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Independent scholar: reaearch interests in hermeneutics, textual criticism, and the classical tradition; aurum in stercore

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The labours of the month München, Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, Clm 210; Collection of astronomical-computistic and scientific texts; 818 CE; Salzburg area; p.186

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Initial 'L'(ocutusque) at the beginning of Numbers depicting Moses speaking with God in the tent of meeting & Dathan & Abiram with their households being swallowed up by the earth. BnF MS Latin 6 (1); Biblia Sancti Petri Rodensis; 10th-11th century; f.56r @GallicaBnF

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Joseph Ibn Hayyim marks the beginning of Torah portion Korach (קֹרַח) with a centaur holding a shield and club. #ParashahPictures
Bodl. Libr. MS Kennicott 1; 'The Kennicott Bible'; 1476 CE; La Coruña, Spain; f.86v @bodleianlibraries.bsky.social

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Initial 'P'(arabole) at the beginning of Proverbs Trinity College Dublin, IE TCD MS 51; West Dereham Bible; 1100s; f.7r

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St Etheldreda (St Ethelthryth), Northumbrian queen, and Abbess of Ely died on 23rd June 679 CE: 'Imago s[an]cte Atheldrythe abb[atisse] ac perpetue virigin[is]'. BL Add 49598; Benedictional of Ethelwold; 10th century; England, S; f.90v

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Splendid initial 'P' at the beginning of 4 Kings (2 Kings) depicting Christ in a chariot of fire holding Elijah by the wrist, the mantle below and Elisha beneath.

Cambridge, Corpus Christi College, MS 003: 12th century; The Dover Bible, Volume I.; f.159v
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Elijah in the margin ascending to heaven in a chariot of fire, with Elisha below BnF MS Grec 923; Sacra Parallela (florilegium attributed to John of Damascus); second half of the 9th century; f.268v

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Shavuot begins at sundown on Tuesday 11th June and commemorates the giving of the Torah at Mount Sinai. On 12th June the Ten Commandments are read. BL Kings MS 1; the 'King's Bible'; Spain, NE; f.7v

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Shavuot begins at sundown on Tuesday June 11 and commemorates the giving of the Torah at Mount Sinai. BL Add 22413; 'Tripartite Mahzor', prayer book for Shavuot & Sukkot; c.1322 CE; Germany, S. (area of Lake Constance); f.3r

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Presenting a hole in the margin..... MS Dd.4.17; Books of Hours; East Anglia; 14th Century C.E.; f.36v @CamDigLib

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Runes in the margin

Cambridge, Corpus Christi College, MS 041: Old English Bede; early 11th century; South of England; p448
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Old English translation of Bede's Ecclesiastical History with many varied marginalia

Cambridge, Corpus Christi College, MS 041: Old English Bede; early 11th century; South of England; p.22
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Collect for the Feast of Pentecost, with a beautiful initial 'D'(eus) depicting the Holy Spirit descending upon the apostles. BnF MS Latin 9428; Sacramentarium, dit Sacramentaire de Drogon; 9th century (between 826/837 & 855 CE); Metz; f.78r

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A truly splendid initial 'q'(uid) at the beginning of Psalm 51 The John Rylands Library; Latin MS 116; Psalter of St. Maximin; 9th century, not before 814 CE; The Abbey of St Maximin, Trier, Germany; f.40r

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"Incipit ordo ad benedicendum regem quando novus a cloero et populo sublimatur in regnum"

Schaffhausen, Stadtbibliothek, Ministerialbibliothek, Min. 94; Pontifical of Schaffhausen; middle or 2nd half of the 11th century; Germany; f.29r, 29v, 29v-s1r (e-codices.ch/en/list/one/...)

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A lively initial 'P'(ar)

Bern, Burgerbibliothek, Cod. 207; Corpus Grammaticorum Latinorum; end of 8th / beginning of 9th century; Fleury (?); f.2v (e-codices.ch/en/list/one/...)

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Different alphabets.....

Bern, Burgerbibliothek, Cod. 207; Corpus Grammaticorum Latinorum; end of 8th / beginning of 9th century; Fleury (?); ff. 1av-1br (e-codices.ch/en/list/one/...)

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It's the weekend! BL Add MS 11695, f.86r

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"IN N(o)M(ine) D(e)I SVM(m)I INCIP(it) ARS DONAT(i) GRAMM(atici) URBIS R(o)M(ae)"

Bern, Burgerbibliothek, Cod. 207; Corpus Grammaticorum Latinorum; end of 8th / beginning of 9th century; Fleury (?); f.2r (e-codices.ch/en/list/one/...)

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Let's start the week with some music. München, Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, BSB Clm 343; Bobbio-Psalter; last quarter of the 9th century (?); Milan; p.28

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Presenting the Quadrivium: Musica, Arithmetica, Geometria, Astrologia Staatsbibliothek Bamberg Msc.Class.5; Boethius, De institutione arithmetica; circa 845 CE; Tours; f.9v

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The three Marys at the empty tomb being greeted by an angel BL Add 49598; Benedictional of Æthelwold; 963 CE-984 CE; England, S; f.51v

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On Maundy Thursday, the Institution of the Eucharist at the Last Supper is commemorated. München, Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, BSB Clm 15903; Lectionary of St. Erentrud in Salzburg; 11th/12th century; p.31

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Philosophy sitting beside Boethius BL Harley 4339; Boethius, Le Livre de Boece de Consolacion (Book 5) (anonymous French translation); 1477 CE; France, Central (Bourges); f.2r

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St Michael and the dragon in silver and gold München, Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, BSB Clm 23630; Oudalricus-Gospel Lectionary; 12th century; p.68

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Yesterday, a friend & I went on a medievalists' excursion to Tønsberg, one of the most important royal seats in Eastern Norway. Here is the outline of the Church of Saint Michael, mentioned in a Latin chronicle from c.1190, but probably much older.

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Julian the Apostate crowned by flying devils. BL Harley 1766; c.1450 - c.1460; f.200v

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Job looking rather fed up, covered in sores, and being poked in the foot by a demon. BL Harley 2803; the 'Worms Bible'; 12th century; Germany; f.288v

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Wonderful initial 'b'(enedicat) BnF MS Latin 17333; Pontificale et Sacramentarium ad usum ecclesiae Niverniensis; 1013 CE-1066 CE; Nevers; f.82 @GallicaBnF

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A beautiful initial 'Μ'(ακαριος) at the beginning of Psalm 1 BnF MS Grec 22; Psalter and Canticles; 12th century (probably around 1126 CE); f.9r

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Perfect view from the study BL Harley 2677; Pliny the Elder, Historia Naturalis; c.1457-1458; Italy, Central (Rome); f.1r

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God enthroned between Lucifer and Michael München, Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, BSB Clm 14399; Ambrosii hexaemeron libri VI; 12th century; Saint Emmeram in Ratisbon, Bavaria; f.1v

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"To run through better waters the little ship of my wit now hoists its sails, leaving behind it a sea so cruel, and I will sing of that second realm..." Canto 1 Purgatorio BL Yates Thompson MS 36; Dante Alighieri, Divina Commedia; 15th century; Italy, N; f.65r

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Archangel Michael slaying the dragon München, Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, BSB Clm 23630; Oudalricus-Gospel Lectionary; 12th century; p.68

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Jerusalem and its surroundings, annotated with the main place names Saint-Omer. Bibliothèque municipale, Ms. 776; various including Gesta Francorum Iherusalem expugnantium; 1st quarter of the 12th century; f.50v

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Paradise, Babel, Jerusalem, and Bethlehem

Cambridge, Corpus Christi College, MS 066; Various including Imago Mundi. Chronica. Itinera in Terram Sanctam; 12th century; p.2 @parkerlibcccc.bsky.social

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Map of the world with Jerusalem in the centre, and some of its inhabitants are depicted. BL Add MS 28681; 'The Map Psalter'; 1262-1300 CE; England; f.9r

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Only a few weeks now until the Spring Equinox! BL Add 18856; Guyart des Moulins, Bible historiale; c.1420 CE; France, Central (Paris); f.5v

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Quite an initial 'G'(ratiam).....

BnF MS Latin 1991; Augustinus Hipponensis, Enarrationes in Psalmos 11th century (last quarter); France (Saint-Amand ?); f.67v @bnf.bsky.social

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Initial 'I'(gitur) at the beginning of the Vita Martini of Sulpicius Severus

BnF MS Latin 10848; Sulpicius Severus, Vita Martini (collection of texts relating to St Martin); second quarter of the ninth century; Saint-Martin de Tours or Marmoutier (?); f.5v @bnf.bsky.social

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Above the portrait of David, king and prophet, is written the name of Landulfus who commissioned the manuscript. Landulfus is also mentioned in the initial 'B'(eatus) of f.12r: "Landulfo sit vera lux"

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"Landulfus ovans hunc libellum fieri iussit pro quo funde preces carmina qui legis et dic: ipsius post obitum tu miserere Christe"
"Orate pro Annone, hoc supplico"

BnF MS Latin 1979; Augustinus Hipponensis, Enarrationes in Psalmos; first half of 9th century; f.11v
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'D'eus qui Eclesiam tuam annua quadragesimali observatione purificas: praesta familiae tuae: ut, quod a te obtinere abstinendo nititur, hoc bonis operibus exsequatur. BnF MS Latin 9428; Sacramentarium of Drogo; 9th century; Metz; f.41r @GallicaBnF

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A devilish initial 'h'(aec)

BnF MS Latin 1121; Troparium, prosarium, processionale, tonarium Sancti Martialis Lemovicensis; beginning of 11th century (before 1028 CE); Saint-Martial de Limoges; f.8v
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A devilish initial 'h'(aec)

BnF MS Latin 1121; Troparium, prosarium, processionale, tonarium Sancti Martialis Lemovicensis; beginning of 11th century (before 1028 CE); Saint-Martial de Limoges; f.8v
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The Monkey and the Turtle

BnF MS Arabe 3465; Kalīla wa Dimna, translated by Ibn al-MuqaffaʿʿAbd Allâh; 13th century (c.1220 CE); f.112v @bnf.bsky.social

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