Dr Krisztina Ilko @krisztina_ilko Twitter profile

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Dr Krisztina Ilko

5 months

I am delighted to see my article, 'Chess and Race in the Global Middle Ages', published in *Speculum*! Abstract below 👇

Chess and Race in the Global Middle Ages | Speculum: Vol 99, No 2

Abstract Medieval European representations of non-White people are often perceived in two primary roles, limited to negative, subservient figures, such as slaves and executioners, or exotic status...

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Dr Krisztina Ilko

@krisztina_ilko

6 months

The plumber broke the lock in the bathroom and forgot to tell me. I went in, got locked in. The door is solid wood and wouldn’t break. I was stuck for 7 hours (I thought I’d be there for days, as no one could hear). Finally, handpicked the lock with an eyeliner and an ear pick.

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Dr Krisztina Ilko

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6 months

I made the news!

Cambridge academic escapes toilet using eyeliner and cotton

The woman says she knew no-one could save her for another five days.

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Dr Krisztina Ilko

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6 months

I am absolutely amazed by all the new followers my lock-picking skills earned me! When not busy with escaping from bathrooms, I am an academic on a daily basis. I mostly tweet on medieval stuff and whatever's on my mind. (So no one can say that I didn't warn you...!)

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6 months

Watching all those MacGyver episodes clearly paid off.

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@krisztina_ilko

5 months

My great escape made it to print! 🔓 -> page 7 of the Sunday @Telegraph

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Dr Krisztina Ilko

@krisztina_ilko

7 months

So exciting to receive proofs of my article, 'Chess and Race in the Global Middle Ages', which is coming out in the next issue of *Speculum*! Stay tuned for the April 2024 issue #thepawnsofhistory #chess #medievaltwitter #academictwitter

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Dr Krisztina Ilko

@krisztina_ilko

3 months

Arriving to college, but via the river! ⛵️ (Behind me is the bridge I cross a couple of times every day.) @QueensCam

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Dr Krisztina Ilko

@krisztina_ilko

2 years

I am delighted to announce that I will be joining @QueensCam as a Junior Research Fellow. My JRF project, 'The Pawns of History: A New Approach towards the Global Middle Ages' will use chess to find a tangible approach to the global medieval past:

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Dr Krisztina Ilko

@krisztina_ilko

4 months

I finally saw the other half of the Lewis chessmen @NtlMuseumsScot , and they did not disappoint!

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Dr Krisztina Ilko

@krisztina_ilko

2 years

Nylars Kirke is one of the medieval round churches on the island of Bornholm 🇩🇰. In the middle, a pillar stands with 13th-c. frescoes narrating the story of Adam and Eve and their expulsion from the Garden. 🌳🍎

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@krisztina_ilko

4 months

Went to Scotland and returned with a warband. ⚔️🛡️

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Dr Krisztina Ilko

@krisztina_ilko

11 months

A small but mighty pawn in the ‘Charlemagne chess set’ @laBnF .♟️ #ThePawnsofHistory #chess #medievaltwitter

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@krisztina_ilko

5 years

I have submitted my PhD thesis! #medievalart #academictwitter @pembroke1347 @Cambridge_Uni

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@krisztina_ilko

5 months

I will be speaking today with @theJeremyVine about my incarceration at 1.30pm @BBCRadio2 . Does this make my tower a radio tower?

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Dr Krisztina Ilko

@krisztina_ilko

6 months

It is very hard to take a dignified and serious academic photo from my window while hearing the tourists down there say, 'Rapunzel, let down your hair!'

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Dr Krisztina Ilko

@krisztina_ilko

5 months

Spring has arrived in Cambridge.

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Dr Krisztina Ilko

@krisztina_ilko

6 months

Wow! I never thought this tweet would generate so much attention. Thank you, everybody, and please stay safe and don't get locked in. Also, I especially loved the Dr MacGyver, 1899, superhero origin story, and similar comments, which really cheered me up after a hard day! 🙃

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Dr Krisztina Ilko

@krisztina_ilko

5 months

Just submitted an article on medieval maces. I hope the reviewers will find it smashing! 🛡️⚔️

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Dr Krisztina Ilko

@krisztina_ilko

3 months

Such a nice thing that the 12th-century Round Church in Cambridge has a study space for students. An especially popular spot during Eastern term!

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@krisztina_ilko

5 years

This mid-fifteenth century illumination from the Lehman Collection is now on view @metmuseum . It depicts Notre Dame in the background, while the hand of God protects the citizens of Paris from demons. A sad occasion for exhibiting such a beautiful piece of art. #NotreDame

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Dr Krisztina Ilko

@krisztina_ilko

6 months

Good morning from a very sunny Cambridge. Great to see the open sky. ☀️

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Dr Krisztina Ilko

@krisztina_ilko

6 months

When you just spent an immense amount of time tailoring that perfect application letter, and then the portal on page 11 asks 'Instead of a traditional letter, we request you to fill out this [extremely repetitive and nonsensical] questionnaire.'

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Dr Krisztina Ilko

@krisztina_ilko

10 months

Please come to my lecture, 'Chess and Skin Colour in the Global Middle Ages' on 8 November, 9am GMT (World History Seminar, The Chinese University of Hong Kong), via Zoom: @CUHKOfficial @QueensCam @Cambridge_Uni @CamHistory #medievaltwitter #chess

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Dr Krisztina Ilko

@krisztina_ilko

5 months

This is what swan selfies would look like.

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Dr Krisztina Ilko

@krisztina_ilko

6 months

It's all fun to live in a medieval tower. Until the plumbing breaks. Now I can get the *full medieval* living experience.

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Dr Krisztina Ilko

@krisztina_ilko

6 months

This is so cool! I had no idea Feynman was also into lock-picking. I read many of his books back in high school, and I really enjoyed them. Especially how his memoir-style writings made academic life sound adventurous but relatable. A real role model in many ways! 🔓

Nicholas Booth

@Thievesbook

6 months

@krisztina_ilko Illustrious company!

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Dr Krisztina Ilko

@krisztina_ilko

6 months

The *only* good thing about long train rides is that I can catch up on some articles that I've meant to read for a while.

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Dr Krisztina Ilko

@krisztina_ilko

4 months

If you are in Cambridge, please pop in for my lunchtime talk tomorrow, "Chess as Cross-Cultural Encounter in the Libro de axedrez (1283)" at the Medieval Encounters Seminar ---> 1 May, Wednesday, 1-2pm, Ramsden Room @Catz_Cambridge @Cambridge_Uni . All are welcome!

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Dr Krisztina Ilko

@krisztina_ilko

5 months

@thetimes dubbed me ‘The Cambridge Houdini prof’. But I wonder if I could turn the spotlight towards my academic work? I’m writing a book, ‘The Pawns of History’ on chess as a tangible approach towards the Global Middle Ages. So here’s a 🧵 on that 👇

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Dr Krisztina Ilko

@krisztina_ilko

10 months

Just love this part of the library.

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Dr Krisztina Ilko

@krisztina_ilko

5 months

Interesting piece of interior decor at the neighbours’.

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Dr Krisztina Ilko

@krisztina_ilko

5 months

The GREAT Mongol Shahnama.

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Dr Krisztina Ilko

@krisztina_ilko

2 years

Looking at the Catalan Atlas (1375, @laBnF ) - the detail it contains always amazes me. This particular image shows some of the major southern port cities of 14th-century China, such as Zayton (Quanzhou), Cansay (Hangzhou), and Yangio (Yangzhou). #medievaltwitter #maps #china

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Dr Krisztina Ilko

@krisztina_ilko

4 months

I'm much looking forward to giving a talk, "Chess as Cross-Cultural Encounter in the Libro de axedrez (1283)" at the Medieval Encounters Seminar at Cambridge next week! ---> 1 May, Wednesday, 1-2pm, Ramsden Room @Catz_Cambridge @Cambridge_Uni . All are welcome!

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Dr Krisztina Ilko

@krisztina_ilko

11 months

A long-awaited visit to see the 'Charlemagne chess set' @laBnF . Made of African elephant ivory, these chess men were crafted in southern Italy and then made it to France in the Middle Ages. They would have needed a huge board to set up!♟️🐘♟️🐘 #ThePawnsofHistory #medievaltwitter

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@krisztina_ilko

6 months

What a rainy day in Oxford.

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@krisztina_ilko

4 months

College photo session — asked to lean on the shelf and ‘look very casual’. 🥸

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@krisztina_ilko

2 years

Me reading in the room when it’s 40C+ in Cambridge ☀️🔥 #heatwave

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Dr Krisztina Ilko

@krisztina_ilko

5 months

Happy Easter!

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Dr Krisztina Ilko

@krisztina_ilko

6 months

Farewell copyedits - may I see you next time as proofs!

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@krisztina_ilko

11 months

Fabulous medieval gaming piece @museemayenne #ThePawnsofHistory #medievaltwitter

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@krisztina_ilko

6 months

The professor who first taught me medieval history at uni was #bornonthisday in 1924, precisely a hundred years ago. Just blows my mind that he published his first monograph in the 1940s, and still taught me! It’s like midway between me and Ranke.

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Dr Krisztina Ilko

@krisztina_ilko

6 months

@fadesingh Thanks so much for asking! Unfortunately, first I have to finish writing it.

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@krisztina_ilko

6 months

John Bradford - the best brunch partner since 1555

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@krisztina_ilko

11 months

Chess set made from deer antler in the eleventh century, exhibited in the Musée du Noyonnais. Love the almost comic heads of the kings pinned onto their bodies. One of the highlights of last week’s research trip to France. #ThePawnsofHistory 🦌♟️ #medievaltwitter #chess

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Dr Krisztina Ilko

@krisztina_ilko

2 years

One of my favourite chess pieces: an 'elephant' from the so-called Charlemagne set @laBnF . This miniature war elephant with two riders on its back was elaborately carved from the tusk of an African savannah elephant, probably in the 11th century. #ThePawnsofHistory #Chess

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@krisztina_ilko

6 months

The mood.

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Dr Krisztina Ilko

@krisztina_ilko

3 years

My piece at Smarthistory (2021) offers a brief introduction to the historical context of Caterina Vilioni's tombstone and examines how its imagery draws attention to social and religious plurality in Yuan China: and

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@krisztina_ilko

5 months

I wish I had a dragon too!

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@krisztina_ilko

5 years

My first monograph "The Medieval Wall Paintings of the Church of St James in Želiezovce" has been published! It presents a new framework for thinking about the artistic integration of Slovakia into European art through mural painting. #medievaltwitter

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Dr Krisztina Ilko

@krisztina_ilko

1 year

If you are interested in medieval chess, skin colour, or Persian art, come to my talk on ‘Chess and Perceptions of Difference in the Shahnama’ on Thursday at 5.15pm, the KRC Lecture Room @UniofOxford . ♟️♟️♟️ #thepawnsofhistory #medievaltwitter @OxMedStud @Oxfordhistory @FAMESOx

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Dr Krisztina Ilko

@krisztina_ilko

6 months

I still wonder about Eichhörnchen sometimes.

British-German Association (BGA)

@BritGerAssoc

6 months

#WhyLearnGerman ? 🇩🇪 has more 𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙥𝙤𝙪𝙣𝙙 𝙬𝙤𝙧𝙙𝙨 than other languages 🧩🧩 They're easily understood, you don't have to learn a new word, and they're always written together! (Why is it "doorbell", "cow-bell" and "church bell" in English?? 🤷) Here are some examples 👇

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Dr Krisztina Ilko

@krisztina_ilko

6 months

On the way to catch up with old friends—and new.

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@krisztina_ilko

4 months

Excellent to see ‘Chess and Race in the Global Middle Ages’ trending on the @ObserveIR list. 👉 Link to the article: . 🏁 @MedievalAcademy @UChicagoPress @QueensCam #thepawnsofhistory #medievaltwitter

OOIR

@ObserveIR

4 months

Trending in #MedievalStudies : 1) Queer Indigenous Relationality in Finnboga saga ramma 2) A Restless City: Edessa & Urban Actors in the Syriac Acts of the 2nd Council of Ephesus 3) ‘A Voice Amidst Mine Ears’: Silent Angels on the Early Modern Stage 4)

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@krisztina_ilko

4 months

Had an excellent time at the Telling and Sharing Stories IHR workshop @StAndrewsHist . Many thanks to @mediaevalrevolt and @j_t_palmer for showing me around the town!

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@krisztina_ilko

5 years

This is the Bonnefont Cloister Garden at @met_cloisters before the museum opens and gets flooded with people. The three hundred species of herbs grown here were used during the middle ages for medicine, magic, food, and artist materials. 🌺🌻🌿🌷 #medievaltwitter #metmuseum

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@krisztina_ilko

5 months

Much enjoyed Antony Eastmond’s talk on Georgian icons and local saints’ cults this evening.

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@krisztina_ilko

6 months

@james_ddjm Thanks, James! I’m sure I already haunt the dreams of my students, even without being an actual ghost yet.

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@krisztina_ilko

1 year

"Gaming Networks: Did Medieval Africans Play Chess?" 🐘 I will be giving a talk on Monday @IMC_Leeds . Please come if you are interested in the Global Middle Ages, chess, or Africa!♟️♟️♟️ #thepawnsofhistory #chess #IMC2023

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2 years

I was delighted to have had the opportunity to present about my research on ‘Adarga shields and the materiality of oryx hide’ at the closing conference of @RenSkinKCL @kingshistory . So many brilliant papers on Renaissance Skin!

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@krisztina_ilko

6 years

Giant trecento choir books in the Museo Civico Medievale in #Bologna . #medievaltwitter

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4 months

On the way to St Andrews @StAndrewsHist thanks to a bursary from @ihr_history .

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6 months

@ArmandDAngour Might offer this as a Special Subject.

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7 months

Love the quote from Bensch that medieval cities in Italy were 'dominated by tall towers, long knives and short tempers'. 🏰🗡️ Sometimes feels true for academia as well.

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7 months

New Virtual Exhibition is out! Discover 'Fortified Rome' on towers in Rome by 2023 Rome Scholar in Architecture Eleanor Jolliffe:

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Dr Krisztina Ilko

@krisztina_ilko

6 years

I am thrilled to win first prize in this year’s Graduate Student Essay Award contest from the International Center of Medieval Art (ICMA). My essay dealt with the Augustinian friars and a MS in the @FitzMuseum_UK . @HoArt_cambridge @ICMAnews #medieval

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Dr Krisztina Ilko

@krisztina_ilko

2 years

Would anyone be so kind to share an example of a ✨book prospectus ✨ (esp. CUP, OUP, HUP)? I am transforming my PhD into a book (on medieval friars!) and it would be immensely helpful to see some successful examples! #twitterhistorians #medievaltwitter #academictwitter #history

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@krisztina_ilko

3 months

I'm very much looking forward to the Fall Index Conference: “Unruly Iconography? Examining the Unexpected in Medieval Art” on November 9, 2024 @imaprinceton . 👇

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@krisztina_ilko

6 months

Peer-review process

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@krisztina_ilko

6 years

Fabulous illumination of Salome dancing (doing hip-hop?). Mainzer Evangeliar, c. 1250, Hofbibliothek Aschaffenburg (Ms. 13), f. 28r. #medievaltwitter #medieval #dance #salome #dinnerparty

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Dr Krisztina Ilko

@krisztina_ilko

6 years

A tiny squirrel sniffing flowers at Pembroke College this morning. 🌺🐿🎓 @pembroke1347 @Cambridge_Uni #littlesquirrel #flowers #cambridge

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@krisztina_ilko

6 years

Angels and demons fighting over a soul on the Last Judgment panel of the wonderful Stefan Lochner. c. 1435, #Cologne #Wallraf -Richartz-Museum. #angelsanddemons #medievaltwitter #lastjudgment #art #apocalypse #Malerei

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6 months

There was once a huge Darwin exhibition @ROMtoronto , and sadly I mostly remember only how I begged my father to buy me a replica of the microscope in the gift-shop afterwards.

Cambridge Collections Connections Communities

@CamGLAMresearch

6 months

Charles Darwin was born #OnThisDay in 1809. Celebrating #DarwinDay with objects across @CamGLAMresearch collections, including a photograph of the man himself, on his horse Tommy.

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Dr Krisztina Ilko

@krisztina_ilko

5 years

Albrecht Dürer was born on this day 548 years ago. This is the pearwood block made to reproduce his "Martyrdom of St Catherine" (c. 1498). These blocks are rarely seen, but this one is currently on view @metmuseum in Gallery 521. #Renaissance #metmuseum #art #woodcut #saints

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6 years

Hello Leeds! 🎓 @IMC_Leeds #IMC2018

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@krisztina_ilko

5 months

I'm also working on new articles and would love to discuss this project more broadly. (You know, in case anyone’s wondering who to invite for their seminar series next year... 👀).

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How did people interact through playing, gifting, or just talking about chess? My new article, ‘Chess and Race in the Global Middle Ages’, highlights chess as an overlooked resource for intellectual exchange between people of different skin colours. (Speculum 2024 April issue)

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2 years

To give a taste of the JRF project: 1. Muslim and Jewish chess players, Libro de los Juegos, 1283, El Escorial; 2. Shahnama (Sasanian 'Book of Kings'), c. 1300 @metmuseum ; 3. Fatimid glass chess piece, 10-12th c. @NatAsianArt ; 4. Lewis Chessmen from walrus ivory @NtlMuseumsScot .

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@krisztina_ilko

6 years

I began my research trip, during which I will travel across Italy for three weeks investigating Augustinian churches and archives! Today I went to Andria to see the fabulous Romanesque portal of the Sant'Agostino. #thesiswriting #Italy #medievalart #eremitani

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2 years

Can't find the way to salvation? Pectoral crucifix dial with magnetic compass and latitude scale from 1593! @agotoronto

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2 years

A pretty cool duck made of feathers. 🪶🦆 From the so-called 'Feather Book', created by Dionisio Minaggio, the Chief Gardener of Milan in 1618. @McGillLib #Renaissance #feathers

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5 years

Contrast of buildings #newyork

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6 months

For me, the Museum Schnütgen in Cologne ❤️ (on the photo, on a much later day, is apparently me running around the great medieval baptismal font of Hildesheim while it is being assembled).

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6 months

Out of all the art museums in all the cities you've seen, which one sparked the most joy for you, personally, on the day when you first visited it?

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7 years

Arrived to Cologne to give a paper on miracles by Augustinian saints. I am looking forward to attending the conference 'Gender(ed) Histories of Health, Healing and the Body, 1250-1550'. #medievaltwitter #Cologne #phdlife

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7 years

Come and hear my talk on 'Collecting Miracles" at the #Courtauld on Friday! 💫 #medievaltwitter #saints #augustinians

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6 years

I begin to feel overwhelmed with looking at manuscripts while preparing my talk for our faculty conference tomorrow @Cambridge_Uni . #manuscripts #arthistory #medievalart #conferences #thesiswriting #augustinians

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@krisztina_ilko

6 years

If you are still around @IMC_Leeds tomorrow afternoon, please join our session on 'Remembering Saints in Text and Image' (1723)! Thursday 5 July 2018: 14.15-15.45, Emmanuel Centre: Wilson Room. #imc2018 #medieval #saints #eremitani

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4 months

Is David Rollason still around at Durham? Might anyone have a current email address?

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4 years

I received my PhD in abstentia in July from @pembroke1347 . Alas, no graduation ceremony this summer in Cambridge, and NY is only slowly reopening. So even just having a daytrip to Princeton and drinking iced lattes felt like a belated but very indulgent celebration.🥂🎓🌳🐿️

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7 years

Raising the dead on the #medieval wall painting of a small, Slovakian town Ochtiná. #Slovakia #medievaltwitter #corps

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5 years

I was interviewed about medieval wall paintings in Slovakia, my new book, and research in the Metropolitan Museum in New York: #metmuseum #slovakia #medievaltwitter #medievalart

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5 years

Two orators and a grammarian who once probably decorated a chariot of a successful orator in Gaul c. 300-500 ( @metmuseum 47.100.42). I find it fascinating how the choice of written medium (tablets vs. scroll) can reveal their identities. 📕📚📝 #medievaltwitter