Waiting for the audience to arrive for my talk on Dutch Golden Age art in a rather wonderful setting in Newcastle.

REVIVING THE TRINITY STONES We would love to welcome you to our exciting free exhibition at the Museum of Edinburgh in 2026. We would also be hugely grateful for donations to help us run our 8 week outreach programme of events, walks and talks. www.gofundme.com/f/revive-the...

If you are interested in stones- and who isn't- this will be a terrific talk by Luis Albornoz-Parra. www.ahss.org.uk/news-events/...

Just received the first exciting glimpse of the lay-out of our book, Anselm Adornes: Travel, Trade, Cultural Exchange and Intellectual Networks in Scotland, Bruges and Jerusalem, due out in February 2026. 370 pages and over 70 full colour images.

Enjoying new research project on prophets and sibyls in Flemish art- some gorgeous images from the Ghent Altarpiece.

@londonmedievalsoc.bsky.social London Medieval Society will be hosting its first colloquium of the academic year on the 22nd November 2025 on the subject of Women and Knowledge in the Middle Ages. 😊 You can find the Zoom link here: us02web.zoom.us/j/81823681150

Fabulous flamboyants from St Giles Edinburgh, Bede's church of St Pauls, Jarrow and Melrose abbey.

In case anyone is in Edinburgh and free a week on Thursday: www.ifecosse.org.uk/events-agend...

Great to hear Anna Groundwater extolling Dorothy Dunnett's historical novels- and naming Anselm Adornes as a key figure connecting Scotland to Europe and beyond. DD's archive in NLS deserves much greater recognition ( and use) as a serious academic resource. manuscripts.nls.uk/repositories...

Talking ‘Finding Scotland’s Place in World History’ #EdBookFest celebrating new edition of 📚 Connecting Scotland's History 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 📍Venue T, Edinburgh Futures Institute, 18 August ⏰ 11am 🎟 bit.ly/3J0amPx #EIBF #EdBookFest #scottishhistory #Scotland #history #timeline

A further episode in the Reviving the Trinity Stones project. oldedinburghclub.org.uk/trinity-ston...

Spectacular images of jewellery and textiles in the James VI/I exhibition at Edinburgh Portrait Gallery. Prominence of the order of St George shows the king embracing his English identity.

Edinburgh's First Burghers- a fascinating exhibition at St Giles, not to be missed. www.youtube.com/watch?v=p9mZ...

Just received a really lovely piece of news: Visual Arts and the Auld Alliance: Scotland, France and National Identity c.1420-1550 has been longlisted for the Berger Prize 2025! So very pleased. @edinburghup.bsky.social / Walpole Society/ British Art Matters www.walpolesociety.org.uk/post/berger-...

Exploring James III's intriguing and unique chapel at Restalrig. More exciting stones and mason's marks to compare with those at Trinity, built not long before. Was this a chapter house, meeting place of an order on the now lost upper story? The acoustic is fabulous so music important.

At last!! Delighted that 'Reviving the Trinity: Networks and Materialities in Scotland and Europe, 1400 -1600' is now with the publisher. Huge thanks to co-editors and all our patient and terrific authors. The Trinity Network has some exciting new initiatives in the pipeline-more news soon.

Delighted to see our article 'Reviving the Trinity: Making Mary of Guelders’ 15th Century built legacy relevant in 21st Century Scotland' in Special Issue: Material Culture and Built Heritage: Manifestations of Scotland’s Royal Past, Present and Future. rsj.winchester.ac.uk/30/volume/12...

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In Leicester to introduce academic, jouster and terrific speaker, Dr Toby Capwell. His talk, 'Richard III, his armour, and Bruges in the 15th century' at the DDS conference elicited a barrage of great questions and good discussion. The 14 c. Guildhall, Richard III Centre and cathedral worth seeing.

Hot day, cool cows in Coquetdale, 8.30 a.m Thursday.

Part of a small group of FSA Scot. colleagues at University of Edinburgh’s Centre for Research Collections. Exciting to see the signature of William Scheves, archbishop of St Andrews, 1478 - 1497, and the tiny and exquisite 11th C. Celtic Psalter.

Thank you NLS. Finding historic place names now easier than ever. Our new Finding Placenames guide can help! The guide has millions of searchable place names, each of which are linked to a location on our historic maps. maps.nls.uk/guides/place...

Sharing my Trinity Stones website, a work in progress but you can now contact me via a link. I would love to know of any potentially Trinity or other medieval stone sightings. Huge thanks to my Old Edinburgh Club colleague, Hetty Lancaster who designed it. www.revivingthetrinitystones.co.uk

Great thread. TLDR or for English-lang folks: stonemasons in 15th c Rouen worked on average 44hrs a week; 75% of weeks were not comprised of the assumed norm of 5.5 days work per work (Sat was 1/2 day on full pay), bc of religious holidays and feasts. Loads more here, but these jumped out to me!🪨

Thank you Jonathan Ruffer for saving the spectacular Zurbarans and making the Auckland Project, Spanish and Mining Art Galleries and Faith Museum, such a rich resource for researchers.https://aucklandproject.org/

Visiting the Dene Cemetery to see the tomb of Lord Henry Cockburn of Bonaly, 1779-1854. He was a vociferous hero of heritage buildings and a supporter of the Trinity Collegiate Church. His tomb seems to echo the gothic architecture of the Trinity

In 2008 this incredible medieval wallpainting of St George slaying the Dragon was discovered at St Cadoc’s church, Llancarfan, Wales. Likely 15th century, the vivid mural was painstakingly uncovered from under c20 layers of lime wash in 2013. #WallsonWednesday #medievalwallpainting #StGeorge

A wonderful St Eustace/St Hubert moment on my morning walk.

LECTURE AND DISCUSSION REMINDER MAY 16th, 3.00 p.m, BST Dr Jan Verheyen, University of Leuven Pieter Cristus, Elizabeth Braderic, Pieter Adornes, Register via [email protected]

Jedburgh is perhaps the least well known border abbey but a superb building. Lovely details of the emblem of Abbot Thomas Cranston 1484- 1501 and a carved boss. There is a great small exhibit of interesting stones and the work of masons.

Excellent news from the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland. Heard of Scotland's Heritage Hub? The Society is embarking on an exciting multi-million pound project to create a new Heritage Hub for Scotland. www.socantscot.org/support/scot...

My tame robin and the Sherbourne Missal version, both beautiful.

A great Dorothy Dunnett conference thanks to the excellent speakers Profs. Sam Cohn, Charles West and Dr Perin Westerhof Nyman . Visited the Ruthwell Cross on the way home

At Lanercost Priory en route for the Dorothy Dunnett Society Conference in Dumfries to chair the brilliant Sam Cohn's session on Art and Inequality in the Shadow of the Black Death: New Ideas, New Questions.

Happy St George's Day. My favourite St George- from Hugo van der Goes' spectacular Trinity Altarpiece in the National Gallery, Edinburgh - and the person I believe was his inspiration- Anselm Adornes, from his tomb effigy at the Jerusalem Chapel in Bruges.

A rare and beautiful survivor of the Reformation, a section from an Easter sepulchre depicting the 3 Marys at the empty tomb, English, oak, c.1330. It still has traces of polychromy. Private collection.

My new research project- a spectacular alabaster and stone tomb c.1460 in a tiny Northumbrian church.

Fantastic Elizabethan beasts uncovered in former Cumbrian hunting lodge. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025... Photo: James O Davies/The Historic England Archive, Historic England

Delighted to give advance notice of our next Adornes Network event. We have a great speaker - do join us. To register or learn more, contact me by May 10th via: [email protected]

And more.

Looking at the many Trinity stones in the courtyard of the Museum of Edinburgh-one of the best museums in the city. You can see a typically Trinity boss in the right foreground.

Working on Trinity Collegiate Church again. Fleming-Gourlay's fascinating book considers the best sites for its rebuilding. His most bizarre idea is this- the church built on top of a school.

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Biddlestone Chapel in Upper Coquetdale, built on to a 14th century tower, a recusant and Jacobite stronghold. It was attached to a hall, home of the Selby family, which was the inspiration for Walter Scott's Osbaldistone Hall in Rob Roy.

Spring in Coquetdale. I've been stalking this Yellowhammer for a week.

EDINBURGH: The can't-miss concert of the season! The Edinburgh University Renaissance Singers perform "In Palaces and Priories: Music from Renaissance Scotland." 🗓️ March 22nd - 7:30pm 📌 Church of the Sacred Heart 🎟️ Tickets available on the door Full disclosure: I sing in this one. 😉 Come say hi!

Happy St Patrick's day. St Patrick preaching to the Werewolves of Ossory, one of his lesser-know activities- taken from the 13th century Topographia Hibernica.

Working hard (with fellow editors) to get the intro to our book, Reviving the Trinity: Networks and Materialities in Scotland and Europe, 1400 -1600 ready for submission. The wonderful Henry Cockburn stands up for the Trinity in the face of its demolition- a terrific read and still relevant.