Inside My Favorite Manuscript

In Episode 12 of Inside My Favorite Manuscript, Lindsey and Dot chat with Becky Pratt-Sturges about BNF Français 616, a 14th century hunting manual. This is a bloody episode with frank discussion of animal death, so be prepared! We talk about hunting rituals, how dogs participated in the hunt, and the amazing life of Gaston Phébus, the person who wrote the manual and gifted it to a rival. We close with a topic particularly close to our hearts: the labor and economy of manuscript digitization.

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In Episode 11 of Inside My Favorite Manuscript, Lindsey and Dot chat with Stephen Hopkins about Junius 11, one of the four surviving Old English poetic codices. We talked about a lot of things, including Genesis A & B, the strangeness of an Old English Exodus, horror, and nipples (yes, nipples!), and we laughed more than we have in a while.

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In Episode 10 of Inside My Favorite Manuscript, Lindsey and Dot chat with Sarah Burke Cahalan about EXULTET ROLLS. These objects, created during a 300 year period in the south of Italy, are used one day a year: during Easter Sunday. Our conversation ranges from the format of the rolls, to candles, to Mother Earth, to BEES. 

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In Episode 9 of Inside My Favorite Manuscript, Lindsey and Dot chat with Zoe and Mac from the Maniculum podcast, where they suggest ways to adapt medieval texts for TTRPG’s (tabletop roleplaying games). We talk about marginalia, games, and Mac takes us for a dive into the Rutland Psalter. We also talk to Zoe about her storytelling for Pentiment, a medieval adventure video game by Obsidian Entertainment.

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If you enjoyed this episode, you can listen to Dot and Lindsey over on The Maniculum Podcast! We talked about digital humanities, book history, and the secrets of women. Find links to listen here: https://www.themaniculumpodcast.com/episodes

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In Episode 8 of Inside My Favorite Manuscript, Lindsey and Dot chat with Eric Johnson about two manuscript fragments from his own collection. We talk about the ethics of collecting fragments, Ohio’s place in the history of book breaking, and how manuscripts were used - both in their own time and through their afterlives. 

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In Episode 7 of Inside My Favorite Manuscript, Lindsey and Dot chat with Brandon Hawk about The Vercelli Book, one of the four major surviving manuscripts containing Old English literature. We talk about the sermons, the poetry, the possible audience, Celtic inspiration in what decoration there is, and why it’s called the Vercelli Book.

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In Episode 6 of Inside My Favorite Manuscript, Dot sits down with 18th century literary scholar Emily Friedman to talk about manuscript novels in the long 18th century. We talk about several different books, many written as gifts, and most written by women. You shouldn’t be shocked to hear that our conversation veers into discussions of fan fiction more than once. Our podcast’s first non-medieval manuscript! And hopefully not the last. We hope you enjoy! 

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In Episode 5 of Inside My Favorite Manuscript, Dot and Lindsey chat with art historian Sonja Drimmer about British Library Royal MS 12 C iii, an early 16th century manuscript that purports to be a guide for translating Egyptian hieroglyphs but in reality is so much more than that.

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In Episode 4 of Inside My Favorite Manuscript, Lindsey and Dot talk to Michelle Margolis about a 15th century Haggadah manuscript from Germany. We spend some time talking about how many women are present in the illustrations, and why that might be. We look at some of the other illustrations, which include a hunt, and a very interesting bathing scene. Finally we discuss the signs of use in the manuscript, including ones that you’ll only see in a book used at the dinner table.

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In today's episode we talk to Megan Cook, professor of English and book historian, as she shares with us Cambridge University Library MS Gg.4.27.1., a 15th century English manuscript that represents one of the earliest attempts to collect Chaucer's complete works. The book had a long history after its creation, and we talk about that as well.

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