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Medieval Manuscript

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history23 days ago•2 min saved

Brighton archive yields six rescued pages from a Tudor manuscript

Scholars have recovered six missing pages of Nicholas Love’s Mirror of the Blessed Life of Jesus Christ at Brighton’s The Keep, linking them to Tudor courtier Sir John Gage who supervised Henry VIII’s dissolution of monasteries; the pages, once listed as missing from a 1929 Sussex Archaeological Society box, have now been matched with Yale’s surviving copy, highlighting how some books were saved and circulated rather than destroyed during the Reformation.

via BBC|

#dissolution-of-the-monasteries #history #medieval-manuscript

religion2 months ago•8 min saved

New Augustine Sermons Reframe Saul and the Witch of Endor

Scholars at the University of Würzburg authenticated two previously unknown sermons attributed to St. Augustine from a 12th-century manuscript, offering fresh interpretations of Saul consulting the Witch of Endor and the possibility of his repentance; the sermons, dated to Late Antiquity, will be published in a scholarly edition.

via Fox News|

#augustine #authenticity #medieval-manuscript

archaeology4 months ago•6 min saved

Roman Manuscript Uncovers Earliest Old English Poem, Rewriting Language Origins

A Rome-based medieval manuscript dating to 800–830 contains the Old English Caedmon’s Hymn embedded in Latin text, making it the third-oldest surviving copy and shedding new light on how early English poetry was valued alongside Latin; discovered by Trinity College Dublin researchers in the National Central Library of Rome (originating from the Abbey of Nonantola), its digitization has revealed a cross‑cultural link between England and Italy in the early medieval period.

via Indian Defence Review|

#archaeology #caedmons-hymn #medieval-manuscript

space-and-astronomy2 years ago•3 min saved

"Upcoming Stellar Event Mirrors Medieval Manuscript Record"

A nova explosion of the binary star system T Coronae Borealis, first potentially recorded in 1217, is expected to occur soon. This rare event, caused by a thermonuclear reaction on a white dwarf star, happens approximately every 80 years. Historical observations in 1866 and 1946, along with a recent pre-eruption dip, suggest the next eruption could happen between now and September 2024.

via IFLScience|

#medieval-manuscript #nova #red-giant

astronomy3 years ago•5 min saved

"Unveiling the Secrets: Decoding a Medieval Manuscript's Impending Recurrent Nova"

A medieval manuscript from 1217 may contain the earliest recorded observation of a recurrent nova, specifically the star T CrB in the constellation Corona Borealis. The manuscript describes a "wonderful sign" of a faint star brightening and emitting a tall beam of light for several days. The researcher, Dr. Bradley Schaefer, rules out other possibilities such as a supernova or comet and concludes that the observation is likely a misidentification of T CrB during an eruption. If the star follows its previous pattern, it is predicted to brighten again in early spring 2024.

via Phys.org|

#astronomical-observations #astronomy #medieval-manuscript