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weald, m.n: high land covered with woods, forest. (WEH-ald / ˈwɛald)
#OldEnglish #WOTD
November 3, 2025 at 8:01 AM
Today I am grateful for Robert Bartlett. I really like his writing style
October 11, 2025 at 6:38 PM
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Another plate from my copy of John O. Westwood’s Facsimiles of Anglo-Saxon & Irish Manuscripts (1868), this one from the mid-8th century Stockholm Codex Aureus, created in Southumbria in present day England. Westwood made his “facsimiles” by painting copies of the originals. #booksky #medievalsky
October 11, 2025 at 10:21 AM
smash or pass: kings and queens of england edition
October 10, 2025 at 5:30 PM
every day is like "should I [redacted] or should I make a list"
October 3, 2025 at 8:53 PM
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a-sēon, str.v: to look at or upon, set eyes on (something). (ah-SAY-on / a-ˈseːɔn)
Image: Peterborough Bestiary; England (Peterborough), c. 1300-1310; @parkerlibcccc.bsky.social MS 53, f. 197v.
#OldEnglish #WOTD
October 2, 2025 at 7:02 AM
when does it become pmdd and is there a cure
October 1, 2025 at 7:38 PM
because if I'm crashing out and if you're crashing out then who is stopping the plane from crashing out too
October 1, 2025 at 7:37 PM
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Fifth Avenue Nocturne (c.1895) - Childe Hassam (1859-1935) #impressionism #genrepainting
September 29, 2025 at 3:37 PM
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BONG
September 29, 2025 at 12:00 PM
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Two Men Contemplating the Moon (c.1825-30) - Caspar David Friedrich (1774–1840) #romanticism #genrepainting
September 27, 2025 at 4:03 PM
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"Woe to the red dragon, for his banishment hasteneth on. His lurking holes shall be seized by the white dragon, which signifies the Saxons whom you invited over; but the red denotes the British nation, which shall be oppressed by the white."
- Geoffrey of Monmouth
#BookologyThursday
September 25, 2025 at 5:11 PM
no yeah me and the no smoking picnic tables outside the UL go wayyy back
September 24, 2025 at 12:04 PM
terrified for my blood test but soooo happy for the excuse to be in Cambridge for another day before term starts... got to find some more books for the dissertation!!
September 24, 2025 at 7:36 AM
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lēosan, str.v: to lose, be deprived of (something / someone); (of thought / intention?) to be lost, come to nothing. (LAY-o-zahn / ˈleːɔ-zan)
#OldEnglish #WOTD
September 24, 2025 at 7:01 AM
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heofon-hwealf, f.n: vault of heaven. (HEH-o-von-HWEH-alf / ˈhɛɔ-vɔn-ˌhwɛalf)
Image: Rohan Hours; Angers, c. 1430-1435; @labnf.bsky.social Latin 9471, f. 109v.
#OldEnglish #WOTD
September 21, 2025 at 7:00 AM
eternally grateful for my mother, my best friend and wisest mentor
September 21, 2025 at 10:03 AM