Kevin Wilbraham
@KPW1453
Archivist by trade; historian by inclination; and information governance manager by necessity. History, archives and archaeology from ancient to late medieval.
Early Norman herringbone masonry on the causeway at Tamworth Castle in Staffordshire. 📸 My own. #WallsOnWednesday #TamworthCastle
Remains of a 13th century wall painting at Winchester Cathedral of a Benedictine monk at his desk. 📷 My own. #WednesdayWallpainting #WinchesterCathedral
Sunrise at Stonehenge today (23rd July) was at 5.19am, sunset is at 9.06pm ⛅️
This busy and colourful page is from a manuscript copy of Vacarius' Liber Pauperum. Vacarius was an Italian law expert who is thought to have taught at the University of Oxford in the 12th century. This work is his commentary on Justinian's Codex (WCL F24 f118r).
Milecastle 42 on #hadrianswall #nationaltrail in the @NlandNP Weather update... it's rained, a lot 🌧️☔🌧️
I finally got a sharp photo of this luscious red jasper scaraboid with a depiction of Perseus tiptoing forward in pursuit of Medusa. Note the incredible detail of the wings on his diadem and sandals. 1/ Greek, 400-350 BCE. #GettyVilla 📸 me
Another shot of the very beautiful chapter house in Southwell minster #tracerytuesday
Mosaic of Empress Theodora and her court at San Vitale, Ravenna (6th century)
A beautiful #Roman ridged glass bowl, made from cobalt blue with an irregular marbled white swirling pattern. It was made about 2000 years ago, & is a stunning piece of #AncientGlass that I wish I owned... (📷MFA Boston) collections.mfa.org/objects/154808…
Today! Tuesday 22nd July 7.30pm. Join me if you can!
Western entrance at #Knowth. Kerbstone 74 in front. 📷Darragh K. #megalithicart #keepdiscovering #jewelsofhistory
#EpigraphyTuesday - Latin inscription honouring Lucius Verus, dating from AD 167. Found in the 17th century and now on the wall of the Columns of San Lorenzo in Milan, Italy. CIL V, 5805 Imp(eratori) Caesari / L(ucio) Aurelio Vero / Aug(usto) Armeniaco / Medico Parthico /…
Wint Hill Bowl-300-350 AD Probably made in Cologne in the C4th AD, this decorative drinking bowl was excavated at Wint Hill, (Somerset), in 1956. The engraving is on the outside and intended to be viewed from the..(1/4) 📷2025 #Roman #Archaeology #RomanBritain #EpigraphyTuesday
Beautiful medieval tiles from the Abbey displayed in Rievaulx museum; and in situ on site. #TilesOnTuesday
Lovely what I assume to be #medieval #TilesOnTuesday from Troyes cathedral, #France - it's strange not having the detailed info that one can usually get on British churches! Ah well, c'est la vie!
Le Creux ès Faies, Saint-Pierre-du-Bois, Guernsey: a Neolithic passage tomb believed to be the entrance to the Fairy Kingdom in Guernsey folklore. #TombTuesday #Archaeology #FairyTaleTuesday #FairyTaleFlash @EnchantedEzine @fairytaleflash
This is an Archaic chamber tomb from Crustumerium with two loculi, i.e. burial niches. One was closed with roof tiles and the other with mudbrick. The pottery used as temper in mudbrick helped in dating the tomb precisely to the end of the period. #TombTuesday
#TombTuesday Gugh (island attached to St Agnes by a sand bar). Isles of Scilly Lots of ancient cairns, graves and menhirs. The Old Man of Gugh is 3,500 years old
The Hell Stone in Dorset. Not the best reconstruction by any means, but still worth bothering. #ancientstonebothering #TombTuesday
The Chapter House at Kirkstall Abbey, a ruined C12 Cistercian monastery in Leeds, West Yorkshir, contains several sarcophagi. It's a #tombtuesday vibe for sure #kirkstall #leeds #england #heritage