I find this story quite discomforting. Just the thought that merely crossing your living room might result in falling through the floor into a 15th-century well is enough to give me the shivers. Mind you, if I noticed a dip in the floor I’d have had it inspected a little more promptly than the ten… Continue reading Found under the living room floor….a medieval well and a sword….!
Category: art
There are boars….and there are shiny boars….!
Some manmade boars are downright ugly, but some are really handsome. My daughter spotted this splendid fellow at the Blue Diamond Garden Centre in Nailsworth, Glos. A fine addition to any Ricardian’s garden! £399 and he’s yours. There he was, posing at the front with all his companions. Unfortunately my daughter didn’t have a spare… Continue reading There are boars….and there are shiny boars….!
Our archaeological warriors strike again….!
“….Engineers digging a tunnel underneath the National Gallery have discovered objects from Saxon times, showing that the urban centre of Saxon London extended further west than previously thought….” Well, I think the gist of the above sentence (from this link) applies to just about everything from the past. We think we know what happened, why… Continue reading Our archaeological warriors strike again….!
SIR ROBERT BRACKENBURY – ‘gentle Brakenbery….*
My latest sparkypus.com post… The last charge of King Richard III. It is possible that it was during this charge that Sir Robert Brackenbury fell, alongside his king. Painting by artist Graham Turner **********SIR THOMAS MORE , A MAN FOR ALL REASONS: SAINT OR SINNER? ‘Of all Richard III’s Northern Lieutenants few were… Continue reading SIR ROBERT BRACKENBURY – ‘gentle Brakenbery….*
The Eleanor Crosses – Twelve or Fifteen
Reblogged from A Medieval Potpourri @ sparkypus.com ‘The Passing of Eleanor’ – artist’s impression of the funeral cortège of Eleanor of Castile watched over by her grieving husband, Edward I. Artist Frank Salisbury, 1910 (1). ‘Pray for our consort, who in life, we loved dearly, and, dead, we do not cease to love….’ Edward Ist in… Continue reading The Eleanor Crosses – Twelve or Fifteen
Digging for Britain (series 11)
As another year dawns, it must be time for another series of Britain’s archeological highlights, divided into five regions. This time, it started in the north with Carlisle Cricket Club hosting a dig associated with the bathhouse of the emperor Septimius Severus, a particularly steep part of the Grampians and Lowther Castle, a site that… Continue reading Digging for Britain (series 11)
The UFOs of past centuries, miracles….or portents of doom?
I have used the above illustration as an example of the sorts of shapes that seemed to appear to humankind in centuries ago. According to the picture’s blurb here it is a “…Color enhancement of a 16th century woodcut called Nuremberg UFO by Hans Glaser. At sunrise on the April 14, 1561, the citizens of… Continue reading The UFOs of past centuries, miracles….or portents of doom?
Whose sweet visage inspired this….?
Every so often this absolutely ghastly object comes to the headlines. It’s vile. Grotesque. No question. Like something from a modern horror/fantasy movie, except that it dates back to the 15th century. “….The Horned Helmet of King Henry VIII is a truly enigmatic and iconic artifact that continues to intrigue historians and scholars alike….” Apparently it was… Continue reading Whose sweet visage inspired this….?
HENRY VI’S STATUE IN COVENTRY
A modern 3-D printed statue of Henry VI is soon going to grace the streets of Coventry. The original, made in the 1500’s, is housed in the Herbert Art Gallery. The local council wanted to use the Tudor era statue in the rebuild of Coventry Cross but it was deemed too fragile to withstand outdoor… Continue reading HENRY VI’S STATUE IN COVENTRY
More Anglo-Saxon coins
Here is a BBC article about two men who discovered, in 2015, a hoard of Anglo-Saxon coins in Herefordshire and chose to conceal them, leading to two collectors being convicted in Durham. The two-headed coins depicted Alfred together with his Mercian colleague, Ceolwulf II, about whom they are highly informative. Ceolwulf had previously been… Continue reading More Anglo-Saxon coins
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