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Medieval Manuscripts

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Medieval Manuscripts

@BLMedieval

Tweeting about the British Library's marvellous medieval manuscripts

British Library, London

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Jun 4, 2025
We're added five medieval manuscripts of outstanding national heritage significance to the national collection. ⭐️A trilingual Hebrew-Latin-French dictionary ⭐️The Red Book of Bath ⭐️Works of Richard Rolle ⭐️Middle English sermons ⭐️Arma Christi blogs.bl.uk/digitisedmanus…
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May 11, 2023
Over 100 seals belonging to women or women-run institutions, digitised as part of our Medieval and Renaissance Women project. Check out today's blogpost for a full list of these incredible items! blogs.bl.uk/digitisedmanus…
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Apr 1, 2019
BREAKING NEWS – Aristotle’s signature has been found @britishlibrary! An ostracon bearing his signature was discovered in the collection of inscribed pottery sherds (ostraca). Aristotle signed it to confirm he paid 60 drachms as tax on 1 April 272 BC. More later …
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Sep 25, 2024
A medieval English birth girdle, an amulet offering protection for women during childbirth. It's inscribed with protective prayers, charms and other talismans. One of over 130 items featured in our upcoming exhibition Medieval Women: In Their Own Words! blogs.bl.uk/digitisedmanus…
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Mar 16, 2020
We'd like to reassure everyone that we're not going away. We look after manuscripts that are hundreds, if not thousands of years old. They have survived through good times and bad. So here's a cat in a submarine. Keep safe everyone. blogs.bl.uk/digitisedmanus…
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May 14, 2023
The best illustration of a (medieval) seahorse you'll ever see bl.uk/catalogues/ill…
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Oct 7, 2024
We're in the final stages of installation and everything's coming together! Just over 2 weeks to go till the opening of our exhibition Medieval Women: In Their Own Words 😀😀
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Mar 18, 2018
'P.S. Father, please remember to feed my pigeons while I’m away' says this note at the end of a child’s letter from 200 CE (Papyrus 1575). For more ancient letters: blogs.bl.uk/digitisedmanus…
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Sep 9, 2024
Apocalypse Now! Welcome to Hell! Cotton MS Nero C IV, f. 39r
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Dec 21, 2021
Something for the #WinterSolstice One of the oldest depictions of Stonehenge, and the first to have been drawn on site, by Lucas de Heere, a Flemish Protestant exile living in England between 1567 and 1576. Add MS 28330, f. 36r bl.uk/collection-ite…
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Jan 18, 2025
Around the year 1225, the nuns of Castle Hedingham marked the passing of their first prioress, Lucy, in the most special way: they made a mortuary roll for her. Today's blogpost explores this poignant item, on display in our #MedievalWomen exhibition. blogs.bl.uk/digitisedmanus…
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Aug 14, 2024
In case you wondered, we're still here. We are a caring account and❤️our followers. If you don't share our values, we simply won't engage. We'll continue to post here about our upcoming Medieval Women exhibition, and our other projects. Thank you, and Happy Manuscripting! 1/2
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Aug 29, 2024
Something very, very exciting is happening @britishlibrary Medieval Women: In Their Own Words, our new major exhibition, opens on 25 October Get your tickets now, they're cheaper than #Oasis and more chance of encountering Margery Kempe 😉 blogs.bl.uk/digitisedmanus…
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May 3, 2021
#MayThe4thBeWithYou Time it is for some Medieval Star Wars blogs.bl.uk/digitisedmanus…