I’ve been reading …

An occasional series, posted on my Facebook page, featuring round-ups of interesting blogposts and articles I have been reading, on the Middle Ages, manuscript preservation, and more …

October 2018: manuscripts digitised for the Polonsky Foundation England and France project are put to good use, and one of my own blogposts is translated

April 2017: cutting up manuscripts, conserving manuscripts, and celebrating St Patrick’s Day

February 2017: manuscripts in danger from ISIS, Vikings, and copyright issues

December 2016: bestiaries and chronicles are updated for the modern age, the associations of Advent are explored, and a monk chucks himself off a church tower.

stjohn-add49598-19v
London, British Library Additional MS 49598, f. 19v