The seal of Empress Matilda in 1141-42, enclosed in its own silk bag, patterned in blue and yellow threads (Add Ch 75724) blogs.bl.uk/digitisedmanus…

The seal of Empress Matilda, enclosed in its own beautiful silk seal bag. You can see it in person in our Medieval Women exhibition! blogs.bl.uk/digitisedmanus…

The Eleanor Crosses were constructed at 12 sites along the route the Queen's body was taken. Lincoln ✞ Grantham ✞ Stamford ✞ Geddington ✞ Hardingstone ✞ Stony Stratford ✞ Woburn ✞ Dunstable ✞ St Albans ✞ Waltham ✞ Cheapside ✞ Charing ✞ blogs.bl.uk/digitisedmanus…

My Top 30 Norfolk Churches in reverse order, one a day. 2: Walpole St Peter. A great late medieval building rising above a non-descript working marshland village. Inside, the most harmonious church interior in Norfolk. 1/3 WSP: norfolkchurches.co.uk/walpolestpeter… #NorfolkNovember30

#Archisapin est de retour !! 🥳 Voici la matrice de Guillaume de Vaire, curé de Saint-Gorgon conservée à #Besançon. Les branches sont parfaites pour mettre de guirlande lumineuse ! 🎄🤩 sigilla.irht.cnrs.fr/215148

🚨Seal bag article now out in Burlington Magazine!!! 🥳 'Veiled in precious cloth: a seal bag from Westminster Abbey and its connections with Charlemagne’s shrine in Aachen' burlington.org.uk/current-issue Westminster Abbey Universität Bern National Museums Scotland Aberystwyth University

🔵Westminster Abbey has silk bag made from same material in Charlemagne’s burial shroud telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/12/0…

#LesArmoiriesDuVendredi font détour à Rennes pour visiter le marché de Noël ! Ici, le sceau du Cour de Rennes, semé d’hermines, timbré de la lettre R et supporté par 2 lions. sigilla.irht.cnrs.fr/191384

A fragment of silk from the reign of Henry III has been found to match the Holy Roman Emperor’s burial shroud ⬇️ thetimes.com/uk/history/art…

Westminster Abbey find is silk from same material used in Charlemagne’s burial shroud telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/12/0… via The Telegraph

Yew trees are a common sight in our churchyards! But did you know that the first Christmas tree in Britain was a yew tree? 📷 St Lawrence's, Hutton Bonville, North Yorkshire

TOP JOB Curator of Illuminated Manuscripts Doctorate/equivalent in medieval art history or a related discipline ✅ Specialist knowledge/research experience relevant to our illuminated manuscripts ✅ Medieval Latin, palaeography, codicology ✅ blogs.bl.uk/digitisedmanus…

And the seal of the Duke of Ormond in a second charter in this collection also from 1713. Ormond fought on the Williamite side at the battle of Boyne in 1690 however he later fled to France in 1715 after being accused of supporting the Jacobite rising of that year

Short piece I recently wrote for SeWISE newsletter about the importance of unintentional additional seal impressions. Can find the new newsletter here: sewise.org/newsletters.ht…

🚨The latest SeWISE Newsletter is now online! sewise.org/newsletters.ht…

After a long silence, I am sorry to Tweet with the sad news that Prof. Paul D.A. Harvey has died. He was a great scholar and a lovely person, who made very important contributions to the study of medieval seals. The next SEWISE Newsletter will include a tribute to him 🕯️

The King’s new Great Seal of the Realm has been unveiled, a symbol of Sovereign authority traditionally affixed to official state documents to signify Royal approval. Uniquely designed for each Monarch, the Seal's design was approved by His Majesty, who entrusted it into the

The Royal Family The Great Seal of the Realm of Her Late Majesty Queen Elizabeth II 👑

Quick query for medieval monastic historians - anyone know when the abbot of Bury St Edmunds is first known to have been mitred? And if so, what's the source? Dr Francis Young perhaps you would be able to assist?