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21.01.2022 Totentanz: Those who cannot learn from history are doomed to repeat it.

21.01.2022 Seats in library of Alexandria, Egypt.

20.01.2022 Early pole vaulting technique at the Medieval Animal Games.

19.01.2022 In case you haven't seen it yet....

18.01.2022 You know that thing where a key gets stuck on your keyboard? (Pembroke MS 120, f. 173v) Thanks to James Freeman for this one.

17.01.2022 And I think it's gonna be a long long time...

16.01.2022 "Don't be such a goose. There's nothing to worry about. Trust me, this dose of bleach will fix everything terrifically perfectly". @GettyMuseum Ms. Ludwig IX 3 (http://83.ML.99), f. 89

15.01.2022 Help me out here please, French speakers. I have some of your beautiful language, but it doesn't run to medieval French rhyming couplets. This is a metal-cut on a printed Book of Hours leaf, c. 1512, Vostre. I thought at first it was two devils tipping a fisherman out of his boat. But the text suggests that he (Ung clerc - a cleric? indicated by his tonsure?) was drowned while fishing (figuratively) for la vierge. Perhaps the devils are using a net to drag the drowned man h...im out of the river?? Any thoughts gratefully received.

13.01.2022 Highly entertaining!

10.01.2022 How to avoid pandemic anxiety. Rule number 1: bake sourdough bread.

05.01.2022 The Holinshed leaf is sold, the others are still available.

03.01.2022 How to avoid pandemic anxiety. Rule Number 2: Take the kids for a nice drive in the country.

02.01.2022 Christies are auctioning a prayer book owned by Mary Queen of Scots: