{"id":1409,"date":"2025-11-17T17:37:09","date_gmt":"2025-11-17T17:37:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/medieval-ritual-landscape\/?page_id=1409"},"modified":"2025-12-08T16:22:15","modified_gmt":"2025-12-08T16:22:15","slug":"display-and-animations","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/medieval-ritual-landscape\/resources-and-events\/display-and-animations\/","title":{"rendered":"Display and Animations"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h2>The display<\/h2>\n<p>In North Yorkshire, we worked with colleagues at the Yorkshire Museum and <a href=\"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/medieval-ritual-landscape\/merit-citizen-science-workshop-at-the-yorkshire-museum\/\">local metal-detectorists<\/a> on a <a href=\"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/medieval-ritual-landscape\/divine-protection-in-everyday-objects\/\">co-curated display of items related to medieval religion<\/a>, especially those that ordinary people would have owned as part of their everyday religious practices.<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 640px;\" class=\"wp-video\"><video class=\"wp-video-shortcode\" id=\"video-1409-1\" width=\"640\" height=\"1138\" poster=\"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/medieval-ritual-landscape\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/319\/2025\/11\/videoframe_0.png\" preload=\"metadata\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"video\/mp4\" src=\"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/medieval-ritual-landscape\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/319\/2025\/08\/Merit-display.mp4?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/medieval-ritual-landscape\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/319\/2025\/08\/Merit-display.mp4\">https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/medieval-ritual-landscape\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/319\/2025\/08\/Merit-display.mp4<\/a><\/video><\/div>\n<p>North &amp; East Yorkshire Finds Liaison Officer, Becky Griffiths introduces the display at Yorkshire Museum. Video courtesy of York Museums Trust.[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h2>The animations<\/h2>\n<p class=\"xparagraph\">As part of this project, animation students from York St John University produced creative responses to the items destined for display. These were shown alongside the display. To highlight the work of everyone involved, a <a href=\"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/medieval-ritual-landscape\/exploring-medieval-ritual-landscapes-a-celebration-at-the-yorkshire-museum\/\">celebration event<\/a> was organised at the Yorkshire Museum, featuring a talk by MeRit project lead Roberta Gilchrist, the premier screening of the student animations, and an opportunity to see the co-curated display.<\/p>\n<p class=\"xparagraph\"><span class=\"xnormaltextrun\">Attendees were asked to vote for their favourite animations and although it was very difficult to choose for most, t<\/span>he three winners were:<\/p>\n<p><em>Info-medi-vercial<\/em> by Esme Oswin,\u00a0<em>Holy Moly<\/em> by Robin Howard and\u00a0<em>Behind the glass<\/em> by Tamar Birkett.<\/p>\n<p>Here are twelve of the animations:[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_video link=&#8221;https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=QH7SC6OiN88&#8243; el_width=&#8221;70&#8243; title=&#8221;Info-medi-vercial by Esme Oswin&#8221;][vc_video link=&#8221;https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=F4BrsP6Usbw&#8221; el_width=&#8221;70&#8243; title=&#8221;The Warriors Prayer by Julia Kaliszewka&#8221;][vc_video link=&#8221;https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=w4ffWf57G5w&#8221; el_width=&#8221;70&#8243; title=&#8221;The Knights Protector by Joshua Freer&#8221;][vc_video link=&#8221;https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=jWTm0wJ8Vdg&#8221; el_width=&#8221;70&#8243; title=&#8221;Agnus Dei by Kiera Atkinson&#8221;][vc_video link=&#8221;https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Zu27QT_PvTQ&#8221; el_width=&#8221;70&#8243; title=&#8221;Reliquary by Priscilla Diaz&#8221;][vc_video link=&#8221;https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=lZ01VyuhVac&#8221; el_width=&#8221;70&#8243; title=&#8221;Hidden Histories by Lily Carroll&#8221;][vc_video link=&#8221;https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=VV6TK8-eLf4&#8243; el_width=&#8221;70&#8243; title=&#8221;Keepers of the Grail by Oliver Simcock&#8221;][vc_video link=&#8221;https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=AZ99mU4y2_Y&#8221; el_width=&#8221;70&#8243; title=&#8221;Oathbound by Evan John&#8221;][vc_video link=&#8221;https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=lwiKr94KcGM&#8221; el_width=&#8221;70&#8243; title=&#8221;Holy Moly by Robin Howard&#8221;][vc_video link=&#8221;https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=5ZaS0EjfLIA&#8221; el_width=&#8221;70&#8243; title=&#8221;Behind The Glass by Katy Wells Auchterlonie&#8221;][vc_video link=&#8221;https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=gOywTdOO_eo&#8221; el_width=&#8221;70&#8243; title=&#8221;Ring of the River by Harley Gregory&#8221;][vc_video link=&#8221;https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=YAjKpFY8vmA&#8221; el_width=&#8221;70&#8243; title=&#8221;Flask of Healing by Olivia Booth&#8221;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Students studying animation at York St. John University worked with local detectorists and Yorkshire Museum to produce a display at the Yorkshire Museum to highlight the contribution of metal-detecting through the Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) for understanding medieval lived religion and ritual activity in a landscape context.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":853,"featured_media":1540,"parent":258,"menu_order":2,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"__cvm_playback_settings":[],"__cvm_video_id":"","footnotes":""},"coauthors":[15],"class_list":["post-1409","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8.1 - 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