Posted May 24, 2016 4:03 pm by Rosie Weetch under Collections
As we have been going through all the medieval objects at the Museum of the Order of St John we have been able to identify some wonderful things, but a small number of artefacts have us stumped! These are items that we cannot identify or find parallels for, so we are going to post a... Read more »
Posted May 16, 2016 11:46 am by Rosie Weetch under Impact Project updates Volunteering
One of the key outcomes for the Bearers of the Cross project is to create an online resource which details the medieval objects held in the collection at the Museum of the Order of St John. This resource is hosted on this website, and you can begin to explore it HERE (although note that we... Read more »
Posted April 29, 2016 11:24 am by Rosie Weetch under Collections Impact Project updates
On Friday 22nd April we had the privilege of leading one of the regular medieval handling sessions hosted by the British Museum and the Medieval Touch research group from the Courtauld Institute. We used the session to introduce the Bearers of the Cross project, and to explore two of the key themes that underpin our research: lived religion and... Read more »
Posted April 26, 2016 11:48 am by Abigail Turner under Collections History
The Museum of the Order of St John has opened its doors to the visiting public each week since 1978, but the history of the Museum and its collections goes back much further than this. As early as 1838 gifts of books were made to the Order, with the collection slowly but surely growing to... Read more »
Posted April 14, 2016 4:36 pm by Rosie Weetch under Events History Project updates Public engagement
We filmed the first of our public events, held on the 23rd March at the Museum of the Order of St John. So, if you were not able to make our first public lecture on the 23rd March, or you did make it but wish you could hear it all over again, then you now... Read more »
Posted March 24, 2016 11:43 am by Rosie Weetch under Events Project updates Public engagement
Thank you to everyone who came to our first public event. Visitors had the chance to get up close to one of the models of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre. They were then treated to a fascinating talk by William which explored the role of relics during the crusades, and how crusaders negotiated the tensions... Read more »
Posted March 15, 2016 2:07 pm by Rosie Weetch under Project updates
No project should be without an eye catching logo and we wanted to make sure that the Bearers of the Cross project was no different. You will see our logo on the front page of the website, our promotional material and our twitter profile. But who is this mysterious head peaking out from under a cross-branded helmet... Read more »
Posted February 18, 2016 4:36 pm by Rosie Weetch under Project updates
On February 18th 2016 the Bearers of the Cross project and the Museum of the Order of St John were very glad to welcome Dr Aleks Pluskowski and a group of his undergraduate and postgraduate students studying the Crusades in the Department of Archaeology at the University of Reading. The students were first given a tour of the church by... Read more »
Posted February 1, 2016 12:09 pm by Rosie Weetch under Project updates
Welcome to the Bearers of the Cross website and blog, where you can follow the progress of a new collaborative research project on material religion in the crusading world. Learn more about the project HERE Learn about the Museum HERE Learn about the collections and how to search it HERE or, jump straight in and explore... Read more »