It’s shaping up to be an exciting week! First, I get to be a part of the #CROSSREADS workshop on abbreviation at @MertonCollege, where I’ll talk about the Merton bestiary 🦁⬇️ Then, there’s the The Oxford Medieval Graduate Conference, where I’m presenting on authorship 📖 Can’t wait! #Medieval

What better way to end the #CROSSREADS workshop on abbreviation than with some abbreviations “in the wild” in the funerary inscriptions in @MertonCollege chapel! This one is a perfect example of the complexities we talked about in the sessions Now on to The Oxford Medieval Graduate Conference!

Our second-year DPhil student Seb Dows-Miller is presenting a fascinating paper on his current research today The Oxford Medieval Graduate Conference entitled 'Jean from Saint-Quentin: who was he, and does it matter?'.

We had a wonderful time The Oxford Medieval Graduate Conference this week! The conference saw two of our DPhil students (Jack Nunn Seb Dows-Miller) give papers on their research. Thank you to all the organising committee, and especially to Ramani Chandramohan who was a significant part of that effort!

“When something is a ritual, for reasons we may struggle to articulate, it simply matters that it is done” — Dr Francis Young thecritic.co.uk/Ritual-not-pag…

It's possible the Gospels were used at the earliest consecrations of English kings, in the kingdom of Kent in the early 7th century. The King has requested their presence at the Coronation, tying the ceremony to the most ancient origins of English Christianity

Vivat Rex Carolus! #Coronation

Ségolène Also, Friday at 1.30pm, Seb Dows-Miller is presenting "A New Paleography? The Argument for a Macro-Level, Quantitative Approach to Scribal Hands" #kzoo2023 #s241

It’s nearly that time again! Amy Thompson #Eurovision

'Compared to their descendants, it was believed, medieval Britons held stronger values and traditions, had a greater appreciation of artistic style and, perhaps most importantly, simply had more fun.' (Seb Dows-Miller) the-tls.co.uk/articles/medie…

Join us for #IMC2023 #s444 on Monday 3 July 2023, 19.00-20.00: Podcasts, Blogs, and Video Essays: Digital Medieval Studies for the Masses? - A Round Table Discussion. Sponsored by #CodingCodices #DigitalMedievalist imc.leeds.ac.uk/dbsql02/AQuery…

Really excited to be talking about tangled scribes and tangled methods in this session later today, followed by a round table on podcasting with the Digital Medievalist PG committee. Busy day! #IMC2023

I’m back with my people! And by people of course I mean manuscripts, with apologies to anyone else at the British Library today 📚

Just had the realisation that the symbol ‘ß’ started life as a ligature between long ‘ſ’ and rounded ‘s’ I’m sure this is basic knowledge for Germanists but as a Gallicist it’s damn cool 📷: BnF D2-1853, p. 39

'Murray and Boyd open up the Ovide to a new generation of readers.' Sebastian Dows-Miller (Seb Dows-Miller) on a translation of an influential French translation the-tls.co.uk/articles/the-m…

I’ve been working on the contents of this manuscript for three years and I’m seeing it for the first time in the flesh today. Suffice to say I’m quite excited

Organized by Hannah Bush @cesare_blanc, participants include: Elisa Cugliana Elisa Cugliana, Sebastian Dows-Miller Seb Dows-Miller, Sebastian Gensicke Sebastian Gensicke, Philipp Schneider @cliotex, Suzette van Haaren @suzettevhaaren, and Julia Pelosi-Thorpe Julia Pelosi-Thorpe. 3/6

Sebastian Dows-Miller (Seb Dows-Miller) on medieval comedies translated for a modern audience the-tls.co.uk/regular-featur…