cat. Upcoming Events Medieval Graffiti Tour at Exeter Cathedral Items of Interest Zine includes medieval graffiti Creswell…
A Tale of Two Churches – The Graffiti of All Saint’s, Murston, Kent It’s always a good thing to think outside the box when graffiti hunting, as Alan Anstee of the Kent Medieval Graffiti Survey explains when he takes a look at All Saints, Murson. Since I started graffiti hunting with the Kent Medieval Graffiti…