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Stan_Mer @stanmer.bsky.social · 11d

I know the chances are slim, but why not give it a shot? The pattern in these initials looks pretty distinct — does it ring a bell for someone? The MS is English, mid or late 12th cent. (now Oxf, AllSouls 36). #medievalsky

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Stan_Mer @stanmer.bsky.social · Jul 30

Astonishingly, up to this day (more than a decade after @benpohl.bsky.social brilliant paper), some researchers still believe that it was Henry who called Robert a "man most devoted to the investigation and collection of both divine and secular writings," not Robert himself. 2/2

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Stan_Mer @stanmer.bsky.social · Jul 30

Robert of Torigni's manipulation of Henry of Huntingdon's text is probably not only one of the first known but also the most successful example of an historian faking a positive review of their own work. 1/2

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Stan_Mer @stanmer.bsky.social · Jul 20

I read the description of a MS by W. Stubbs ('The
writing of the chronicle itself is of the fourteenth century,
and is without exception the vilest scrawl of that date
that I have ever seen') and thought that he was far too harsh. But then I took a look on that MS (Bodl. 355) myself. Well...

Stan_Mer @stanmer.bsky.social · Jul 9

Sometimes, to seek true knowledge, you have to descend into some really dark and haunted places.

Stan_Mer @stanmer.bsky.social · Jun 25

An edition would be great - those late 13th - early 14th cent. compendia remain major blind spot, I believe. I may only add, that 'Peter of Poitiers', used by 'Ickham', is compendium in Eton College, MS. 96 or something like that.
etonweb.etoncollege.org.uk/FlipBooks/MS...

MS_96

etonweb.etoncollege.org.uk

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Stan_Mer @stanmer.bsky.social · Jun 25

Just in case, if you haven't seen yet, the best introduction to 'Peter if Ickham' is in the book on the transmission of Martin of Troppau's Chronicle in England, by Wolfgang-Valentin Ikas. It's fascinating, but a real rabbit's hole.

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Stan_Mer @stanmer.bsky.social · Jun 25

They have a cousin (or some closer relative): mss-cat.trin.cam.ac.uk/Manuscript/O...

O.4.43 - The James Catalogue of Western Manuscripts

mss-cat.trin.cam.ac.uk

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Stan_Mer @stanmer.bsky.social · May 11

Medieval historical writing can literally lead you anywhere. Last night, a colleague asked for advice with a tricky place in some chronicle, and then I found myself navigating the fascinating world of medieval baking and specifically hostia recipes and wafer irons. Strong Bruges nostalgia vibes!

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Stan_Mer @stanmer.bsky.social · May 9

Among other things, this is the first Mendicant pope since 1769, when a Franciscan Friar Lorenzo Ganganelli was elected as Clement XIV. He is best remembered now for suppressing Jesuits, refuting the blood libel against the Jews and making 14-year-old Mozart a knight of the Order of the Golden Spur.

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Sam Ottewill-Soulsby @samottewillsoulsby.bsky.social · May 8

I’m not saying we’re getting a new Emperor of the Romans, I’m just saying interesting things can happen when there’s a Pope Leo and a King Charles knocking around at the same time.

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Mateusz Fafinski @calthalas.bsky.social · May 8

From now on no political leaders in Rome during Christmas. We don’t want any imperial accidents.

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Stan_Mer @stanmer.bsky.social · May 8

Modern booktraders are also troubled by pirates, so some things just remain, I guess.

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Stan_Mer @stanmer.bsky.social · Apr 26

Sometimes, manicule is just not enough.
(BL Cotton MS Caligula A x)

Stan_Mer @stanmer.bsky.social · Apr 21

Always wise to visit your hero's home (and resting place) before giving a paper. Though here, I guess, not a stone remains from the days of the ‘good dean’ Ralph de Diceto.

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Stan_Mer @stanmer.bsky.social · Apr 20

It's great to see that the UK keeps its traditions and allows an extra 30 minutes to enjoy the charms of Luton Airport Parkway due to train delay.

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Neil McGuigan @neilmcguigan.bsky.social · Apr 2

Does anyone have access/ a copy of the following: GWS Barrow, 'The origins and early history of Edinburgh and Glasgow: two Scottish cities contrasted', in Ekonomiczne i pozaekonomiczne czynniki' rozwoju miast (Akademia Ekonomiczna w Krakowie, Kraków, 1986), pp. 5-22

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Stan_Mer @stanmer.bsky.social · Mar 22

Just in case, I've just found out that Richard Kay rather fully described this chronicle, RHG indeed have additions from another MS: books.google.com/books?id=dqW...

The Council of Bourges, 1225

Never before had France had a church council so large: almost 1000 churchmen assembled at Bourges on 29 November 1225 to authorize a tax on their incomes in support of the Second Albigensian Crusade. ...

books.google.ee

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Stan_Mer @stanmer.bsky.social · Mar 1

CUL is truly a magical place for me, with all those steampunk switchers and dim spiral staircases. Been there twenty years ago and then last December, and still felt like a hero of The Name of the Rose, exploring finis Africae.

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Stan_Mer @stanmer.bsky.social · Feb 14

It is really useful and enjoying! I wonder if it's the first OMT volume that is so much more physically larger than the source
manuscript.

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