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For reading in my copious spare time:


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Parking this for future reference and 'cause I suspect some of you might have use of it:

http://www.metmuseum.org/research/metpublications

Publications from the Met, some full text and free!

Epact
http://www.mhs.ox.ac.uk/epact/introduction.php

The York Archaeological Trust - the people who put out the yummy books - have an online archive of images from digs in York.

www.yorkarchaeology.co.uk/piclib/photos.php

Papers from a conference on the Staffordshire Hoard

Woruldhord project - a resource for Anglo-Saxon Studies

A source for gold embroidery/couching threads

Museum photos - a great collection of photos of items of interest (largely viking) in European museums.

MIT online free classes in history

The Hermitage - an odd, eclectic collection of art and curious ( Read more... )

A resource for topics relating to medieval women at the University of Iowa-

Feminae
http://www.haverford.edu/library/reference/mschaus/mfi/other.html

In the last week or so, I've become infatuated with a number of fabulous things that are just too good to keep to oneself. Enjoy.

The High Kings
Irish folk songs sung by a lovely male quartet. Simply magic. There's a lot of their stuff on You Tube and they have one CD already out, with another due on 3/8/11. The first is on its way to me and I ( Read more... )

Mostly so I can find it at will later...

Cloth and Clothing in Early Anglo-Saxon England Database

A sexy, sexy application that allows you to search for various AS fiber finds, providing interesting details and citations

http://ads.ahds.ac.uk/catalogue/archive/clothing_eh_2007/index.cfm?CFID=4727273&CFTOKEN=92240057

Last night was a lot of fun. I skipped out of work a little early and headed to CAM. I had a lovely dinner with Gwyneth and then proceeded to the Shorewood Library. I had a group of about 8 people who were interested in research and documentation, which was a nice, manageable number. I really try to make it a funny lecture since it otherwise can be ( Read more... )