What skilled contemporary repair work in this William of Malmesbury autograph manuscript, c.1125. (Oxford, Lincoln College, MS Lat.100)
This is an absolutely fascinating article - a revelation about ultramarine! I do hope you manage to get funding for further research.
The second of @etreharne.bsky.social's Smithies lectures will be on Thursday 11 June, 17.15 in @ballioloxford.bsky.social - 'Medieval Manuscript Hunters & the Second World War'.
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The utter beauteousness that is the very small English penitential book, Oxford, Bodleian Library, MS Laud Misc. 482 (eleventh century). Fits in a pocket ready to use at much-needed moments of pastoral care.
Offre d’emploi – Lecturer in Medieval Art and Architecture (Birkbeck, University of London)
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Hairy text! Surely a Jersey calf here? Durham Cathedral MS A.III.12.
Neil Ker’s parallel transcription of all seven instances of the Early English Poema Morale, c.1200-1300. Here’s your big data. He completed this in 1932, while finishing his mammoth BLitt thesis on Ælfric Homilies.
Earwig! Long dead, desiccated and stuck between the folios of an enormous thirteenth-century Evesham manuscript. The Bodleian Library’s treasure trove always yields surprises!
At Balliol, it’s the first time I’ll present my new research on Book Hunters, including Neil Ker and all. Hope it’s not the last time!
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A book in the hand. Here’s an absolute tiddly beauty: Oxford, Bodleian Library, MS Digby 4. One of the earliest instances of Poema Morale.
Birkbeck, University of London – School of Historical StudiesDeadline : 15th June 2026 Birkbeck, University of London, is looking for a Lecturer in Medieval Art and Architecture to join …
Professor Elaine Treharne (Oliver Smithies Visiting Lecturer) will deliver her second Oliver Smithies lecture entitled 'Medieval Manuscript Hunters and the Second World War
