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Dr Cassandra Harrington

@clharrington.bsky.social
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Art historian. PhD on medieval foliate head and mask iconography. Assistant Lecturer in Classics. Previously CHASE DTP, University of Kent (School of History) and Canterbury Cathedral. Website: cassandraharrington.com

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Dr Cassandra Harrington @clharrington.bsky.social · 19/09/2025
Upcoming colloquium! 📍 Clagett Auditorium, Canterbury Cathedral Lodge 🗓 Tue 30 Sept 2025 · 3 PM 💫 FREE & open to all Talks • Q&A • Tea/Coffee • Guided Tour of the Medieval Infirmary RSVP to help plan refreshments 🫖👇 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/recapturin...
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Recapturing England's Monastic Heritage: Canterbury Cathedral Infirmary
Explore the history and architecture of Canterbury Cathedral's infirmary, and immerse yourself in England's rich monastic heritage!
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Nina Willburger @drnwillburger.bsky.social · 17/09/2025
Like a scene from "Ben Hur": For #ReliefWednesday a terracotta relief depicting an accident at a chariot-race at the Circus Maximus. The famous circus in #Rome can be recognised due to the seven movable dolphins on the central dividing barrier, the... 🧵1/2 🏺 #archaeology
A rectangular clay relief with detailed carving shows a dramatic accident at a chariot race: a two-horse chariot crashes as the horses rear and fall, while the driver struggles with the reins. Ornamental columns and a decorated border frame the scene. On the right, two male figures stand near a building; one appears distressed, witnessing the incident. The top edge features a floral motif.
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Dr Cassandra Harrington @clharrington.bsky.social · 10/09/2025
Excited to share some research from my forthcoming book. 🌿Who was the 'Green Man'? Not a pagan relic, but a window into medieval humanism. Join me for a lecture next month to find out more! 📍Guildhall, Sandwich 🗓 22 Oct, 7–8PM 🎟 Tickets £5 👇 www.sandwichlocalhistorysociety.org.uk/community/sa...
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Dr Cassandra Harrington @clharrington.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
📚 Reunited! A 15th-century print is back with the Gutenberg Bible it once accompanied. 🔗 news.artnet.com/art-world/hu...
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15th-Century Print Reunited With Gutenberg Bible It Once Accompanied
The Huntington has acquired a print of Jesus in the Mount of Olives that had been pasted inside its Gutenberg Bible for 400 years.
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Dr Cassandra Harrington @clharrington.bsky.social · 18/03/2025
UNIVERSITY OF KENT CLASSICS DAY 2025 🏛️ Weds 26th March, 1.00pm-6.30pm GMT 🏛️ Lectures will be held in Woolf Lecture Theatre (Canterbury Campus) and via Zoom. All welcome. Do join us if you can!
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Ennius @enniusredloeb.bsky.social · 16/03/2025
"Fuit itaque in diebus aethelredi inlustris anglorum regis" Cambridge, Corpus Christi College, MS 389; Jerome's Life of St Paul, and Felix of Crowland's the Life of St Guthlac; 10th century CE; St Augustine's, Canterbury; f.22v @parkerlibcccc.bsky.social @corpuscambridge.bsky.social
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Durotriges Dig @durotrigesdig.bsky.social · 16/03/2025
A stone (standing) for #StandingStoneSunday Recording a distance of 4 miles (M[ilia] P[assuum] IIII) to 'L' (presumably Roman #Lancaster) this #Roman milestone was dedicated to the emperor #Hadrian Found in the Artle Beck in 1803 it can be seen in the excellent (and free) Lancaster City Museum
A Roman milestone in Lancaster City Museum inscribed with 

Imp(eratori) Caes(ari)
Tr(aiano) Hadriano
Aug(usto) p(ontifici) m(aximo) t(ribuniciae) p(otestatis)
co(n)s(uli) III p(atri) p(atriae)
L(...) m(ilia) p(assuum) IIII

Which may be translated as

For the Emperor Caesar Trajan Hadrian Augustus, pontifex maximus, with tribunician power, thrice consul, father of his country, from L(…) 4 miles
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The Medieval and Early Modern Research Network (MEMRN) @memrn.bsky.social · 15/03/2025
Would you like to present some work-in-progress research at an online MEMRN meeting this year? We have slots available in April, June and July! Come and share your ideas with our friendly and supportive group - open to all PGRs in Medieval and Early Modern studies. DM or email us to get started!
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Jonathan Foyle @jonathanfoyle.bsky.social · 16/03/2025
Scalia has done a beautiful job on my Canterbury Cathedral book- published in hardback in May. scalapublishers.com/architecture...
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Justine Firnhaber-Baker @medievalrevolt.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
Hey #MedievalSky! If you or someone you know wants a lectureship @uniofstandrews.bsky.social in Latin & the history of the British Isles, now's your chance We're hiring for a permanent post: 50% Latin for postgraduates; 50% history of later medieval Britain & Ireland www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DMD844/a...
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Associate Lecturer (Education Focused) in Latin and in the History of the British Isles, c.1100-1500 – AO1974DD at University of St Andrews
An opportunity for an academic position as a Associate Lecturer (Education Focused) in Latin and in the History of the British Isles, c.1100-1500 – AO1974DD is available, as advertised on jobs.ac.uk. ...
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Medievalist.net @medievalists.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
Archaeologists Uncover Rare Late Medieval Pottery Kiln in England www.medievalists.net/2025/02/archae… #archaeology #England #potterykiln
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Archaeologists Uncover Rare Late Medieval Pottery Kiln in England - Medievalists.net
A well-preserved pottery kiln dating to the late medieval period has been unearthed at a school in Sutton, England, offering new insights into…
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Dr Cassandra Harrington @clharrington.bsky.social · 24/12/2024
Wishing a very Merry Christmas to all #medievalsky! ✨️
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Diane Watt @dianewatt.bsky.social · 24/12/2024
It is the final window of your Margaret Paston Advent Calendar! In her letter of Christmas Eve 1459, Margaret also mentions listening to music, specifically the lute and the harp. I wonder if she would have enjoyed this? Sound on please. youtu.be/JuJIdL8yvKY?...
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Wham! - Last Christmas (Harp Cover)
YouTube video by Amélie Guiboux
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Dr Cassandra Harrington @clharrington.bsky.social · 13/12/2024
The nave of Canterbury Cathedral, looking merry and bright... ✨️
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Christian Cooijmans @ccooijmans.bsky.social · 04/12/2024
📢Job alert! Postdoc (History) on Norse links with North America at the Arctic Centre of @unigroningen.bsky.social - part of the CONTACT ERC project (1.0 FTE, 12 months with expected 1.5 year extension, deadline 31 December) www.rug.nl/about-ug/wor...
Icelandic manuscript featuring an illuminated initial S and a ship on a turbulent sea.
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Samuel Brockington @docbroc.bsky.social · 02/12/2024
We are advertising two fabulous jobs at the Cambridge University Herbarium. Collection Manager: jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/49404/ Collections & Digitisation Assistant: jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/49378/ Incredible collection of 1.1 million specimens including most of Darwin’s Voyage of the Beagle material.
Herbarium image pink flowersLindley herbarium specimenDarwin herbarium specimen 
Censor herbarium specimen
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Art Herstory @artherstory.bsky.social · 30/11/2024
Rachel Ruysch: Nature Into Art at Die Pinakotheken A "Pick of the Week" in Apollo – The International Art Magazine's Art Diary www.apollo-magazine.com/rachel-ruysc...
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Rachel Ruysch: Nature Into Art | Apollo Magazine
The Dutch artist populated her floral still lifes with beetles, butterflies, classical sculptures and other unexpected details
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Sophie Pedder @sophiepedder.bsky.social · 29/11/2024
Wow. Here is one to brighten up your morning. The first images of the restored interior of Notre Dame cathedral. Breathtaking. In just five years France did it
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Dr Cassandra Harrington @clharrington.bsky.social · 25/11/2024
Sharing this glorious leafy face for #MosaicMonday! Part of a Byzantine mosaic frieze from a peristyle court at the Great Palace of Constantinople. 📸 Great Palace Mosaic Museum, Istanbul
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Lost Manuscripts @lostmss.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
Exciting PhD Opportunity! Come join @memsunikent.bsky.social for a CHASE-funded collaborative doctoral award with Westminster Abbey to investigate the manuscript fragments held in the Abbey’s Archives. Learn more at the link below, deadline to apply 17 Feb 2025 📜🎉 research.kent.ac.uk/medieval-ear...
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News - Centre for Medieval & Early Modern Studies - Research at Kent
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Dr Cassandra Harrington @clharrington.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
Gorgeous blanket of snow at Christ Church Oxford this morning! ❄️
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