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This is very exciting - Westminster's archives are a treasure trove. If you want to be the newest recruit to fragment studies, do drop me a line. (And thank the gods of CHASE DTP for making it possible).

Interesting to discover that I am now popular in The Other Place than here. Sure, some followers will be bots but I suspect a lower proportion in that New World than this Old one...

Bad news, good news for all manuscript scholars. That wonderful resource for provenance research, MLGB3, is still down but Bodleian Libraries has updated the text. There is now a statement of 'firm intention to rebuild the resource' and to develop MLGB4. Thank you, @richove

This essay was a previous MEDIUM ÆVUM Essay Prize winner - proof that the winner receives not just glory but may also see their work in print! That is, if you apply: deadline each year is the start of December, so that means this year it is... TOMORROW!

Given how hate-filled towards the humanities and to newly minted doctors (congratulations, Dr Ally Louks) Twatter is being at the moment, let's do one thing before we close down our accounts and finally move elsewhere. Let's have a celebration of Research that Riles the Haters.

I can start us off on Research that Riles: I was an editor of this book just out hup.harvard.edu/books/97806742… My part was to edit a short work by a little-known humanist on the tyranny of Julius Caesar. Who needs telling that such a power-hungry, predatory rule-breaker was a wrong'un?

Over in a better place, I am wishing all well for this new year. Will 2025 be when you make the switch?

Heartening to see this but by using Musk's platform, we are unavoidably complicit in his poison.

As I said over in A Better Place, this is an exciting time for Lost Manuscripts - upgraded and ready for some new adventures in 2025...

A reminder for those of you have still not upgraded to another site: Just under a fortnight to apply for this funded PhD position working within @memsunikent and with @westminsterabbey on #fragments Lost Manuscripts If you have any questions, do drop me a line.

If you're only on X, you will be late to the news but for all palaeographers and fragment-lovers, we have a treat for you next week: come to hear Jaakko Tahkokallio, Tuesday 11th Feb, 5:30pm (and online too): ies.sas.ac.uk/events/fragmen…

Reading for a wet Sunday, inspired by British Library's Medieval Women exhibition: bonaelitterae.wordpress.com/2025/02/09/med…

There is now only ONE WEEK to apply for this fully funded studentship. Get sharpening those pencils (no pens allowed, of course).

This is TOMORROW! Still time to book...

Break my ban on posting here (join Bluesky for timely updates) in order that Dr. Peter Stiffell can enjoy this from Bookscapes Workshops visit to the Thomas Plume Library in Maldon.

The right move: