November Miscellany

Items of Interest

Lincoln Cathedral graffiti

 Familiar symbols showing up as quilt designs

From Twitter

Marked stone from the Neolithic which was found during excavations at Barnhouse – a Neolithic settlement on the shore of Harray Loch in Orkney, located close to the Standing Stones of Stenness. Now part of the collections at Orkney Museum in Kirkwall. #NeolthicNovember pic.twitter.com/5MXB2wwy2y

— Kevin Wilbraham (@KPW1453) November 7, 2022

Elaborate compass drawn design, St Albans Abbey
Not quite a daisy-wheel/hexfoil, only 4 petals
Certainly serve as an effective 'trap' for any demons.#apotropaic #stalbans #folklore #medievalchurches #medieval #hertfordshire #history

@jackiemorrisartist @folkmagicman pic.twitter.com/QkDmxaRyg8

— Pamela Thom-Rowe (@thom_rowe) November 25, 2022

A curiosity at Swanton Novers, Norfolk, revisited with @johnevigar last week. On the 15c canopy of the piscina, what appears to be a VW symbol within a chaplet of flowers. The same symbol is on the font within a crown of thorns.

Return to Swanton Novers: https://t.co/v1Dmj6z9qV pic.twitter.com/AZL0aJIinP

— Simon Knott (@last_of_england) November 26, 2022

Carpenter's marks & graffiti on the Rows, Chester. I could happily spend hours searching for more. Fascinating traces of the people who built and used the buildings from the medieval period onwards. #archaeology #graffiti @NWHistGraffiti pic.twitter.com/2HmHx6GbP3

— Dr Tim Campbell-Green (@RobertHamnett) November 23, 2022

Kids and dogs alike enjoy desecrating columns in Delft's Oudekerk,1652. Church graffiti was a popular children's hobby, shown by many artists; here by Emanuel de Witte, whose day is today. pic.twitter.com/5EtgXmoF5u

— Dr. Peter Paul Rubens (@PP_Rubens) November 25, 2022