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Tag: Manuscripts

1 Oct 20221 Oct 2022 thijsporck Manuscripts

‘You are truly the same’: The Varied Nature of Old English Glossed Psalters

An introduction to the fascinating world of Old English glossed Psalters!

25 Dec 20175 Aug 2018 thijsporck Art, Benedictional of St Æthelwold, Bury St Edmunds Psalter, Eadwine Psalter, Franks Casket, Missal of Robert of Jumièges, Old English

Adoring the Magi in early medieval England

Learn more about how early medieval English artists depicted the Adoration of the Magi!

30 Oct 20175 Aug 2018 thijsporck BL, Cotton Tiberius A.iii, BL, Royal 5 E XI, Lambeth Psalter, Lindisfarne Gospels, Manuscripts, Old English, Vespasian Psalter

Reading between the lines in early medieval England: Old English interlinear glosses

Old English between the lines! Find out more about dot glosses, paving letters and the mysterious 'scratched glosses'.

19 Jun 201731 Dec 2018 thijsporck Lindisfarne Gospels, Manuscripts

Parchment and Parliament: Vellum making headlines

Over the last two years, parchment has proven to be a contentious issue in the UK Parliament. This blog post reconstructs a debate about parchment in the UK House of Commons in April 2016.

12 Jun 20174 Aug 2018 thijsporck Manuscripts

Scribal complaints: Early medieval English copyists and their colophons

"God helpe minum handum" - God help my hands. Making manuscripts was hard work, as these early medieval English colophons reveal.

15 May 20174 Aug 2018 thijsporck Manuscripts

Anglo-Saxon Cryptography: Secret Writing in Early Medieval England

In the early Middle Ages, scribes developed techniques to encode their messages. Learn more about Anglo-Saxon cryptography and early medieval encryption. Q:·:|⋮ SCR⋮PS⋮T :·:|⋮|:·:|·T :T Q:·: L:G·T L:T:T:·:R

8 Aug 201610 Dec 2018 thijsporck Animals, Breca the Pug, Late medieval

Paws, Pee and Pests: Cats among Medieval Manuscripts

Cats leaving paw-prints and pee-stains in medieval manuscripts. An old blog post and its aftermath.

19 Nov 20154 Aug 2018 thijsporck Tolkien

The Medieval in Middle-Earth: Thror’s Map

As a professor of Anglo-Saxon at the University of Oxford, J. R. R. Tolkien could not help but be inspired by the language and literature he studied and taught. As a result, his fictional world is infused with cultural material of the Middle Ages, particularly Old English language and literature. In this blog, I will … Continue reading The Medieval in Middle-Earth: Thror’s Map

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