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Medieval manuscripts blog

The Medieval and Earlier Manuscripts Blog is written by curators in the British Library's Department of History and Classics.

  • Based in United Kingdom
  • Roughly one post per month
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Posts per month
Month starting Posts
Oct 2022 4
Nov 2022 6
Dec 2022 4
Jan 2023 11
Feb 2023 11
Mar 2023 10
Apr 2023 8
May 2023 6
Jun 2023 0
Jul 2023 1
Aug 2023 0
Sep 2023 1
Oct 2023 4
Nov 2023 0
Dec 2023 1
Jan 2024 0
Feb 2024 0
Mar 2024 5
Apr 2024 1
May 2024 0
Jun 2024 0
Jul 2024 3

Any gaps could be due to errors when fetching the blog’s feed.

Most recent posts

Tickets go on sale for Medieval Women exhibition
Tickets are now on sale for the British Library’s major exhibition Medieval Women: In Their Own Words, which runs from 25 October 2024 to 2 March 2025. From the courage of Joan of Arc at …
On , by Ancient, Medieval, and Early Modern Manuscripts, 58 words
New acquisition: an illuminated charter of Edward III
It's not every day that the British Library acquires a previously unrecorded charter. And this one is something special. It is an example of an illuminated charter, which make up around 0.1% of the total …
On , by Ancient, Medieval, and Early Modern Manuscripts, 58 words
Drake’s progress
From 1585 to 1586, an English fleet under the command of Sir Francis Drake (1540–1596) raided Spanish colonies across the Atlantic and the Caribbean. Part of an undeclared war between Protestant England and Catholic Spain, …
On , by Ancient, Medieval, and Early Modern Manuscripts, 52 words