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October is the time for hawking. #MedievalCalendar BL Cotton MS Julius A VI; A calendar, computistical texts and tables; 1st half of the 11th century-2nd half of the 12th century; England SE (?Canterbury); f.7v @blmedieval.bsky.social

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Treading grapes is thirsty work in October. #MedievalCalendar Bodleian Library MS. Add. A. 46; Calendar from a Psalter; 13th century, third quarter: f.5v @bodleian.ox.ac.uk

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29th September is the Feast of St Michael and All Angels. Here is St Michael surrounded by angels and devils as he slays the dragon. BnF MS Latin 833; Missale praemonstratense; 12th century; f.227 @gallicabnf.bsky.social

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The Shire-Reckoning @shire-reckoning.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Frodo hews at the arm, cutting the hand away, but shattering the sword. Then he remembers the rhyme: ‘Ho! Tom Bombadil, Tom Bombadillo! By water, wood and hill, by the reed and willow, By fire, sun and moon, harken now and hear us! Come, Tom Bombadil, for our need is near us!’

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Ennius @enniusredloeb.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

You need to be well wrapped up when you're out in the fields sowing seeds in October. #medievalcalendar BnF NAL 3055; Livre d'Heures de Jean Sans Peur, duc de Bourgogne; XVe siècle; f.10r @gallicabnf.bsky.social

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October is time for sowing the seed. #MedievalCalendar BL Add 62925; the 'Rutland Psalter'; c.1260 CE; England, S. E.; f.5v @blmedieval.bsky.social

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James D'Emilio @demiliopics2.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

The #Romanesque abbey church of Saint-Savin-sur-Gartempe (Vienne) The barrel vault is painted with scenes from Genesis. Can you spot Noah's ark? The detail is of the building of the Tower of Babel. Great set of ornamental pillar capitals too. #Architecture

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Jacob Öberg @profjacob.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

🚨🚨 #breakingbrexit news: Statements here from PM Burnham are murky here but Downing Street has clarified that #labour does not rule out putting #rejoin as one of the options for their next election manifesto for the future EU-UK relationship. inews.co.uk/news/politic...

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Burnham opens the door to overturning Brexit and rejoining the EU

The Prime Minister promised to set out different options for closer UK-EU relations later this year

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Ennius @enniusredloeb.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

October is the time for sowing the seeds. #MedievalCalendar BL Yates Thompson MS 3; 'The Dunois Hours'; c 1439 CE-c 1450 CE; France (Paris); f.10r @blmedieval.bsky.social

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The feast days of October #MedievalCalendar BL Harley MS 2332; Illustrated Almanac; 1411 CE-1412 CE; England; ff.10v-11r @blmedieval.bsky.social

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Ennius @enniusredloeb.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

October is the time to feed the swine with acorns. #MedievalCalendar BnF MS Latin 1173; Horae ad usum Parisiensem (Heures de Charles d'Angoulême); 15th century; f.5v @gallicabnf.bsky.social

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Ennius @enniusredloeb.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

October is the time for hunting with hawks. #medievalcalendar BL Cotton MS Tiberius B V /1; 11th century; f.7v @blmedieval.bsky.social

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Ennius @enniusredloeb.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

October is the time for sowing the seed. #medievalcalendar Bodleian Library MS. Rawl. D. 939; Astrological and ecclesiastical calendar in six pieces; 14th century; England; section 2ar @bodleian.ox.ac.uk

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Ennius @enniusredloeb.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

October is the time for knocking down acorns for swine to eat. #medievalcalendar Bodleian Library MS. Auct. D. 2. 6; c.1140 CE; England (St. Albans); f.6r @bodleian.ox.ac.uk

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Ennius @enniusredloeb.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

29th September is the feast of St Michael and All Angels. BL Yates Thompson 2; 'The Ottobeuren Collectar'; 12th century; Germany, S. (Ottobeuren); f.37r @blmedieval.bsky.social

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29th September is the feast of St Michael and All Angels München, Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, BSB Clm 23630; Oudalricus-Gospel Lectionary; 12th century; p.68

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Ennius @enniusredloeb.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

29th September is the feast of St Michael and All Angels; and here St Michael is slaying the dragon, and pulling a soul from the dragon's mouth BL Egerton 3763; 'Prayer book of Archbishop Arnulph II of Milan'; between 998 CE & 1018 CE; Italy, N. (Milan); f.104v @blmedieval.bsky.social

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Ennius @enniusredloeb.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

September 29th is the Feast of St Michael and All Angels and here is depicted the Archangel Gabriel waiting to be sent forth. BL Lansdowne 383; the 'Shaftesbury Psalter'; 12th century; England; f.12v @blmedieval.bsky.social

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Ennius @enniusredloeb.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

29th September is the Feast of St Michael and All Angels. Here St Michael is gently carrying the souls of the dead. BL Lansdowne 383; the 'Shaftesbury Psalter'; England; 12th century; f.168v @blmedieval.bsky.social

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Ennius @enniusredloeb.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

29th September is the Feast of St Michael and All Angels. Here is a prayer to St Michael BL Egerton MS 1139; The 'Melisende Psalter'; 1131 CE-1143 CE; Eastern Mediterranean (Jerusalem); f.205r @blmedieval.bsky.social

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Ennius @enniusredloeb.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

29th September is the Feast of St Michael and All Angels. Here St Michael is striking a winged figure. BL Yates Thompson 2; 'The Ottobeuren Collectar'; 12th century; Germany, S. (Ottobeuren); f.112v @blmedieval.bsky.social

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Ennius @enniusredloeb.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

September 29th is the Feast of St Michael and All Angels. Here the Archangel Raphael is depicted curing the blind Tobit. Cambridge University Library, MS Kk.4.25; Bestiary; c.1230 CE; England; f.48r @camdiglib.bsky.social

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Ennius @enniusredloeb.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

The Feast of St Michael and All Angels is on 29th September. Here St Michael the Archangel is holding the scales to weigh the souls at the Last Judgement, and spears a dragon. BL Harley MS 624; Passionale; 12th century; England SE (Canterbury); f.134v @blmedieval.bsky.social

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Ennius @enniusredloeb.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

29th September is the Feast of St Michael and All Angels. BL Arundel 91; Passionale; 12th century; England, S. E. (Canterbury); f.26v @blmedieval.bsky.social

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Ennius @enniusredloeb.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

September 29th is the Feast of St Michael and All Angels. Here are four angels guarding the Tree of Life. BL Add MS 11639; 'The Northern French Miscellany'; 1277 CE-1324 CE; f.122r @blmedieval.bsky.social

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Ennius @enniusredloeb.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

September 29th is the Feast of St Michael and All Angels. Here is depicted the company of angels: Seraphs, Cherubs, and Thrones. BL Royal MS 6 E IX; Convenevole da Prato, Carmina regia; c1335 CE; Italy (Tuscany); f.6r @blmedieval.bsky.social

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Dr Laura Varnam @drlauravarnam.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Fabulous! I have an essay on angels in The Book of Margery Kempe forthcoming in a festschrift soon 👼🪽 Medieval angelology is so fascinating!

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29th September is the Feast of St Michael and All Angels. BL Arundel 91; Passionale; 12th century; England, S. E. (Canterbury); f.26v @blmedieval.bsky.social

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29th September is the Feast of St Michael and All Angels. Here is St Michael slaying the dragon with a slender spear. BL Cotton MS Tiberius C VI, 'Tiberius Psalter', Winchester, f. 16r @blmedieval.bsky.social

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29th September is the feast of St Michael and All Angels München, Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, BSB Clm 23630; Oudalricus-Gospel Lectionary; 12th century; p.68

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29th September is the feast of St Michael and All Angels. BL Yates Thompson 2; 'The Ottobeuren Collectar'; 12th century; Germany, S. (Ottobeuren); f.37r @blmedieval.bsky.social

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Ennius @enniusredloeb.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Wonderful initial 'V'(espere) St. Gallen, Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. Sang. 54; Gundis Evangelistary; c.900 CE; St Gall; p.53 (e-codices.ch/en/list/one/...)

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Ennius @enniusredloeb.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

"In illo tempore Maria Magdalene et Maria Jacobi et Salome emerunt aromata ut venientes unguerent Iesum" St. Gallen, Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. Sang. 54; Gundis Evangelistary; c.900 CE; St Gall; p.55 (www.e-codices.ch/en/list/one/...)

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Ennius @enniusredloeb.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

October is the time for treading grapes. #medievalcalendar BL Lansdowne 383; the 'Shaftesbury Psalter'; 12th century; England; f.7v @blmedieval.bsky.social

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Ennius @enniusredloeb.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

October is the time for ploughing the fields and sowing the grain. #medievalcalendar BL Add MS 18852; the 'Hours of Joanna I of Castile' or the 'Hours of Joanna the Mad'; 1486-1506 CE; Bruges; ff.10v-11r @blmedieval.bsky.social

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Ennius @enniusredloeb.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

October is the time for sowing the seed. #Medievalcalendar BnF MS Latin 1156B; Horae ad usum romanum; 15th century; f.10r @gallicabnf.bsky.social

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Ennius @enniusredloeb.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

October is the time for selling your ox and gathering grapes. #MedievalCalendar Morgan Library MS M.399; Da Costa hours, illuminated by Simon Bening; ca. 1515 CE; Belgium; f.11v

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Steve Rosenberg @bbcstever.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Today one Russian newspaper writes: “The parliamentary elections are over. The time has come for unpopular measures.” Another reports on contacts between the Kremlin and Germany's far-right AfD. #ReadingRussia

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Russian paper: “The election’s over. It’s time for unpopular measures.”

YouTube video by Steve Rosenberg

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Steve Rosenberg @bbcstever.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

“What should I do if I need my motherland, but she doesn’t need me?” Superheroes, special operations and “shaping the mindset of children.” An extended edition of #ReadingRussia

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Superheroes, "special operations" and “shaping the mindset of Russian children.”

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Boydell & Brewer @boydellandbrewer.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Rose Walker explores how people in the 12th century found and exchanged skilled craftsmen, revealing how artistic expertise travelled through powerful social networks & shaped some of the most striking artworks of medieval Spain and Portugal. Read the blog: buff.ly/NQ1PqHC #HispanicHeritageMonth

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How Artistic Skill Travelled in the Twelfth Century

Rose Walker explores how artistic expertise could have been loaned or gifted as craftsman travelled across Twelfth-Century Iberia.

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