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OH MY! It may be March, but turns out it's Christmas! (and I'm even quoted in the article ☺️) #BuryStEdmunds #historyofmagic
Hitherto the only magical manuscript known from Bury St Edmunds was a version of the Ars Notoria designed to help monks gain the ability to magically learn shorthand medieval.utoronto.ca/research-publi…
Bury has thus been overshadowed by other monasteries such as St Augustine's, Canterbury and St Mary's, York as a centre of magical learning. But clearly this new analysis of Harley MS 2874 changes all that!
