LanguagesOfCharters

The Languages of Early Medieval Charters project. Anglo-Saxon England and Eastern Francia, c.700–c.1100 @upvehu. Tweets by @katemond, @hwaetspur & @e_c_roberts

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That's definitely what cool means.

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And to round off the day, Charles Insley on the language of boundary clauses in Cornish charters. Basically cool squared. #s812 #IMC2016

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Now @albsfenton on the linguistic features and formulae of Anglo-Saxon writs. Sorely neglected. #s812 #IMC2016

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What is a 'private' charter? Just a charter that's not royal? But what's a ROYAL charter? @hwaetspur #s812 #IMC2016 #TeamTinti

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Right now, @hwaetspur rocking it with a microphone like Jagger. Sorry, talking about private charters. #s812 #IMC2016

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We've just been dubbed Team Tinti by Levi Roach. #TeamTinti #IMC2016 #s812

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What difficulties did scribes have transcribing vernacular names into Latin texts, & what trouble do we have because of that? #s712 #IMC2016

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Ed rightly questioning the blurry line between place-name & descriptive noun phrase. Truly, the great question of the age #IMC2016 #s712

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Here's Waldo('s grant to Fulda) (sorry @e_c_roberts) #s712 #IMC2016

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The Hammelburg boundary description, with plentiful vernacular boundary descriptions #s712 #IMC2016 @e_c_roberts

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Old High German never gained the traction of Old English. It was mostly used as a tool for learning or accessing Latin #s712 #imc2016

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Latin ensured uniformity, control and prestige across a broad empire. But underneath this Latin are traces of the vernacular #s712 #IMC2016

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Up now in #712 is @e_c_roberts on the use of the vernacular in the Fulda and Freising charters, c.770-c.900 #IMC2016

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@Codicologist I replied with the wrong account. This is Kate. Obviously.

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@Codicologist ....I tried to do that in my PhD. Nb: it also doesn't work if your facsimiles are SUPER low-res.

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'Offa' upside down among Arabic on the same coin. Maker was unfamiliar w/ Arabic @Rory_Naismith #IMC2016 #s612

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Chi-rho and alpha/omega are used so often they blur the lines between language and iconography @Rory_Naismith #s612 #IMC2016

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The presence of something that LOOKED like letters might enough for an illiterate user @Rory_Naismith #s612 #IMC2016

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Next up: @Rory_Naismith on the languages of money in early medieval England and its neighbours #s612 #imc2016

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Random runes, doodled in margins of mss, tell us scribes had working knowledge of them. But why not doodle in Roman alphabet? #IMC2016 #s612