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Theobald Tiger 🦋 @theobaldtiger.bsky.social · 19/03/2026

Moin, Ruhe jetzt! 🐦

Das Bild zeigt eine surreal wirkende Illustration mit zwei Vogelnestern auf unterschiedlichen Ebenen eines Astes.

Im oberen Nest sitzt ein kleiner Vogel mit geöffnetem Schnabel, als würde er rufen oder singen. Direkt darunter befindet sich ein zweites Nest mit einem dunkleren Vogel. Dieser hält mit seinem Flügel oder Schnabel eine kleine Bürste oder einen Rechen, der an einer Schnur nach oben geführt wird.

Die Schnur verbindet beide Nester – sie scheint vom unteren Vogel aktiv bewegt zu werden, als würde er damit das obere Nest beeinflussen oder „bearbeiten“. Die Szene wirkt symbolisch und leicht absurd, fast wie eine Metapher für Abhängigkeit, Kontrolle oder Fürsorge zwischen den beiden Vögeln.

Der Hintergrund ist schlicht und in warmen Beigetönen gehalten, wodurch die beiden Nester und die ungewöhnliche Handlung im Mittelpunkt stehen.

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Dr Nic @eldergoth.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

Does anyone else have theme songs for their pets?

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Dr Nic @eldergoth.bsky.social · 15/03/2026

While it's not Caturday anymore, I should be excused for missing it owing to 12 hour PhD correction marathon days. This is my workspace, those two furry darlings make me happy.

panorama shot of my desk, monitor in the middle, lights to the right and to the left, and my two cats, one black and one white with black spots. snoozing together on a soft pad to the left of the keyboard

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Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 11/03/2026

'Teaching-only staff at Sheffield Hallam University are set to be moved into a subsidiary firm, leaving research intensive scholars the only academics still being employed directly by the institution.' Utterly inequitable & betrays a fundamental misunderstanding of the teaching/research nexus. 1/3

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Sheffield Hallam restricts TPS access to REF academics only

Teaching staff at post-92 institution to be employed by subsidiary firm and lose right to access expensive pensions scheme

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Graham Taylor @pottedhistory.bsky.social · 09/03/2026

Today I'll be mostly decorating replicas of the Nether Largie South Cairn, Chalcolithic beaker, and here you can see the tools I'll be using. But it hides some very useful archaeological evidence, if you'd like to know more visit our YouTube channel youtu.be/TlA22i7vpx8?... #archaeology 🏺

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Dr Nic @eldergoth.bsky.social · 14/01/2025

I am posting more medieval-early modern precious fabric piecings, because I've taken so many museum photos over the last 10 years it would be a shame not to. This one is from Museum Schnuetgen in Cologne, taken in August 2015, 📷me CC BY-NC-SA 4.0. Dalmatic vestment fabric & trimmings c.1450 🧵1/4

Full view of c.1450 dalmatic in glass case. It is made of dark blue voided/cut silk velvet in a large organic pattern and has tablet woven brocaded bands down the front side seams, across the chest, and narrower ones along the sleeves, side seams, and all edges.

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Dr Nic @eldergoth.bsky.social · 08/03/2026

My darling Tristan, how is snoozing on the printer comfortable? Cats are (adorable) weirdos.

White cat with black Dalmation spots snoozing on a printer that is hard plastic.

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Dr Nic @eldergoth.bsky.social · 07/03/2026

Happy Caturday. Still working in the corrections (or trying to, Tristan is “helping”). That’s what I get for veering into several disciplines. 😸

A black standing desk for a laptop is in a sunny Scottish conservatory. Yes, sunny and Scottish isn’t always an oxymoron. An open laptop is in the top shelf, an open print edition of a thesis is on the shelf below. There is no chance to actually work on typing changes into the Word document, because a white cat with a black back of his head is sitting smack bang on the thesis. His head is turned to look at the laptop screen.

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Anand @calmerfuture.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

people in the environment can be good for the environment I was trying to explain this a few weeks ago to someone, but British culture is so estranged and alienated from its own industrial countryside, and Victorian/colonial gamekeeper lenses of conservation, all soaked in Malthusian fear

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Dr Nic @eldergoth.bsky.social · 04/03/2026

I know, right? How come I’ve never encountered the term before? It amazes me, again and again, that one can spend decades in a field and still be intrigued.

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Dr Nic @eldergoth.bsky.social · 04/03/2026

Can anyone recommend literature on paradata in archaeology, arts, heritage? I hadn't come across the term until today and something's tickling my brain i.e. wanting to make connections. #MedievalSky

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Dr Nic @eldergoth.bsky.social · 15/01/2025

I tried drawing tablets with pens before iPad and Apple pen, but you know what? I prefer paper and pencils. I am not artist, but one does not need to be an artist to enjoy drawing or painting. Bunch of extant object studies for one of the artefacts I have been creating.

Photo of one of my sketchbooks showing coloured pencil and pencil drawings of gem stones and settings from the 12th century, and embroidery designs

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Dr Nic @eldergoth.bsky.social · 03/03/2026

Once I’ve moved to Germany, I’ll join the village choir. I was reassured that it doesn’t matter that I can’t actually sing. 🫣

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Dr Nic @eldergoth.bsky.social · 19/01/2025

Getting around restrictions: Schlotheuber, E. (2010) 'Best Clothes and Everyday Attire of Late Medieval Nuns', in Schwinges, R.C., Schorta, R. & Oschema, K. (eds.) Fashion and clothing in late Medieval Europe. Riggesberg; Basel: Abegg-Stiftung, pp. 139-154. abegg-stiftung.ch/publikation/...

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Fashion and Clothing in Late Medieval Europe / Mode und Kleidung im Europa des späten Mittelalters - Abegg-Stiftung

Das Buch präsentiert die Beiträge einer interdisziplinären Tagung, die 2006 vom Historischen Institut der Universität Bern und der Abegg-Stiftung organisiert wurde. Drei Themenkreise stehen im Mittelp...

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Dr Nic @eldergoth.bsky.social · 26/01/2025

Herjolfsnes in the Southern tip of Greenland was inhabited from start of Norse settlement to its end. Excavated byDanish archaeologist in 1921, very well preserved clothing was found in the cemetery. Now in the National Museum in Copenhagen 📷Amica Sundström & Maria Neijman historicaltextiles.org 2/

Child's dress in a glass display case in the museum. It is simply cut, as all clothing of the period, because why cut something in silly fancy ways when there is a straightforward way of clothing the body. Long sleeves, scoop nec, and a wide gore set into the skirt at the front, to turn the narrow width into a skirt.

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Dr Nic @eldergoth.bsky.social · 02/01/2025

I'm going to post medieval sumptuary laws recs for the next few days. Muzzarelli, M. G. (2009) 'Reconciling the Privilege of a Few with the Common Good: Sumptuary Laws in Medieval and Early Modern Europe', Journal of Medieval and Early Modern Studies, 39(3), pp. 597-617. doi.org/10.1215/1082...

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Reconciling the Privilege of a Few with the Common Good: Sumptuary Laws in Medieval and Early Modern Europe | Journal of Medieval and Early Modern Studies | Duke University Press

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Dr Nic @eldergoth.bsky.social · 06/02/2025

Chenciner, R. (2000) Madder red: a history of luxury and trade: plant dyes and pigments in world commerce and art. Richmond, Surrey: Curzon. "The secret and devilishly complex Oriental dyeing process to obtain the lustrous colour known as Turkey Red was avidly sought by Europeans"

Book cover of "madder red" in a very bright, not unexpectedly, red. In the middle is a drawing of madder plants in blue on white.

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Dr Nic @eldergoth.bsky.social · 01/03/2026

If you see this, post a knight. (1250-75 BnF Français 2186 Li Romanz de la poire)

13th century manuscript illumination of a knight and his lady. On the top he is sitting, in full armour and heraldic tunic, she stands and is giving him a piece of fine cloth. On the bottom he is on his horse, which looks as if it were in the middle of a gallop. She is handing him his standard, with her cloth fixed on the top.

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Dr Nic @eldergoth.bsky.social · 28/02/2026

I need to check my parents’ guest flat for the bowl. Not sure they still have it. I remember many a dessert in those apple bowls in my childhood.

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Dr Nic @eldergoth.bsky.social · 28/02/2026

So fancy! My parents only have the transparent version. You’re a right old fancy-pants with your amber ones.

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Dr Nic @eldergoth.bsky.social · 27/02/2026

My wild Friday evening commenceth. Proofreading the final thesis version with Virgin Mojito and cats (out of sight) in the (rarely) sunny conservatory.

Photo of a thick, printed thesis on my lap. The lap isn't visible. On a small square, deep pink table are a Belvoir lime and yuzu bottle, a soda stream water bottle and a tall filled glass. The late afternoon sun is streaming in, illuminating glass candle lantern and cat fois containers on the windowsill.

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WeRateDogs @weratedogs.com · 27/02/2026

Here are the Top 5 Dogs of the week!

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Dr Rebecca Wragg Sykes @lemoustier.bsky.social · 27/02/2026

🧪🦣🏺 I'm quoted here, and much of what I spoke about with Carl echoes April's comments. Extra thoughts: 1. nice new piece for extending complexity in how we think about #Neanderthal interactions, though as authors note, multiple mechanisms (not just mate choice) possibly active in X chromo patterns

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Dr Nic @eldergoth.bsky.social · 27/02/2026

I can make clothes - I hope someone will hunt for food for me, and I'll make togs in return. Thanks to reenactment, I do know how to make fires at least.

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Dr Nic @eldergoth.bsky.social · 27/02/2026

So weird. So early 80s. So weirdly good.

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Dr Nic @eldergoth.bsky.social · 26/02/2026

Thank you! And dooooo ittt. If you’d like any literature etc recs, let me know. Happy to have a Zoom chat

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Dr Nic @eldergoth.bsky.social · 26/02/2026

I turned my living room into a photo studio last night. Photographing red fabric is hard! One red silk, one red velvet. While not perfect, the final shots are better than any I tried before without the setup. Completed outfits are part of my creative practice PhD #HistoricDress #MedievalDress

Wide shot of a living room with black floor and white, glass-doored bookshelves. In the centre is a mannequin with a c.1200 CE red silk floor length dress, standing in front of a grey backdrop. To the right and the left are diffuser lamps, and in the centre front the camera is visible on a tripod, Inception-like.

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Dr Nic @eldergoth.bsky.social · 07/02/2025

Hoffmann-de Keijzer et al. (2013) 'The colours and dyeing techniques of prehistoric textiles from the salt mines of Hallstatt', in Grömer et al. (eds.) Textiles from Hallstatt: weaving culture in Bronze Age and Iron Age salt mines: Vol. 29 Archaeolingua. Budapest, pp. 135-162. tinyurl.com/3enan36r

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Textiles from Hallstatt. Weaving Culture in Bronze and Iron Age Salt Mines. Textilien aus Hallstatt. Gewebte Kultur aus dem bronze- und eisenzeitlichen Salzbergwerk (Karina Grömer, Anton Kern, Hans Re...

The salt mine of Hallstatt is home to more that 700 individual textile fragments, which makes it the the largest corpus of prehistoric textile finds in Europe (next to the textiles from the Dürrnberg ...

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Dr Nic @eldergoth.bsky.social · 04/02/2025

Hartl, A., Proaño Gaibor, A. N., van Bommel, M. R. and Hoffmann-de Keijzer, R. (2015) 'Searching for blue: Experiments with woad fermentation vats and an explanation of the colours through dye analysis', Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports, 2, pp. 9-39. doi.org/10.1016/j.ja...

image from the article which shows many samples of wool with different colours throughout the woad dyeing process

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Dr Nic @eldergoth.bsky.social · 08/02/2025

Hopping a few thousand years into the future from yestereday's rec: Hayward, M. (2007) 'Crimson, Scarlet, Murrey and Carnation: Red at the Court of Henry VIII', Textile History, 38(2), pp. 135-150. doi.org/10.1179/0040... #EarlyModern #DressHistory

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Crimson, Scarlet, Murrey and Carnation: Red at the Court of Henry VIII

Red, in all its various shades, was a colour with many associations at the court of Henry VIII. This article presents a thematic analysis of the key circumstances when red clothing was worn at Henr...

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SGSAH @sgsah.bsky.social · 24/02/2026

⏱️ Just one week left to apply ⏱️

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Dr Nic @eldergoth.bsky.social · 10/02/2025

Aimed at conservators, the book is about most used dyestuffs for textiles. Hofenk de Graaff, J. H., Roelofs, W. G. T. and Bommel, M. R. v. (2004) The colourful past: origins, chemistry and identification of natural dyestuffs. Riggisberg, Switzerland: Abegg-Stiftung. tinyurl.com/3r4hnvud

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Our Titles > the Colourful Past

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Hilary Davidson @fourredshoes.bsky.social · 21/02/2026

FYI, Academia.edu has changed its terms of service to give an irrevocable worldwide license for anything uploaded to its site to be used for generative AI. I do not consent to this and have pulled all my papers.

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Dr Nic @eldergoth.bsky.social · 21/02/2026

Happy Caturday from Tristan

White cat with black spots twisted and halfway lying on his back with legs every which way. He is on a soft pad on top of a white desk, beside a keyboard. He is looking at the camera.

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Dr Nic @eldergoth.bsky.social · 03/02/2025

Collaboration between University of Edinburgh's School of Chemistry and National Museum of Scotland: Ferreira, E. S. B., Hulme, A. N., McNab, H. and Quye, A. (2004) 'The natural constituents of historical textile dyes', CHEMICAL SOCIETY REVIEWS, 33(6), pp. 329-336. doi.org/10.1039/b305...

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The natural constituents of historical textile dyes

The sources and structures of dyes used to colour Western historical textiles are described in this tutorial review. Most blue and purple colours were derived from indigo—obtained either from woad or ...

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Dr Nic @eldergoth.bsky.social · 16/01/2025

Back when the sleeve embroidery bands were in progress. Dark blue taffeta silk, split stitch and stem stitch red silk floss embroidery, and gold surface couching. This was for the c.1200 dress artefact I am creating. #CreativePractice #MakingasAcademicPractice

Photo of embroidery in process. Dark blue taffeta silk, split stitch and stem stitch red silk floss embroidery, and gold surface couching.

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Dr Nic @eldergoth.bsky.social · 20/02/2026

Ich muss zweit-Lachen ueber das Nirvana T-shirt. Bisschen spaet.

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Dr Nic @eldergoth.bsky.social · 11/02/2025

A lovely wee introduction to the broad, diverse and fascinating subject of how and why people coloured textiles. Kay-Williams, S. (2013) The story of colour in textiles: imperial purple to denim blue. London: Bloomsbury. www.bloomsbury.com/uk/story-of-...

book cover of the story of colour in textiles. four images of textiles are shown. on the top is a yellow silk with what seems like stylised flowers, on the top right a blue with a delicate geometric woven design in white. bottom left is a sumptuous red brocade and on the right a blue on white chinoiserie

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Dr Nic @eldergoth.bsky.social · 02/02/2025

Throughout the month of February I am posting recs for research on natural dyes and (textile) colours in the Middle Ages. I am starting with the 'holy book': Cardon, D. (2007) Natural dyes: sources, tradition, technology and science. Translated by: Higgitt, C. London: Archetype Publications.