Exquisite drawings by architect Thomas Archer of Anglo-Saxon (left) and Celtic artifacts. They probably date from the early 18th Century, just when people were taking an interest in this sort of thing. #antiquity #antiquities #antiquarian #Celtic #AngloSaxon #ancientsky

It also includes “one of the most sumptuously illuminated of all the Anglo-Saxon lectionaries still in existence”, on loan from Pembroke College Cambridge. 🧵 2/
https://www.pem.cam.ac.uk/college/news/pembroke-loans-manuscript-hereford-cathedral

#11thCentury #AngloSaxon #Pembroke1347

Pembroke loans manuscript to Hereford Cathedral | Pembroke

Pembroke has loaned an 11th-century gospel lectionary to Hereford Cathedral for its new exhibition, Shaping the Early Medieval Faith: the Hereford Gospels. The exhibition explores the creation of the Gospels and their use across the centuries.

@VanessaK This person might know?
https://www.english.ox.ac.uk/people/professor-andy-orchard

Several uk universities have courses so might be able to help.

#anglosaxon #translation

Professor Andy Orchard

King Harald Hardrada of Norway dying at the Battle of Stamford Bridge, England, 1066 AD (painted 1870 AD, Peter Nicolai Arbo)
King Harald Hardrada of Norway dying at the Battle of Stamford Bridge, England, 1066 AD (painted 1870 AD, Peter Nicolai Arbo)
King Harald Hardrada of Norway dying at the Battle of Stamford Bridge, England, 1066 AD (painted 1870 AD, Peter Nicolai Arbo)
Lost copy of seventh-century poem in Old English discovered at Rome library - https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/apr/29/lost-copy-of-seventh-century-poem-old-english-discovered-rome-library-dublin "Dublin scholars find 1,200-year-old manuscript of Caedmon’s Hymn composed by Northumbrian cattle herder" #linguistics #anglosaxon
Lost copy of seventh-century poem in Old English discovered at Rome library

Dublin scholars find 1,200-year-old manuscript of Caedmon’s Hymn composed by Northumbrian cattle herder

The Guardian
Medieval Anglo-Saxon village