Edward Mills
@edwardmills.bsky.social
Hiya! I'm a postdoc at @exeter.ac.uk (on the 'Learning Anglo-French' project, over at @medievalfrench.bsky.social), working on all things medieval French. Also a brass-band conductor / cornet player, and a cat dad.
Granted. What about 'back-end-of-horse'? Not a view you tend to see much in MSS ... (this is BnF français 854, fol. 105v)
February 22, 2025 at 11:42 AM
Granted. What about 'back-end-of-horse'? Not a view you tend to see much in MSS ... (this is BnF français 854, fol. 105v)
Looking forward to a couple of hours with this — picked up earlier at @mrbsemporium.bsky.social! (@sammywright.bsky.social)
February 15, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Looking forward to a couple of hours with this — picked up earlier at @mrbsemporium.bsky.social! (@sammywright.bsky.social)
Presenting ... possibly the derpiest horse ever. Bucephalus presented to Alexander, from @labnf.bsky.social, MS français 24364, fol. 4r.
February 12, 2025 at 8:23 AM
Presenting ... possibly the derpiest horse ever. Bucephalus presented to Alexander, from @labnf.bsky.social, MS français 24364, fol. 4r.
The same manuscript also features this image of Fauvel enthroned in his palace, which honestly wouldn't look out of place on a death metal album cover ... (fol. 11r)
February 7, 2025 at 1:51 PM
The same manuscript also features this image of Fauvel enthroned in his palace, which honestly wouldn't look out of place on a death metal album cover ... (fol. 11r)
I've taught this text! It's great fun ... Here's the relevant illustration of Fauvel being curried ('torché' in Middle French), from MS français 146 in the Bibliothèque national de France.
February 7, 2025 at 1:51 PM
I've taught this text! It's great fun ... Here's the relevant illustration of Fauvel being curried ('torché' in Middle French), from MS français 146 in the Bibliothèque national de France.
The MMLL Library (or ‘MML Library, as it was then) at @mmll-cambridge.bsky.social. Wrote many an essay in there, comforted by its unique plasticky smell (which a librarian later confirmed to me was due to a former policy of wrapping new acquisitions).
February 4, 2025 at 3:24 PM
The MMLL Library (or ‘MML Library, as it was then) at @mmll-cambridge.bsky.social. Wrote many an essay in there, comforted by its unique plasticky smell (which a librarian later confirmed to me was due to a former policy of wrapping new acquisitions).
Percy got something on his forehead yesterday, and looked like he’d instantly aged about 50 (human) years …
January 22, 2025 at 8:58 AM
Percy got something on his forehead yesterday, and looked like he’d instantly aged about 50 (human) years …
Update: it gets better
January 14, 2025 at 8:33 AM
Update: it gets better
It feels almost sacrilegious to read this on a bus, but I’m very much enjoying @garethdennis.bsky.social’s wonderful and insightful new book on TRAINS. Absolutely eviscerating Hyperloop …
January 14, 2025 at 8:04 AM
It feels almost sacrilegious to read this on a bus, but I’m very much enjoying @garethdennis.bsky.social’s wonderful and insightful new book on TRAINS. Absolutely eviscerating Hyperloop …
Well, the contract's signed and countersigned, so time for the obligatory post ... 'Language, Learning, and the French of Medieval England' will be coming out with @boydellandbrewer.bsky.social (scheduled for December 2026)!
December 11, 2024 at 11:34 AM
Well, the contract's signed and countersigned, so time for the obligatory post ... 'Language, Learning, and the French of Medieval England' will be coming out with @boydellandbrewer.bsky.social (scheduled for December 2026)!
Important update: met Carrie on the train this morning. She’s a Very Good Girl.
December 5, 2024 at 11:06 AM
Important update: met Carrie on the train this morning. She’s a Very Good Girl.
Delighted to confirm that it’s ’really me’ in this platform, via what im told is the ultimate ID: #ProofOfCat. This is Percy, who (based on this photo) doesn’t in fact know that he is indeed a cat.
November 29, 2024 at 7:53 AM
Delighted to confirm that it’s ’really me’ in this platform, via what im told is the ultimate ID: #ProofOfCat. This is Percy, who (based on this photo) doesn’t in fact know that he is indeed a cat.
This seems like an appropriate reaction to having a document from 1377 in your rucksack. #medievalsky
November 27, 2024 at 9:34 AM
This seems like an appropriate reaction to having a document from 1377 in your rucksack. #medievalsky
I mean, here's the maths, so
November 26, 2024 at 4:27 PM
I mean, here's the maths, so
These three? Not quite — the second two are (long and short ‘s’), but the leftmost is the rotunda (round) ‘r’!
November 23, 2024 at 5:35 PM
These three? Not quite — the second two are (long and short ‘s’), but the leftmost is the rotunda (round) ‘r’!
Back in Cambridge today for the #ShutUpAndWrite Symposium 2024! Safe to say that they have the best -- and most appropriate -- swag. Plus, I might get to meet @thesiswhisperer.bsky.social ...
November 21, 2024 at 8:58 AM
Back in Cambridge today for the #ShutUpAndWrite Symposium 2024! Safe to say that they have the best -- and most appropriate -- swag. Plus, I might get to meet @thesiswhisperer.bsky.social ...
7️⃣ And finally, I'm 100% a cat dad. Here's two of our three cats in action: Percy is very surprised that Mary has allowed him onto the coffee machine.
September 3, 2024 at 9:32 AM
7️⃣ And finally, I'm 100% a cat dad. Here's two of our three cats in action: Percy is very surprised that Mary has allowed him onto the coffee machine.