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Official tweets of the Medieval Electronic Scholarly Alliance.

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#Passover may be over at sun-down, but don't forget the part about the Israelites escaping across the Red Sea!

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Since it's the last night of #passover, here's one last #seder showing people sick of #matzo (Oriental 2884 f. 18)

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This miniature depicts preparation for #passover, including smearing lamb's blood over the door (Oriental 1404 f.7v)

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@walters_museum seeks outstanding junior scholar for a post-doctoral fellowship funded by @mellonfdn https://t.co/VnFE9fP4kT

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Here's another depiction of a #PassoverSeder showing off the key components like the #matzo! (Oriental 2737 f. 91)

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Always recycle https://t.co/dR44pwRMcy

[The Walters Art Museum @walters_museum]

'Rarest' medieval panel painting saved by recycling - Telegraph https://t.co/gZNJy9le8F

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#Passover has almost passed, but that doesn't mean you can't have another #seder!

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For the last of the #7Vices is a representation of #Pride, a man in bed holding a crown surrounded by demons

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For #Revenge we have Caiaphas being abandoned at sea in revenge for the death of Christ #7Vices @britishlibrary

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#Sloth is such a serious sin that it brought Dante to tears #7Vices @britishlibrary (Yates Thompson 36 f. 98v)

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The arrows make sense, but why must #Lust ride a goat? #7Vices @britishlibrary (Yates Thompson 3 f. 172v)

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#Envy of another man's threads is the worst kind of envy #7Vices @britishlibrary, Additional 27695 f. 4

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More #7Vices! #Avarice inside the Banco di San Giorgio, c. 1330-40, @britishlibrary Additional 27695 f. 8

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Will your Friday night be as raucous as this depiction of "gluttony"? c. 1330-1340, Additional 27695 f. 14

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Animated marginalia! https://t.co/Et5SxdJZcw

[Marginalia @MarginaliaMS]

Happy Valentine's Harvest!
Nun Harvesting Phalluses from a Tree
Roman de la Rose @GallicaBnF
https://t.co/0UMmh1e9q5

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Last one from the Chroniques de Burgos: Constantine's baptism in his dying days

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Another from Chroniques de Burgos: William the Conqueror landing on English soil and setting fire to his own ships!

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The Chroniques de Burgos (c. 1400-1407) has some wonderful illustrations, such as this depiction of Genghis Khan

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