Justin Colson

@justincolson.bsky.social

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(Digital) historian of fifteenth and sixteenth century cities, communities, trade, guilds, maps

Scan of 1980s handwritten index card which calendars a medieval property deed
An Oral B electric toothbrush which has been disassembled
Woodcut view of Bergen-op-Zoom
Late medieval openwork pewter rattle. It contains several cockle shell fragments as the rattling element. Museum of London (objects 93.81/2 and 84.241) 14th – 15th centuries.
Detail from British Library, Royal MS 16 F. ii, f. 73, showing the Thames and the area of London’s Custom House in the late 15th century
Deptford Creek lifting bridge
Presenting Layers of London
Drinks coasters showing Berlin Palace of the Republic and Museum of London
3D printed models of red and gold books
"Springtime means performance reviews are just around the corner"
Detail of 1930s map of London showing the British Museum, University of London, and Hospital for Sick Children