Nic Kipar
@eldergoth.bsky.social
Medieval dress historian 1200-1500.
Creative practice researcher: re-creating historic (medieval) dress as academic practice.
She or they.
Creative practice researcher: re-creating historic (medieval) dress as academic practice.
She or they.
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A lovely wee introduction to the broad, diverse and fascinating subject of how and why people coloured textiles. Kay-Williams, S. (2013) The story of colour in textiles: imperial purple to denim blue. London: Bloomsbury. www.bloomsbury.com/uk/story-of-...
February 11, 2025 at 8:06 AM
A lovely wee introduction to the broad, diverse and fascinating subject of how and why people coloured textiles. Kay-Williams, S. (2013) The story of colour in textiles: imperial purple to denim blue. London: Bloomsbury. www.bloomsbury.com/uk/story-of-...
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Throughout the month of February I am posting recs for research on natural dyes and (textile) colours in the Middle Ages. I am starting with the 'holy book': Cardon, D. (2007) Natural dyes: sources, tradition, technology and science. Translated by: Higgitt, C. London: Archetype Publications.
February 2, 2025 at 6:02 AM
Throughout the month of February I am posting recs for research on natural dyes and (textile) colours in the Middle Ages. I am starting with the 'holy book': Cardon, D. (2007) Natural dyes: sources, tradition, technology and science. Translated by: Higgitt, C. London: Archetype Publications.
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Who is the current Jacobite pretender to the throne? Now would probably be a good time for them to make themselves known…
February 19, 2026 at 11:55 AM
Who is the current Jacobite pretender to the throne? Now would probably be a good time for them to make themselves known…
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"We have today arrested a man in his sixties ..."
#medievalsky
@labnf.bsky.social @gallicabnf.bsky.social Français 2643, f. 197v
#medievalsky
@labnf.bsky.social @gallicabnf.bsky.social Français 2643, f. 197v
February 19, 2026 at 12:06 PM
"We have today arrested a man in his sixties ..."
#medievalsky
@labnf.bsky.social @gallicabnf.bsky.social Français 2643, f. 197v
#medievalsky
@labnf.bsky.social @gallicabnf.bsky.social Français 2643, f. 197v
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shove yer ai up yer hole, this is where it's at.
February 19, 2026 at 11:13 AM
shove yer ai up yer hole, this is where it's at.
Advertise your accent with a gif
February 19, 2026 at 10:50 AM
Advertise your accent with a gif
Yes! Finally! No one must be exempt from the law. This has been appalling for so many years, that whjole royal-this, royal-that. Pah.
BREAKING: Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor has been arrested on suspicion of misconduct in public office, BBC News reported reut.rs/4s0NSPL
February 19, 2026 at 10:18 AM
Yes! Finally! No one must be exempt from the law. This has been appalling for so many years, that whjole royal-this, royal-that. Pah.
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I regularly see people wondering how it's possible that there are so many musicians and writers and film makers and artists from a tiny nation like Iceland.
And the answer is really simple: State funding for art education and artists. I literally get a salary from the government to write books.
And the answer is really simple: State funding for art education and artists. I literally get a salary from the government to write books.
I’m constantly astounded at the sheer level of artistic production coming out of Iceland. Novels, movies, music. Amazing.
February 18, 2026 at 2:23 PM
I regularly see people wondering how it's possible that there are so many musicians and writers and film makers and artists from a tiny nation like Iceland.
And the answer is really simple: State funding for art education and artists. I literally get a salary from the government to write books.
And the answer is really simple: State funding for art education and artists. I literally get a salary from the government to write books.
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When you turn up for the Saltburn themed party, but Jacob Elordi's not in the bath 😥
👍🏛️🍑 #MuseumBums
"Cernnunos", 2021 by Christophe Charbonnel, at Château du Plessis-Brion 😁
👍🏛️🍑 #MuseumBums
"Cernnunos", 2021 by Christophe Charbonnel, at Château du Plessis-Brion 😁
February 19, 2026 at 7:24 AM
When you turn up for the Saltburn themed party, but Jacob Elordi's not in the bath 😥
👍🏛️🍑 #MuseumBums
"Cernnunos", 2021 by Christophe Charbonnel, at Château du Plessis-Brion 😁
👍🏛️🍑 #MuseumBums
"Cernnunos", 2021 by Christophe Charbonnel, at Château du Plessis-Brion 😁
I only peripherally noticed the LaBubu craze (yes, I am late). Fellow Gen Xers, remember Mon Cichis?
February 19, 2026 at 7:32 AM
I only peripherally noticed the LaBubu craze (yes, I am late). Fellow Gen Xers, remember Mon Cichis?
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1465 detail of Adoration of the Magi by Dieric Bouts the older. I took the photos in 2015 in the Alte Pinakothek in Munich. Her dark blue dress is lined with grey fur, and look at the finely frilled edge of her pinned-up linen wimple. A shift peeks through at her neckline. #HistoricDress
February 5, 2025 at 2:50 PM
1465 detail of Adoration of the Magi by Dieric Bouts the older. I took the photos in 2015 in the Alte Pinakothek in Munich. Her dark blue dress is lined with grey fur, and look at the finely frilled edge of her pinned-up linen wimple. A shift peeks through at her neckline. #HistoricDress
That moment, last year, when the tablet weaving won. The first tablet weaving, the second won as well.
Aaaarrrggghhhh! The tablet weaving accidentally came off the loom when I was attempting to detangle. No longer do I ask myself when the belt is long enough. The belt is long enough NOW for the c.1350 re-created artefact i.e., outfit.
#DressHistory #Making
#DressHistory #Making
February 17, 2026 at 3:38 PM
That moment, last year, when the tablet weaving won. The first tablet weaving, the second won as well.
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💥 A Whole Lot of History 💥
Post-excavation finds processing from the Neolithic site of Ness of Brodgar on Orkney, one of Europe’s most important prehistoric discoveries, has revealed a 5,000-year-old fragment of decorated stone.
More: open.substack.com/pub/historyh...
Post-excavation finds processing from the Neolithic site of Ness of Brodgar on Orkney, one of Europe’s most important prehistoric discoveries, has revealed a 5,000-year-old fragment of decorated stone.
More: open.substack.com/pub/historyh...
February 14, 2026 at 11:07 AM
💥 A Whole Lot of History 💥
Post-excavation finds processing from the Neolithic site of Ness of Brodgar on Orkney, one of Europe’s most important prehistoric discoveries, has revealed a 5,000-year-old fragment of decorated stone.
More: open.substack.com/pub/historyh...
Post-excavation finds processing from the Neolithic site of Ness of Brodgar on Orkney, one of Europe’s most important prehistoric discoveries, has revealed a 5,000-year-old fragment of decorated stone.
More: open.substack.com/pub/historyh...
Happy Valentine's Caturday from Tristan and Giro
February 14, 2026 at 11:42 AM
Happy Valentine's Caturday from Tristan and Giro
Abstracts for the Historical Clothing and Textiles in Europe 3-day conference 26-28 February 2026. #MedievalSky #DressHistory zenodo.org/records/1863...
Historical Clothing and Textiles in Europe ABSTRACTS
This volume brings together the abstracts of papers presented at the thematic conference Historical Clothing and Textiles in Europe, organised by the Institute of Latvian History at the Faculty of Hum...
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February 14, 2026 at 8:14 AM
Abstracts for the Historical Clothing and Textiles in Europe 3-day conference 26-28 February 2026. #MedievalSky #DressHistory zenodo.org/records/1863...
Not Friday any longer, but worth a repost. Glorious burial clothes c.1600.
#FindsFriday this was found in a grave, it's burial clothing, thus it counts as a find, aye? I was allowed to take these at a special exhibition in Nuremberg ten years ago. 📷 me.
c.1600 or earlier, burial dress of Countess Katharina von Lippe, died aged 6. #EarlyModern #DressHistory 🧵1/2
c.1600 or earlier, burial dress of Countess Katharina von Lippe, died aged 6. #EarlyModern #DressHistory 🧵1/2
February 14, 2026 at 7:13 AM
Not Friday any longer, but worth a repost. Glorious burial clothes c.1600.
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1503-06 The mocking of Christ, Matthias Grünewald. Photos by me taken in 2015, Alte Pinakothek, Munich. Note the interesting hose construction, including a crotch gusset similar to underarm gussets. I picked out the seams in yellow to show their position. #DressHistory
February 6, 2025 at 7:03 PM
1503-06 The mocking of Christ, Matthias Grünewald. Photos by me taken in 2015, Alte Pinakothek, Munich. Note the interesting hose construction, including a crotch gusset similar to underarm gussets. I picked out the seams in yellow to show their position. #DressHistory
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Welcome to February! Every month in 2026 we give you the gift of calendar pages from several of Penn's books of hours - illustrating the variety of books we have in our collection. Enjoy! #medievalsky
February 4, 2026 at 6:15 PM
Welcome to February! Every month in 2026 we give you the gift of calendar pages from several of Penn's books of hours - illustrating the variety of books we have in our collection. Enjoy! #medievalsky
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Medieval cosmology revolved around the Ptolemaic universe, a geocentric model proposed by Greek astronomer Ptolemy c. 150 CE. Motionless earth in centre with the heavens moving around it in concentric spheres. Ptolemy's ideas built upon Aristotle's 384–322 BCE concept of a structured, ordered cosmos
January 31, 2026 at 7:10 AM
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I was very lucky, I’d done almost all of my digital medieval manuscript research with the BL before it was hacked. Things are still not fully up. How many years has it been? So sad.
'Step inside the British Library: here is paradise.'
Well, before it was hacked, yes.
Well, before it was hacked, yes.
Reading the rooms: London’s British Library decoded
Novelist Charlotte Mendelson explores an institution that holds the history of humanity — and, on any given day, a curious cross-section of the capital itself
www.ft.com
January 29, 2026 at 9:03 AM
I was very lucky, I’d done almost all of my digital medieval manuscript research with the BL before it was hacked. Things are still not fully up. How many years has it been? So sad.
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And on the seventh day Gupta finished his work that he had done, but he did not rest on that day, instead he sat with his head in his hands mumbling “my life is a meaningless sham”
January 29, 2026 at 7:35 AM
And on the seventh day Gupta finished his work that he had done, but he did not rest on that day, instead he sat with his head in his hands mumbling “my life is a meaningless sham”
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And this is the sole basis for these ideas. "Humanities are subjective, but the subjects I value are objective" is just ignorance and being a boring person. And that's fine, that's cool, you do you, but you're... wrong. And it's ok to be wrong, but so many people being wrong together is annoying.
January 29, 2026 at 5:51 AM
And this is the sole basis for these ideas. "Humanities are subjective, but the subjects I value are objective" is just ignorance and being a boring person. And that's fine, that's cool, you do you, but you're... wrong. And it's ok to be wrong, but so many people being wrong together is annoying.
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Nope. See me after class.
Maths and physics are objective and humanities is subjective.
That's the difference.
That's the difference.
January 29, 2026 at 6:20 AM
Nope. See me after class.
Whenever I need a creative practice research motivation boost, I look at this photo of the semi precious stones in their gilded settings, that I made for the gold and silk yoke embroidery of the 1200 bliaut. #HistoricalDress
January 28, 2026 at 6:01 PM
Whenever I need a creative practice research motivation boost, I look at this photo of the semi precious stones in their gilded settings, that I made for the gold and silk yoke embroidery of the 1200 bliaut. #HistoricalDress
I’m the normalest of normal about it. Honest.
I'm going to need everyone to be really, really normal about this
two wise men nourished by Wisdom. Aurora Consurgens, s. Rh. 172 Parchemin, 100 f.
two wise men nourished by Wisdom. Aurora Consurgens, s. Rh. 172 Parchemin, 100 f.
January 28, 2026 at 2:25 PM
I’m the normalest of normal about it. Honest.