Madelaine Smart

PhD Student researching the 'Albina' Prologue of the Middle English Prose 'Brut' Chronicle. Storyteller and occasional mermaid. She/Her

[Madelaine Smart @MadelaineSmart]

@meganlcook @TheJohnRylands have a really user friendly digital collection. So easy to navigate. One of the few UK libraries I’ve visited that has digitised its (non-illuminated) ME Bruts. Also has some beautiful illuminated mss. https://t.co/0zFFQU73Qr

[Dr. Rio Matchett @riomatchett]

People are good

[Madelaine Smart @MadelaineSmart]

I really shouldn’t have called them ‘writing’ blocks! More like furious ‘note assimilation’ blocks. Grappling with my notes on textual theory and stemmatics. Any clarity? Anyone...? #medievaltwitter

[Madelaine Smart @MadelaineSmart]

About to start my first remote writing retreat as I'm stuck at home this morning. Very excited to get some writing done, inspired by @zizizaman and everyone else hitting big targets this year. #pressureson

[Madelaine Smart @MadelaineSmart]

If anyone would like to join here is the schedule, please forgive my handwriting! Thanks @hannah_piercy I basically stole this from your template.

[Chaucer Doth Tweet @LeVostreGC]

Reminder: Yt ys okaye to be lonely. Yt ys okaye to be sad. Yt ys okaye to have no plannes or just small plannes. Yt ys okaye to have big plannes that seem exhausting. Take care of yowerself. We are all straungeres heere, looking out for ech othir yn the wynter. Thou art amazinge.

[Madelaine Smart @MadelaineSmart]

Just gave a Medieval Lit and palaeography taster-lecture to a group of year 12s. Only 5 students put their hands up when I asked if they liked/were taking English Lit. I was disproportionately happy to find that they had actually done the task.

[BL Asian and African @BLAsia_Africa]

Newly digitised #Manchu silk scrolls!
Or 11389: https://t.co/WAmysXAuJz
Or 11546: https://t.co/wFnjohMP5M
Or 13165: https://t.co/BxSd94cnlG
Or 13801: https://t.co/R7AwUl5rSX
Or 13996: https://t.co/nPEOk3wWL6
Or 13557: https://t.co/Kbn9kDFXwy
Or 11072: https://t.co/lQgTFbLweW

[Morven Siva-Jothy @Mo_SivaJothy]

Me seeing all the events happening over Nov/Dec...
Disability History Month Talk https://t.co/lzxsuIAm4F
Disabled Women in Arts and Culture: Who’s Calling the Shots? / Raw. https://t.co/3ohBTnUwoq
Little Peaches presents: Disabiltease - https://t.co/DS0lFDgzyV

[Another North @Another_North]

The deadline for expressions of interest in Disability and the City (Liverpool) is fast approaching - see below!

[Madelaine Smart @MadelaineSmart]

@riomatchett @mattmccall25 @jessf_white @zizizaman @emilylsteve @MrKeithSmooth @hannahelatham @Amyy_Beth @Nashe_Greene Susanna Blamire: shy and bad at socialising. Likes the outdoors.

[Madelaine Smart @MadelaineSmart]

@mattmccall25 @Nashe_Greene Thanks, and thanks for your excellent questions and diligent twitter coverage!

[Madelaine Smart @MadelaineSmart]

Thank you to @mattmccall25, Jack and Alex for all of your help over the last few days, for chairing and live tweeting. Thank you @Nashe_Greene & Olivia for all of your hard work organising the conference: you have been amazing. #WritingHome19

[Madelaine Smart @MadelaineSmart]

It really has been lovely. Thank you to our keynotes, speakers & delegates. Thanks to @LivUniSCA for sharing their collections with us yesterday. Thank you @sotauol for hosting us in their beautiful library and to the events team for being incredible.

[Stop That, Matt @NobodyLikedThat]

Well, I think it's safe to say #WritingHome19 was a tremendous success! All congratulations to @Nashe_Greene @MadelaineSmart and Olivia Colquitt for putting together a fantastic event. Now let's all sleep for 48 hours.

[Dr. Hannah Dunberry @HannahBerry2]

Very interesting papers at #WritingHome19. A field of study completely different to my own and a breathe of fresh air! Thank you very much @Nashe_Greene & @MadelaineSmart

[Stop That, Matt @NobodyLikedThat]

@MadelaineSmart up next with myth busting edenic notions of Albion through the Prose Brut tradition.

Giants and incest and murder, oh my! #WritingHome19

[Madelaine Smart @MadelaineSmart]

Adam and Eve atop this mid-15th century Chronicle of the Kings of England. Those apples must be pink ladies, right?! @LivUniSCA #WritingHome19

[Madelaine Smart @MadelaineSmart]

This portolan chart is from c.1530. The original is drawn on a single sheepskin measuring (102x64cm). (Apologies for the glare!)

[Madelaine Smart @MadelaineSmart]

Have you ever seen such lovely camels? Anyone know how accurate this depiction of camel riding is? Is it customary to sit behind/on top/in front of the hump? @LivUniSCA #WritingHome19