Claire Barnes

Interested in the life, times & legacy of Elizabeth de Burgh, #LadyOfClare - the remarkable #14thCentury patron of #ClareCollege at #CambridgeUniversity in England.
Also posting as AquaClaire (npub1t29…zt29)

ClaireFromClare website: https://barnes1.net/clairefromclare/
Booksite on Lady of Clare: https://barnes1.net/FHGE/
Mastodon posts without the boosts: Claire Barnes (npub1h06…3v8d)">https://justmytoots.com/Claire Barnes (npub1h06…3v8d)
Bridged to Bluesky: @ClaireFromClare.h-net.social.ap.brid.gy

Last Notes

2026-08-27 17:43:05 UTC

Books & roses feature on Eleanor crosses - the memorials erected by a grieving Edward I to his beloved wife Eleanor of Castile. What a way to be remembered!
I've just written about this at
https://www.barnes1.net/clairefromclare/posts/20260827_books_and_roses.html
@npub19ny…ef32 @npub1q60…kp90
#EleanorCross #ClareCollege #stonecarving #medieval

2026-05-02 03:45:47 UTC

An exhibition at the remarkable Chained Library of Hereford Cathedral continues until 12 Sept, & includes the Hereford Gospels dated c.800AD. 🧵 1/
https://www.herefordcathedral.org/Event/shaping-early-medieval-faith
@npub19ny…ef32 @npub1w20…9zwx @npub1rfs…hswl
#9thCentury #medieval #manuscript #ChainedLibrary #Hereford

2025-10-04 11:36:19 UTC

4 Oct is the feast of St Francis of Assisi, founder of the Franciscan order. He's the patron saint of animals, the environment, and ecologists - so it's also #WorldAnimalDay.
🎨 #LuttrellPsalter f60v (East Anglia c.1325-35)
#StFrancis #medieval #manuscript #14thCentury #BritishLibrary @npub19ny…ef32
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2025-08-17 03:34:03 UTC

“The Tudor state scrapped Latin worship and the lyrics and music that went with it were largely discarded. Most of this stuff is lost. But..."
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2025/aug/16/monastic-music-that-survived-henry-viii-dissolution-brought-back-to-life
#16thCentury #music #manuscript #Buckland #bookstodon @npub1n4j…gpq2 @npub1uc0…cpgf @npub1ny7…uv57

2025-04-26 05:55:55 UTC

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Adding a link to the UK equivalent, Hive, & an independent bookshop that I like to support:
https://www.hive.co.uk/Shops/Between-the-Lines-Great-Bardfield
- but if you can visit in person you will find additional books not available online, such as the new 'History of Great Bardfield' (with a chapter on its #14thCentury prosperity due to the #LadyOfClare). From personal experience, great conversations may ensue!
#IndieBookshop #bookshop @npub1ny7…uv57

2025-02-11 10:37:27 UTC

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Does the system work well?

2025-01-17 08:48:52 UTC

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Welcome! That's a very stylish book cover, & perfect backdrop... I imagine your beautiful medieval city's a great source of inspiration!
#leatherwork #craft #Estonia @npub1ny7…uv57

2024-11-16 11:08:19 UTC

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I'm surprised by this, Bluesky posts are supposed to be publicly visible since Nov2023 (https://bsky.social/about/blog/11-15-2023-toward-federation) & that's been my experience - browser settings maybe? have you tried on another browser?
@npub1pnw…qhcz @npub1zdf…6u9l

2024-09-26 07:30:20 UTC

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Adding a link to the underlying article https://www.nature.com/articles/s44183-024-00078-2.
Complementary ideas for limiting fisheries, establishing protected areas & regulating trade are on the website @npub1t3k…ytz7:
https://projectseahorse.org/limiting-fisheries/
@npub1kh3…rzfe
#BottomTrawling #fisheries #SaveOurSeas
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2024-08-29 07:56:05 UTC

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Here's how it shows up. Surprised to find #MekongReview using Threads though, given all the concerns about Meta, and especially its well documented role in #Myanmar:
https://erinkissane.com/meta-in-myanmar-full-series
Would it not be better to use your existing #RSS feed & #POSSE?
Edit: disappointed by non-response, the enormity may take time to digest? Adding some hashtags to summarise: #Meta #Rohingya #genocide #complicity
@npub1sac…kcpe
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2024-08-29 05:54:22 UTC

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That link opens your webpage on threads, not an account to follow... ?

2024-08-29 03:05:25 UTC

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Yes but if they do that it works well. Anyway it's a significant first step to be readable?
& if people wish to interact, they can do so in one place rather than in the fragmented conversations that would result from cross-posting? #bridgy seems capable of reuniting the lost worlds of #ScienceTwitter.
@npub1j79…rc5v

2024-08-29 01:54:09 UTC

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While I delight in the Fediverse & its advantages, I am keeping an eye on Prof Trish Greenhalgh & others now posting mainly on Bluesky, and saw some people wishing they could read you there. Maybe worth bridging so that they can read what you post here? To do this, follow @npub1pqr…2sck
https://fed.brid.gy/ 🔗
#Fediverse #Bluesky #interoperable #Bridgy
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2023-12-06 04:00:17 UTC

6 Dec is the Feast of #StNicholas, patron saint of children. It was celebrated in medieval England with the appointment of a #BoyBishop, empowered to give orders & sermons & distribute largesse to the poor - a focus for festivities & frivolities, at Clare Castle as elsewhere. The #tradition was suppressed by Henry VIII, but survives... https://www.liturgicalartsjournal.com/2021/01/customs-and-traditions-boy-bishop.html
🧵 1/4 #medieval #feast #LadyOfClare @npub1n4j…gpq2 @npub1uc0…cpgf