Pilgrim Libraries

Books & reading on the medieval routes to Rome & Jerusalem. A Leverhulme International Research Network led by Prof Anthony Bale(@RealMandeville)

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Elephant and Castle.
Account of a journey from Venice to Palestine, Mount Sinai and Egypt. South Germany (Passau?), c. 1467
@BLMedieval Egerton 1900

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Now online: programme for colloquium on "pilgrims traces", places, routes & signs linked to medieval pilgrimage in North Germany Lüneburg 4/5 April https://t.co/u7PUPsVfKG public lecture on significance of signs by Ann Marie Rasmussen! #nuntastic #monkabulous

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A 15th-century #pilgrim badge of St Bridget/Birgitta of #Sweden, from Vadstena, showing Bridget writing. ✍️ 😇 @Kulturhistorisk #tracingthecode #gatewaytoheaven #medievaltwitter

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Terracotta #pilgrims flask, Byzantine era, found in Jerusalem, now at the newly refurbished @TSMJer33

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Pilgrim’s guide-book to Rome, printed by Peter Wagner of Nuremberg, 28th February 1500, bound in a page from a medieval missal.

Huntington 92523

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St Bridget/Birgitta of Sweden (d. 1373) as writer & pilgrim. She writes in a book, taking dictation from an angel. She has a pilgrim's staff, scrip & 2 pilgrim badges of the vernicle (Christ's face). From a 15th-century German manuscript (@NYPL_Archives Spencer MS 063, f. 239v).

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A medieval pilgrim's ring found in the Galilee:

https://t.co/vhlaVuv0N9

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BBC Radio 4, Book of the Week 'The Crossway' After years of illness Guy Stagg set off from Canterbury to follow the paths of the medieval pilgrims to Jerusalem on a journey of towards faith and recovery, healing and understanding. https://t.co/SmdWgp2liE

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New blog post 'Books, Bridges of Peace and the Franciscan libraries in Jerusalem' by Michele Campopiano https://t.co/1vAGjDlVnN

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CFP 'Pilgrimage in the Academy' 2018 Annual Symposium on Pilgrimage Studies, 14-16 September
https://t.co/0fgh8DD9VB

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Liturgical Vision & Practice in Crusader Jerusalem 5 Mar 17h15 IHR U London https://t.co/hH5nEn5egZ

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New blog post by Marina Toumpouri about some of the commemorative practices of medieval pilgrims in Cyprus https://t.co/Ya0eqDQEnn

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What was #medieval “virtual pilgrimage”? And what does it have to do with #unicorns? 🦄

Find out in this short film by @KathryneBeebe, part of the @LeverhulmeTrust Pilgrim Libraries project https://t.co/qcE4pibz22

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A new blog post by Kathryne Beebe "A Virtual Pilgrimage: Felix Fabri’s 'Sionpilger' & the Unicorn"

https://t.co/7f2RWaMBY0

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The #imc2018 programme - the biggest in IMC history - is now online: https://t.co/irGzW9utZA

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Inside the World's Only Surviving Tattoo Shop For Medieval Pilgrims https://t.co/ziCqbZtnYZ

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A blog post by @RealMandeville on his recent lecture at York on the “Pilgrim Libraries” project https://t.co/QkJH2eJURq

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A new blog post by Sebastian Sobecki, @SebSobecki @univgroningen, "Saewulf’s Lost Arabic Map", is availbale at https://t.co/ZjTemsVeBl

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'A Rabid Pilgrimage' is our latest blog post, authored by Prof. Kathryn Rudy (U St Andrews UK). Enjoy! @katerudy1 @ArtHistoryStA @univofstandrews
https://t.co/kp6uYRr9pf

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Many highlights today at #pilgrimslibrary first day, but one of them was delicious lunch in the sun on the terrace at the beautiful @KNIRome ☀️