Ringwinner, Luckwearer, and Barrel-rider

Medievalist, interested in all manuscripts, the occasional early printed book, and serious collector of animal statuary that have seen terrible things

[Ringwinner, Luckwearer, and Barrel-rider @RingwinnerR]

Great advert for Sotheby’s Books department - the only thing missing is the ‘y’, and that’s a question I seem to ask a lot these days about Sotheby’s Books

[Ringwinner, Luckwearer, and Barrel-rider @RingwinnerR]

So, you are finally gone my dear friend - I shall miss your extraordinary mind, your acerbic wit, deliciously wicked comments about fellow enemies, and that twinkle in your eye when with friends. I shall miss you greatly

[AberdeenHistory @AberdeenHistory]

We are all sad to hear the news of the death of Professor David Dumville (1949–2024). He will be greatly missed. This picture captures him celebrating his 75th birthday earlier this year, with family.

@UoA_LLMVC @AberdeenHistory @AberdeenVikings

[Ringwinner, Luckwearer, and Barrel-rider @RingwinnerR]

@mrsassiest @historyinmemes The angels are putting him in a headlock and handling his penis now

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@incunabula This sort of thing really bugs me

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@SteveDeparys360 Most likely it is so that, like in much medieval decoration, the bands (often foliage) can emerge from his open mouth.

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@FarleyKatz1 @RebeccaMenmuir @tcdlibrary Indeed. Perhaps Victorian testing of reagent before applying it to another, more damaged, book, in order to read the affected areas of that second one?

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[Ringwinner, Luckwearer, and Barrel-rider @RingwinnerR]

@red_loeb @BLMedieval The Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, is better - and has added mahout and spiky stick ;)

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@incunabula "Organizer Lisa Renee Jones acknowledged the reports of violence as 'bumpy bumps'" - that's "organizer Lisa Renee Jones, an author who has penned more than 100 books" - sorry, booky books

[Ringwinner, Luckwearer, and Barrel-rider @RingwinnerR]

@PieterBeullens The market is choppy right now, and if the estimates were already bullish then that is the normal outcome at the moment

[Ringwinner, Luckwearer, and Barrel-rider @RingwinnerR]

@PieterBeullens not much expertise in mss, I mean

[Ringwinner, Luckwearer, and Barrel-rider @RingwinnerR]

@PieterBeullens I don't know the auction, but that may have been the value of the book it contained for the greater part. Most auctioneers who don't have much expertise treat ms binding fragments as unvalued extras when in situ on a binding

[Ringwinner, Luckwearer, and Barrel-rider @RingwinnerR]

@incunabula GET YOUR HAND OFF MY PENIS!

[Ringwinner, Luckwearer, and Barrel-rider @RingwinnerR]

@liamsims @theULSpecColl Hooray - these have been unusable for ever, like a prize just out of reach. Well done and many many many thanks

[Ringwinner, Luckwearer, and Barrel-rider @RingwinnerR]

@NorseMythNews Also give it 30 years and I'm looking for the next owner - form an orderly queue ;)

[Ringwinner, Luckwearer, and Barrel-rider @RingwinnerR]

@NorseMythNews with him and the gift wrapped boom pushed into my hands on the platform at Malvern as I left. Wonderful man and great bibliophile

[Ringwinner, Luckwearer, and Barrel-rider @RingwinnerR]

@armslengthal Also give it 30 years and I'm looking for the next owner - form an orderly queue ;)

[Ringwinner, Luckwearer, and Barrel-rider @RingwinnerR]

@armslengthal with him and the gift wrapped boom pushed into my hands on the platform at Malvern as I left. Wonderful man and great bibliophile