I definitely didn’t expect Assassin’s Creed Valhalla to be historically accurate, but I was still surprised to see an image of St Kenelm from BL Cotton Claudius D vi on this wall at St Albans Abbey (the game takes place between 872-878).
Very much looking forward to what will be a lovely way to tie up my time working so closely on such a fantastic MS. There will also be live chant performed by James Preston and Andrew Carwood, including a gorgeous farsed Christmas Epistle.
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Thank you so much for your help! It turns out the manuscript I was looking for has only a short statement about the provenance in both the book and on the index card.
Thank you very much! The hard-copy of MLGB has the provenance of the MS. I’m working on, but I’ve been advised to look at the cards which have the detail of evidence.
Does anyone know if it is possible to consult Neil Ker’s handwritten index cards used for his ‘Medieval Libraries of Great Britain’? I can’t seem to find out this information for myself!
Thank you!
Thank you very much!
I passed my viva (with minor corrections)!
There’s something fitting about criticising John Bale’s misattribution of Thomas Walsingham as flourishing in 1440 and then immediately referring to Thomas as “Thomson”. One for the examiners…
One thing I’m realising whilst reading my thesis ahead of the viva is how long it’s going to take changing “focussing”/“focussed” to “focusing”/“focused”...
A much-needed few weeks at home, plus a short to trip to London. Dorset for New Year and then viva on 5th! 😬
Happy St Edmund’s Day!
An office for this saint’s feast day has been notated using Anglo-Saxon neumes.
København, KGL Bibliotek, GKS 1588 quarto (Second half of 11th c.)
I very much doubt anyone on here will recognise this logo, but I’m showing it anyway because I’m very happy with this purchase.
I should have said “a history” as my chapter is largely focused on notated offices, but I do talk about the 1482 and 1497 editions of Breviarium Othoniense
3) for any notation enthusiasts out there, this is from a fragment of an English gradual (11th c.) written and notated by several scribes. It’s a great example of the diversity of scribal approaches to notating chant.
Stockholm, Kungliga Biblioteket, MS A. 128, f. 1r
2) A study of the music for the Chrism Mass in late Anglo-Saxon and early Anglo-Norman England, as well as the classification of Norman notation in England after the Conquest. Fingers crossed someone wants to read at least one of them…
1) I’m using this short time I have in Cambridge to get some articles out which I’m really excited about sharing. Topics include the role of the cantor at St Albans Abbey throughout the twelfth century, the history of the Office of St Alban in England and Scandinavia…
I'm lucky to have worked with one of the many brilliant people in these departments. Henry Parkes in Music is one of the cleverest, most insightful and inspirational historians I know - and one of the finest teachers too. Don't waste such talent @uniofnottingham.bsky.social.
Furry seal skin AND tiny Icelandic manuscripts!
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I’m reading Michael Ende’s ‘The Neverending Story’ for the first time as the film is my absolute childhood favourite. To my horror, the horse, Artax, can talk…if you know, you know…
Thank you!
Thank you!
Time to relax. 7 days in Zakynthos should do the trick. I have been itching to read this book since I bought it but told myself to wait until after submission.
I’m delighted to be starting a one-year postdoc in October at the University of Cambridge on Dr Catherine A. Bradley’s ERC-funded BENEDICAMUS project.
It’s finally finished. Big thanks to the SWWDTP and my supervisors - Emma Hornby, Ben Pohl, and Sarah Hamilton.
A sorely underrated English medieval manuscript, if I might say so myself. I hope I’ve done it some justice.
I haven’t checked in on here in a while. My thesis is currently with my supervisors for comments before I submit the final thing at the end of September. In the meantime, job applications and article writing…
1st August - the original feast day of the Invention of St Alban. It was moved to 2nd during the abbacy of Geoffrey de Gorron in 1129, but the octave, which should fall on 9th August, remains fixed on 8th in the calendars.
(Oxford, Bodleian Library, Auct. D. 2. 6)
Looking forward to speaking at this conference. This is the last time I’ll be giving a paper before I submit my thesis in September.
