Dr Cassandra Harrington
@C_L_Harrington
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Art historian. PhD from @MEMS_ukc on medieval foliate head iconography. Classics tutor @kentiquity. Previously @CHASE_DTP, @UniKentHistory and @CburyCathedral.
Canterbury, England
Joined June 2016
I'm delighted to have been awarded a research support grant from the @PaulMellonCentr towards 'Foliate Heads and Masks in Gothic Art: A Reappraisal of 'Green Man' Iconography, c. 1200-1350'!. Image: Capitals from Southwell Minster Chapter House (c. 1285)
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RT @FutureSymphony: It is with great sadness that we report the passing of legendary architect and urban planner, Lèon Krier, one of our fo….
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RT @KPW1453: Two medieval archers - detail from one of the 15th century misericords at St. Mary’s Church in Beverley, East Yorkshire. 📸 My….
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RT @MEMS_Festival: ‼️Our programme is live! Join us for two amazing days of presentations and workshops at this year’s MEMS Festival! Regis….
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RT @NikosKarydis: Excited to be joining the 3rd-year Architectural Conservation module tomorrow at the School of Architecture of the Nati….
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RT @RomanicoEspana: El Monasterio de Santa María la Real de las Huelgas (Burgos), fundado en 1187 por el Rey Alfonso VIII y Doña Leonor y c….
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RT @carolemadge: 9 May is Europe Day! 📷.The goddess Europa gave her name to the whole continent of Europe. In Greek mythology, Europa was a….
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RT @AntiquityJ: 📰 Two almost life-sized sculptures have been uncovered at a tomb in Pompeii, perhaps depicting an elite couple or a prieste….
archaeologymag.com
Archaeologists in Pompeii have uncovered two near-life-size statues in a necropolis near Porta Sarno, one of the main gates of the ancient city.
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RT @red_loeb: The story begins: young Arthur draws the sword from the stone. BL Add MS 38117; 'the Huth Manuscript'; 14th century; f.73v @….
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RT @C_L_Harrington: The chapter house at York. resplendent as ever. ✨️. Completed in the 1280s, its magnificent vaulted ceiling has no ce….
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RT @carolemadge: #FrescoFriday - Fresco in the Fourth Pompeian Style depicting the personification of the Sarnus river with two Nymphs. Fro….
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RT @CAMEMS_: We are looking forward to @mems_ukc PhD student @CharlieFenton2 ‘s hybrid seminar The Religious Feeling of Wills in Kent c. 15….
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RT @MEMRNChase: Call for presenters! MEMRN are delighted to announce that we have speaking slots available for our Spring Showcase, a one-d….
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The chapter house at York. resplendent as ever. ✨️. Completed in the 1280s, its magnificent vaulted ceiling has no central column, and is instead supported by external buttressing and timbers inside the roof.
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RT @KPW1453: 12th century wall painting of St. Cuthbert of Lindisfarne in the Galilee Chapel at Durham Cathedral. Today is St. Cuthbert’s f….
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RT @ClerkofOxford: Today is the spring equinox. In Old English it was called the 'lenctenlice emniht' - the 'even-night' of lencten, spring….
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📚Reunited! A 15th-century print is back with the Gutenberg Bible it once accompanied.
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The Huntington has acquired a print of Jesus in the Mount of Olives that had been pasted inside its Gutenberg Bible for 400 years.
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RT @KPW1453: Detail from the 13th century Wheel of Fortune at Rochester Cathedral. Hidden beneath layers of whitewash, the painting was red….
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RT @red_loeb: Hrabanus Maurus praying at the foot of the cross. Österreichische Nationalbibliothek, Cod.652; Hrabanus Maurus, De laudibus s….
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