Elaine Treharne

The 49th Latin and Palaeography Summer School, 27-31 July 2026 The School, formerly the Keele Latin and Palaeography Summer School, returns for its 49th year. In 2025 The Ranulf Higden Society took over the organisation of the Latin and Palaeography Summer Sch…

Calling #Skystorians #MedievalSky the 49th Latin and Palaeography Summer School (formerly the Keele summer school) is open for bookings. 27-31 July in Birmingham. 👇

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Want to know the date of the Tremulous Hand of Worcester, or why medieval documentary ‘forgery’ is, more properly, imaginative fiction? My book is now available in paperback! 🥳

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Two ancient copper spoons with decoration on the handles

In honour of #StDavidsDay here are the wonderful Penbryn Spoons, which were found in 1829 beneath a heap of stones inside the Castell Nadolig hillfort, near Penbryn in Ceredigion, Wales. The pair of cast bronze ‘spoons’ date to the Late Iron Age (c. 50 BCE–100 CE).

St David’s Day celebration dinner at Magdalen. Hyfryd iawn. Dydd Gŵyl Dewi hapus, pawb! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

Assistant Professorship in Medieval Literature (temporary cover) at University of Cambridge Apply now for the Assistant Professorship in Medieval Literature (temporary cover) role on jobs.ac.uk - the leading job board for higher education jobs. View details.

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A snippet of a painting of Christ at Capel-y-Ffin by David Jones. Shows mountains and the chapel at the house.

Ninth-century Evington bronze brooch, with a cross design and four quadrants of dragon-y interlace

The decorated engraved back of the tear-drop shaped gold Alfred Jewel (ninth century)

The gold Alfred Jewel, with a dragon terminal, and enamel face of a man holding two floriate staves

Really enjoyed giving a talk on Old English poetry, David Jones, Denise Levertov, and Ruth Bidgood at the Oxford English Medieval Seminar today. Thanks to a lovely audience for the feedback. Rewarded myself with the Alfred Jewel and Evington Brooch @ashmoleanmuseum.bsky.social

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The Misuses of the University - Public Books Have the funds that might have trained the next generation of scholars at the nation’s first research university have been blown on ostentatious new buildings?

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This is part of why I despise the debate-bro culture of "viewpoint diversity" and "civil discourse" initiatives.

They often imagine that there are two (and almost always only two!) equally valid, equally defensible stances to take + fall into the hellhole of bothsideism

Hand-coloured etching depicting King Edward the Confessor talking to his followers before he dies. Harold Godwinson is offered the crown and axe - symbols of royal authority. He accepts and becomes king.

All of our etchings of the Bayeux Tapestries are now online!

Seen here is a hand-coloured etching depicting King Edward the Confessor talking to his followers before he dies. Harold Godwinson is offered the crown and axe - symbols of royal authority. He accepts and becomes king.

'tis but a scratch: fact and fiction about the Middle Ages - Episode 70 And now for something completely different! In this episode, we are not going to be talking about kings or popes, crusades,… What we can learn about medieval people from their bones and teeth, with Alison Beach

What we can learn about medieval people from their bones and teeth, with Alison Beach - an episode of 'tis but a scratch: fact and fiction about the Middle Ages youtu.be/WkuMm6VD1Oc?... #medieval

Awesome thread.

Stone building, remains of Littlemore Priory

Stone church with snow-drops

Stone building, templars preceptors

Excellent medieval morning. All within two miles: Littlemore Priory as was; St James’s eleventh-century church at Sandford-on-Thames; and the Templar Preceptory just across the field. Just outside Oxford, lifting the shadow of the Science Park.

‘Formidable’ 😂

Error, I think

Returned

The definition of “asking for a friend”! Letter (27.x45) to C. T. Onions, Fellow Librarian at Magdalen College.

Osney Island on an evening when dark corners seemed even darker.

Jam-packed at the Weston for the last day of the Treasures Exhibition (lovely decoration on this I in the Gutenberg Bible)

Scribal joy! (Oxford, Bodleian Library, MS Ch. Oxon 13, c. 1220)

Hey, #medievalsky - I just launched Compilatio ( oldbooks.humspace.ucla.edu/index.html ), a quick-and-dirty site that assembles completely digitized #medieval #manuscripts (mostly from UK repositories) in one convenient location. Check it out, and do let me know what you think.

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Oh, please do! Thank you. I am gathering as much as possible.

I owe you pdfs! Sending now.

“…For years, Neil, so many very gifted scholars have benefited and been enriched by the excellence of the training you gave them; and their best tribute will be to pass on their quality to others…”

[It’s such a moving letter. Thank a scholar whose work you like. It’ll make their world better.]

“Though arduous, exacting, rigorous & inevitably faceless work, its constant & permanent use to others more than compensates for the so-called fame which often comes to those works which hit the headlines but soon sink without trace. The true scholar, like yourself, presses on regardless.” /3

This is what one historian said to him in 1976: “‘Over the years, Neil, you have produced work of permanent value to British scholarship; work which generations of scholars as yet unborn will be using. There is deep satisfaction in that.” /2

I’m writing a Biography of Neil R. Ker and his foundational rôle in British Manuscript Studies. The enormous correspondence to him is touching testimony to his astonishing vision & generosity. Time and again, scholars—senior & early career alike—write to seek his knowledge, which he freely gave. /1

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This is the very short piece: www.academia.edu/143093131/Tr...

Article in this coming out maybe next year: fragility of digital infrastructure. Did a short piece for “Archiv” last year.