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Start the day with some tiny, cute little initials from a 12th-century William of Malmesbury's *Deeds of the Kings of the English*!
Explore the whole manuscript on the #PolonskyPre1200 website: bl.uk/collection-ite…
@laBnF Latin 6047 Small coloured initial G with a bird drawn inside itSmall illuminated initial O, with an angry-looking green bird inside it
This manuscript is discussed in Chantry Westwell's article on the legend of #KingArthur
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bl.uk/medieval-engli… Opening of Chantry Westwell's article 'Early Latin versions of the Legend of King Arthur' on the British Library's Medieval England and France webpage
And it's also in Jaakko Tahkokallio's article on early medieval historians!
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bl.uk/medieval-engli… Opening of Jaakko Tahkokallio's article 'Historians of the early Middle Ages' on the British Library's Medieval England and France webpage
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Since I can't resist an #AdventCalendar, I'm going to try to do an alphabet from Anglo-Saxon manuscripts from now until Christmas. First up:

A is for 'appropinquabat' (approached). From a prayerbook that was owned-- and possibly made-- by women blogs.bl.uk/digitisedmanus…
B is for beatus (blessed). From a Psalter made about 1000 years ago (Arundel MS 155, f. 12r).
You can see a video showing how to make this page-- from cutting your quills to gilding-- thanks to @LovettPatricia bl.uk/medieval-engli…
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#BLAngloSaxons Golden initial 'B', decorated with interlace, coloured panels, beasts' heads and colourful foliage.
C is for 'cantate' (chant! or sing!) We can see how an 11th-century scribe translated this word, in an Old English gloss just above the Latin: 'Singath!'

From a fabulous mid-11th-century Psalter:
bl.uk/manuscripts/Vi…
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