Some #medieval English kings' consecrations were multilingual, too. This 1000-year-old Old English oath claims it's "letter-for-letter what Archbishop Dunstan [d. 988] gave our lord at Kingston the day he was consecrated king." bl.uk/collection-ite… The king promised:
1. The Church of God and all the people would have true peace.
2. He would forbid acts of robbery and other bad things.
3. He would uphold justice and mercy.
This has been translated and analyzed by Mary Clayton: jstor.org/stable/4451097…

To celebrate Bede’s heavenly birthday (he died 26 May 735), I’ve been thinking about manuscripts that were made at his monastery at Wearmouth + Jarrow and that are now available online.
wdl.org/en/item/20150/…
#collectionsunited Manuscripts made at Bede’s monasteries during his lifetime include
St Cuthbert Gospel bl.uk/manuscripts/Fu…
Codex Amiatinus wdl.org/en/item/20150/
Bible bits bl.uk/manuscripts/Fu… + bl.uk/manuscripts/Fu…
Gospel fragments psalter.library.uu.nl/page?p=209&res… +
iiif.durham.ac.uk/index.html?man…

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…
#PolonskyPre1200
#BLAngloSaxons