December Miscellany
Upcoming Events
Medieval and Historic Graffiti in Gloucestershire Churches – 21 Jan 2022
Items of Interest
The Graffiti That Changed a City
Medieval graffiti at Flamstead Church
Ship graffiti in church in Porto Torres, Italy
From Twitter
We were back @MalmesburyAbbey this week after a break. Re-taken the Cons' Cross we found & are after other examples of the small "votive" circles, thank you. @HeritageWSHC @MedievalG @WiltshireMuseum pic.twitter.com/dTJrLR4Qoq
— Wilts Med Graffiti (@WiltsRecProj) December 1, 2021
St Mary, South Creake, #Norfolk
Graffiti of a church hidden behind the screen (thanks to the kind person who helped us to see it), probably St Mary at the Walls, where this screen comes from#ChurchesInChurches #AnimalsInChurches pic.twitter.com/ryhbFQOpDO— pacoulmag (@pacoulmag) December 1, 2021
Real historic texture: over a century of graffiti on a broken slate boundary stone, high on Pen Pumlumon Arwystli, #Ceredigion, #CambrianMountains pic.twitter.com/A2iKae9beB
— Dr Toby Driver (@Toby_Driver1) December 20, 2021
Had a fruitful visit to Gloucester Cathedral today. Here's a sample… pic.twitter.com/w1bTGhUJqn
— Brian Hoggard (@folkmagicman) December 26, 2021
Incantation Bowl with an Aramaic Inscription around a demon, from Nippur, Mesopotamia. (6th-7th Century AD)
Ritual of incantation bowls involves inscribing a ceramic bowl with a spell of protection or healing and then burying it under a threshold or in corner of a home. pic.twitter.com/NbtjlDCtP4
— Archaeo – Histories (@archeohistories) December 28, 2021