Winds and Seasons BL Cotton MS Tiberius B V/1; Computistical, historical and astronomical miscellany; 2nd quarter of the 11th century-3rd quarter of the 12th century; f.46v Medieval Manuscripts

Early stock in the office of ‘Maidens or Monsters?’ By Chantry Westwell (Dragons, Heroes, Myths & Magic). An extraordinary & revelatory collection packed with beautiful images from the British Library collection.

"I'd be mad not to see it." Juana of Castile Medieval Women: In Their Own Words The British Library 25 October-2 March blogs.bl.uk/digitisedmanus…

London Bridge (someone) is falling down ... or were they pushed? blogs.bl.uk/digitisedmanus… Yates Thompson MS 47, f. 94v

Available to order now via British Library Shop Maidens or Monsters? by Chantry Westwell 😍 shop.bl.uk/products/maide…

"Do you really think I want to make an exhibition of myself? At my age? With my reputation?" Lady Margaret Beaufort blogs.bl.uk/digitisedmanus…

Horse-de-combat blogs.bl.uk/digitisedmanus…

60 days to go before Medieval Women opens 😍 We're telling the stories of women from medieval Europe, in their own words. Queens, visionaries, nuns, farm labourers, poets, illuminators, silkwomen, midwives. Book your tickets now! blogs.bl.uk/digitisedmanus…

✨📖Call for Papers!📖✨Dr Hope Doherty-Harrison & I are organising a conference on Scotland's Manuscripts: Making and Finding, 5-6 December, University of Edinburgh, funder by The British Academy ECR Network & including a workshop Centre for Research Collections. Please share & consider sending us an abstract!

A chorus line of camels Cotton MS Claudius B IV, f. 39r blogs.bl.uk/digitisedmanus…

Today's blogpost examines a muster book from the English Civil War, whose owner died at the siege of Reading blogs.bl.uk/digitisedmanus…

Two brothers, on different sides in the English Civil War. Find out what happened in this blogpost by Rory MacLellan blogs.bl.uk/digitisedmanus…

Questions put to Edward Seymour, duke of Somerset, during his treason trial in 1551. Cotton Ch X 6. #hiddencollections

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Looking forward to imminent launch of our new project, DigitalKer—Neil Ker’s updated Catalogue, unpublished lectures, bibliographies, & visualizations! Amazing intern Charlotte Cao and brilliant eren! Thanks to our Stanford team CESTA 😊 LMK if you want link.

While a student at Cambridge, the antiquarian Simonds D'Ewes once fell (out of bed?) when the college bell was rung "very early". The damage done cost him £28 9s 10d. Cotton Ch XVI 13. #hiddencollections