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Turning the study of medieval manuscripts into a more collaborative pursuit. πŸ“œ πŸ“š Follow us for more information about our seminar series, workshops, and training sessions. #OMMG Instagram account @medieval.mss

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Join us for a reading group discussion online this Friday at 5 pm GMT! The theme will be scientific manuscripts, from astronomy to alchemy.

Image: Signature of 'Lewys Caerlyon in medicinis doctoris'. Cambridge, University Library, MS Ee.3.61, England, 1481–1484, f. 14v.

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17.11.2025 09:07 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Our Work in Progress session this FridayΒ 14 November will feature papers on the theme of "Science and Manuscripts" by Mathilde Mioche (The Courtauld) and Blanche Darbord (Cambridge). See you at St. Catherine's College or online!

πŸ“· London, Wellcome MS 49, Germany, 1420, f. 31r.

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11.11.2025 14:02 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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24.10.2025 11:41 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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24.10.2025 11:40 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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24.10.2025 11:40 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Joumana Medlej, artist-scholar and former Merton Visiting Research Fellow, will open our science-themed term with a workshop entitled 'Pocketing Cosmos'.

Join us at 5 pm on Friday 24 October in the John Roberts Room at Merton College!

πŸ“· Joumana Medlej, 'Circles of Time' (2025).

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20.10.2025 19:26 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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We are very excited to share our new programme for Michaelmas Term 2025, with a variety of events in Oxford and online on the theme of 'Science and Discovery'.

Please note that some venues have yet to be confirmed.

We look forward to seeing you!

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06.10.2025 09:41 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Happy September! As we prepare a crop of events for the new academic year, look out for our Michaelmas Term programme. We will share it with you soon.

Image: the September harvest in the Très Riches Heures du Duc de Berry. Chantilly, Musée Condé, MS 65, 15th century, folio 9v.

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02.09.2025 08:33 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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"Fragments of Devotion" is live!

Discover a sensory history of illuminated manuscript cuttings in this online exhibition curated by MA students at the University of Birmingham in collaboration with the Barber Institute of Fine Arts and the Victoria and Albert Museum.

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10.07.2025 12:38 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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@brasenoseoxford.bsky.social MS 91 - Genealogy of the kings of England to Henry VI - is on display +
Jim and Dilon presenting the amazing research they have done on it!

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12.06.2025 16:02 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Connoisseurship and Medieval Manuscripts: A Roundtable, will take place this Friday, 6 June, at 4 pm. Join us at the Weston Library for a lively discussion with Emily Guerry, Peter Kidd and Michael Michael!

Image: Sydney Cockerell, The Gorleston Psalter (London, 1907), pl. IX.

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03.06.2025 17:11 β€” πŸ‘ 12    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
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We are looking forward to welcoming Irene Van Eldere (Leiden University) and Elvira Miceli (Wolfson College, Oxford) to this week's work-in-progress session, held in the Hawkins Room at Merton College on Friday 30 May, 5pm.

Brussels, Royal Library (KBR) Ms. IV 12, f. 19v-20r.

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27.05.2025 19:22 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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After our hands-on gold workshop last week, we move online for our next event: our termly reading group on Friday 23 May at 5pm BST, this time discussing connoisseurship.

We hope to see many of you there!

Image: Auguste de ChΓ’tillon, Portrait of LΓ©opoldine Hugo, 1835.

21.05.2025 08:34 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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@liber-ray.bsky.social took the prize for the best dragon!

17.05.2025 10:33 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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@mssprovenance.bsky.social excellent work

17.05.2025 10:31 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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The workshop on medieval book illumination was a huge success. Thanks @saracharles.bsky.social for another wonderful session!

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17.05.2025 10:30 β€” πŸ‘ 82    πŸ” 9    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
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The countdown for our gold workshop with @saracharles.bsky.social has started!
We couldn’t be more excited!

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13.05.2025 10:27 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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One day perhaps.....Pope Joan in a procession giving birth

BL Royal 16 G V; Giovanni Boccaccio, De claris mulieribus in an anonymous French translation; c.1440; France, N. (Rouen); f.120r

07.05.2025 21:17 β€” πŸ‘ 43    πŸ” 10    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 2
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The Manuscript of the Week is the Book of UΓ­ Mhaine, RIA MS D ii 1. The contents of this 14th C manuscript are described in a marginal note as β€˜bolg an tsolathair’ (bag of mixed content/miscellany).
Read more & find a link to the @dias-isos.bsky.social digital copy here: www.ria.ie/collections/...

14.04.2025 08:54 β€” πŸ‘ 59    πŸ” 20    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1
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Training in early Frankish palaeography is not just for those working on this period, it will help you understand Late Roman, Carolingian, and Protogothic scripts& to approach cursive writing from later centuries too.
It’s a doorway to many centuries of Latin palaeography!
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05.05.2025 10:48 β€” πŸ‘ 16    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 2

Thank you!

03.05.2025 20:31 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Some of the stars of the show this evening in Merton College Library.
Thank you @juliawalworth.bsky.social for the wonderful visit!

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02.05.2025 21:26 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Amazing evening in Merton College Library analysing this beauty! Thank you @juliawalworth.bsky.social
and @oxfordmedievalmss.bsky.social

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02.05.2025 19:23 β€” πŸ‘ 11    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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This term's programme is now available!
Come and join us if you are around Oxford!

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02.05.2025 11:23 β€” πŸ‘ 14    πŸ” 10    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 3
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Gearing up for our visit to Merton College Library today at 5pm. Stay tuned for more events soon.

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02.05.2025 11:20 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 2

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