Whenever I go church crawling, I obsessively look for graffiti. Recently, in All Saints Church, Claverley, I hit the jackpot when I found this fantastic little guy ✨️
#history #churchcrawling #churches #historicgraffiti #churchesoftheworld
Series of incised horizontal lines, representing staves for music notations? Some of which was seen pencilled in with notations rather than carved - using stone as a practice sheet perhaps whilst waiting on steps? If these walls could sing?
#historicgraffiti #music #archaeology #historicbuildings
It's late, but it's never too late for Mouse's #FridaysBitsAndPieces from #CleeveAbbey #Somerset. The bits and pieces Mouse didn't get to share in the week: Graffiti on the C15 plaster of the fratery lobby. Daisy wheel and curiously thumb less hand (zoom in) #HistoricGraffiti
Top of chest tomb #StMaryQuantoxhead #Somerset for #GraffitiTuesday
Anyone interested in #HistoricGraffiti like Mouse could spend hours studying this densely covered surface. There are instances of very familiar graffiti. It dates from the Commonwealth onwards. Roundheads (tut)
South door #StMaryQuantoxHead #Somerset for #GraffitiTuesday
Overlapped by the door jamb, two overlapping Vs. Some will tell you it's a Marian Mark. Some will tell you it's a stylized W. Mouse tell you it pre-dates the door (happy to explain all three) #HistoricGraffiti
Mouse's #FridaysBitsAndPieces from #RaglanCastle #Wales. All of the interesting bits and pieces Mouse didn't share over the week: Not just 500 year old plaster, but 500 year old plaster covered with 400 years worth of #HistoricGraffiti. Mouse in raptures it's a double whammy
If you’re interested in #historicgraffiti, we have a must-see lecture for you! “Reading the Room: Looking at Historic Graffiti in Churches” with Dr. Crystal Hollis is now available for free on CCTDigital – our very own streaming platform.
Watch it here: www.cctdigital.com/videos/cryst...
Group of hexfoils or daisy wheels on a pillar directly opposite the entrance to St Mary's Bishopsbourne, Kent.
Hexfoils or daisy wheels at St Mary's Church, Bishopsbourne near #Canterbury.
#WallsOnWednesday #HistoricGraffiti
Join me in just over a week's time in Leicester! We'll be talking about graffiti and glazier's marks 😎 can't wait to see you all!
#historicgraffiti #leicestermuseums #archaeology #graffiti
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More #HistoricGraffiti from #StAndrewLoxton #Somerset. The classic W initial carved as two overlapping Vs, forever mistaken for Marian marks by overzealous and over optimistic apotropaic mark hunters. There baint be witches or evil spirits at work here #MouseJustStaringAtWalls #GraffitiTuesday
Mouse always on the lookout for #HistoricGraffiti and other glyphs but has drawn a big blank on her scamper down the river Axe in Somerset unlike her Wiltshire scampers. But #StAndrewLoxton #Somerset has come up trumps for her #GraffitiTuesday #MouseJustStaringAtWalls
A century ago, someone scratched “VAMP” and sketched a woman under the Lincoln Memorial.
A nod to silent film star Theda Bara or just a bored worker’s doodle?
Either way, it’s a reminder that people have always left their mark—sometimes in places we are not expecting #HistoricGraffiti
Know it's a bit last minute but - join me Tuesday for a free online talk on historic graffiti! Very excited to share my work with you all!
#historicgraffiti #churcharchaeology
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WH 1718 inscribed in stone
Excellent timing the other day at Exeter cathedral! West gate was open so all sorts of graffiti was accessible including this little 18th century example.
#historicgraffiti #graffiti #exetercathedral
What a poignant and important find. Would love to know what else is hidden under paint on walls and panels.
#historicgraffiti #oldgraffiti
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