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#OTD 700 (St Bartholomew's Day), St Guthlac established a hermitage on the island of Crowland. There, he fought demons + advised royalty
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S is for 'Salvum me fac' ('save me'). Lettering in gold, on coloured background, with birds, animals and interlace from an 8th-century Psalter made in Kent (Cotton MS Vespasian A I, f. 64v)
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Got elf trouble? To get rid of it, you'll need wormwood, bishopwort, garlic, fennel, butter, sheeps grease, holy salt, an altar + some other things, according to a medical collection copied out in the... View More
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'Haha and hehe denote laughter in both Latin and English, and they sound like laughing when you say them.' So says the grammar textbook by Ælfric (d. c 1010), Old English author + teacher (Harley MS 3... View More
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The Codex Amiatinus is coming home!
We've been following the journey a giant book made 1,302 years ago. On 12 August it reached 'the lands of Gaul’ (Galliae terras aka the purple dot on the map). This autumn, it will return to the Briti...
Jealousy, Bullying, and Broken Thumbs
While texts from day-to-day life provide immediate insights into the very personal concerns of individuals living in the ancient world, literary works also give glimpses ...
#OTD 79 BCE · Tullia, daughter of Roman orator and politician Cicero is born.
Travel to distant lands without ever leaving the library: how some medieval people made spiritual journey using books, guides and maps.
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Spots or stripes? Why not both! This depiction of a tiger comes from a late 12th-century English bestiary. More on this manuscript here:
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