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Wednesday, September 1, 2010

Interview with Dr. Mary Watt, University of Florida, part two

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Anglo-Saxon, Norse & Celtic

Discovery: A New Life of St Cybi - The Vitae Sanctorum Cambriae project (run between ASNC and CAWCS) is very excited to announce the discovery of a new medieval Life of St Cybi. David Calla...
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Antiquarian's Attic » Medieval Binham graffiti

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Dianne's Medieval Writing

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Monstrous Beauty

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P E C I A : Le manuscrit médiéval ~ The medieval manuscript

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Parchment and Pixel

Helmarshausen Psalter, Christ on the Cross, with Mary and St. John, Walters Manuscript W.10, fol. 41v - Helmarshausen Psalter, Christ on the Cross, with Mary and St. John, Walters Manuscript W.10, fol. 41v, originally uploaded by Walters Art Museum Illuminat...
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Pen and Parchment: Drawing in the Middle Ages

Exhibition Now Closed - The special exhibition Pen and Parchment: Drawing in the Middle Ages closed on Sunday, August 23. Although my colleagues and I will no longer be writing ne...
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Recto|Verso

The History of Horse Doping - News stories have been swirling in recent days regarding the winner of the most recent Kentucky Derby, Medina Spirit. Following the race, Medina Spirit fai...
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The Art of Illumination

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The Getty Iris

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Unlocked Wordhoard

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