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Tag: Old French

An illumination of the mythical cetus, in Merton College, MS 249, f. 8r.
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Reawakening Merton’s Beasts

Sebastian Dows Miller on his History of the Book project, increasing awareness of the Bestiary in Merton College Library, MS 249.

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The Secret of an Old French Initial

by Charlotte Ross Oxford, Bodleian Library, MS. Fr. e. 32 is a beautiful Old French manuscript that dates to the 12th century. Contained in this volume are the Chevalerie Vivien and an incomplete rendition of Aliscans, two poems from the Chanson de Geste tradition, which deals with French crusading narratives against the Moors and Saracens …

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Video Update: Lena Zlock interviews Richard Ovenden about Burning the Books

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