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It is time to feast!

Our annual winter closure is here. We will return back for our regular hours on Monday 5 January, 2026

Parker Library On the Web will continue to fullfil your medieval manuscript desires: parker.stanford.edu/parker

CCCC MS 053, f.65r
tinyurl.com/vuyr92pt

Happy holidays!
Medieval Calendar image for January, roundel with black-blue-white frame and gilded background portrays a crowned three-faced person dressed in green robe and red cape, at table, drinking and eating. Table covered in white cloth holds drink and food, including a boar's head. The Peterborough Psalter and Bestiary, early 14th century, now CCCC MS 053, f. 1r https://parker.stanford.edu/parker/catalog/gs233db8425
parkerlibcccc.bsky.social
It is time to feast!

Our annual winter closure is here. We will return back for our regular hours on Monday 5 January, 2026

Parker Library On the Web will continue to fullfil your medieval manuscript desires: parker.stanford.edu/parker

CCCC MS 053, f.65r
tinyurl.com/vuyr92pt

Happy holidays!
Medieval Calendar image for January, roundel with black-blue-white frame and gilded background portrays a crowned three-faced person dressed in green robe and red cape, at table, drinking and eating. Table covered in white cloth holds drink and food, including a boar's head. The Peterborough Psalter and Bestiary, early 14th century, now CCCC MS 053, f. 1r https://parker.stanford.edu/parker/catalog/gs233db8425
December 19, 2025 at 3:33 PM
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bartelds.bsky.social
Image: Medicinal prayers for sore eyes, sore ears and illness, in Old English, written in the margin (Cambridge, Corpus Christi College, MS 41, p. 326)
November 7, 2025 at 9:40 AM
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enniusredloeb.bsky.social
"Amantissimo domino et patri B(artholomeo)
dei gratia exoniensi frater B(aldewinus)
fordensis monasterii"

Cambridge, Corpus Christi College, MS 200; Baldwin of Ford OCist, De sacramento altaris; ca. 1175 - 1199; Christ Church, Canterbury; p.1 @parkerlibcccc.bsky.social @corpuscambridge.bsky.social
December 18, 2025 at 9:23 PM
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enniusredloeb.bsky.social
'Karolus magnus
pippini filius'

Cambridge, Corpus Christi College, MS 373; Anonymous Chronicle (to 1114 CE, based on Ekkehard of Aura's Imperial Chronicle); ca. 1114 CE - 1125 CE; Germany; f.24r @parkerlibcccc.bsky.social @corpuscambridge.bsky.social
December 17, 2025 at 9:56 PM
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enniusredloeb.bsky.social
'Pippinus rex francorum
pater karoli magni'

Cambridge, Corpus Christi College, MS 373; Anonymous Chronicle (to 1114 CE, based on Ekkehard of Aura's Imperial Chronicle); ca. 1114 CE - 1125 CE; Germany; f.14r @parkerlibcccc.bsky.social @corpuscambridge.bsky.social
December 17, 2025 at 9:43 PM
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florencebourgne.bsky.social
Prepping some Blickling XIX for tomorrow's Old English ms reading session from @parkerlibcccc.bsky.social CCCC 198 and just cannot get over how adorable this scribe's rustic capitals look.
His elongated Hs make me weak at the knees. 🫣
A few words from MS Corpus Christi College Cambridge 198 with MATHEUS twice in rustic capital letters.
December 12, 2025 at 8:52 PM
parkerlibcccc.bsky.social
We all need some good and proper boundaries

Here the borders surround various texts by Robert Grosseteste, Bishop of Lincoln (1235-1253) on pastoral care and the teachings of the Church

CCCC MS 257, ff. 9r and 181r
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#ManuscriptMonday
Medieval manuscript page with central text area surrounded by gilded red and blue border with frilly floral and leaf decorations. now Cambridge, Corpus Christi College MS 257, f. 181r Medieval manuscript page with central text area surrounded by gilded red and blue border with frilly floral and leaf decorations now Cambridge, Corpus Christi College MS 257, f. 9r
December 8, 2025 at 1:25 PM
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enniusredloeb.bsky.social
What a life!
#ElephantonFriday
Cambridge, Corpus Christi College, MS 016II; Matthew Paris OSB, Chronica maiora II; 13th century; f.152v
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December 5, 2025 at 7:42 PM
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tainonen.bsky.social
So, you're a medievalist? What do you do? Study dragons and stuff?

Well....

(check the alt text for links to the source manuscripts held @parkerlibcccc.bsky.social)
Dragons interlaced with vines inside a stylised capital O CCCC MS 253, f. 65r Fully digitised: https://parker.stanford.edu/parker/catalog/dy778wn8940 Green angry dragon ith red wings surrounded by red and blue flowers and green foliage and a random gold decorative drop. CCCC MS 91, f. 1r Fully digitised: https://parker.stanford.edu/parker/catalog/sf288jz3772 Mother and baby sleeping with a seven headed dragon beast of apocalypse watching over them CCCC MS 394, f. 36r Fully digitised: https://parker.stanford.edu/parker/catalog/yc646yt3082 Stylised dragon screaming with tongue out CCCC MS 158, f. 3r Fully digitised: https://parker.stanford.edu/parker/catalog/sp902vq7011
November 28, 2025 at 12:01 PM
parkerlibcccc.bsky.social
15 and + years 🎉
Our teenage years online are all about unrestricted screentime

Go and explore Parker Library On the Web and find our 560 medieval and early modern manuscripts

www.corpus.cam.ac.uk/articles/cel...
Celebrating 15 years of Parker Library On the Web
The Parker Library guards the legacy of Matthew Parker: a remarkable heritage that is safe, unharmed and yet accessible to all through Parker Library On the Web
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November 27, 2025 at 2:59 PM
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There is still time to apply for the position of Fellow Librarian at All Souls College Oxford (deadline is 5 December).

Read more: www.asc.ox.ac.uk/fellow-libra...
Please spread the word--this is a special opportunity!
Fellow Librarian | All Souls College
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November 24, 2025 at 6:37 PM
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tainonen.bsky.social
Monday mood

Baldwin of Ford (d. 1190) focused on writing his text On the sacrament of the altar (De sacramento altaris)

CCCC MS 200, f. 1r (c. 1184-1190s) - fully digitised and online:
tinyurl.com/4s9v9j9t
Bearded man sitting at a sloping desk, under an arch that forms part of the capital letter A. He is dressed in an archbishop's mitre, light pink chasuble with pall, green dalmatic, and alb. Background is decorated with gold. Image taken from Cambridge, Corpus Christi College MS 200, f. 1r that contains Baldwin of Ford's text on the Sacrament of the altar (De sacramento altaris).
November 24, 2025 at 11:45 AM
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enniusredloeb.bsky.social
20th November is the feast of St Edmund King and Martyr. Here his severed head crying 'hic,hic,hic' adorns the vellum repairing f.322r.

Cambridge, Corpus Christi College, MS 002III; 'The Bury Bible'; 12th c; Bury St Edmunds Abbey; f.322r
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November 20, 2025 at 6:42 PM
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enniusredloeb.bsky.social
A table of the Hebrew alphabet at the beginning of Lamentations

Cambridge, Corpus Christi College, MS 048; Bible; c.1170 CE; England (St Albans); f.121r
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November 13, 2025 at 9:32 PM
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siobhanconvery.bsky.social
📢 Delighted to announce that our Visiting Research Fellowships scheme for 2026 is now open for applications. Wonderful collections, world-class library & a brilliant @uofglasgow.bsky.social team to support you. Find out more 👇
November 13, 2025 at 2:35 PM
parkerlibcccc.bsky.social
We're delighted to digitally contribute to @theul.bsky.social Curious Cures project

Curator James Freeman highlights some of way Middle English medical writings have survived to us:
specialcollections-blog.lib.cam.ac.uk?p=30906

One more month to catch the physcial exhibition, do not miss it!
In their own words: medical writings in Middle English – Cambridge University Library Special Collections
specialcollections-blog.lib.cam.ac.uk
November 7, 2025 at 9:34 AM
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amarc.bsky.social
🗞️Newsletter alert🗞️

Issue 85 of the AMARC newsletter is en route to our members, which means Issue 84 is now available online - take a look!

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Newsletters 81-90
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October 28, 2025 at 4:31 PM
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enniusredloeb.bsky.social
Compare and contrast with the exquisite initial 'F'(rater) at the beginning of Jerome's letter to Paulinus in 'The Bury Bible', which is the work of Master Hugo.

Cambridge, Corpus Christi College, MS 002I; The Bury Bible; 12th century; f.1v @parkerlibcccc.bsky.social @corpuscambridge.bsky.social
October 25, 2025 at 8:46 PM
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enniusredloeb.bsky.social
Initial 'V'(erbum) at the beginning of the prophet Jeremiah:

"A A A, Dominus Deus, ecce nescio loqui,
Qui puer ego sum."
#lostforwords
Cambridge, Corpus Christi College, MS 003; The Dover Bible, Volume I; 12th century; f.195r
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October 25, 2025 at 10:09 PM
parkerlibcccc.bsky.social
Our most famous manuscript, available on Parker Library On the Web: tinyurl.com/4a62s8s6

In case you havent noticed, you can have a copy of this too! Download full manuscript pdf directly from the image viewer for you personal enjoyment 📖

We have released all our images with CC BY-NC 4.0 licensing
October 23, 2025 at 9:06 AM
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timekeptcity.bsky.social
I'm excited to speak at this week's instalment of the 'Staging the Middle Ages' project in Cambridge - Fri 24th Oct 5:30pm - reflecting on what I learned from the reading of 'The Conversion of the Harlot Thais' which I hosted last year @parkerlibcccc.bsky.social. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/session-2-...
Session 2: Redeeming medieval drama?
Dr Alicia Smith will give a talk on 'The Conversion of the Harlot Thais', and the St Just Ordinalia host a performance workshop.
www.eventbrite.co.uk
October 21, 2025 at 8:18 AM
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etreharne.bsky.social
Had fun filming a short video about the fabulous Parker.stanford.edu with @blalbritton.bsky.social today. We have a super NEH project (Global Currents) on the automated retrieval of features of manuscript layout using Parker data.
October 14, 2025 at 9:43 PM
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amarc.bsky.social
🚨AMARC GRANTS: upcoming deadline🚨

We give grants of up to £500 to projects that promote the accessibility, preservation and study of manuscripts and archives.

📅Deadline: 1 November

Read more on our website: amarcsite.wordpress.com/grants/
Grants
AMARC awards small grants in support of initiatives that are in line with our objective of promoting the accessibility, preservation and study of manuscripts and archives of all periods. AMARC invi…
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October 14, 2025 at 10:40 AM
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enniusredloeb.bsky.social
A comet appears; Bishop Wilfrid is driven out; AElfwine is killed, and St AEthelthryth dies.

Cambridge, Corpus Christi College, MS 173; The Parker Chronicle; started in 9th & continued into 11th century; England (Winchester); f.8r
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October 12, 2025 at 9:06 PM
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richove.bsky.social
MLGB is back!! Delighted that Medieval Libraries of Great Britain @bodleian.ox.ac.uk is now back online. We are also working had on plans for the next phase of the resource, enhancing & adding data & functionality. HUGE thanks to my colleagues for their hard & clever work mlgb.bodleian.ox.ac.uk
October 7, 2025 at 10:19 AM