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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

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

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

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...

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

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...

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.

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

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!

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.

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.

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

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

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

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.

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.

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

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. ...

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...

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.

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.

9/9 The link:https://arca.irht.cnrs.fr/ark:/63955/md429880z31h

8/9 The manuscript itself, however, is an extremely interesting collection of historical materials, collected at the beginning of the 14th century in the Flemish abbey of Vicoigne, and deserves much more attention than it has received so far.

7/9 This has compromised the order and numbering of the following images.

6/9 But the misadventures didn't end there. The manuscript was completely digitized as part of the Bibliothèque numérique de l'IRHT project, but due to errors in the existing foliation, an accident occurred. The image of fol. 75bisr is missing, and instead, the appears the image of fol. 76r

5/9 As a result, the first fully adequate description of the manuscript was made only by Clara Wille in her publication of Explanatio in Prophetia Merlini Ambrosii by Alanus Flandrensis (2015).

4/9 In the 1980s, Julia Crick, in her Herculean catalogue of Geoffrey of Monmouth's manuscripts, described the manuscript in some detail but, incredibly, failed to identify the Gesta Stephani, listing it as an unknown anonymous text.

3/9 In the early 1950s, R.A.B. Minors, preparing a new edition of William of Malmesbury's Gesta regum Anglorum, identified the Gesta Stephani but didn't quite accurately establish the type of William of Malmesbury's text in the manuscript.

2/9 In 1860 and 1894, French librarians described the manuscript, but they failed to notice it contained a unique copy of the Gesta Stephani (even though the text had been published in 1619 by André Duchesne and reprinted later).

1/9 I'm a bit skeptical about the idea of cursed manuscripts, but if there are any, Valenciennes BM 792 is a strong contender. Judge for yourself:🧵

OK, it is real and totally beautiful. Already read a couple of most stimulating chapters and look forward to enjoying the rest. Many thanks to all other contributors, @mattfirth.bsky.social, series editor @laurajcleaver.bsky.social and @boydellandbrewer.bsky.social