@kathrynberry
Motorbike riding, Pinzgauer owning, greyhound collecting academic with an interest in all things Death, Religion and Culture - particularly Victorian rural death. PhD candidate by night, English teacher by day, researcher by choice.
Funeral procession for the first three fallen riflemen, Riga, 1915.
They knew there would be more. Courtesy of the Latvian War Museum, Riga, Latvia
#latvia #deathscholar #war #1915 #ww1 #refugees #funeral #procession #invasion
What do you do to a parish cemetery when your government decides to shove a massive wall up through the middle of it? The Berlin Wall even separated the dead.
The Sophien Cemetery memorial.
#Cemetery #Berlin #Wall #freedom #deathscholar
What do you do to a parish cemetery when your government decides to shove a massive wall up through the middle of it? The Berlin Wall even separated the dead.
#berlinwall #Berlin #cemetery #remember
A decapitated skull, had to be done twice
Display of human skull in Ribe Viking Museum
#ribe #deathscholar #travels #death #decapitation #Museum #denmark
The begging bowl, 1510. Ribe Museum
@ribevikingmuseum #ribe
dead good Roman stuff #xanten #death #deathscholar #romans #germany #worldheritagesite
West Kennet Long Barrow. Over 5500 years ago! #longbarrow #deathscholar #burials #neolithic #bones #death #ritual #History
I like big mounds and I cannot lie...
#Avebury #silbury #prehistoric #hill
Roadside shrine memorials in Crete are simply beautiful. I've just seen this lovely one in Sitia. #memorials #deathscholar #Roadside #death #sitia
Pershore Abbey
The German War Cemetery today, in the sunshine, in the peace... reflects the honour given to all dead in war. #nomorewar #Cemetery #deathscholar #Wargrave
Death warrant of King Charles the First,here in Stafford at The Ancient High House Museum.
#deathscholar #history #civilwar #royalists #deathwarrant
Mood...
Caerphilly Castle and its many swimming birds.
St Mary's Mission and Cemetery, Cheltenham. An old garden cemetery/burial ground.
Now in the centre of the *checks notes* Winston Churchill Memorial Gardens and Winston Churchill Play Area. Ahem.
If there are graves in the playground we didn't see them. The Mission itself is a martial arts centre.
Death & Leisure exhibition in Cheltenham...
Spot the skull eyessss
#bathabbey #deathscholar #deathstudies #memorialisation #skulls
Pirita Abbey, Tallinn, Estonia 1407-1607.
Beautiful ruins, well preserved and glistening in winter dampness.
#deathscholar #Abbey #Estonia #pirita
Skull from the Pada burial ground in Virumas County 11th-12th c.
Displayed in Estonia in the Guild Museum.
#Estonia #deathscholar
Though they sinking through the sea they shall rise again...
Exhibition in the Estonian Seaplane Harbour Maritime Museum showing memorials for those lost and rescued due to the sinking of The Estonia in 1994.
#memorialisation #Estonia #deathstudies #deathscholar #maritimemuseum
Greyhound...
The one who pushed me off my own sofa and then looked down her nose at me.
As a secondary school teacher I applaud your research 👏
The cadaverous forms of the three dead from the De Lisle Psalter. Two are still dressed in their shrouds and worms can be seen making an appearance. Reminders of fragility of earthly things. 14th cent. @britishlibrary.bsky.social Arundel MS 83 #medieval #mementomori
Which #Mappamundi character are you?
I quite liked mildly irritated chonky quadraped creature.
#Hereford #reliquary #Becket #cathedral
Some reliquary action at beautiful Hereford Cathedral today.
Chained library, Mappa Mundi and teeny tiny Becket reliquary.
The Becket Reliquary, made in Limoges approximately 1200-1210.
Currently on display in Hereford Cathedral.
Quite pleased with my photos of it.
It's quite small so the reliquary I imagine was a tiny fragment... !
I’m giving a talk at Southampton Uni: 21st Nov 7-7.30. Poster below but it’ll be on Teams. Email me for the poster with the linked link, or the organiser (email on poster)
My review from Beautiful Days Festival is up. Share away and give me a tag x
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Creation urn and grave goods in the Viking museum in Reba, Denmark