Judith Jesch

Shows part of the inscription on the Saltfleetby spindle whorl. Follow the links in the post to read more about it.

And here's one from Lincolnshire: text here kulturarvsdata.se/uu/srdb/01d1... and discussion here doi.org/10.33063/div...

"A spindle-whorl for a spindle-whorl", as the Old Testament says (vaguely remembered).
Here's one from Orkney for Women's Day, in Sc. Gaelic & ogham script (Buckquoy, S-ORK-005). It probably reads BENDDACTANIML "a blessing, soul of L".
🔗: ogham.celt.dias.ie/S-ORK-005
📷: @3dgroovanstones.bsky.social

Happy International Women’s Day to Þora, who owned this spindle-whorl sometime in the 14th century in Iceland.

The inscription reads þo^ra:amig, ‘Þora owns me’. #runology #runes

Gone Medieval: How Islam came to Iran How did Islam first take root on Iranian soil? What did medieval Iran - or Persia - look like before and afterwards? How do those early encounters still echo through Iranian society today?&nbs...

Characteristically excellent interview with @sasanianshah.bsky.social on the Sasanians and Iranian history. It manages the fine balance between introductory and detailed, it's interdisciplinary, it's fun, it's def worth your time.

The rallying cry of the old Association of University Teachers: 'Rectify the Anomaly!'

getting comfortable with being uncomfortable Good academic writing means sitting with a discomfort that never entirely goes away. It’s not a discomfort that comes from having nothing to say. Most of us have more than enough ideas crowding the…

Some points of interest here: patthomson.net/2026/03/08/g...

getting comfortable with being uncomfortable Good academic writing means sitting with a discomfort that never entirely goes away. It’s not a discomfort that comes from having nothing to say. Most of us have more than enough ideas crowding the…

Fantastic blogpost by @patthomson.bsky.social on productive discomfort 👏 ‘Academic writing is a form of thinking. It’s not the transcription of thoughts already completed, but a process of thinking itself.’ patthomson.net/2026/03/08/g...

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“When all this is over I mean / to travel north...”

~ ‘Lochan’, a beautiful #poem by Kathleen Jamie 🍃

Our #Scotland issue, co-edited by Kathleen, is available here: irishpages.org/product/vol-...

This is such a great album! 🎶

I do not like this gen AI
I do not like what it implies
I do not want it in my art
I do not think it makes you smart
I do not want it in my games
I do not like its goals and aims
I do not want it in my books
I do not like the way it looks
I do not like it, I don't care
I do not want it anywhere

Green faience tiles, Uppingham. The world needs more faience 💚

Nice 🧵 #runes #epigraphy

It's really not far off!

How many watch?

Tennis Court! 🤣

All weather is good weather - variety and diversity make life interesting.

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The 2026 Viking Society for Northern Research student conference takes place at the University of Liverpool on 11 April. Includes student lectures, launch of the paperback 'Embers of the Hands' by Dr Eleanor Barraclough & plenary lecture by Prof Howard Williams @archaeodeathprof.bsky.social

And to all of us.

Nöfn Íslendinga Í Nöfnum Íslendinga er fjallað um sex þúsund íslensk mannanöfn – nöfn sem Íslendingar hafa borið í aldanna rás og allt til nútímans. Bókin er er jöfnum höndum fræðirit og uppflettirit sem kom áður út ...

But quite a few Ragnas mannanofn.arnastofnun.is/nafn/4792

Nöfn Íslendinga Í Nöfnum Íslendinga er fjallað um sex þúsund íslensk mannanöfn – nöfn sem Íslendingar hafa borið í aldanna rás og allt til nútímans. Bókin er er jöfnum höndum fræðirit og uppflettirit sem kom áður út ...

Even fewer Kalis mannanofn.arnastofnun.is/nafn/3419 I guess they all changed their name to Rögnvaldr mannanofn.arnastofnun.is/nafn/5020

Nöfn Íslendinga Í Nöfnum Íslendinga er fjallað um sex þúsund íslensk mannanöfn – nöfn sem Íslendingar hafa borið í aldanna rás og allt til nútímans. Bókin er er jöfnum höndum fræðirit og uppflettirit sem kom áður út ...

Not a lot of us Judiths in Iceland... mannanofn.arnastofnun.is/nafn/3361

Nöfn Íslendinga Í Nöfnum Íslendinga er fjallað um sex þúsund íslensk mannanöfn – nöfn sem Íslendingar hafa borið í aldanna rás og allt til nútímans. Bókin er er jöfnum höndum fræðirit og uppflettirit sem kom áður út ...

As a writer, one of the most useful books I own is Nöfn Íslendinga (The Names of Icelanders). It lists, in alphabetical order, all the names that Icelanders have ever born*. It's so useful when naming characters and it's now online!

*A precedent does not mean that the name would be allowed now.

Just realised, they are not Replying All, but replying to a list. And haven't read the bit in the email that gives them the email address to reply to. Who said academics could read?

No doubt about it, the Eddic poem Þrymskviða, both funnest and funniest.

Haven't had one of those for ages! 🤣

Chingford has long been recognised as the natural home for English eschatologists.

Memories of County Durham...