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Medieval Manuscripts

@BLMedieval · British Library, London · joined 19 Jan 2012

Tweeting about the British Library's marvellous medieval manuscripts

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@BLMedieval It’d a knight it’s an kraken it’s a dragon ! How much opium was involved in? https://t.co/8GAWwutwe6
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@BLMedieval The cherubs know this date is not going well 49 views · 1 likes · 0 reposts · 0 replies Open on X →
@BLMedieval Grok struggling with my request. Would be very nice to live in a time where I could read the entire book in this form, just translated into English https://t.co/fDaT40dlkH
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The Yates Thompson Divine Comedy has been returned online. Commissioned by Alfonso V, King of Aragon, Naples and Sicily, this copy of Dante's work has illuminations on every single page (Yates Thompson MS 36) Consult the whole manuscript online now: https://t.co/Jea3qgfQ2f http
A page from an illuminated manuscript of Dante's Divine Comedy showing a historiated initial 'N'(el) of Dante and Virgil in a dark wood, with four half-length figures representing Justice, Power, Peace and Temperance; (below) arms of Alphonso V, king of Aragon, Naples, and Sicily.
A page from an illuminated manuscript of Dante's Divine Comedy showing a historiated initial 'L'(a gloria) of Christ in a chariot with Evangelist symbols, and Adam and Eve; (below) miniature of Dante and Apollo before Parnassus.
A detail from an illuminated manuscript of Dante's Divine Comedy showing a historiated initial 'P'(Per) of Dante setting sail for Purgatory.
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The portrait of Pierre Sala opposite a French inscription in mirror writing, from a collection of love poems he wrote for his future wife Marguerite Bullioud in around the year 1500 (Stowe MS 955) https://t.co/vwMqHY9Zhi https://t.co/31hB3oTe68
A French inscription in gold, written in mirror writing, which reads, 'Regardez en pyte/ votre loyal amy / qui na Jour ne demy / Bien pour votre amyte'
A portrait of Pierre Sala from his collection of love poems.
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The Guthlac Roll is back online! A 13th-century parchment roll from Crowland Abbey telling the story of the life of St Guthlac in 18 drawings (Harley Roll Y 6) You can consult the whole roll through the online catalogue record: https://t.co/7zsquXHQLR https://t.co/DohGWdvOrV
A roundel from the Guthlac Roll, showing demons emerging from the Mouth of Hell, and St Bartholomew giving a scourge to St Guthlac to drive them away.
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Now returned online: this tiny golden girdle book, made around 1540, containing an English verse translation of the Psalms and an added portrait of Henry VIII (Stowe MS 956). https://t.co/A0WS22rMLk https://t.co/0YZUjA5bAQ
A portrait of Henry VIII from a golden girdle book, containing a copy of the Psalms in English verse.
The front cover of a gold binding, with a loop at the top and a clasp on the right-hand side.
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@BLMedieval @EmilyGuerry wonderful news!! 😍 341 views · 2 likes · 1 reposts · 0 replies Open on X →
@BLMedieval Is that the Mandylion or the Veil of Veronica? 57 views · 0 likes · 0 reposts · 0 replies Open on X →
We're added five medieval manuscripts of outstanding national heritage significance to the national collection. ⭐️A trilingual Hebrew-Latin-French dictionary ⭐️The Red Book of Bath ⭐️Works of Richard Rolle ⭐️Middle English sermons ⭐️Arma Christi https://t.co/vWK4Sfj47N https:/
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Growth & engagement

How the posts we collected actually performed: views and reaction rate post by post, what the audience did with them, and where the follower count goes.

Views per post

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Last 10 collected posts, oldest on the left. The scale is logarithmic: one post can outrun the rest a hundred times over.

Engagement rate per post

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Reactions — likes, reposts, replies and quotes — divided by views.

What the audience does

Likes69.4%1 821 in total
Reposts14.6%384 in total
Replies1.0%27 in total
Quotes0.6%16 in total
Bookmarks14.3%375 in total

Share of every reaction we collected for this account. Replies mean argument, reposts mean endorsement, bookmarks mean the post was worth keeping.

The follower curve appears once this account has two daily snapshots — we take one a day, and this one is on its first.

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