Nicholas Karn
@nicholaskarn.bsky.social
Student of law, customs, charters and castles.
Pleased to receive a copy of Anglo-Norman Studies for 2025, based on the 2024 conference at Durham.
September 23, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Pleased to receive a copy of Anglo-Norman Studies for 2025, based on the 2024 conference at Durham.
Also, a substantial part of the Eastgate in the town walls survives, which I’d not realised before.
August 5, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Also, a substantial part of the Eastgate in the town walls survives, which I’d not realised before.
I’d not much liked Bath Abbey, because it’s so late, with heavyhanded restoration. A while ago I read Davenport’s book on Bath, which showed there were some Romanesque survivals, and it seems to be true, as here in the south aisle chapel. Having an hour to kill waiting for a train can show so much.
August 5, 2025 at 2:59 PM
I’d not much liked Bath Abbey, because it’s so late, with heavyhanded restoration. A while ago I read Davenport’s book on Bath, which showed there were some Romanesque survivals, and it seems to be true, as here in the south aisle chapel. Having an hour to kill waiting for a train can show so much.
Complicated, but probably an enhancement to the site.
July 15, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Complicated, but probably an enhancement to the site.
In York on a rainy day for a viva and saw the recent work at Clifford’s Tower.
July 15, 2025 at 10:02 PM
In York on a rainy day for a viva and saw the recent work at Clifford’s Tower.
The 12th-c remains are spectacular.
July 4, 2025 at 7:36 PM
The 12th-c remains are spectacular.
At Santiago de Compostela today, to see the pilgrimage church itself.
July 4, 2025 at 7:34 PM
At Santiago de Compostela today, to see the pilgrimage church itself.
At the enormous Escorial complex yesterday, just outside Madrid.
July 2, 2025 at 5:26 AM
At the enormous Escorial complex yesterday, just outside Madrid.
And here’s the enormous new cathedral, alongside the old one
July 1, 2025 at 6:09 AM
And here’s the enormous new cathedral, alongside the old one
A notice about the frequency of the Mozarabic rite, in one of the cloister chapels.
July 1, 2025 at 6:06 AM
A notice about the frequency of the Mozarabic rite, in one of the cloister chapels.
Yesterday I was in Salamanca, with the remarkable double cathedral, one 13th c and the other 16th c. Here’s the older one.
July 1, 2025 at 6:04 AM
Yesterday I was in Salamanca, with the remarkable double cathedral, one 13th c and the other 16th c. Here’s the older one.
This is a tenth-century mosque, later the church of Christo de la Luz
June 29, 2025 at 7:03 AM
This is a tenth-century mosque, later the church of Christo de la Luz
This is a twelfth-century synagogue, later the church of Santa Maria la Blanca. Truly extraordinary.
June 29, 2025 at 7:00 AM
This is a twelfth-century synagogue, later the church of Santa Maria la Blanca. Truly extraordinary.
Yesterday I was in Toledo, which has the most amazing medieval surviving buildings in it. The town and its setting are both spectacular.
June 29, 2025 at 6:57 AM
Yesterday I was in Toledo, which has the most amazing medieval surviving buildings in it. The town and its setting are both spectacular.
Pleased today to get proofs for my essay in the forthcoming volume on the cult of St Oswald. The edition to which this relates is now complete, and so this acts as precursor to that.
June 20, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Pleased today to get proofs for my essay in the forthcoming volume on the cult of St Oswald. The edition to which this relates is now complete, and so this acts as precursor to that.
In Westminster looking for forgeries today
March 20, 2025 at 1:51 PM
In Westminster looking for forgeries today
Back in the BL again today
February 1, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Back in the BL again today
I’ve been meaning to see this for a while, and finally got here today.
January 28, 2025 at 3:37 PM
I’ve been meaning to see this for a while, and finally got here today.
In Cambridge to see some manuscripts and seals and for the annual English Episcopal Acta meeting
March 1, 2024 at 9:03 PM
In Cambridge to see some manuscripts and seals and for the annual English Episcopal Acta meeting
Sadly, there’s only a few traces of the cloister and domestic buildings.
November 25, 2023 at 4:03 PM
Sadly, there’s only a few traces of the cloister and domestic buildings.
Some really good Romanesque seen in St Albans today
November 25, 2023 at 4:02 PM
Some really good Romanesque seen in St Albans today
Pleased to see this essay out as part of a collection on lordship, looking at how honorial and lordship courts originated. I argue for the very early 12th c, somewhat against the ideas of Stenton and Reynolds.
November 17, 2023 at 9:22 PM
Pleased to see this essay out as part of a collection on lordship, looking at how honorial and lordship courts originated. I argue for the very early 12th c, somewhat against the ideas of Stenton and Reynolds.
Great day in York for the annual Canterbury and York Society meeting. It’s been the first in-person one in years, due to the pandemic and rail strikes.
November 8, 2023 at 10:49 PM
Great day in York for the annual Canterbury and York Society meeting. It’s been the first in-person one in years, due to the pandemic and rail strikes.
A very useful day in Oxford on some materials at Christ Church, with its orange library.
October 19, 2023 at 8:41 PM
A very useful day in Oxford on some materials at Christ Church, with its orange library.
In Llandaff to see the ruined palace/castle, from which the gate and curtain walls survive. Its military presentation is notable, if some parts are hard to read.
October 14, 2023 at 2:43 PM
In Llandaff to see the ruined palace/castle, from which the gate and curtain walls survive. Its military presentation is notable, if some parts are hard to read.