#CrucibleOfNations
Just in time for Halloween, a new Pictish vision of hell

In PSAS 153, 2024 @socantscot.bsky.social Jane Geddes argues the weird 'beehive' surrounded by headless corpses on Sueno's Stone, Forres, is the furnace of the damned

Nice shout-out to #CrucibleOfNations as a bonus

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October 30, 2025 at 10:08 AM
My major contribution to the Glenmorangie Research Project includes the book #CrucibleOfNations: Scotland from Viking Age to Medieval Kingdom (2021) and the hundreds of new photos of objects on and off display we were able to add to the catalogue books.google.co.uk/books/about/...
Crucible of Nations
A new look at National Museums Scotland collections covering the period 800-1200: the fall of the Pictish kingdoms and rise of the Viking Age; the emergence of new players like Alba, Moray, Strathclyd...
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January 30, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Newly posted: The long, strange journey of Viking-age ringed pins, the cover story from what turned out to be the penultimate issue of History Scotland magazine. Making use of the beautiful photography created by @ntlmuseumsscot.bsky.social for #CrucibleOfNations. www.academia.edu/128006236/Th...
March 6, 2025 at 9:52 AM
Last copy of #CrucibleOfNations spotted at the legendary Scottish Crannog Centre! Also go visit the Scottish Crannog Centre!
April 13, 2025 at 8:04 PM
I see you out there thinking about Xmas gifts for the utter nerds in your life. Get into #CrucibleOfNations: Scotland from Viking Age to Medieval Kingdom, a new look at the tumultuous period AD 800-1200, starring the collections of @ntlmuseumsscot.bsky.social shop.nms.ac.uk/products/cru...
Crucible of Nations – National Museums Scotland Shop
Crucible of Nations Scotland from Viking age to Medieval kingdom This third book from The Glenmorangie Company Research Project, following Early Medieval…
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November 23, 2024 at 11:02 AM
An added bonus is you'll get to work with my excellent colleague Sarah Rothwell. Working with her and metalsmith Simone ten Hompel on the Glenmorangie Commission was formative for me, and instrumental to what became #CrucibleOfNations - read more in this article we wrote about the experience
Experiment, experience and enchant: knowledge sharing between museums and contemporary practitioners
In 2018 the internationally acclaimed metalsmith Simone ten Hompel was commissioned by National Museums Scotland and the Glenmorangie Company to create a new work inspired by our curatorial research o...
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May 30, 2025 at 7:45 AM