Philippe de Thaon est le premier auteur connu de textes en français. 📜❓Qu'a-t-il écrit ? Suivez les pas d'Hannah Morcos et apprenez-en plus sur l'évolution de la langue française avant 1200 : bl.uk/fr-FR/medieval… #PolonskyPre1200 #mon20mars #malanguefrançaise #SLFF19

Nouveau sur le blog TVOF! Marta Materni (LUHCIE – Université Grenoble Alpes) nous parle de son projet d'édition numérique et d'un colloque auquel nous avons eu le plaisir de participer. tvof.ac.uk/blog/perspecti…

Philippe de Thaon (12thC & earliest named French poet) tells us why he composed in French: "so that the users are able to remember well" Guess what the text was? bit.ly/2Hx61Cz #PolonskyPre1200 #InternationalFrancophonieDay Thanks to Hannah Morcos for the translation!

What better way to mark International Day of Multilingualism than the famous Trilingual Psalter: Psalms in Latin; Greek and Arabic? Here is Medieval Manuscripts Harley MS 5786 in its full glory and an article on #multilingualisnormal #multiculturalisnormal bl.uk/greek-manuscri…

Which languages were used to write history in medieval Europe? (Spoiler alert: lots of languages!) blogs.bl.uk/digitisedmanus…

We have a vacancy for a Post-Doctoral internship. Could this be you? Duties will include: Cataloguing medieval manuscripts; Supporting seminars and visits; Writing blogposts; Answering enquiries; Preparing labels; Supporting digitisation. blogs.bl.uk/digitisedmanus…

Our interpretive edition of Rome II in BnF fr. 20125 is nearly ready! In anticipation, we have selected three episodes to whet your appetite (including a reference to Game of Thrones!) Read it here: tvof.ac.uk/blog/drink-rom… Pic: Gallica BnF fr. 17177, f. 187vb.

A king supervising the building of a medieval church (from a manuscript made in northern France, early 14th century) Royal MS 14 E III, f. 85v bl.uk/catalogues/ill…

New blog post: Luke Sunderland (Durham University) tells us about the multilingual French of a fascinating medieval encyclopaedia. Read here: tvof.ac.uk/blog/multiling… Chantilly, Bibliothèque du Chateau 339, f. 1r. (Source: BVMM)

The next meeting of the London Old French reading group is 1-2pm, Monday 20 May, room 5.22 Virginia Woolf Building, Kingsway. We'll be exploring the uses of 'raisun' in Philippe de Thaon's Comput - do come along! Centre for Late Antique & Medieval Studies (CLAMS) The Values of French @ANDictionary

Our international conference, ‘Narrating history across languages in medieval Europe’, is taking place this week. In anticipation, Dr Sarah Bowden tells us about Charlemagne in the 12th-century German Kaiserchronik. tvof.ac.uk/blog/charlemag… Heidelberg, Cod. Pal. germ. 361, f. 91v.

An open letter in support of our LGBTQIA+, especially trans and gender-diverse, colleagues and students in universities is now available here: forms.gle/nnT2EWbvygCYSB… Anyone who has worked in a university in any capacity may sign it. Thanks for all the support.

So excited to share the Trans and Genderqueer Studies Terminology, Language and Usage Guide that aspencerhall.bsky.social / Alicia Spencer-Hall and I have been working on since 2017! bit.ly/tgqsguidejune19

Thanks so much to everyone who attended our conference on 14-15 June. Alessio Marziali Peretti, who was awarded a TVOF travel bursary, reflects on the papers and how it relates to his PhD research. tvof.ac.uk/blog/history-a… IMAGE: Gallica BnF fr. 1386, ff. 40v-41r.

Our poster (lucky number 120) is now up @DH2019_NL! Find out more about the new search page, Lemming (a digital lemmatization tool) and our collaborative editorial workflow designed by King's Digital Lab (@kingsdigitallab.bsky.social) #DH2019

New blog post! Alexander Peña (Yale University) tells us about his experience at our conference in mid-June. Read it here: tvof.ac.uk/blog/shape-ver… Image: British Library additional 15268, f. 95r.

The abstract of the poster we presented on our work with King's Digital Lab (@kingsdigitallab.bsky.social) is now available in the #DH2019 Book of Abstracts: dev.clariah.nl/files/dh2019/b… You can also access the poster here: dev.clariah.nl/files/dh2019/p…

Fascinating blog! Featuring 2 mss digitised as part of the #PolonskyPre1200 and available here manuscrits-france-angleterre.org/services/engin… Medieval Manuscripts, Cotton Nero A V and Gallica BnF, lat. 12219

Our edition of the Roman section of the Histoire ancienne jusqu'à César in Gallica BnF fr.20125 is now online! From the Romans' arrival in Taranto to Caesar's conquest of Gaul, the Histoire ancienne's take on these events is now edited for the first time: tvof.ac.uk/textviewer/?p1…

You may recall. We promised to publish your stories about which manuscripts inspire you, when our Blog reached 5 million views. We have, so here they are. Thank you all for your fabulous support. ☺️☺️☺️ "I'm here for the cats" is a good one. blogs.bl.uk/digitisedmanus…