Initial 'D'(iu) at the beginning of Bk 1 Letter 1 of Sidonius to Constantius of Lyons:
"Diu praecipis domine maior summa suadendi auctoritate...."
BL Harley 4084; C. Sollius Apollinaris Sidonius, Epistulae; 2nd half of the 12th century; France, S.; f.1r
Sorry to hear you're feeling unwell.
01.03.2026 21:57 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
I'm addicted to these videos from a bakery in Uzbekistan
this bread is beautiful
The Netherlands is a wonderful country!
01.03.2026 21:19 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Brighton would be much improved if we had the courage to do this.
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“Blast! … The elephants are sick again!”
“Blast! … The elephants are sick again!”
01.03.2026 17:09 — 👍 185 🔁 24 💬 1 📌 1
'R'(everentissimo) with a dragon
Dijon, BM, 0168; Gregorius, Moralia in Job; 1111 CE; France (Cîteaux, abbaye Notre-Dame); f.4v
Purim 2026 begins on the evening of 2nd March. Here a micrographical pattern surrounds the initial-word of Esther.
#Purim
BL Or 2091; Former & Latter Prophets & Hagiographa with masorah magna & parva; 13th century; Germany; f.345v
For St David’s Day, Ciaran Jenkins of Channel 4 News and I play the Welsh song Ar Hyd y Nos (All Through The Night). #StDavidsDay
01.03.2026 09:54 — 👍 257 🔁 59 💬 16 📌 3
Purim 2026 begins on the evening of 2nd March. Here is the decorated initial-word panel with birds and hybrids, at the beginning of the book of Esther
#Purim
Bodleian Library MS. Kennicott 3; Pentateuch with Onkelos, Five Scrolls and Haftarot; 13th century; f.233r @BDLSS
Purim 2026 begins on the evening of 2nd March. Here is the initial-word panel from Esther.
#Purim
BL Or 2628; The 'Lisbon Bible', vol. 3.; 1483 CE; Portugal, Central (Lisbon); f.152v
Purim 2026 begins on the evening of 2nd March and commemorates the Jewish people being saved from Haman's plot to destroy them. The initial-word panel at the beginning of Esther:
#Purim
BL Add 15282; 'Duke of Sussex's German Pentateuch'; 14th c; Germany; f.307v
March is the time for digging the beds in the garden. #MedievalCalendar
MS M.399; Da Costa hours, illuminated by Simon Bening; ca. 1515 CE; Belgium; f.4v
March is the time for pruning; and there is new grass and flowers for the ram to eat.
#Medievalcalendar
BnF MS Latin 1156B; Horae ad usum romanum; 15th century; f.3r @gallicabnf.bsky.social
March is the time for blowing a horn!
#medievalcalendar
BL Lansdowne 383; the 'Shaftesbury Psalter'; 12th century; England; f.4r
March is the time for pruning.
#medievalcalendar
Bodleian Library MS. Rawl. D. 939; Astrological and ecclesiastical calendar in six pieces; 14th century; England; section 2ar @bodleian.ox.ac.uk
March is the month for pruning.
#MedievalCalendar
BnF MS 1186; Psalter of St Louis & Blanche de Castille; 13th century; f.3r @gallicabnf.bsky.social
March is the time for digging, raking and sowing. #medievalcalendar
BL Cotton MS Tiberius B V /1; 11th century; f.4r
March is the time for digging, raking and sowing. #medievalcalendar
BL Cotton MS Tiberius B V /1; 11th century; f.4r
March is the time for digging and sowing
#medievalcalendar
BL Add MS 18852; the 'Hours of Joanna I of Castile' or the 'Hours of Joanna the Mad'; 1486-1506 CE; Bruges; ff.3v-4r
March is time for pruning and digging.
#MedievalCalendar
BnF MS Latin 1173; Horae ad usum Parisiensem (Heures de Charles d'Angoulême); 15th century; f.2r @gallicabnf.bsky.social
March is time for pruning and setting stocks in the vineyard.
#MedievalCalendar
BL Yates Thompson MS 3; 'The Dunois Hours'; c 1439 CE-c 1450 CE; France (Paris); f.3r
March is the time for digging the earth.
#MedievalCalendar
BL Royal MS 1 D X; Psalter; 1200 CE-c.1220 CE; England, Central (Oxford); f.10r
The feast days of March
#MedievalCalendar
BL Harley MS 2332; Illustrated Almanac; 1411 CE-1412 CE; England; ff.3v-4r
@pjeffcock.bsky.social
28.02.2026 22:09 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Purim 2026 begins on the evening of 2nd March & commemorates the Jewish people being saved from Haman's plot to destroy them. Here Ahasverus holds out the golden sceptre to Esther.
#Purim
BL Add MS 11639; 'The Northern French Miscellany'; 1277-1324 CE; f.260v
This has been a slog but I’m pleased to day that I’m currently checking the proofs, which means this book will soon be out in the wild!
23.02.2026 09:01 — 👍 247 🔁 61 💬 11 📌 3
Purim begins on the evening of 2nd March. Here are some people in the margins celebrating Purim.
#Purim
BL Add MS 26968; 'Forli Sidur'; 1383 CE; Italy; f.209v
Enhanced image of palimpsested page, original writing in red; a large illuminated 'E' can be seen in bottom right quadrant.
Somehow, an 8th-c. English liturgical manuscript ended up in Mount Sinai (where it was palimpsested and written over by a Christian Arabic scribe). For more info: Michelle Brown, austriaca.at/0xc1aa5572%2...
27.02.2026 08:56 — 👍 72 🔁 28 💬 0 📌 1
Good night!
BL Add 16577; Festival prayer book, Italian rite; 3rd quarter of the 15th century; Italy; f.44v
