Merton’s Beasts

Regular updates from us, the beasts of Merton College, MS 249, to get you through #Lockdown3 | MS: | Zookeeper: @DowsMillerSeb

[Merton’s Beasts @MertonBeasts]

On Thursday I finally managed to see the #LockdownBestiary manuscript in person – thank you to @JuliaWalworth for making it possible!

Incipit ‘Things I missed in the digital facsimile : a thread 🧵’ ft. a #BonusBeast not in our original posts! 🦔

#MedievalTwitter #IMC2021

1/20

[Seb Dows-Miller @DowsMillerSeb]

What better way to end the #CROSSREADS workshop on abbreviation than with some abbreviations “in the wild” in the funerary inscriptions in @MertonCollege chapel!

This one is a perfect example of the complexities we talked about in the sessions

Now on to @OxMedGradConf!

[Seb Dows-Miller @DowsMillerSeb]

It’s shaping up to be an exciting week!

First, I get to be a part of the #CROSSREADS workshop on abbreviation at @MertonCollege, where I’ll talk about the Merton bestiary 🦁⬇️

Then, there’s the @OxMedGradConf, where I’m presenting on authorship 📖

Can’t wait!

#Medieval

[Digital Medievalist @digitalmedieval]

Happy new year! #CodingCodices returns with a discussion informed by @Heather_Bamford and @CFranquely's recent article, "Whose digital Middle Ages?"

https://t.co/VosPb2flQu

[Seb Dows-Miller @DowsMillerSeb]

Visited the amazing chained #library and #MappaMundi at @HFDCathedral yesterday. A real treat to see that the (named!) scribe’s exhortation to pray for him was in Anglo-Norman, despite the rest of the Mappa being in Latin

[Henrike Lähnemann 📯 moving to bsky @HLaehnemann]

@SJLahey @DowsMillerSeb @BkHistOx @OxfordModLangs @MertonBeasts Watch the video of the @BkHistOx launch event where Seb explained how he created the vector graphics
https://t.co/CKIleLl2QF

[Henrike Lähnemann 📯 moving to bsky @HLaehnemann]

@SJLahey edited by @DowsMillerSeb https://t.co/ikpLcrOaoi

[Stephanie J. Lahey, PhD 🇨🇦 @SJLahey]

When the cat jumps on the bed and wakes you at 2 o’clock in the morning, so you have to chase it out of the room. #Medieval #Manuscripts #Cats #CatsOfTwitter #Caturday

[Seb Dows-Miller @DowsMillerSeb]

Another couple of indulgent days at the @britishlibrary @BLMedieval this week, looking at some (nominally) thesis-relevant material 📚

Herewith a short thread containing a few highlights from the ones I could photograph 🧵

#books #manuscripts #library #medieval #medievaltwitter

[Seb Dows-Miller @DowsMillerSeb]

Treated myself to a manuscript day at the @britishlibrary today, and got to meet this beauty 📖😍

It contains one of only three copies of Philippe de Thaun’s #bestiary, another being @MertonBeasts! 🦁

📷 BL, Cotton MS Nero AV

#books #manuscripts #library #medievaltwitter

[weird medieval guys @WeirdMedieval]

wild medieval beliefs about animals, a thread:

[Merton’s Beasts @MertonBeasts]

@bencurthoys @htfb @Mythic_Beasts Might not be much we can help with unless you’re willing to run the risk of ants in the system! 🐜

[Merton’s Beasts @MertonBeasts]

I had a great time taking part in this #Beasts of #AI workshop last week, with a truly interdisciplinary panel 🦁 Thanks to @kaisirlin, @TORCHOxford, & co. for making it possible! I look forward to seeing how our beasts evolve as they meet new audiences! 👹

[Rachel Douglas-Jones @kaisirlin]

Looking forward to welcoming @MertonBeasts @_linehenriksen_ @NayanikaM @mooseabyte @SanNuvola & more to @bdi_oxford tomorrow to begin making a Critical Bestiary of AI. Thank you @TORCHOxford and @WEH_Oxford for making it possible! https://t.co/hnpsq3CSm7

[Rachel Douglas-Jones @kaisirlin]

Looking forward to welcoming @MertonBeasts @_linehenriksen_ @NayanikaM @mooseabyte @SanNuvola & more to @bdi_oxford tomorrow to begin making a Critical Bestiary of AI. Thank you @TORCHOxford and @WEH_Oxford for making it possible! https://t.co/hnpsq3CSm7

[Dr Aleksandra Majak @Alexandra_Majak]

🇺🇦 Can you help me make this post and photo BIG on Twitter? It’s @UniofOxford solidarity protest against the war since we #StandWithUkriane! Please follow @oxford_ukraine media to learn how may we help from the UK

[Oxford History of the Book @BkHistOx]

A shout-out to our new followers, among them @buercky, @Eliz_Scully, @omniavanitus, @RubaSkala, & many thanks for carrying us across the 1500 mark. Celebrate in style by watching some of the Oxford treasures come to life e.g. @MertonBeasts https://t.co/uAi3SAKDtJ

[Henrike Lähnemann 📯 moving to bsky @HLaehnemann]

Just rediscovered @anjdunning's manuscript contribution to @bodleianlibs's Beasts on sheep - watch it for some #Christmas cheer! @OxMedStud @MertonBeasts
https://t.co/gcHAI161eo

[Seb Dows-Miller @DowsMillerSeb]

Wonderful to be back at @MertonCollege introducing the @MertonBeasts manuscript MS 249 to this year’s @OxfordUNIQ #DH interns. Thank you @JuliaWalworth for making it possible and for showing us the old library too! 📚

[St Anne's College @StAnnesCollege]

We are extremely concerned about Derek, a much-loved member of our maintenance team who has been missing since last Thursday. Have you seen him? Please share our post if you can; we are desperate to reunite Derek safely with his family as soon as possible
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