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Tamsin Lewis @passamezzo.bsky.social · 8h

Today's #marginalmusicians (one very spotty, and both only partially dressed) are playing some sort of pipe. They come from the #Kennicott Bible (#Hebrew Bible with David Kimhi's Sefer Mikhl), c1476 #Bodleian ms Kennicott 1 #ManuscriptMonday #MarginaliaMonday #earlymusic

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Tamsin Lewis @passamezzo.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Today's #marginalmusicians are a trio of dancing drummers. Also a fiddler, a trumpeter, and King David playing the #harp. From the #ButePsalter, c1285. Getty Ms. 46 (92.MK.92) #marginaliamonday #manuscriptmonday #earlymusic #medievalmusic #medieval #fiddle #trumpet #drum #earlydance

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Tamsin Lewis @passamezzo.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Something seasonal: Thomas Robinson: Wheatlies Wheatsheaf from New Citharen Lessons, 1609 & Robert #Herrick's #poem The Hock Cart: a vivid description of a #Harvest Feast in #earlymodern Britain. www.youtube.com/watch?v=f5n-... #earlymusic #earlymusicensemble #17thC #lute #robertherrick

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Passamezzo: The Hock Cart and Wheatlies Wheatsheaf

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Tamsin Lewis @passamezzo.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

@ninyamikhaila.bsky.social's reconstruction of a doublet for the #Fairy King, taking inspiration from Simeon Steward's song 'The Clothing of #Oberon King of the #Fairies', c1627. Supported by @antiquaries.bsky.social & @continuoconnect.bsky.social #earlymodern www.youtube.com/watch?v=rOFI...

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Greensleeves Project: Dressing Oberon - Doublet by Ninya Mikhaila

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Tamsin Lewis @passamezzo.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Impossible to choose. I'd be proud of him, but do as you have done, and get him to join the union

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Tamsin Lewis @passamezzo.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

A marginal musician for #YomKippur: A trumpeting creature on the first part of the Kol Nidre. From the Tripartite #Mahzor, #14thCentury. #Bodleian ms Michael 19 #marginaliamonday #manuscriptmonday #earlymusic #medievalmusic #trumpet #kolnidre

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Ennius @enniusredloeb.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Decorated initial-word with hybrid of Kol Nidrei (All vows), the opening prayer of Yom Kippur which begins in 2026 at sundown on 20th September. Bodleian Library MS. Bodley Or. 167; Maḥzor for the Days of Awe and Tabernacles; 1275–1325 CE; Germany (Cologne? ); f.51r @bodleian.ox.ac.uk

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Tamsin Lewis @passamezzo.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Today's #marginalmusicians are playing the #trombamarina. Along with a pair of #elephants, one of them pink. Not playing music, but I liked them. From a #15thCentury book of hours, c1410. Chantilly, fonds principal, 0064 (1671) #MarginaliaMonday #ManuscriptMonday #pinkelephant #earlymusic

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Tamsin Lewis @passamezzo.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Today's #marginalmusician is playing far too loudly. The man next to him has his hands over his ears... From the Hours of Antoine de Crèvecœur, c1462. University of Leeds, Brotherton Collection, BC MS4 #earlymusic #loudmusic #marginaliamonday #manuscriptmonday #15thCentury

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Tamsin Lewis @passamezzo.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Today's #marginalmusician is a #satyr (Pan?) playing the #panpipes. From an early #16thCentury Latin prayerbook, c1500-1520. Leeds University Library. Brotherton Collection MS 11 #manuscriptmonday #marginaliamonday #earlymusic #earlymodern

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Tamsin Lewis @passamezzo.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Once again, I am in awe of the creativity and skills of my amazing colleagues. So lucky to be working with such a great team on #DressingOberon, an extension of the #greensleevesproject funded by @antiquaries.bsky.social. Constance MacKenzie is making #Oberon's waistcoats. #earlymodern #waistcoat

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Tamsin Lewis @passamezzo.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

Looking for information on the 1559 masque of the Shipmen and the Country Maids. Performed at West Horsley Place. Can amyone help? @beyondshakes.bsky.social

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Tamsin Lewis @passamezzo.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

youtube.com/shorts/8dk2q... Throwback Thursday Playing and dancing Newmarket at the National Horse Racing Museum a few years ago

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Playford's Dancing Master: Newmarket

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Tamsin Lewis @passamezzo.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

Today's #marginalmusician is playing the #lute. Possibly managing to wake the dead? From the Hours of Charles V, c1500. BNE VITR/24/3 #marginaliamonday #manuscriptmonday #earlymusic #iconography #earlymodern

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Tamsin Lewis @passamezzo.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

Some bonus #marginalmusicians for #UncommonInstrumentAwarenessDay. These half human creatures are all blowing or bowing the #bellows. Drawn by Jean Pucelle, in the Hours of Jeanne d'Evreux, Queen of France, c1324-28. #earlymusic #marginalia #medieval

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Tamsin Lewis @passamezzo.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

Today's #marginalmusician is a #cat (I think) playing the #trumpet. Drawn by Jean Pucelle, in the Hours of Jeanne d'Evreux, Queen of France, c1324-28. @metmuseum.org #marginalia #ManuscriptMonday #MarginaliaMonday #earlymusic

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Tamsin Lewis @passamezzo.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

Today's marginal musicians are a selection of #bagpipers drawn by Jean Pucelle, in the Hours of Jeanne d'Evreux, Queen of France, c1324-28. @metmuseum.org #MarginaliaMonday #marginalia #ManuscriptMonday #earlymusic #medievalmusic #medieval #bagpipe

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Tamsin Lewis @passamezzo.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

Me with a music book in 1553 at #Tudor Midsummer at @kentwellhall.bsky.social Photograph by Andy Longhurst #kentwell #kentwellhall #tudors

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Tamsin Lewis @passamezzo.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

Petticoat Wag: a #17thCentury #countrydance from Playford's Dancing Master, 1651 From a series of recordings of #earlymusic & #song associated with dress in #earlymodern England. Recorded with support from @continuoconnect.bsky.social @antiquaries.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=6110...

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Petticoat Wag

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Tamsin Lewis @passamezzo.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

#ThrowbackThursday: Singing #ballads about working conditions in #17thCentury Britain at the University of Exeter for their Forms of Labour #Conference in 2022. #earlymusic #earlymusicensemble #earlymodern #labour #musicianlife #musicianslife

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Tamsin Lewis @passamezzo.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

Something for #InternationalChocolateDay: A #17thcentury ballad extolling the virtues of #chocolate. From Chocolate, or an Indian Drinke, 1652. Richard de Winter: tenor Robin Jeffrey: #baroque #guitar Alison Kinder: treble viol www.youtube.com/watch?v=a5KJ... #earlymusic #earlymodern #otd

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In Praise of Chocolate

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Tamsin Lewis @passamezzo.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

Today's #marginalmusician is another musical #dragon. Playing the #shawm this time. From a #15thCentury #bookofhours. University of Leeds, Brotherton Collection, MS1, c1424 #marginaliamonday #ManuscriptMonday #earlymusic #wyvern

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Tamsin Lewis @passamezzo.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

The Lord's Prayer/The Call to Prayer/The Shema A video from one of our concerts in May. A musical #fusion of #Jewish, #Christian & #Moslem daily prayers, based around a popular #16thCentury melody. www.youtube.com/watch?v=jN3E... #earlymusic #sacred #musicforpeace #song

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The Lord's Prayer - The Call to Prayer -The Shema

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Tamsin Lewis @passamezzo.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

Really lovely to bring the #greensleevesproject to @chalkefestival.bsky.social yesterday with @ninyamikhaila.bsky.social. We also played a bit of pre-show music for @callumcoates.bsky.social and Emma Bown's cue-scripted production of Macbeth. Grateful that it was cooler than the previous days

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Tamsin Lewis @passamezzo.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

Today's #marginalmusicians are #dragons! I think they are playing something like a #cittern or #citole, but am not sure. From a #15thCentury book of hours. Morgan M358 c1447 #earlymusic #marginaliamonday #manuscriptmonday #dragon

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Tamsin Lewis @passamezzo.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

#ThrowbackThursday Playing in Balshaw's Jigge in 2023. A #17thCentury musical play, discovered by the amazing @wallyberry.bsky.social and performed for the first time in 350 years. An audience member sketched us on her programme. #earlymusic #musicianlife #earlymodern #earlymoderndrama #ballad #jig

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Tamsin Lewis @passamezzo.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

Today's #marginalmusicians are playing the hunting horn. Sketches in an unfinished #15thcentury #bookofhours. Morgan Library M358, c1447 #earlymusic #manuscriptmonday #marginaliamonday

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Tamsin Lewis @passamezzo.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

#ThrowbackThursday: From a photoshoot with Eric Richmond, c2015 Masks by Peter Kenny

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Tamsin Lewis @passamezzo.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

Today's #marginalmusicians are a bagpiping #ape sitting on a drum, a trumpeter, and a couple of dancing apes. From a #15thCentury manuscript of #Froissart's Chronicle, BNF Fr 2643 #earlymusic #marginaliamonday #manuscriptmonday

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Tamsin Lewis @passamezzo.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

Pretty much, but it was also a nonsense word like hey nonny no...

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Tamsin Lewis @passamezzo.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

Thank you! I think we had it in 4 takes :)

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Tamsin Lewis @passamezzo.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

Thomas Morley: Will you buy a fine dog From The First Booke of Ayres, 1600 www.youtube.com/watch?v=fcZg... From a series of #earlymusic #videos about #dress #earlymodern England, for the #GreensleevesProject. Recorded with support from @continuoconnect.bsky.social & @antiquaries.bsky.social

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Thomas Morley: Will You Buy a Fine Dog

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Tamsin Lewis @passamezzo.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

Today's #marginalmusicians include half human creatures playing #lute & #harp, and a couple of apes - one sitting on a #drum, one playing the #psaltery. From a #15thCentury #manuscript of #Froissart's Chronicle, BNF 2643 #marginaliamonday #manuscriptmonday #earlymusic #renaissance #iconography

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Tamsin Lewis @passamezzo.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

A ballad by Anthony Munday describing clothing choices for virtuous #tudor women. To the tune of Monsieur's Almain www.youtube.com/watch?v=MDyd... Recorded with support from @continuoconnect.bsky.social & @antiquaries.bsky.social #earlymusic #earlymodern #tudors #dresshistory #elizabethan

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Monsieur's Almain

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