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Written by Ennius on 2025-01-31 at 10:34

Initial-word panel at the beginning of Torah portion Bo (בֹּא)

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BL Or 2696; Pentateuch with Rash's commentary; 14th century; Germany; f.122v

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Written by Ennius on 2025-01-30 at 20:31

St George slaying the dragon

BL Or 516; አርባዕቱ ወንጌል The Four Gospels; 17th century; Ethiopia; f.99v

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Written by Ennius on 2025-01-30 at 09:27

Q: How does the asp avoid the snake-charmers spell? A: One ear on the ground, tip of the tail in the other ear

BL Harley MS 4751; Bestiary; Late 12th century-Early 13th century; England; f.61r

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Written by Ennius on 2025-01-29 at 19:59

St Bridget (1st); Purification of the Virgin/Candlemas (2nd); St Blaise and the Blessing of the Throats (3rd); St Agatha (5th); bird and mitre, representing St Valentine (14th); foundation of the Chair of St Peter at Antioch (22nd); St Matthias the Apostle holding a book (24th)

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Written by Ennius on 2025-01-29 at 19:57

The feast days of February

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BL Harley MS 2332; Illustrated Almanac; 1411 CE-1412 CE; England; ff.2v-3r

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Written by Ennius on 2025-01-29 at 19:53

February is time for pruning and collecting the wood #medievalcalendar

BL Add MS 18852; the 'Hours of Joanna I of Castile' or the 'Hours of Joanna the Mad'; 1486-1506 CE; Bruges; ff.2v-3r

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Written by Ennius on 2025-01-29 at 19:51

February is the month for taking off your shoes and warming your feet in front of the fire.

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BnF MS 1186; Psalter of St Louis & Blanche de Castille; 13th century; f.2v @labnf.bsky.social

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Written by Ennius on 2025-01-29 at 15:01

A is for 'A'(ntechristus) who is sitting on a rainbow in parody of God and who has a third eye as do those either side of him.

BL Royal MS 6 E VI/1; James le Palmer, Omne Bonum; c.1360 CE - c.1375 CE; England, SE; f.100v

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Written by Ennius on 2025-01-28 at 21:40

February is the month for ditching.

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Bodleian Library MS. Rawl. D. 939; Astrological and ecclesiastical calendar in six pieces; 14th century; England; section 2ar @bodleianlibraries.bsky.social

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Written by Ennius on 2025-01-28 at 21:34

Be careful not to burn your fingers and toes in February.

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BL Add 62925; the 'Rutland Psalter'; c.1260 CE; England, S. E.; f.1v

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Written by Ennius on 2025-01-28 at 21:30

February is the time for pruning the vines.

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BL Cotton MS Tiberius B V /1; 11th century; f.3v

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Written by Ennius on 2025-01-28 at 21:26

February is the time to warm your feet by the fire. #MedievalCalendar

Koninklijke Bibliotheek National Library of the Netherlands, KW 76 F 13; known as 'The Psalter of Eleanor of Aquitaine'; (ca. 1185 CE); Normandy, France; ff.2v-3r

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