Happy Alphabetical Order in the European Middle Ages Day! A day to celebrate the development of the use of alphabetical order in manuscript information systems in the later middle ages. https://pbinkley.github.io/alphabetical-order/ #DH #medieval #alphabetical
Grim God. Psalter of Jean de Berry, Bourges or Paris ca. 1396. BnF, Français 13091, fol. 177r.
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Just taken (dragged?) the daughter around Wells Cathedral.
The scissor arches are just breath-taking and I really thought they were a relatively modern edition. Nope. Turns out the 1300s architects and builders were already rocking the future look. Incredible.
Bird feeder. Speculum humanae salvationis, France 1470-1480. Marseille, BM, ms. 89, fol. 26.
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#Christmas sale. ‘Maciejowski Bible’, Paris ca. 1240. NY, Morgan Library & Museum, MS M.638, fol. 36v.
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Available this autumn, The Tourney, book one in my Adventures of Maid Marian series. Formats: print, eBook, audiobook and translations.
Bats. Worksop Bestiary, England c. 1185. NY, The Morgan Library & Museum, MS M.81, fol. 54v.
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Very interesting!
https://www.weregildcalculator.com/
My Anglo-Saxon weregild would be 360 shillings (≈$46,800)! I was hit by a rock by a servant or slave during a highway robbery.
''Dans les villes européennes du début du Moyen Âge, les droits des femmes s’étendent même s’ils sont encore limités. Des cadeaux pour l’Au-delà, des corsages pour les plus pauvres ou des fonds pour la réparation de ponts : les testaments des femmes dans la France médiévale donnent un aperçu surprenant de leur quête d’indépendance''.
Edit: les collègues expriment des réserves sous ce pouet
Only 10 #Manuscripts from the #Vatican this week https://www.wiglaf.org/vatican/2025/week31.html
Inc. 19th C Palestrina MS copies, a Mass setting in print by Borja, 17th C papal records, a 14th c Missal, some Orations, Sonnets Madrigals, and a bit more!
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Frozen souls (#Inferno XXXII). #Dante Alighieri, Divina Commedia, Italy ca. 1420-1430. BnF, Italien 74, fol. 95r.
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1,000-year-old carved wooden face found in Lake Lednica reveals early Slavic spirituality
A team of underwater archaeologists from Nicolaus Copernicus University has unearthed a 1,000-year-old carved wooden beam in Lake Lednica, western Poland. The object was excavated during an underwater archaeological excavation and offers valuable insights into early medieval Slavic spiritual practices...
More info: https://archaeologymag.com/2025/07/carved-wooden-face-found-in-lake-lednica/
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The Adventures of Robin Hood
Episode 5: Maid Marian
Introductory minstrel song: “Robin Hood bold and free, of every man is unafraid; 'til one day he meets his match, with Marian the maid!"
Regular Cast
Sir Robin of Locksley – Richard Greene
Maid Marian – Bernadette O’Farrell
The Sheriff of Nottingham – Alan Wheatley
Little John – Archie Duncan
Friar Tuck - Alexander Gauge
Joan of the Blue Bull Inn - Simone Lovell
Adultery. James le Palmer, Omne Bonum, London ca. 1360-1375. BL, Royal 6 E VII, fol. 61r.
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