Once I was a clever boy learning the arts of Oxford... is a quotation from the verses written by Bishop Richard Fleming (c.1385-1431) for his tomb in Lincoln Cathedral. Fleming, the founder of Lincoln College in Oxford, is the subject of my research for a D. Phil., and, like me, a son of the West Riding. I have remarked in the past that I have a deeply meaningful on-going relationship with a dead fifteenth century bishop... it was Fleming who, in effect, enabled me to come to Oxford and to learn its arts, and for that I am immensely grateful.


Monday, 22 January 2024

More on the Roman crucifixion from Fenstanton


Live Science has now reported about the remains of the Roman slave who was crucified probably in the mid-third century. I posted about this discovery in A Roman crucifixion from near Cambridge.

The Live Science article adds some interesting details about the burial of the body.



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