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In this initial 'A'(d) in Cod.Sang. 339, which is probably by the monk of St Gall and recluse Hartker, we certainly see gold in the interlace: St. Gallen, Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. Sang. 339; Calendar, Gradual, Sacramentary; c.980-1000 CE; St. Gall; p.33 (www.e-codices.ch/en/list/one/...)

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Here is p.27 Cod.Sang 391: St. Gallen, Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. Sang. 391; Antiphonarium officii (Summer); c.990-1000; St. Gall; p.27 (e-codices.ch/en/list/one/...)

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Sam Ottewill-Soulsby @samottewillsoulsby.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

It is said that this crucifixion scene by Hartker, the monk of St Gall and recluse is the precusor of that on p.27 of Cod. Sang. 391. St. Gallen, Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. Sang. 339; Calendar, Gradual, Sacramentary; c.980 CE-1000 CE; St. Gall; p.191 (e-codices.ch/en/list/one/...)

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If you want to know why I’m so obsessed with medieval camels, you can read all about it in my article on ‘The Camels of Charles the Bald’ in which I talk about the time the ruler of Muslim Spain sent Charlemagne’s grandson some camels (dm me for a PDF). brill.com/view/journal...

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The Camels of Charles the Bald

Abstract This article investigates a previously neglected aspect of diplomatic relations between the Carolingians and the Umayyads of al-Andalus, the camels sent by Emir Muḥammad I to Charles the Bald...

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Responsorium Angelus Domini St. Gallen, Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. Sang. 391; Antiphonarium officii (Summer); c.990-1000; St. Gall; p.34 (www.e-codices.ch/en/list/one/...)

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The monk of St Gall Hartker the Recluse's depiction of the three Marys at the empty tomb St. Gallen, Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. Sang. 391; Antiphonarium officii (Summer); c.990-1000; St. Gall; p.33 (www.e-codices.ch/en/list/one/...)

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The Shire-Reckoning @shire-reckoning.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Another example of a full page miniature from the St Gall monk and recluse Hartker St. Gallen, Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. Sang. 391; Antiphonarium officii (Summer); c.990-1000; St. Gall; p.27 (www.e-codices.ch/en/list/one/...)

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While Sam and Pippin watch the pony, Strider and the other two hobbits climb Weathertop. Frodo and Merry see the Misty Mountains for the first time, away on the eastern horizon. They find the grass scorched in the old ruin of Amon Sûl. Strider finds a fresh “G”-rune on a stone.

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The Shire-Reckoning @shire-reckoning.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

I can still sing these words to the tune given to it on the Radio 4 1980s production of LOTR which festured Ian Holm as Frodo, Bill Nighy as Sam, Michael Hordern as Gandalf, and John Le Mesurier as Bilbo. What a classic production!

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Merry asks who made this path along the hills. Strider’s answer reminds Sam of one of Bilbo’s old songs, and Sam sings the first few lines: ‘Gil-galad was an Elven-king. Of him the harpers sadly sing: the last whose realm was fair and free between the Mountains and the Sea…’

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Nobel Prize @nobelprize.org · 06/10/2026

BREAKING NEWS The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has decided to award the 2026 #NobelPrize in Physics to Francis Halzen “for decisive contributions to the IceCube Neutrino Observatory and the discovery of high-energy neutrinos of astrophysical origin.”

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The Shire-Reckoning @shire-reckoning.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

After another day’s hike—their sixth since leaving Bree—Strider and the four hobbits reach the Weather Hills and camp where their slopes rise abruptly from the plain. For a second night in a row they set a watch.

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Initial-word panel at the beginning of Torah portion Bereshit (בְּרֵאשִׁית) with penwork & border with birds #ParashahPictures BL Add MS 15283, 'Duke of Sussex's Portuguese Pentateuch'; 1475-1499 CE; Portugal (Lisbon); f.2r @blmedieval.bsky.social

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Decorated initial-word panel at the beginning of Torah portion Bereshit (בְּרֵאשִׁית) as a new cycle of readings begins again. #ParashahPictures BL Or 2696; 14th c; Germany, S; f.3r @blmedieval.bsky.social

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Initial-word panel with dragons at the beginning of Torah portion Bereshit (בְּרֵאשִׁית) which begins the new cycle of Torah readings. #ParashahPictures Bodleian Library MS. Kennicott 3; Torah with Onkelos; 1299 CE; f.1v @bodleian.ox.ac.uk

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Torah portion Bereshit (בְּרֵאשִׁית) tells of the creation of the world, and of Adam and Eve, as depicted here with the serpent in the initial-word panel. #ParashahPictures BL Harley 7621; 1450 CE-1474 CE; Italy, N. E; f.1r @blmedieval.bsky.social

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Decorated initial-word panel at the beginning of Torah portion Bereshit (בְּרֵאשִׁית) in the 'Coburg Pentateuch': #ParashahPictures BL Add 19776; the 'Coburg Pentateuch'; Germany, Central (Coburg); 1390-1396 CE; f.1v @blmedieval.bsky.social

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Decorated initial-word panel at the beginning of Torah portion Bereshit (בְּרֵאשִׁית) with medallions representing days of creation #ParashahPictures BL Harley MS 5710; 13th century; Italy; f.1r @blmedieval.bsky.social

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Initial-word panel of Torah portion Bereshit (בְּרֵאשִׁית) with penwork and foliate decoration #ParashahPictures BL Oriental 2626; the 'Lisbon Bible' with masorah magna & parva; 1483 CE; Portugal, Central (Lisbon); f.23v @blmedieval.bsky.social

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Decorated initial-word panel at the beginning of Torah portion Bereshit (בְּרֵאשִׁית) #ParashahPictures BL Add MS 15251; Duke of Sussex's Italian Bible'; 1448-1498 CE; Italy NE (Ferrara); f.13r @blmedieval.bsky.social

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The Torah portion Bereshit (בְּרֵאשִׁית) begins the new cycle of readings with gold and penwork. #ParashahPictures Bodleian Library, MS Kennicott 1; 'The Kennicott Bible'; 1476 CE; La Coruña, Spain; f.9v @bodleian.ox.ac.uk

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The initial-word of Torah portion Bereshit (בְּרֵאשִׁית) is surrounded by playful dragons, and a lion. #parashahpictures BL Add 11639; 'The Northern French Miscellany'; 1277-1324 CE; France, N; f.5v @blmedieval.bsky.social

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Decorated initial-word panel at the beginning of Torah portion Bereshit (בְּרֵאשִׁית), with a micrography creature climbing up the margin #ParashahPictures BnF Hébreu 36; Bible. A.T. (hébreu); 1300 CE; Poligny (France); f.1v @gallicabnf.bsky.social

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A new cycle of Torah readings begins with Bereshit (בְּרֵאשִׁית) which opens with this initial-word panel inhabited by an eagle, a deer, a lion and four dragons. #ParashahPictures BL Add 15282; the 'Duke of Sussex's German Pentateuch'; Germany; 14th century; f.1v @blmedieval.bsky.social

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Initial 'I'(n principio) at the beginning of Genesis with six medallions one of which is marked HILE (ὕλη) and refers to matter or stuff. Cambridge, Corpus Christi College, MS 048; Bible; c1170 CE; St Albans; f.7v @parkerlibcccc.bsky.social @corpuscambridge.bsky.social

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Should the U.K. rejoin the EU and reverse Brexit? Get voting! www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...

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4th October is the Feast of St Francis of Assisi. Here is St Francis receiving the stigmata. BL Yates Thompson 13; 'The Taymouth Hours'; 14th century; f.182r @blmedieval.bsky.social

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LabourStart @labourstart.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

What utter vandalism! St. Gallen, Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. Sang. 390; Antiphonarium officii; c.990-1000; St Gall; p.15 (www.e-codices.ch/en/list/one/...)

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04-10-1936 UK: At Cable Street, London, thousands of trade unionists, socialists and communists throw up barricades to block the British Union of Fascists from marching through the Jewish neighbourhoods of the East End.

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4 October is the feast day of St Francis of Assisi: here a young hare is tamed by St Francis and leaps into his arms. BL Add 15710; St Bonaventure, Legenda Sancti Francisci, illuminated & transl. by the nun Sister Sibilla von Bondorf; Germany; 15th c; f.105v @blmedieval.bsky.social

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4 October is the feast day of St Francis of Assisi: here he is with lambs and preaching to birds. BL Add 15710; St Bonaventure, Legenda Sancti Francisci, illuminated & transl. by the nun Sister Sibilla von Bondorf; Germany; 15th c; ff.103r, 107v @blmedieval.bsky.social

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The Washing of the Disciples' Feet St. Gallen, Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. Sang. 390; Antiphonarium officii; c.990-1000; St Gall; p.186 (www.e-codices.ch/en/list/one/...)

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