A set of crudely cut conjoined ‘V’s’ scratched into a hood mould stop over the south-east doorway behind the sanctuary…
New Light Through Old Windows: Apotropaic Merels, Dots & Powder Procurement.
There is a concentration of merel-type designs and cartouches* composed of interlinked drilled ‘dots’ on the sloping windowsill of St…
Graffiti Fest 2022
Three days of scintillating graffiti-related fun! On the 7th April the corpora of medieval & historic graffiti from a selection…
‘Sir John Schorn: The Rector Who Conjured the Devil into A Boot’
An Illustrated Talk for Olney Archaeology SocietyTuesday 1st November 2023 @ 10amZoom Presentation Main image: 14th century pilgrim badge probably…
Ritual Marks On Timber…a late example or re-used timber?
Historic graffiti can be found etched into various materials other than masonry and an example exists here, at St Peter…
Fabulous Folklore with Icy Sedgwick..
Charming The Fields: Crop Storage & Magical Protection at Barton Farm Tithe Barn, Bradford-on-Avon, Wiltshire
In the Middle Ages the village priest would have been regularly called upon to bless the crops in the fields,…
Don’t Stop Believing! When Apotropaics fail…..
In 1979, fire ripped through the 14th century barn at Bredon; a conflagration which created enough damage that it took…
Notable Headstones….
Sometimes headstones depict the craftsman’s tools of their profession such as this one at St Mary Magdalene church, Cobham, Kent…
Historic Graffiti, Ritual Protection Marks & Apotropaics in the Gloucestershire Churches
An Illustrated Talk Via Zoom. Registration required; phil.cox@doctors.org.uk
Ritual Protection Marks & Ritual Practices 