Elva Johnston
@elvabjohnston.bsky.social
Historian at University College Dublin | late antique & early medieval Ireland: literacy, gender, saints | posting in a personal capacity | she/her
Dublin Bay from Sandymount, after the wind & rain
November 15, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Dublin Bay from Sandymount, after the wind & rain
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Rome from the roof
November 14, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Rome from the roof
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Mother hen & chicks
Ink and opaque watercolours on cloth (cotton).
Ascribed to: Mansur
Mughal Style
Jahangir reign
1605-1627
(British Museum)
Ink and opaque watercolours on cloth (cotton).
Ascribed to: Mansur
Mughal Style
Jahangir reign
1605-1627
(British Museum)
November 13, 2025 at 11:08 AM
Mother hen & chicks
Ink and opaque watercolours on cloth (cotton).
Ascribed to: Mansur
Mughal Style
Jahangir reign
1605-1627
(British Museum)
Ink and opaque watercolours on cloth (cotton).
Ascribed to: Mansur
Mughal Style
Jahangir reign
1605-1627
(British Museum)
Thinking of a much-loved colleague who passed away in the last few days - ar dheis dé go raibh a anam
November 11, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Thinking of a much-loved colleague who passed away in the last few days - ar dheis dé go raibh a anam
Heading into my seminar @ucddublin.bsky.social
November 6, 2025 at 9:29 AM
Heading into my seminar @ucddublin.bsky.social
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The MS of the week is RIA MS 23 E 25, Lebor na hUidre, also known as the Book of the Dun Cow. Written in Irish at Clonmacnoise before AD 1106, it contains the oldest version of the Táin Bó Cuailgne, the Voyage of Bran, the Feast of Bricriú, and other material from the Irish literary tradition.
November 3, 2025 at 9:27 AM
The MS of the week is RIA MS 23 E 25, Lebor na hUidre, also known as the Book of the Dun Cow. Written in Irish at Clonmacnoise before AD 1106, it contains the oldest version of the Táin Bó Cuailgne, the Voyage of Bran, the Feast of Bricriú, and other material from the Irish literary tradition.
I find making pasta dough v satisfying. Started making my own during pandemic & have never looked back
October 27, 2025 at 2:34 PM
I find making pasta dough v satisfying. Started making my own during pandemic & have never looked back
Autumn orange - colours of Samhain
October 26, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Autumn orange - colours of Samhain
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Updating my LEGO White House
October 23, 2025 at 2:51 AM
Updating my LEGO White House
Autumn storms around the corner - cleared my last tomatoes. Was a great year for them
October 1, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Autumn storms around the corner - cleared my last tomatoes. Was a great year for them
A beautiful autumn morning @ucddublin.bsky.social
September 25, 2025 at 8:14 AM
A beautiful autumn morning @ucddublin.bsky.social
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The @oxembi.bsky.social is hosting a special lecture, Long Distance Travel from Early Medieval Britain by Prof @francescatinti.bsky.social & a workshop on Global Britain with Jörg Drauschke, Maria Duggan, @caitlinrgreen.bsky.social, @jk-viking.bsky.social & others. 14 & 15 October. All welcome.
September 18, 2025 at 5:55 PM
The @oxembi.bsky.social is hosting a special lecture, Long Distance Travel from Early Medieval Britain by Prof @francescatinti.bsky.social & a workshop on Global Britain with Jörg Drauschke, Maria Duggan, @caitlinrgreen.bsky.social, @jk-viking.bsky.social & others. 14 & 15 October. All welcome.
Autumn harvest continues 😊🌱🌶️
September 16, 2025 at 9:25 AM
Autumn harvest continues 😊🌱🌶️
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Haven't seen this before. A husband and wife stamped a different side of the same piece of wax with their seal. LFC Ch XXV 14. #medievalsky
September 15, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Haven't seen this before. A husband and wife stamped a different side of the same piece of wax with their seal. LFC Ch XXV 14. #medievalsky
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The Manuscript of the Week is RIA MS B ii 1, an Astronomical Tract. It is an Irish translation of medieval Latin texts. The astronomical tract is based on a medieval Latin version of a work by Messahalah, a Jew of Alexandria who wrote in Arabic c. 815.
September 15, 2025 at 2:43 PM
The Manuscript of the Week is RIA MS B ii 1, an Astronomical Tract. It is an Irish translation of medieval Latin texts. The astronomical tract is based on a medieval Latin version of a work by Messahalah, a Jew of Alexandria who wrote in Arabic c. 815.
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that wsj story now feels like a culmination of anti-trans panic that should prompt a reckoning in the mainstream media. was totally bunk, false, peddled. it’s the kind of thing that has led to reconciliation before, and it should now. news editors should be looking at themselves in the mirror
September 12, 2025 at 2:52 PM
that wsj story now feels like a culmination of anti-trans panic that should prompt a reckoning in the mainstream media. was totally bunk, false, peddled. it’s the kind of thing that has led to reconciliation before, and it should now. news editors should be looking at themselves in the mirror
Autumnal feeder - a magnificent Red Admiral butterfly
September 5, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Autumnal feeder - a magnificent Red Admiral butterfly
Guarding ripening tomatoes? So autumnal today! 🌱🐈
September 5, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Guarding ripening tomatoes? So autumnal today! 🌱🐈
A very tired bee, maybe at its final flower given the season 🌱
September 2, 2025 at 4:54 PM
A very tired bee, maybe at its final flower given the season 🌱
Visited family down in Limerick & Killaloe for a few days & came back to a great garden harvest 🌱
August 24, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Visited family down in Limerick & Killaloe for a few days & came back to a great garden harvest 🌱
Early afternoon in Killaloe Cathedral
August 21, 2025 at 12:26 PM
Early afternoon in Killaloe Cathedral
A Frenchwoman in Ireland: ‘I have enjoyed living in Dublin but I would prefer to live in Cork’
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A Frenchwoman in Ireland: ‘I have enjoyed living in Dublin but I would prefer to live in Cork’
Dr Nina Cnockaert-Guillou’s love of Irish history started at a young age in France and has taken her a long way
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August 19, 2025 at 6:25 PM
A Frenchwoman in Ireland: ‘I have enjoyed living in Dublin but I would prefer to live in Cork’
www.irishtimes.com/life-style/p...
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