Bodleian Library, Hatton 20

18 May 202024 May 2020 thijsporck Alfred the Great, Assassin's Creed: Valhalla, Barberini Gospels, Bayeux Tapestry, Bodleian Library, Bodley 579, Bodleian Library, Hatton 20, Manuscripts, Medievalism, Old English Hexateuch, The Last Kingdom (BBC), Vespasian Psalter, Vikings (History Channel)

Medieval manuscripts in modern media: Anglo-Saxon manuscripts spotted in Vikings, The Last Kingdom and Assassin’s Creed: Valhalla.

Find out which Anglo-Saxon manuscripts found their way into Vikings, The Last Kingdom and Assassin's Creed: Valhalla!

14 Jan 201631 Dec 2018 thijsporck BL, Harley 55, Bodleian Library, Hatton 20, Manuscripts

Scribal abuse in the Middle Ages

Adam scriveyn, if ever it thee bifalle Boece or Troilus to wryten newe, Under thy lokkes thou most have the scalle, But after my making thou wryte trewe. So ofte a daye I mot thy werk renewe, Hit to correcte and eek to rubbe and scrape; And al is through thy negligence and rape. [Adam … Continue reading Scribal abuse in the Middle Ages