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Russell Ó Ríagáin

@rusticulus-reguli.bsky.social
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Leverhulme Trust Early Career Fellow, History, University of St Andrews Own lefty views Iron Age, late antique, medieval, early-modern archaeologist ⁊ historian; toponomist, sociologist, cartographer, copy-editor; ❤ cats ⁊ books sé/he/il/er/han

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Russell Ó Ríagáin @rusticulus-reguli.bsky.social · 01/02/2025
Antler comb with early attestation of the bridge from Pokerface, probably dating to c.800–1000 CE, found in a grave at Vibble, Västerhejde Socken, Gotland, Sweden, now in the Historiska Museet in Stockholm. #medievalsky #saturdayshitposting
Antler comb from Vibble, Västerhejde socken, Gotland, now in Historiska Museet in Stockholm,
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Russell Ó Ríagáin @rusticulus-reguli.bsky.social · 24/01/2025
These Birka ladies are having none of your shit. Ambrosiani, Björn (1995). Birka (Stockholm: Riksantikvarieämbetet), 33. #medievalsky
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Russell Ó Ríagáin @rusticulus-reguli.bsky.social · 24/01/2025
Here is what I hope is a slightly stricter ed. & trans. from a forthcoming article, + screenshot of the margin of St Gallen Stiftsbibliothek MS 904 p. 112 There was no Norway in c.AD845 when the poem was written, probably at Bangor, Nendrum or Movilla, best to leave Lothlind/Laithlind untranslated.
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Russell Ó Ríagáin @rusticulus-reguli.bsky.social · 22/01/2025
Nobody does guidebooks like Cadw. Preparing for a trip to Cymru (Wales) next month.
Set of Cadw guidebooks for castles in Wales, plus one lovely fluffy cat.
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Russell Ó Ríagáin @rusticulus-reguli.bsky.social · 13/01/2025
From an add on the Book of Faces. I should hope so: smart shampoo is among the last things we might need.
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Russell Ó Ríagáin @rusticulus-reguli.bsky.social · 31/12/2024
2024 in finished non-work #books. It took most of my spare time, being #straightedge, helped by poor health, travelling and living away from home a lot. Not meant to guilt those who've had slower years reading wise, I've had plenty of those. Lanny was the pick of the bunch this year.
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Russell Ó Ríagáin @rusticulus-reguli.bsky.social · 06/12/2024
Eleven years since I gave in to male pattern baldness. That's me in the centre in the first photo with Satan's Arse and right in the second photo with Belinus.
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Russell Ó Ríagáin @rusticulus-reguli.bsky.social · 06/12/2024
Eleven years ago this evening. It wasn't my night, alas.
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Russell Ó Ríagáin @rusticulus-reguli.bsky.social · 03/12/2024
#books haul from my visit to Leiden and Rotterdam for a fantastic conference on the #archaeology of migration and a day photographing artefacts in a museum.
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Russell Ó Ríagáin @rusticulus-reguli.bsky.social · 26/11/2024
Purchases over the past few days' museum visits. Worth the 21 hours spent on trains! #archaeology #arthistory
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Russell Ó Ríagáin @rusticulus-reguli.bsky.social · 23/11/2024
I finally got to see this brooch at the National-Germanisches Museum in Nürnberg today. And many more amazing things. #archaeology #medieval #Ostrogoths
Eagle-shaped brooch, gold with inlays of semi-precious stones and a central boss with a cross-shaped motif.
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Russell Ó Ríagáin @rusticulus-reguli.bsky.social · 12/11/2024
Tonight's the night! Booker Prize ceremony at 20:45 GMT, steamed live thebookerprizes.com/the-booker-l... I've ranked them according to my own preferences here; it was hard to choose between James and Creation Lake. Thalia went with the latter, Clio the former.
Booker Prize shortlisted books, ranked from left: James, Creation Lake, Orbital. Stone Yard Devotional, Held and The Safekeep.
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Russell Ó Ríagáin @rusticulus-reguli.bsky.social · 12/11/2024
Update, tub (and brain) now empty, moving onto a few swigs of Gaviscon.
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Russell Ó Ríagáin @rusticulus-reguli.bsky.social · 12/11/2024
Today I will mostly be eating my own weight in Tunnock's products. All your fault @hornesupremacy.bsky.social for getting me hooked back in 2011 :P
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Russell Ó Ríagáin @rusticulus-reguli.bsky.social · 11/11/2024
This evening!
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Russell Ó Ríagáin @rusticulus-reguli.bsky.social · 31/12/2023
Schnap! Das machen wir hier auch.
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Russell Ó Ríagáin @rusticulus-reguli.bsky.social · 31/12/2023
This is my top six, ranked with first top left, with caveat that Joyce, Gogol and Cervantes left out to make things interesting.
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Russell Ó Ríagáin @rusticulus-reguli.bsky.social · 31/12/2023
The year in finished non-work #books. It took most of my spare time, helped by Corona shielding due to poor health, + living away from home. Not meant to guilt those who've had slower years reading wise, I've had plenty of those. Hoping to start a books blog in 2024.
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Russell Ó Ríagáin @rusticulus-reguli.bsky.social · 24/12/2023
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Russell Ó Ríagáin @rusticulus-reguli.bsky.social · 27/10/2023
Elon has gone full Partridge.
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Russell Ó Ríagáin @rusticulus-reguli.bsky.social · 16/10/2023
Although, Erik the Viking should also be on the list.
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