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Sunday, 22 February 2015

'Hoard up your goldhoard in heaven'

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Blogging will be light here for a little while, though if you should be so inclined you can read something I wrote this week for the BBC His...
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Sunday, 15 February 2015

'Now a pure and holy time draws near': Ælfric's Sermon for Quinquagesima

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BL Yates Thompson 13, f. 103 Some extracts from Ælfric's sermon for Quinquagesima, the Sunday next before Lent. He begins, as is hi...
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Saturday, 14 February 2015

'I am escapid from his band'

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Women playing tambourines ( BL Royal 2 B VII, f. 182 ) On this blog, I aim to be useful. So if you are currently in need of some resour...
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Saturday, 7 February 2015

'Unwinding the water's chains': Spring, Thaw, and Some Anglo-Saxon Poems

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BL Cotton Nero C IV , f. 40v (with the beginning of 'ver' on 7 February) Three months ago, on 7 November , I looked at some poe...
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Friday, 6 February 2015

About this blog

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Those of you who follow me on Twitter may have heard that this blog recently won an award (!) for Digital History from the magazine History ...
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Monday, 2 February 2015

Some Music for Candlemas

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A few things to listen to on the evening of this feast-day. Introit for Candlemas, BL Egerton 3759, f.72 'Suscepimus Deus, miseri...
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Sunday, 1 February 2015

Margery Kempe at Candlemas

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BL Add. 43473, f. 7 The other day I posted a description of a miracle which was said to have taken place during a Candlemas service in Ang...
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