The Book of Kells: Was it made in Easter Ross?
25 March, Sabhal Mòr Ostaig, Skye & online: free

The Book of Kells is often called the world’s most famous manuscript, but its origins are shrouded in mystery. Dr Victoria Whitworth challenges the consensus that the Book was made in the island of Iona, making a case instead for the Pictish monastery of Portmahomack.

https://www.smo.uhi.ac.uk/seiminear-rannsachaidh-dr-victoria-whitworth/?lang=en

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Solmōnaþ — Cake, Mud, and Lowered Hopes

It is Solmōnaþ. Cake Month. A rare cause for cheer in the damp gloom of February.

In the Anglo-Saxon calendar, Solmōnaþ sat where February is now. It marked a time when offerings were made to pagan gods, back when England was less Christian and more heathen. The idea was simple. Feed the gods and hop ...

http://www.fhithich.uk/2026/02/01/solmonath-cake-mud-and-lowered-hopes/

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"Two women, one conquest, and a deadly mission where trust is the rarest currency of all."

Excerpt: Therein Lies the Pearl by Catherine Hughes

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I took a trip to Deerhust a few weeks ago, visiting the Anglo-Saxon site of St Marys Church and Oddas Chapel.

While there I improvised some filming. It's taken a little while, and I wish I'd had my equipment, but the video of that visit is now live.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uEVJ7VMahZw

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Testing a video share on Mastodon. Part of my Pannonian Avar project. I watched a few videos on Youtube and practiced drawing lance moves. Content warning: Violence.

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The second set of pics from my Deerhurst visit.

This is St Mary's church, which has it's origins in the 8th century. The church has grown and changed over the centuries, but to stand in such an ancient building was incredible. The third image shows the Deerhurst Angel, and the last shows a Wolf head (one of a pair).

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“If you just look at the archaeology of our top early medieval monasteries, Portmahomack stands out as exceptionally literate and book-orientated. The standard books will say there are no Pictish manuscripts. We need to flip that on its head and say that the Book of Kells is actually an exceptionally Pictish-looking manuscript.”

New research may rewrite origins of the Book of Kells

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2025/sep/26/new-research-may-rewrite-origins-of-the-book-of-kells-says-academic

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