Rebecca Tyson

Feeling this very strongly at the moment. Also see ‘This appears to be a long document, would you like me to summarise it for you?’ I know it’s a long document, it’s taken me almost 5 years to write it, now piss off and stop taking up all the space on my screen with your shitty AI prompts! Argh!

Thank you.

I have just spent a rather lovely and relaxing couple of hours needle felting a poppy to be added to the BioTapestry where it will join these beautiful contributions on the Meadow panel representing the wonderful biodiversity of Gwent.

I’ve just seen this advertised in the window of my local library and made an audible ‘oooh’!

I sailed on a reconstruction of this ship from Paris to Honfleur in August and it was such an adventure!
See #Saga25 for my posts from the trip.

Thanks John. I hope you are keeping well.

Thank you for sharing that. A database would be very interesting. In the case of my book, the sales listing noted that there was a dedication but not who it was to/from so it was a rather pleasant surprise.

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Thank you, that is very kind 🙂

Sizewell C gives 11th Century coins to council - BBC News The historical coins are being handed to Suffolk County Council's Archaeological Service.

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As I approach the end of my PhD I’ve been thinking about the contribution I’m making to my field. I’ve never felt so much a part of the history of Norman scholarship as this evening when I used my second-hand copy of v.1 of Orderic Vitalis’ Ecclesiastical History for the first time #Medievalsky

I am so looking forward to this book!

Yes, tides=largely unchanged, but coastal change affects currents and also seamarks (for navigation). A tidal atlas is the best visual indication. Re. Sailing times, a good activity could be to compute these based on avg speed under sail. Dalché’s Du Yorkshire a l’inde also has some useful info

YouTube video by Bayeux Museum Extraction de la TAPISSERIE DE BAYEUX - 18 09 2025

Here's a video of the Bayeux Tapestry being carefully removed from its case and packed away. I had my heart in my mouth while watching. And yes, I do have nightmares about it crossing the channel! I had my heart in my mouth just watching this. www.youtube.com/watch?v=m7ys...

(That’s a very simplified answer, of course)

For Normandy in the 11th c the problem is the sparse arch evidence, which is the basis for determining wider patterns of marine resource exploitation in England and the North Sea world, and the more extensive contemporary documentary evidence that those same places don’t have, so it’s been left out.

The bone in question looks a bit like a stylised drawing of a mushroom with a broad base and an even broader top where the bone would have housed the sockets for the walrus tusks. In the middle of the bone is a hole, which would have been the walrus' nasal canal.

I am quite fascinated by this vestige of the once-lucrative trade in walrus ivory, part of a walrus skull found in Gardar in Greenland. The skull is from the eleventh century, which was before Gardar had become the diocesan see of Greenland.

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A rocky island (the Isle of May) sits in the middle of the water on the Firth of Forth with several small white seabirds, a cloudy sky above and a white foghorn building in the middle back.

It's Friday afternoon and I have a little time between meetings, so let's do a little mini-thread on early medieval seals in the Firth of Forth and why I think it's useful to us to study them. Join me as I bounce through a tiny bit of my dissertation! (1/11)

It is! I don’t have space in my thesis to explore marine resource use in monastic contexts (in Normandy) beyond diet, but there are some really interesting indications of the use of other marine resources that don’t seem to be for dietary consumption. It’s on the list to look into some time later 🙂

Thank you for sharing this, it’s really interesting.
Although from a later period, you may find this article useful due to the North Sea/monastic context. Lévêque et al., ‘Hiding in plain sight: the biomolecular identification of pinniped use in medieval manuscripts’ (2025). 🦭

She appears to genuinely think that Ozzy Osbourne was William the Conqueror’s right hand man (and presumably the Normans were successful due to the magic staff?) I’m not sure I’m ready to explore that avenue of pseudo-history, but also I think that she thinks my research is much cooler than it is 😂

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I’ve just had a very confusing conversation with my young daughter. She was talking about ‘William fitzOsbern, Lord of Chepstow, his pigeon, and his magic staff’. Turns out that she actually meant Ozzy Osbourne, Prince of Darkness, the bat incident, and his cane!

I’m raising a glass tonight in memory of Tim 🍺

That looks delicious Corinna!

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It’s a good year for figs! This is the second big batch I’ve had from my tree in the last two weeks and there are still more ripening on there. If anyone has any fig recipes they can recommend I would be very grateful 🙂

St Fagans: Bronze Age gold jewellery stolen from musuem Police are investigating a burglary at St Fagans museum in the early hours of Monday morning.

Terrible news from Wales 😓

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Start of term = time for a new CMS photo! We love getting the CMS family back together! #medievalsky #skystorians