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Medieval History PhD @LivUni, formerly of @BristolUni, @KingsDH, BL. Mappaemundi, MSS + monstrous men (plus mountains, music, felines + festivals...) She/Her

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It's Virtual Mappa Time!

You know, the digital medieval maps project I spent some really brilliant years working on at the BL? It's back on the new DM 2.0 platform and looking great!

Take a look at this thread from @digitalmappa for a project overview, plus links to explore...

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@WelshRugbyUnion I dunno, it seemed quite noisy in Colwyn Bay?

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@skullsnsheets 3 available now :)

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@sophiebwaterman @jenythevans @sian_witherden Ah fantastic, and thanks for the quick response! Very much looking forward to viewing this MS…

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@sophiebwaterman Oh it’s C13th!! Amazing, I will be *very* interested in viewing this bestiary when it’s digitised and available 😺

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Another long shot, but we’ve just heard while on hols that Rosie has escaped from our cat sitter, so if any #Sheffield people could share and keep an eye out, we’d be very grateful.

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I should be a bit more capable of actual conversation from this afternoon now my paper’s out of the way, so anyone I owe a chat to, flag me down!

(For the record, I think 9am sessions are ableist as fuck but maybe that’s just me...)

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Ok then! Thanks so much to everyone who came along to the session this morning, I’ve just had a little nap to recover from the early start. I don’t think I convinced everyone of my Big Claims but thanks for not absolutely bodying me in the questions 😹 #LeedsIMC #mappings

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The other papers were fascinating, but I’ll have to watch them back to absorb the detail because I’m not entirely sure if my entire brain was present? I can’t actually remember what I said. Maybe this was a little too soon after my surgery for giving a paper, but it’s done now...

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And the stretch where the Crossley name comes from - ‘Ebden Bridge etc - I went for @landshapesband’s Rambutan for the first time in a while. Final final section is gonna go to @sisterwivesband’s Y Gawres, wrth gwrs :)

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Alrighty then, barely on Twitter these days since the Elongated Muskrat takeover, but as it’s time for the Great Medievalist Migration (UK edition), I should probably note that I am On My Way to @IMC_Leeds !

Find me excitedly babbling about #medieval #maps on Tuesday morning!

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Pilgrimage soundtrack continued: @ACCU___ ‘Echo The Red’ and now playing @JapaneseTVband ‘Space Fruit Vineyard’

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@red_loeb @BLMedieval I’ll be getting back on writing my paper about these guys for @IMC_Leeds tomorrow! My special subject :)

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@DireJackalope 😹

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@curataceae @hagenilda And yeh like Lee says, it just has dandelion type flowers and doesn’t seem inherently invasive, whatever it is (#notabotanist)

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@curataceae @hagenilda Was just gonna say, I think I’ve grown one of those accidentally in a flowerpot, it’s much older and less happy than yours but the stem colour/leaves/spines seems right?