Medieval Manuscripts
@BLMedieval
Tweeting about the British Library's marvellous medieval manuscripts
We're added five medieval manuscripts of outstanding national heritage significance to the national collection. ⭐️A trilingual Hebrew-Latin-French dictionary ⭐️The Red Book of Bath ⭐️Works of Richard Rolle ⭐️Middle English sermons ⭐️Arma Christi blogs.bl.uk/digitisedmanus…
We're indebted to the National Heritage Memorial Fund, the Art Fund, The American Trust for the British Library, the British Library Collections Trust, and the Friends of the Nations' Libraries, for helping us acquire five amazing medieval manuscripts. blogs.bl.uk/digitisedmanus…
If you visit the Treasures gallery @britishlibrary, you can view our newly-acquired Arma Christi manuscript. And you can read more about it in this blogpost: blogs.bl.uk/digitisedmanus…
From an original seal of Edward the Confessor and grants issued by the earliest Scottish kings, to a royal pardon granted to Richard, Duke of York, the Campbell charters shed light on some of the most consequential periods in medieval English history. blogs.bl.uk/digitisedmanus…
Today we're announcing the start of a brand new project to catalogue an important collection of medieval charters and rolls. Check out today's blogpost to learn more! blogs.bl.uk/digitisedmanus…
British Library Acquires Five Rare Medieval Manuscripts medievalists.net/2025/06/britis… #medievalmanuscripts - congratulations @BLMedieval
We are delighted to have loaned the Moutier-Grandval Bible to Jura blogs.bl.uk/digitisedmanus…
One of our most spectacular medieval Bibles has gone on loan to Switzerland 🇨🇭😊😇 Made in the 830s or 840s, weighing 22 kg and written by 20 scribes, the Moutier-Grandval Bible is truly monumental. Catch it in Delémont if you can 👍 blogs.bl.uk/digitisedmanus…
On behalf of @blmedieval, huge congratulations to @bodleianlibs for their successful fundraising campaign to acquire this remarkable manuscript. It was an incredible moment when we first identified Duke Humfrey's inscription. The manuscript has found a very good home!
Do have a read of this brief article on the importance of our newest manuscript acquisition: bbc.co.uk/news/articles/… The manuscript will be unveiled on Friday as part of our #WestonLibraryat10 birthday festivities, and will be uploaded to Digital Bodleian shortly afterwards.
Initial 'I'(n diebus) depicting Ahasuerus and Esther at the beginning of Esther BL Harley 2804; the 'Worms Bible'; 12th century; Germany; f.130v @BLMedieval
Don't want to be a party pooper, but surely MQS could have simply walked past the barriers and escaped?!
It once imprisoned Mary, Queen of Scots: theguardian.com/culture/2025/m…
Sur les traces d’un chef-d’œuvre! Un honneur d’accompagner Conseillère Fédérale Elisabeth Baume-Schneider au musée jurassien d’art et d’histoire pour ouvrir l’exhibition de l’iconique Bible de Moutiers-Grandval datant de c. l’an 835.
Hello, just wanted to let you know that while the Medieval Women exhibition has now ended, you can still buy the beautiful book that accompanied it. What’s more there’s £10 off at @BL_Shop at the moment! shop.bl.uk/products/medie…
A handy reminder of the feast days of March BL Harley MS 2332; Illustrated Almanac; 1411 CE-1412 CE; England; ff.3v-4r @BLMedieval
For our latest exhibition 'Unfolding Time: The Medieval Pocket Calendar', we borrowed seven items, including five concertina-fold almanacs from @britishlibrary. To learn more, check out Calum Cockburn's blog for @BLMedieval. blogs.bl.uk/digitisedmanus…… pic.x.com/jAoEC1Ct87
A bound almanac (Harley MS 2332), featuring a table of prognostics concerning the dominical letters. This method of predicting the future was based on the day of the week on which the new year fell, with colourful symbols representing different outcomes. blogs.bl.uk/digitisedmanus…
In the video below we take you through through one of our concertina fold-almanacs, currently on display in @lampallib's new exhibition (Add MS 17367). Learn more about the features of this fascinating manuscript in today's blogpost. blogs.bl.uk/digitisedmanus…
We're delighted to have loaned items to @lampallib's new exhibition Unfolding Time: The Medieval Pocket Calendar, looking at a remarkable collection of concertina-fold almanacs. Check out today's blogpost to learn more about these incredible items! blogs.bl.uk/digitisedmanus…
A very happy publication day to ‘The Art of the Scribe’ by @LovettPatricia. In this glorious book Patricia explores 7 classic scripts & sets practical projects to help you reproduce them. It is absolutely stunning & a must for all medieval manuscript admirers. Available now!