#Byzantineodons Question for someone who knows #Greek#paleography far better than I do: How would you describe this hand? It looked minuscule from a distance, but close up the letterforms are way easier to read and more consistent across position...
(#Vatican Pal.gr.258 the text is Paulus Evergetinus Synagoge) @medievodons#Medievodons
Me: Huh, this looks like it's different texts mushed together in one binding
BAV: You're 50% of the way there, we just didn't bother to bind them together, all shelved in a lump
(#Vatican Ferr.90) @bookhistodons@medievodons#Medieval#Medievodons
> A project mapping medieval England's known murder cases has now added Oxford and York to its street plan of London's 14th century slayings, and found that Oxford's student population was by far the most lethally violent of all social or professional groups in any of the three cities.
Jutta Beumann: Sigebert von Gembloux und der Traktat de investitura episcoporum Ein Beitrag zur Wirtschaftsgeschichte des 15. Jahrhunderts (Vorträge u. Forschungen. SB 20), Sigmaringen 1976.
Klaus Militzer: Das Markgröninger Heilig-Geist-Spital im Mittelalter. Ein Beitrag zur Wirtschaftsgeschichte des 15. Jahrhunderts (Vorträge u. Forschungen. SB 19), Sigmaringen 1975.
#otd 1227 Genghis Khan died. Many causes are reported - diseases, a fall from a horse, the dagger of a princess. Marco Polo reports - almost boringly - an arrow wound got infected. Ms.: BNF Francaise 2810, f. 27v. #medievaldeath#medieval#medievodons@medievodons@histodons