Jill Harrison

Here is a Youtube link to the Anselm session, don't miss a fascinating talk: www.youtube.com/watch?v=v8z1...
Do send any questions to me: jill.harrison@ddsoc.org and join us on 7th to hear the answers: zoom.us/j/97546717731

Here is the link to the Anselm Adornes: destined for greatness recording. zoom.us/rec/share/0m...

There will be a Q& A with Jelle Deltombe on 7th March, do join us:https://zoom.us/j/97546717731

Please send questions to me in advance : jill.harrison@ddsoc.org

Thank you Angela Casey, www.edinburghoutdoors.org.uk and Hetty Lancaster, OEC, for a great day exploring the wonderful Trinity Apse and various Trinity stones sites. Podcast will go out in April, before our Reviving the Trinity Stones exhibition in May.

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Anselm Adornes: Destined for Greatness talk on Saturday 21st Feb at 3 p.m- All welcome.
Here is the link- do join us.
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I'll be chairing a Dorothy Dunnett livestream Zoom lecture on Saturday 21 February at 15.00 GMT. The speaker is Jelle Deltombe, Operations & Marketing Manager at the Adornesdomein in Bruges. His subject will be Anselm Adornes – Destined for Greatness . All welcome. I'll send the link soon.

Just received copies of our Anselm book, thank you Brepols!
Thanks too to co-editors and authors who made it such a great experience-can't wait to start on the next one. Suggestions please.

Some breaking art historical news for you - a lost portrait of Robert Burns by Sir Henry Raeburn was unveiled today at the National Gallery of Scotland in Edinburgh. It’s been missing for more than 200 years.
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This will be a fascinating talk. Trinity Network supporter, architect Malcolm Fraser is one of the speakers:

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Deep and crisp and even

Happy New Year from a snowy Northumberland
Looking forward to starting new projects, more collaborations.
Arranging launches for Anselm Adornes book, hopefully 1 in Bruges
Planning edited volume on medieval art
Writing on Elizabeth Borluut, Ghent Altarpiece patron
Curating Trinity Stones exhibition

Waiting for the audience to arrive for my talk on Dutch Golden Age art in a rather wonderful setting in Newcastle.

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REVIVING THE TRINITY STONES

We would love to welcome you to our exciting free exhibition at the Museum of Edinburgh in 2026. We would also be hugely grateful for donations to help us run our 8 week outreach programme of events, walks and talks.

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The Building Stones of Edinburgh with Luis Albornoz-Parra - Architectural Heritage Society of Scotland Edinburgh is renowned for its dramatic stone architecture. What are the sources and types of building stone?

If you are interested in stones- and who isn't- this will be a terrific talk by Luis Albornoz-Parra.

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Just received the first exciting glimpse of the lay-out of our book, Anselm Adornes: Travel, Trade, Cultural Exchange and Intellectual Networks in Scotland, Bruges and Jerusalem, due out in February 2026. 370 pages and over 70 full colour images.

Enjoying new research project on prophets and sibyls in Flemish art- some gorgeous images from the Ghent Altarpiece.

This poster provides the details for the London Medieval Society Colloquium on Women & Knowledge. Saturday 22nd November 10:00-15:00 (UK time) via Zoom In the centre of the poster is an image from a Medieval manuscript of a group of standing and seated women reading a number of books Image credit: British Library, Harley 4431, f. 107

@londonmedievalsoc.bsky.social London Medieval Society will be hosting its first colloquium of the academic year on the 22nd November 2025 on the subject of Women and Knowledge in the Middle Ages. 😊

You can find the Zoom link here: us02web.zoom.us/j/81823681150

Fabulous flamboyants from St Giles Edinburgh, Bede's church of St Pauls, Jarrow and Melrose abbey.

‘Engraved on Man’s Skin’: The Auld Alliance, Much More than a Military Alliance - Institut français · Écosse ‘For this bond was not written on parchment but engraved on the living flesh of man’s skin, not in ink but with their mixed blood.’ When the French poet and diplomat, Alain Chartier, arrived in Scotla...

In case anyone is in Edinburgh and free a week on Thursday:
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Great to hear Anna Groundwater extolling Dorothy Dunnett's historical novels- and naming Anselm Adornes as a key figure connecting Scotland to Europe and beyond. DD's archive in NLS deserves much greater recognition ( and use) as a serious academic resource.
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Watch online: Anna Groundwater: Finding Scotland’s Place in World History From Mon 18 Aug - Though small in landmass, Scotland and her people have had a mighty impact on the world over many centuries. In Connecting Scotland's History, Anna Groundwater demonstrates the richn...

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Trinity Stone Seekers: Out and About in Restalrig - The Old Edinburgh Club A visit to St Triduanas Chapel, Restalrig by the the Trinity Stone Seekers looking for connections to the Trinity Collegiate Church

A further episode in the Reviving the Trinity Stones project.

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Spectacular images of jewellery and textiles in the James VI/I exhibition at Edinburgh Portrait Gallery. Prominence of the order of St George shows the king embracing his English identity.

YouTube video by Edinburgh Council Edinburgh's First Burghers

Edinburgh's First Burghers- a fascinating exhibition at St Giles, not to be missed.
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Berger Prize 2025 Longlist announcement The longlist for the 2025 Berger Prize was announced at the Walpole Society Summer Party on 9 July 2024, held at the Warburg Institute.The chair of the judging panel, Dr Jonny Yarker, noted that this ...

Just received a really lovely piece of news:
Visual Arts and the Auld Alliance: Scotland, France and National Identity c.1420-1550 has been longlisted for the Berger Prize 2025!
So very pleased. @edinburghup.bsky.social / Walpole Society/ British Art Matters
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Exploring James III's intriguing and unique chapel at Restalrig. More exciting stones and mason's marks to compare with those at Trinity, built not long before. Was this a chapter house, meeting place of an order on the now lost upper story? The acoustic is fabulous so music important.

At last!! Delighted that 'Reviving the Trinity: Networks and Materialities in Scotland and Europe, 1400 -1600' is now with the publisher. Huge thanks to co-editors and all our patient and terrific authors. The Trinity Network has some exciting new initiatives in the pipeline-more news soon.

Trinity apse open day- fighting the weeds to see the wonderful stones

Trinity apse showing nearby development

Delighted to see our article 'Reviving the Trinity: Making Mary of Guelders’ 15th Century built legacy relevant in 21st Century Scotland' in Special Issue: Material Culture and Built Heritage: Manifestations of Scotland’s Royal Past, Present and Future.

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Guildhall

St George window, Leicester cathedral

In Leicester to introduce academic, jouster and terrific speaker, Dr Toby Capwell. His talk, 'Richard III, his armour, and Bruges in the 15th century' at the DDS conference elicited a barrage of great questions and good discussion. The 14 c. Guildhall, Richard III Centre and cathedral worth seeing.