A new resource by Sara Charles, which goes into fascinating detail on medieval pigments, including what pigment actually is, how it is made, whether it was easily available in the British isles, how it has been used in manuscripts and whether it has any toxic or harmful qualities. See the website here.
The Medieval Palette Read More »
*** For those of you interested in the cross-section of language and literature in Older Scots ***
The 16th International Conference on Medieval and Renaissance Scottish Literature and Language is happening very soon online (26-31 July 2021) – details may be found at www.scotconf2020.ua.edu – registration is still open and very attractive at $20 for non-presenters.
You will see in the programme that our Literature Steering Committee rep Megan Bushnell is giving an exciting talk on ‘Digital Philology: An Introduction to New Corpus Linguistic Tools for the Study of Scottish Makars’ (Monday 26 July, 11:45-12:30 CST (Chicago) = 17:45-18:30 GMT). Megan is happy to mention any other digital resources available for the study of Older Scots literature, broadly conceived, so if you have a project you’d like to share, please get in contact.
ICMRSLL coming up – digital resources to share? Read More »
By Alison Campsie, 2nd July 2021
The full article can be found here.
Quote: “Restoration of the piece from Dundrennan Abbey in Dumfries and Galloway now clearly shows the figure of an abbot complete with a dagger on his chest. A second, smaller figure at the abbot’s feet is depicted with a gash wound and hanging entrails. Archaeologist Adrian Cox formerly of the cultural resources team at Historic Environment Scotland, said: “It seems possible that this memorial commemorates an abbot of Dundrennan who was wounded or assassinated. The small figure at his feet likely represents his assailant. The symbolism is rather poignant, the scene depicting the abbot as triumphant over his assailant in perpetuity.” Few records from monastic life at Dundrennan survive with the identity of the abbot unknown. The carving would originally have covered a tomb chest and is one of number to be recently conserved at the abbey, which sits in a valley around five miles from Kirkcudbright. “
(Scotsman) 13th Century carving records ‘abbot’s assassination’ at Scottish abbey Read More »
