Clarck Drieshen

Cataloguer of medieval manuscripts

[Medieval Manuscripts @BLMedieval]

We're added five medieval manuscripts of outstanding national heritage significance to the national collection.

⭐️A trilingual Hebrew-Latin-French dictionary
⭐️The Red Book of Bath
⭐️Works of Richard Rolle
⭐️Middle English sermons
⭐️Arma Christi

https://t.co/vWK4Sfj47N

[Clarck Drieshen @CDrieshen]

@SCA_MULibrary Glad it could help. "parochia Billigheim" sounds right to me too!

[Boze Herrington, Library Owl 😴🧙‍♀️ @SketchesbyBoze]

Quick thread of lost and forgotten words that we need to bring back:

“Overmorrow,” the day after tomorrow, and “yesterneve,” yesterday evening.

“Nodcrafty”: to nod along sagely when someone is talking, despite not having a clue what they’re banging on about.

[Cambridge UL Special Collections @theULSpecColl]

So, it's Elizabethan England, and you need to know how to cure STDs, extract bullets, and live to be a hundred? Well, we have got the manuscript for you. Read more in our new #CuriousCures blogpost:

https://t.co/g24pPRzLI8

[Kathleen McCallum @Peripheralpal]

I love the smell of newly digitized manuscripts in the morning
Here our hero (Hercules) , clad in a most fetching lion skin cloak, pierces dragon (Cerberus) perhaps sending it into the Hellmouth
https://t.co/tmcOTQYyy1
@theUL

[Cambridge University Library @theUL]

Excitingly, our Cultural Heritage Imaging Unit (CHIL) has recently digitised @Newnham_College's manuscript copy of Christine's Epistre Othea (Othea’s Letter).

It’s now available to view in all its glory on the Cambridge Digital Library: https://t.co/uKWlszni4c

[Cambridge University Library @theUL]

@Newnham_College The entry in the Cambridge University Digital Library has an introduction co-authored by the UL’s Dr Charlotte Cooper-Davis, a leading specialist on Christine de Pizan: https://t.co/uKWlszni4c

[Medieval Manuscripts @BLMedieval]

Around the year 1225, the nuns of Castle Hedingham marked the passing of their first prioress, Lucy, in the most special way: they made a mortuary roll for her.

Today's blogpost explores this poignant item, on display in our #MedievalWomen exhibition.

https://t.co/YM3bVRdfCD

[Medieval Manuscripts @BLMedieval]

Today's blogpost looks at the 1403 petition of Joan du Lee to Henry IV, in which she asked for protections so she could practise medicine.

We are honoured to have this incredible document on loan to our #MedievalWomen exhibition from @UkNatArchives

https://t.co/i8ANZl8HVP

[Medieval Manuscripts @BLMedieval]

Our new animation tells the stories of five extraordinary medieval women: Empress Matilda, Shajar al-Durr, Margery Kempe, Christine de Pizan, and Joan of Arc.

Check out today's blogpost to learn more and see the video in full!

https://t.co/pjOJWZOKON

[Protect the Wild @ProtectTheWild_]

Badgers are being shot, trapped, and killed in their thousands for no reason. The cull is a national disgrace. Help us hit 100k so Parliament will consider debating it.

Sign the petition!
👉https://t.co/x8Mu043LE0

[Ellie Jackson @EEJackson999]

Merry #MedievalWomen Christmas! ✨ Check out my blogpost about a lesser-known Christmas icon: St Birgitta of Sweden, whose vision of the Nativity had a huge influence on medieval art.

🔗 https://t.co/UOvbZhRGKH

[Medieval Manuscripts @BLMedieval]

In today's blogpost we're exploring a mysterious manuscript leaf that we came across while working on our #MedievalWomen exhibition.

Who is this tiny nun and what is her story?
🔗https://t.co/pOlo1x6yVk

[Medieval Manuscripts @BLMedieval]

On 14 January 1424, Joan Astley, nurse to Henry VI, submitted this petition asking for a raise in her salary from £20 to £40 (around £35,000 in modern currency). #MedievalWomen

Today's blogpost uncovers her story!

https://t.co/wXvaYF6fbQ

[Ellie Jackson @EEJackson999]

Check out my #MedievalWomen meets #Halloween blogpost on witches! 🧙‍♀️

[Cambridge UL Special Collections @theULSpecColl]

Skull moss, powdered mummy, and blood. Was this gruesome medical recipe used by the astrologer, occultist, and alchemist John Dee? Please enjoy our new #CuriousCures blogpost. Happy #Halloween!

https://t.co/WNzzynYPec

[Renske Hoff @RenskeHoff]

Utrecht University has decided to shut down six BA programmes in the fields of religion, language, and culture. Join the protest agaist the goverment's budget cuts in higher education, on 14 November in Utrecht! https://t.co/5Eoknhvoyt

[Ellie Jackson @EEJackson999]

The first review for Medieval Women is out! Five stars 🤩