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Dr Emily Guerry

@EmilyGuerry

2 months

Today it was confirmed that Art History will be ‘phased out’ at the University of Kent – along with Anthropology, Journalism, Philosophy, Religious Studies, and Music. What a tremendous loss.

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4 years

It is deeply heartening to see so many Kent @UniKent students voting today- here they are, standing in the pouring rain in a long queue that spans the length of our library ❤️ #UKElection #YouthQuake #GeneralElection2019 #GE2019

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Dr Emily Guerry

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5 years

Nine years ago today, I was extremely fortunate to rediscover a lost wall painting in the Sainte-Chapelle. I was 24. It was the 2nd year of my PhD and I had recently moved to Paris for my fieldwork in the Sainte-Chapelle. I had a hunch, confirmed by a recent find in the @laBnF ...

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@DannyDutch Love this! Here are illustrations by a medieval artist who had studied an animal from life: Matthew Paris & the elephant gifted from Louis IX to Henry III, kept in the @TowerOfLondon BL MS Cotton Nero D I. f. 169v & CCCC MS 16 f.ivr @BLMedieval @britishlibrary @librariescc

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St Anthony of Padua died in 1231, but when he was exhumed 32yrs later, his tongue remained fresh- testifying to the power of his preaching. His holy tongue & mandible are displayed today in reliquaries... that will haunt your nightmares #MedievalTwitter #twitterstorians #gothic

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4 years

On 26 April 1248 #otd , after only 9ys of construction, the Sainte-Chapelle was consecrated. The upper chapel had 22 sacred relics, 1134 glass panels that depict biblical history, & 44 wall paintings of saints. Even today, it still feels like walking into Heaven #medievaltwitter

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@EmilyGuerry

3 years

RIP ‘typo’ 😬 Sherborne, Gloucestershire #tombs #typos

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@EmilyGuerry

1 year

Look at this exquisite Gothic face – resplendent in polychromy – from the long-lost jubé of Notre-Dame cathedral, uncovered under the crushed pavements of the crossing during ongoing restoration #medievaltwitter

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@Inrap

1 year

✨ En cette fin d'année, retour en images sur quelques-unes des fouilles Inrap qui ont marqué 2022. Commençons avec la fouille à Notre-Dame de Paris qui a livré d’importants vestiges, notamment des sépultures ainsi que des éléments du jubé médiéval 👉

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Dr Emily Guerry

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3 months

The University of Kent continues to face devastating cuts to the Arts and Humanities - including the loss of Art History, Languages, Philosophy, & Religious Studies. Gutting these courses in Canterbury, a multilingual city of learning since the late 6th c…

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4 years

@DannyDutch @TowerOfLondon @BLMedieval @britishlibrary @librariescc And here’s my favourite illustration by a medieval artist in which they claim to be drawing from life « al vif » when actually... Villard de Honnecourt’s lion, also c1240s (Note the porcupine too!) BnF MS Fr 19093, f.24r @laBnF @GallicaBnF

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3 months

FOURTEEN years ago today, a lucky discovery completely changed the course of my PhD research❤️

Dr Emily Guerry

@EmilyGuerry

5 years

Nine years ago today, I was extremely fortunate to rediscover a lost wall painting in the Sainte-Chapelle. I was 24. It was the 2nd year of my PhD and I had recently moved to Paris for my fieldwork in the Sainte-Chapelle. I had a hunch, confirmed by a recent find in the @laBnF ...

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Dr Emily Guerry

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4 years

These are some of the front pages of UK newspapers. Instead of reporting on the #blacklivesmatter movement, we see the image of a kidnapped white girl, who went missing 13yrs ago. Critical thinking & visual literacy skills are vital to understanding the optics of power... 1/2

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4 years

Go see the Artemisia exhibition @nationalgallery . I left with tears in my eyes, a mix of anger and joy. Anger towards the horrible men who raped, tortured, doubted, and humiliated her. Joy in her totally novel reinvention of Susanna, Judith, Lucretia, St Catherine...

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5 years

I hope that eveyone out there hunting for something– whether it's in the archives or church or elsewhere– finds what they are looking for one day. I don't know if I'll ever be that lucky again but this joy still lingers, still aligning my research with my passion

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1 year

Flying to Poland with our little one 🇵🇱✈️❤️ Looking forward to seeing family AND some wonderful ‘whale pulpits’ (eg a bit of fun Jonah typology / mopey sea dragon) in Polish parish churches 🐉 📸 St Hedwig’s, Dobroszów

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Dr Emily Guerry

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7 months

So excited (and a little scared) to share this news: ‘Mysteries of the Faith’ will debut @netflix on 1 November 🎉 Tune in to learn more about relics and watch me share new research on the Crown of Thorns… while 9 months pregnant in a crypt 👑 Hooray!! #mysteriesofthefaith

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@EmilyGuerry

4 years

As Christmas approaches, here's a lovely Nativity showing Mary tenderly touching her newborn son. It was carved in the early 13thc for the Gothic jubé of Chartres Cathedral, which contains the relic of the Holy Tunic, said to be worn by the Virgin during birth #medievaltwitter

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3 years

Dated to 1326, this is the earliest surviving astrolabe in England It’s currently on display in the gorgeous #becket exhibition @britishmuseum next to a copy of Geoffrey Chaucer's 'The Canterbury Tales' #medieval #astrolabe #science #sky #stars #chaucer #middleenglish

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@EmilyGuerry

2 years

So proud to be elected a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society @RoyalHistSoc today – thank you to my sponsors and the fellowship for this honour 🎉 I will do my part to make the RHS a representative forum for all those involved in researching and disseminating History 📚

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Dr Emily Guerry

@EmilyGuerry

3 years

Merry Christmas! Here's a lovely Nativity showing Mary tenderly touching her newborn son. It was carved in the early 13thc for the Gothic jubé of Chartres Cathedral, which contains the relic of the Holy Tunic, said to be worn by the Virgin during birth #medievaltwitter #lockdown

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Dr Emily Guerry

@EmilyGuerry

2 years

As of today, I’m officially on Maternity Leave 🎉 I’ll be focusing on family for a while, returning to work later in 2023 🥰 My partner and I can’t wait to meet our gigantic little girl soon, hopefully in the next week or so🤞 (Lovely photos by my sister 📸)

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@EmilyGuerry

4 years

If you walk beyond the boundary of the cemetery of St Mildred’s church and turn your back on the Norman Castle, you’ll see the most wonderful tree in Canterbury 🍂 #canterbury #kent #church #castle #Autumn

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@EmilyGuerry

1 year

Thrilling visit to St Mary’s, Houghton-on-the-Hill to see the earliest extant medieval wall paintings in England Derelict since a zeppelin fell in the churchyard during WWI - & used by Satanists as a ritual site for decades(!) - its c1090s(!!) murals were uncovered in the 1990s

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@EmilyGuerry

5 years

I’m teaching Norman Sicily this week & I just love the kaleidoscopic mosaics at Monreale. I’m going to open by playing ‘Where’s Becket?’ (Hint: he’s in the c1180s apse- this is the earliest extant monumental image of Becket in the history of art, far from Canterbury!) #becket2020

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@EmilyGuerry

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@John__Phipps Haha I would assume it's because we're used to driving cars everywhere and not walking... so in 'Europe' we get sooooo thirsty Also we love the idea of 'free water' at restaurants and this isn't a thing in 'Europe'

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@EmilyGuerry

5 years

The Bibliothèque nationale de France (BnF) at Richelieu is a wonderful library. What follows are step-by-step instructions to share with colleagues/students about HOW to do research at Richelieu, which has an intimidating reputation. It is MUCH friendlier today #medievaltwitter

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@EmilyGuerry

3 months

Please sign this petition to support our colleagues at Kent, whose jobs are under immediate threat (58 academics, including all of Art History). We're hemorrhaging so many good people, especially in the Arts and Humanities. It's heartbreaking. #arthistory

Sign the Petition

Save Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences Subjects at the University of Kent

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@EmilyGuerry

3 years

Visiting medieval churches is one of my favourite things to do, but many of these historic sites are in urgent need of care & repair Please help me support @friendschurches and their wonderful work rescuing & preserving 50+ churches in England & Wales ❤️

Running for churches!

Help Emily Guerry raise money to support Friends of Friendless Churches

www.justgiving.com

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@EmilyGuerry

3 years

Some #history chat in anticipation of #itaveng #Euro2020Final 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🇮🇹 The origin of the association of #ThreeLions w/ the England football team is rooted in the medieval iconography of the Plantagenet arms used by the rulers of England from Richard I to Edward III (~1198–1360)

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4 years

#2010vs2020 2010: Will I ever finish my PhD? Am I cut out for teaching & research? Will my fieldwork ‘work’? Will I be able to speak French/read Latin w/o embarrassment? Am I really an art historian? Is...any of this meaningful?😬 2020: Yesssss💃 #medievaltwitter #AcademicChatter

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@EmilyGuerry

3 years

It’s strange to teach the Black Death & art in 2020 - during a pandemic - but my students have offered new insight in our seminars. We’re looking at cadaver tombs this week. Here’s the effigy of John Baret (d1467), a wealthy cloth merchant from Bury St Edmunds... #medievaltwitter

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@EmilyGuerry

1 year

The happiest, luckiest day in my research career occurred 13 years ago #otd #twitterstorians ☺️🎉

Dr Emily Guerry

@EmilyGuerry

5 years

Nine years ago today, I was extremely fortunate to rediscover a lost wall painting in the Sainte-Chapelle. I was 24. It was the 2nd year of my PhD and I had recently moved to Paris for my fieldwork in the Sainte-Chapelle. I had a hunch, confirmed by a recent find in the @laBnF ...

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A torrent of c1290s ribs are arranged into a 22m-tall ‘palm tree’ in the Couvent des Jacobins in Toulouse, erupting from the sacred relics of St Thomas Aquinas🌴 #gothic #architecture

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4 years

It’s been a decade since the most exciting discovery happened in my career as art historian. I’m still so grateful, every day- and I hope that others find what they’re searching for too #medievaltwitter #medievalart #arthistory #AcademicTwitter #AcademicChatter

Dr Emily Guerry

@EmilyGuerry

5 years

Nine years ago today, I was extremely fortunate to rediscover a lost wall painting in the Sainte-Chapelle. I was 24. It was the 2nd year of my PhD and I had recently moved to Paris for my fieldwork in the Sainte-Chapelle. I had a hunch, confirmed by a recent find in the @laBnF ...

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3 years

What. Just. Happened. Trump has just issued a proclamation from the White House in honour of the anniversary of the martyrdom of St Thomas Becket #Becket2020 #medievaltwitter

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3 years

Hello #arthistory #gothicart #medievaltwitter ! I've compiled a list of digital resources for teaching & learning the history of Gothic art & architecture during #lockdown . Feel free to share this thread #academictwitter @MEMSLibUKC (Special thanks to @Sabine75006 for her help!)

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@EmilyGuerry

4 years

If you could choose just one word for your memorial - a singular term that describes the essence of who you are - would it be ‘thorough’? #twitterstorians

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@EmilyGuerry

5 months

The new visa "earning threshold" introduced by the Conservative gov for oversees "skilled migrants" is £38,700. This will kill off nearly all job opportunities for international scholars who are early career academics in the UK, especially those in the Arts & Humanities Shameful

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5 months

I wouldn't be here if this had been the situation in 2014 and 2015, plain and simple. My salary as a lecturer wouldn't have gotten me a visa. This is going to hurt so many in most industries, not just UKHE: BBC News - Tougher visa rules unveiled

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Dr Emily Guerry

@EmilyGuerry

8 months

Officially on research leave (for the first time in nearly 6 years) 📚 What JOY ❤️

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@EmilyGuerry

3 years

It’s been a surreal series of #lockdown events in honour of St Thomas Becket’s 850th anniversary. After 3 interviews, 2 articles, 100s of tweets, & 1 proclamation from Trump(!!??), I’m going to sign off w/one of my fave things: Becket’s shoes, kept safe in Sens Cathedral 👠 👞 👟

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Dr Emily Guerry

@EmilyGuerry

2 years

Filming a really cool new documentary on medieval relics (and so glad that it will include 9-month baby bump!) Stay tuned 😎🎥

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@EmilyGuerry

5 years

The glass in Notre-Dame is lost. We’re still uncertain if its other treasures are safe. Can’t stop weeping. This was a sacred place where the Gothic spirit took form in stone- where its strength, light, wonder, & grace brought joy to millions of visitors for centuries #NotreDame

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@EmilyGuerry

3 years

Just finished my last academic Zoom meetings of 2020 & put up my out of office email yessss! Times are still tough, but the relief is real – and I’m smiling ear-to-ear like this joyous Gothic sculpture of Margravine Regelinda (d1014) at Naumburger Dom 💁‍♀️ #zoomfatigue #arthistory

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@EmilyGuerry

1 year

Medieval art nerds - behold! Here we can see the 6thc Gospels of St Augustine processed through Westminster Abbey @wabbey #Coronation #arthistory #manuscripts #canterbury Think it’s open to the miniature of St Luke?? 🐂

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@EmilyGuerry

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The 29th of December 2020 marks the 850th anniversary of the martyrdom of St Thomas Becket. Here's a reading of an eyewitness account of his brutal murder inside @No1Cathedral for my @UniKentHistory students #becket2020 ⚔️ #medievaltwitter #saints #otd

The martyrdom of St Thomas Becket, 29 Dec 1170 (Edward Grim)

To learn more about Becket, check out: http://thebecketstory.org.uk/Get excited about the forthcoming exhibition 'Thomas Becket: Murder and the Making of a S...

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@EmilyGuerry

2 years

Finally visited the Scrovegni Chapel to see Giotto’s wall paintings, 1303-05 More pics to come but here’s some Stendhal-syndrome-ing in action 😍 #giotto #arena #scrovegni #capellascrovegni #padua

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3 years

For the first time in months, I was finally able to look at some medieval murals again today ❤️ Here’s the stunning c1100s Marian / c1450s monogram scheme at St Thomas’ Church, East Shefford @TheCCT @friendschurches #medieval #church #wallpaintings

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@EmilyGuerry

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In the c1338 frescoes of Bad Government in Siena, Tyranny is enthroned resting his feet on Luxury, surrounded by Greed, Pride, & Vainglory. Cruelty, Deceit, Fraud, Fury, Division, & War flank him – w/ Justice bound below – as violence erupts across the city #arthistory #sedition

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@EmilyGuerry

5 years

I’m pleased to announce that Louise Wilkinson @MedievalFemina @CCCUHistory & I received funding from the @BritishAcademy_ for an international conference on St Thomas Becket in 2020- the 850th anniversary of his martyrdom @No1Cathedral - watch this space for our CFP #becket2020

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@EmilyGuerry

3 years

An extraordinary alabaster tomb of John St John (d. 1648), his first wife Anne, his second wife Margaret, and their 13 children at St Mary’s, Lydiard Tregoze #church #tomb #alabaster

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@EmilyGuerry

9 months

I love the haughty saints / grimacing lions combo of the early 12th-c facade of Saint-Trophime d'Arles And everyone’s looking especially fresh after recent conservation 🦁 #romanesque #architecture

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@EmilyGuerry

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Discovered only in 1999, the c1270s frescoes in the crypt of the Duomo in Siena survive in excellent condition, w/a vivid & nearly-complete Passion cycle. I esp loved the careful continuity in the treatment of the smiley skull of Golgotha💀 #arthistory #gothic #renaissance #siena

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@EmilyGuerry

10 months

Disappointing news at St Mary’s, Whitby🧛🩸 #gothic #dracula #churchcrawling #vampire

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@EmilyGuerry

3 years

My @UniKentHistory students are examining post-Black Death female funereal monuments this week, and I’m so pleased that they seem to love the transi tomb of Alice de la Pole (d. 1475), Geoffrey Chaucer’s granddaughter, as much as I do #medievaltwitter #tombs

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@EmilyGuerry

4 years

Nominated by @OSaumarezSmith for 10 buildings I love. 1. The Sainte-Chapelle, designed for Saint Louis in the c1240s to enshrine his the relic of the Crown of Thorns, is the closest I’ve ever felt to Heaven on Earth ❤️

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@EmilyGuerry

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It’s #InternationalWomensDay Here are two of my favourite Gothic ‘queens’ - Uta von Ballenstedt and Regelindis von Meissen - seen in the 13thc sculpture of Naumburg Cathedral 👑 👑 #arthistory #gothic #sculpture

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@EmilyGuerry

5 years

Thanks so much for watching #RightRoyalFamily with @MrDDyer - he is so kind, we had such fun talking about King Louis IX, and I loved showing him around the Sainte-Chapelle. Please visit the chapel next time you’re in Paris and do tune in next week too @BBCOne 👑

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4 years

The Marys in the c1460s Lamentation by Niccolò dell’Arca are a #mood after today’s news about #Covid19UK Installed in Sta Maria della Vita (Bologna), these life-size terracotta figures explode with emotion- anger & anguish #arthistory #renaissance #twitterstorians #sculpture

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@EmilyGuerry

4 years

St Dunstan’s in the East embodies the long history of London. This ruined medieval church endured the Great Fire, w/help from Wren. After restoration in the 19thc, the Blitz toppled its nave. Since 1971, it’s been a public green space. Today it’s straddled by skyscrapers #London

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Today would have been the launch of the Artemisia Gentileschi show @NationalGallery . I’ve always admired her inventive design of the biblical story of Judith decapitating Holofernes. She painted this version in 1620 @UffiziGalleries after her horrific rape & the ensuing trial 1/

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3 years

Sharing this stunning 360° view of the upper chapel of the Sainte-Chapelle, comprised of 80 gigapixels & produced by gigascope Merci @Sabine75006 @leCMN #medievaltwitter #gothic #gigascope #saintechapelle #paris #patrimoine #culture #heritage #gigapixel #vitraux #stainedglass

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@EmilyGuerry

4 years

Visited San Marco again today and counted no less than 19 Crucifixion frescoes in the friars’ cells, all painted by Fra Angelico in the 1440s. On every wall surface, he replicates the light source in situ, casting shadows that stand outside of time #arthistory #renaissance

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It's the vigil of the Holy Cross! My fave True Cross reliquary is the c980s Limburg staurotheke. It has 10 enamel loculi for other Passion relics once kept in the Bucoleon, so it's our 1st material witness to the arrival of the Crown of Thorns in Constantinople #medievaltwitter 👑

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Tonight is the virtual premiere of #TheDig - a gorgeous story of the Sutton Hoo discovery @britishmuseum . Thank you @NetflixUK ! Even though we can’t celebrate in person, it’s so nice to livestream (& dress-up too). Here’s to seeing more medieval archaeology on the silver screen🥂

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It is no coincidence that this is what is considered newsworthy. As an art historian, I don’t want to lose sight of the importance of encouraging my students to question what they see & understand how mass-produced images can serve as vehicles for a culture of systemic racism 2/2

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St Bartholomew the Great, serving succour and Romanesque loveliness since 1123 #london #lockdown #parish #church #augustinian #priory

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@EmilyGuerry

7 months

DELIGHTED to advertise this PhD scholarship: Looking for an excellent art historian interested in medieval paintings + death + judgment to work w/ Dr Niamh Bhalla @NortheasternLDN + me @mems_ukc ⏰ Deadline 31 Oct 🙏 Share widely 🎓Apply here

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Back in the @laBnF with a gorgeous c1220s pontifical - the first really good day of research in a really really long time 📚❤️ #AcademicTwitter

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4 years

Thistles at Spitafields with Hawksmoor #London #lockdown @thegentleauthor

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3 years

2 yrs ago today, I moved back to Paris for my research sabbatical. I lived in a tiny flat and worked in libraries, archives, churches, & museums. I loved it. So much has changed so quickly. Maybe in 2 more yrs, things will be different. If not, at least I have these memories ❤️

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Thomas Becket was murdered 849yrs ago #otd in @No1Cathedral -his cult spread quickly across medieval Europe. Here’s the earliest extant monumental image of his martyrdom, a mural in SS Giovanni e Paolo, Spoleto- note Grim’s hand, hanging by a thread 🤚 #becket2020 #medievaltwitter

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We’re 2mins away from the Thomas Becket conference launch w ~400 delegates & ~40 speakers from across the world. I’m wearing my Becket badges & drinking lots of coffee in my Becket mug. All fingers crossed & prayers to the patron saints of Zoom🤞🙏 #becketconference @No1Cathedral

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This is SO cool: I’ve just received a prototype mug produced by the brilliant team @EmmaBridgewater commemorating the 850th anniversary of St Thomas Becket @No1Cathedral . I LOVE it- and I’ve already shown it to my Medieval Saints students on Zoom today too ☕️ 🗡❤️ #becket2020

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Finally made it to the Ashurbanipal show @britishmuseum . Seeing those gruesome lion hunts, which once lined the walls of his c640s BCE throneroom in Nineveh, really makes your heart race but I never realised that they were originally painted in technicolour! The curators’ use...

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Finally saw these marvellous 14thc murals of Thomas Becket & Thomas Lancaster in St Peter ad vincula, South Newington - and - wowzers!- this church has some of the best-preserved medieval wall paintings I’ve ever seen. More to come!! 👀 #churches #wallpaintings #MedievalArt

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Goodbye little Gothic cottage, and all of your benevolent birds and ghosts. You have been a lovely little home for six years, and I don’t know if I’ll ever live somewhere so beautiful again 🌻

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Today is the darkest day of the year & the feast of St Thomas #otd who doubted Christ's resurrection. Here's a stunning c1260s Gothic wall painting @wabbey that boldly breaks w/ iconographic conventions to present his experience of faith through physical touch #lockdown #churches

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Other forms quickly came into view– a sun, three more haloes, a cross beam– and suddenly I saw the whole 'thing': A damaged image of the Crucifixion from the age of Saint Louis. I started shaking. I knew I needed to put down the equipment, breathe slowly & lie down...

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It’s been a dark day at our University, but a bright spot was our Gothic Art field trips to Canterbury Cathedral with some excellent first-year @UniKentHistory students. So proud! 💫

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It’s #MotheringSunday here in the UK 💐 Here’s a lovely panel painting of Anne teaching the Virgin to read, made in c1330s for the Dominicans in Norwich and now displayed @museecluny - the rest of the altarpiece survives in the tiny church of Thornham Parva #medieval #gothic

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I teach the ‘Art of Death’ @UniKentHistory @mems_ukc , which examines the visual culture of martyrs & the macabre from c150-1500. This is my fave tomb- in St Mary’s, Ewelme. It belongs to Alice de la Pole (d1475), Chaucer’s granddaughter #artinquarantine #arthistory #mdievalart 1/

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Dr Emily Guerry

@EmilyGuerry

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I love this strange 15thc representation of the Seven Deadly Sins at St Peter's Church, Raunds – the mural shows woman poked by a skeleton, exploding into personifications of vices swallowed by demons #arthistory #medievaltwitter #sin

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Dr Emily Guerry

@EmilyGuerry

4 years

Filming a documentary on the history of Notre-Dame cathedral... for French TV- so nervous I’m still shaking 😬

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@EmilyGuerry

5 years

One more highlight from yesterday’s visit to the Met: The c1300 gilded Gothic statues of the Visitation from the convent of Katherinethal. As Mary greets cousin Elizabeth, their pregnant bellies shine with translucent rock crystal, alluding to the imminent birth of Christ & John

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@EmilyGuerry

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The tomb of Lady Lucy Stanley (d.1601) represents her at prayer... with her breasts exposed. She surrounded by her four daughters- they all died suddenly while visiting Walthamstow & they’re buried together here in St Mary’s. I’ve never seen a monument quite like this before...

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Dr Emily Guerry

@EmilyGuerry

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On 11 August 1239, King Louis IX walked barefoot, & led a sacred precession of the Crown of Thorns to honour his acquisition. The Sainte-Chapelle, designed to enshrine the relic, was completed 9 years later- look closely & you’ll see 2 crowns on the towers #otd #medievaltwitter

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Dr Emily Guerry

@EmilyGuerry

3 years

I loved watching #TheGreenKnight @A24 – it announces a new aesthetic of medievalism, where bright hues co-mingle w/ the macabre in landscapes conversant w/ eco-criticism But I esp loved Guinevere's robe, adorned with dozens of votive offerings & pilgrims' badges #medievaltwitter

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Dr Emily Guerry

@EmilyGuerry

2 years

There’s a nearly complete scheme of mid-14thc murals in the chancel of St Mary’s, Chalgrove 50+ scenes from the life of the Virgin and the Passion of Christ flood the walls while long, tall saints overlook the windows #medieval #wallpaintings #gothic #churches #churching

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Dr Emily Guerry

@EmilyGuerry

3 years

We’ve just GAZUMPED our #runningforchurches target for @friendschurches 🎉 But there’s still time to donate On behalf of all the churches that need a little bit more love, thank you / diolch❤️ 📸 St Eilian’s, Anglesey 💀 👋 #running #churches #charity

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Dr Emily Guerry

@EmilyGuerry

3 years

My colleagues & I talked about how much we miss our offices today. We also shared the best-ever office environment we’ve had in our careers. Here’s mine (it’s a doozy): The S oratory of the Sainte-Chapelle, complete with internet AND 1240s/1860s stained glass windows 👑 #gothic

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Dr Emily Guerry

@EmilyGuerry

5 years

Founded c700 & covered in spolia, SS Maria e Donato in Murano has a stunning c1140 mosaic of Mary as intercessor. Look behind the high altar & you’ll see the triumphant display of gigantic vertebrae & ribs that belong to a Pleistocene cetacean #medievaltwitter #twitterstorians 🐋

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Dr Emily Guerry

@EmilyGuerry

7 years

Visitors to the Sainte-Chapelle should download this BRILLIANT iconographic identification app @leCMN @Artmedieval

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Dr Emily Guerry

@EmilyGuerry

5 years

This is just a shoutout of eternal thanks to @metmuseum publications for making 1687 of their excellent titles available for FREE online as a downloadable PDFs here: #MedievalTwitter this includes 'Age of Spirituality' & 'Abbot Suger and Saint-Denis' etc!

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Dr Emily Guerry

@EmilyGuerry

2 months

Such a joy to come face-to-face with the elegant gilt-bronze effigy of Queen Eleanor of Castile (d.1290), designed by William Torel in Westminster Abbey #gothic #arthistory #tombs

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Dr Emily Guerry

@EmilyGuerry

3 years

This was such a good day

Dr Emily Guerry

@EmilyGuerry

5 years

Nine years ago today, I was extremely fortunate to rediscover a lost wall painting in the Sainte-Chapelle. I was 24. It was the 2nd year of my PhD and I had recently moved to Paris for my fieldwork in the Sainte-Chapelle. I had a hunch, confirmed by a recent find in the @laBnF ...

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Dr Emily Guerry

@EmilyGuerry

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The #ThomasBecket exhibition @britishmuseum is the most exciting showcase of the medieval imagination I’ve ever seen Every object dazzles / horrifies / makes your heart race ❤️ Kudos to @LloyddeBeer @n_speakman @SophieKelly59 🎉 #medieval #history #arthistory #london #museum

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Dr Emily Guerry

@EmilyGuerry

5 years

Bonjour, Paradis! The Sainte-Chapelle is incandescent with violet hues and then soft blues early on autumnal mornings. Also, I still really really love my job #MedievalTwitter #medievalart

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Dr Emily Guerry

@EmilyGuerry

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We are so pleased to launch our #CFP on Day 1 of #IMC2019 @IMC_Leeds : An international conference on 'Thomas Becket– Life, Death, & Legacy' at Canterbury Cathedral in November 2020. Please consider submitting an abstract (details below) & share widely #medievaltwitter #becket2020

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Dr Emily Guerry

@EmilyGuerry

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A beautiful article by @neilhimself on his experience working with @Lorna_May_ & sitting for her portraits. You can see them in the Graves Gallery in Sheffield from tomorrow, after the artist’s launch of her retrospective #arthistory #twitterstorians

Bog oak and a blowtorch: Neil Gaiman on sitting for a portrait with Lorna May Wadsworth

In 2015, Lorna May Wadsworth – the artist responsible for striking portraits of famous faces such as Margaret Thatcher and Jarvis Cocker – asked Neil Gaiman to sit for her.

www.telegraph.co.uk

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Dr Emily Guerry

@EmilyGuerry

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...to keep myself from fainting (/breaking anything). So I just laid there in disbelief for a minute or two before I collected myself, told the administratrice, phoned my supervisor, and sat down on the royal staircase, fighting back hot, happy tears.

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