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.


Thursday, 27 March 2025

A new theory about the Sutton Hoo Helmet


The BBC News website has a report about the latest theory concerning the origin of the Sutton Hoo helmet. Hitherto this has been associated with eastern Sweden, but the discovery of a die-stamp on the island of Taasinge ( Tåsinge ) which lies just south of Funen in Denmark, may indicate that the helmet originated there. The article discusses the various possibilities based on the currently available evidence, and what it might signify about the political, cultural, and trading links between East Anglia, Denmark and Sweden in the seventh century. 

The illustrated article about the find can be seen at Sutton Hoo helmet may actually come from Denmark, archaeologist suggests

Wikipedia has an account of the island where the find was made at Tåsinge


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