Dr Cassandra Harrington
@clharrington.bsky.social
Art historian. PhD on medieval foliate head and mask iconography. Assistant Lecturer in Classics. Previously CHASE DTP, University of Kent (School of History) and Canterbury Cathedral. Website: https://cassandraharrington.com
Upcoming colloquium!
📍 Clagett Auditorium, Canterbury Cathedral Lodge
🗓 Tue 30 Sept 2025 · 3 PM
💫 FREE & open to all
Talks • Q&A • Tea/Coffee • Guided Tour of the Medieval Infirmary
RSVP to help plan refreshments 🫖👇
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/recapturin...
📍 Clagett Auditorium, Canterbury Cathedral Lodge
🗓 Tue 30 Sept 2025 · 3 PM
💫 FREE & open to all
Talks • Q&A • Tea/Coffee • Guided Tour of the Medieval Infirmary
RSVP to help plan refreshments 🫖👇
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/recapturin...
Recapturing England's Monastic Heritage: Canterbury Cathedral Infirmary
Explore the history and architecture of Canterbury Cathedral's infirmary, and immerse yourself in England's rich monastic heritage!
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September 19, 2025 at 8:59 AM
Upcoming colloquium!
📍 Clagett Auditorium, Canterbury Cathedral Lodge
🗓 Tue 30 Sept 2025 · 3 PM
💫 FREE & open to all
Talks • Q&A • Tea/Coffee • Guided Tour of the Medieval Infirmary
RSVP to help plan refreshments 🫖👇
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/recapturin...
📍 Clagett Auditorium, Canterbury Cathedral Lodge
🗓 Tue 30 Sept 2025 · 3 PM
💫 FREE & open to all
Talks • Q&A • Tea/Coffee • Guided Tour of the Medieval Infirmary
RSVP to help plan refreshments 🫖👇
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/recapturin...
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Like a scene from "Ben Hur": For #ReliefWednesday a terracotta relief depicting an accident at a chariot-race at the Circus Maximus.
The famous circus in #Rome can be recognised due to the seven movable dolphins on the central dividing barrier, the... 🧵1/2
🏺 #archaeology
The famous circus in #Rome can be recognised due to the seven movable dolphins on the central dividing barrier, the... 🧵1/2
🏺 #archaeology
September 17, 2025 at 7:29 AM
Like a scene from "Ben Hur": For #ReliefWednesday a terracotta relief depicting an accident at a chariot-race at the Circus Maximus.
The famous circus in #Rome can be recognised due to the seven movable dolphins on the central dividing barrier, the... 🧵1/2
🏺 #archaeology
The famous circus in #Rome can be recognised due to the seven movable dolphins on the central dividing barrier, the... 🧵1/2
🏺 #archaeology
Excited to share some research from my forthcoming book.
🌿Who was the 'Green Man'?
Not a pagan relic, but a window into medieval humanism.
Join me for a lecture next month to find out more!
📍Guildhall, Sandwich
🗓 22 Oct, 7–8PM
🎟 Tickets £5 👇
www.sandwichlocalhistorysociety.org.uk/community/sa...
🌿Who was the 'Green Man'?
Not a pagan relic, but a window into medieval humanism.
Join me for a lecture next month to find out more!
📍Guildhall, Sandwich
🗓 22 Oct, 7–8PM
🎟 Tickets £5 👇
www.sandwichlocalhistorysociety.org.uk/community/sa...
September 10, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Excited to share some research from my forthcoming book.
🌿Who was the 'Green Man'?
Not a pagan relic, but a window into medieval humanism.
Join me for a lecture next month to find out more!
📍Guildhall, Sandwich
🗓 22 Oct, 7–8PM
🎟 Tickets £5 👇
www.sandwichlocalhistorysociety.org.uk/community/sa...
🌿Who was the 'Green Man'?
Not a pagan relic, but a window into medieval humanism.
Join me for a lecture next month to find out more!
📍Guildhall, Sandwich
🗓 22 Oct, 7–8PM
🎟 Tickets £5 👇
www.sandwichlocalhistorysociety.org.uk/community/sa...
📚 Reunited! A 15th-century print is back with the Gutenberg Bible it once accompanied.
🔗 news.artnet.com/art-world/hu...
🔗 news.artnet.com/art-world/hu...
15th-Century Print Reunited With Gutenberg Bible It Once Accompanied
The Huntington has acquired a print of Jesus in the Mount of Olives that had been pasted inside its Gutenberg Bible for 400 years.
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March 19, 2025 at 4:53 PM
📚 Reunited! A 15th-century print is back with the Gutenberg Bible it once accompanied.
🔗 news.artnet.com/art-world/hu...
🔗 news.artnet.com/art-world/hu...
UNIVERSITY OF KENT CLASSICS DAY 2025
🏛️ Weds 26th March, 1.00pm-6.30pm GMT 🏛️
Lectures will be held in Woolf Lecture Theatre (Canterbury Campus) and via Zoom.
All welcome. Do join us if you can!
🏛️ Weds 26th March, 1.00pm-6.30pm GMT 🏛️
Lectures will be held in Woolf Lecture Theatre (Canterbury Campus) and via Zoom.
All welcome. Do join us if you can!
March 18, 2025 at 12:02 PM
UNIVERSITY OF KENT CLASSICS DAY 2025
🏛️ Weds 26th March, 1.00pm-6.30pm GMT 🏛️
Lectures will be held in Woolf Lecture Theatre (Canterbury Campus) and via Zoom.
All welcome. Do join us if you can!
🏛️ Weds 26th March, 1.00pm-6.30pm GMT 🏛️
Lectures will be held in Woolf Lecture Theatre (Canterbury Campus) and via Zoom.
All welcome. Do join us if you can!
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"Fuit itaque in diebus aethelredi inlustris anglorum regis"
Cambridge, Corpus Christi College, MS 389; Jerome's Life of St Paul, and Felix of Crowland's the Life of St Guthlac; 10th century CE; St Augustine's, Canterbury; f.22v @parkerlibcccc.bsky.social @corpuscambridge.bsky.social
Cambridge, Corpus Christi College, MS 389; Jerome's Life of St Paul, and Felix of Crowland's the Life of St Guthlac; 10th century CE; St Augustine's, Canterbury; f.22v @parkerlibcccc.bsky.social @corpuscambridge.bsky.social
March 16, 2025 at 9:55 PM
"Fuit itaque in diebus aethelredi inlustris anglorum regis"
Cambridge, Corpus Christi College, MS 389; Jerome's Life of St Paul, and Felix of Crowland's the Life of St Guthlac; 10th century CE; St Augustine's, Canterbury; f.22v @parkerlibcccc.bsky.social @corpuscambridge.bsky.social
Cambridge, Corpus Christi College, MS 389; Jerome's Life of St Paul, and Felix of Crowland's the Life of St Guthlac; 10th century CE; St Augustine's, Canterbury; f.22v @parkerlibcccc.bsky.social @corpuscambridge.bsky.social
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A stone (standing) for #StandingStoneSunday
Recording a distance of 4 miles (M[ilia] P[assuum] IIII) to 'L' (presumably Roman #Lancaster) this #Roman milestone was dedicated to the emperor #Hadrian
Found in the Artle Beck in 1803 it can be seen in the excellent (and free) Lancaster City Museum
Recording a distance of 4 miles (M[ilia] P[assuum] IIII) to 'L' (presumably Roman #Lancaster) this #Roman milestone was dedicated to the emperor #Hadrian
Found in the Artle Beck in 1803 it can be seen in the excellent (and free) Lancaster City Museum
March 16, 2025 at 8:12 AM
A stone (standing) for #StandingStoneSunday
Recording a distance of 4 miles (M[ilia] P[assuum] IIII) to 'L' (presumably Roman #Lancaster) this #Roman milestone was dedicated to the emperor #Hadrian
Found in the Artle Beck in 1803 it can be seen in the excellent (and free) Lancaster City Museum
Recording a distance of 4 miles (M[ilia] P[assuum] IIII) to 'L' (presumably Roman #Lancaster) this #Roman milestone was dedicated to the emperor #Hadrian
Found in the Artle Beck in 1803 it can be seen in the excellent (and free) Lancaster City Museum
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Would you like to present some work-in-progress research at an online MEMRN meeting this year? We have slots available in April, June and July!
Come and share your ideas with our friendly and supportive group - open to all PGRs in Medieval and Early Modern studies. DM or email us to get started!
Come and share your ideas with our friendly and supportive group - open to all PGRs in Medieval and Early Modern studies. DM or email us to get started!
March 15, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Would you like to present some work-in-progress research at an online MEMRN meeting this year? We have slots available in April, June and July!
Come and share your ideas with our friendly and supportive group - open to all PGRs in Medieval and Early Modern studies. DM or email us to get started!
Come and share your ideas with our friendly and supportive group - open to all PGRs in Medieval and Early Modern studies. DM or email us to get started!
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Scalia has done a beautiful job on my Canterbury Cathedral book- published in hardback in May. scalapublishers.com/architecture...
March 16, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Scalia has done a beautiful job on my Canterbury Cathedral book- published in hardback in May. scalapublishers.com/architecture...
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Hey #MedievalSky! If you or someone you know wants a lectureship @uniofstandrews.bsky.social in Latin & the history of the British Isles, now's your chance
We're hiring for a permanent post: 50% Latin for postgraduates; 50% history of later medieval Britain & Ireland
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DMD844/a...
We're hiring for a permanent post: 50% Latin for postgraduates; 50% history of later medieval Britain & Ireland
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DMD844/a...
Associate Lecturer (Education Focused) in Latin and in the History of the British Isles, c.1100-1500 – AO1974DD at University of St Andrews
An opportunity for an academic position as a Associate Lecturer (Education Focused) in Latin and in the History of the British Isles, c.1100-1500 – AO1974DD is available, as advertised on jobs.ac.uk. ...
www.jobs.ac.uk
March 6, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Hey #MedievalSky! If you or someone you know wants a lectureship @uniofstandrews.bsky.social in Latin & the history of the British Isles, now's your chance
We're hiring for a permanent post: 50% Latin for postgraduates; 50% history of later medieval Britain & Ireland
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DMD844/a...
We're hiring for a permanent post: 50% Latin for postgraduates; 50% history of later medieval Britain & Ireland
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DMD844/a...
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Archaeologists Uncover Rare Late Medieval Pottery Kiln in England https://www.medievalists.net/2025/02/archaeologists-uncover-rare-late-medieval-pottery-kiln-in-england/ #archaeology #England #potterykiln
Archaeologists Uncover Rare Late Medieval Pottery Kiln in England - Medievalists.net
A well-preserved pottery kiln dating to the late medieval period has been unearthed at a school in Sutton, England, offering new insights into…
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February 5, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Archaeologists Uncover Rare Late Medieval Pottery Kiln in England https://www.medievalists.net/2025/02/archaeologists-uncover-rare-late-medieval-pottery-kiln-in-england/ #archaeology #England #potterykiln
Wishing a very Merry Christmas to all #medievalsky! ✨️
December 24, 2024 at 3:54 PM
Wishing a very Merry Christmas to all #medievalsky! ✨️
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It is the final window of your Margaret Paston Advent Calendar! In her letter of Christmas Eve 1459, Margaret also mentions listening to music, specifically the lute and the harp. I wonder if she would have enjoyed this? Sound on please. youtu.be/JuJIdL8yvKY?...
Wham! - Last Christmas (Harp Cover)
YouTube video by Amélie Guiboux
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December 24, 2024 at 6:40 AM
It is the final window of your Margaret Paston Advent Calendar! In her letter of Christmas Eve 1459, Margaret also mentions listening to music, specifically the lute and the harp. I wonder if she would have enjoyed this? Sound on please. youtu.be/JuJIdL8yvKY?...
The nave of Canterbury Cathedral, looking merry and bright... ✨️
December 13, 2024 at 12:43 PM
The nave of Canterbury Cathedral, looking merry and bright... ✨️
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📢Job alert! Postdoc (History) on Norse links with North America at the Arctic Centre of @unigroningen.bsky.social - part of the CONTACT ERC project (1.0 FTE, 12 months with expected 1.5 year extension, deadline 31 December)
www.rug.nl/about-ug/wor...
www.rug.nl/about-ug/wor...
December 4, 2024 at 1:11 PM
📢Job alert! Postdoc (History) on Norse links with North America at the Arctic Centre of @unigroningen.bsky.social - part of the CONTACT ERC project (1.0 FTE, 12 months with expected 1.5 year extension, deadline 31 December)
www.rug.nl/about-ug/wor...
www.rug.nl/about-ug/wor...
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We are advertising two fabulous jobs at the Cambridge University Herbarium.
Collection Manager: jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/49404/
Collections & Digitisation Assistant: jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/49378/
Incredible collection of 1.1 million specimens including most of Darwin’s Voyage of the Beagle material.
Collection Manager: jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/49404/
Collections & Digitisation Assistant: jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/49378/
Incredible collection of 1.1 million specimens including most of Darwin’s Voyage of the Beagle material.
December 2, 2024 at 9:05 PM
We are advertising two fabulous jobs at the Cambridge University Herbarium.
Collection Manager: jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/49404/
Collections & Digitisation Assistant: jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/49378/
Incredible collection of 1.1 million specimens including most of Darwin’s Voyage of the Beagle material.
Collection Manager: jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/49404/
Collections & Digitisation Assistant: jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/49378/
Incredible collection of 1.1 million specimens including most of Darwin’s Voyage of the Beagle material.
Reposted by Dr Cassandra Harrington
Rachel Ruysch: Nature Into Art at Die Pinakotheken
A "Pick of the Week" in Apollo – The International Art Magazine's Art Diary
www.apollo-magazine.com/rachel-ruysc...
A "Pick of the Week" in Apollo – The International Art Magazine's Art Diary
www.apollo-magazine.com/rachel-ruysc...
Rachel Ruysch: Nature Into Art | Apollo Magazine
The Dutch artist populated her floral still lifes with beetles, butterflies, classical sculptures and other unexpected details
www.apollo-magazine.com
November 30, 2024 at 12:03 AM
Rachel Ruysch: Nature Into Art at Die Pinakotheken
A "Pick of the Week" in Apollo – The International Art Magazine's Art Diary
www.apollo-magazine.com/rachel-ruysc...
A "Pick of the Week" in Apollo – The International Art Magazine's Art Diary
www.apollo-magazine.com/rachel-ruysc...
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Wow. Here is one to brighten up your morning. The first images of the restored interior of Notre Dame cathedral. Breathtaking. In just five years France did it
November 29, 2024 at 8:08 AM
Wow. Here is one to brighten up your morning. The first images of the restored interior of Notre Dame cathedral. Breathtaking. In just five years France did it
Sharing this glorious leafy face for #MosaicMonday!
Part of a Byzantine mosaic frieze from a peristyle court at the Great Palace of Constantinople.
📸 Great Palace Mosaic Museum, Istanbul
Part of a Byzantine mosaic frieze from a peristyle court at the Great Palace of Constantinople.
📸 Great Palace Mosaic Museum, Istanbul
November 25, 2024 at 4:28 PM
Sharing this glorious leafy face for #MosaicMonday!
Part of a Byzantine mosaic frieze from a peristyle court at the Great Palace of Constantinople.
📸 Great Palace Mosaic Museum, Istanbul
Part of a Byzantine mosaic frieze from a peristyle court at the Great Palace of Constantinople.
📸 Great Palace Mosaic Museum, Istanbul
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Exciting PhD Opportunity! Come join @memsunikent.bsky.social for a CHASE-funded collaborative doctoral award with Westminster Abbey to investigate the manuscript fragments held in the Abbey’s Archives. Learn more at the link below, deadline to apply 17 Feb 2025 📜🎉
research.kent.ac.uk/medieval-ear...
research.kent.ac.uk/medieval-ear...
News - Centre for Medieval & Early Modern Studies - Research at Kent
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November 20, 2024 at 10:29 AM
Exciting PhD Opportunity! Come join @memsunikent.bsky.social for a CHASE-funded collaborative doctoral award with Westminster Abbey to investigate the manuscript fragments held in the Abbey’s Archives. Learn more at the link below, deadline to apply 17 Feb 2025 📜🎉
research.kent.ac.uk/medieval-ear...
research.kent.ac.uk/medieval-ear...
Gorgeous blanket of snow at Christ Church Oxford this morning! ❄️
November 19, 2024 at 4:28 PM
Gorgeous blanket of snow at Christ Church Oxford this morning! ❄️