YORK MEDIEVAL JOURNAL
York Medieval Journal (YMJ) aspires to publish high-quality, rigorously reviewed academic work by and for postgraduate medievalists. Committed to accessibility, YMJ grants early career postgraduate students the opportunity to experience and prepare for the peer review and publishing process. YMJ takes inspiration from the interdisciplinary and cross-cultural academic approaches nurtured by the York Centre for Medieval Studies.
The Medieval world inherited the siren (“Sirene”) from Classical mythology, which led to their frequent catalogue in the Bestiary. Sirens were first described as half-human and half-bird, and were somehow mixed with the mermaid, causing it to be depicted as half-fish instead. They are known for their sweet singing that lures sailors to their deaths. Our logo is inspired by their iteration in the York Bestiary held in St. John’s College Library in Oxford to honour our geographic ties to York.
Logo designed by Thomas McKeon.
All copyright credits for the use of this image (to the right) go to: © The President and Fellows of St John’s College, Oxford. Image shelf mark and holding institution: Oxford, St John’s College MS 61: https://digital.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/objects/3c6c4b0c-67e4-4cc2-aa2e-e5f3464944e5/. The adapted logo belongs to the York Medieval Journal.
York Medieval Journal 