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An opening from a medieval manuscript of Peraldus' Theological miscellany, showing illustrations of dragons and serpents.

How to Train Your Dragon 🐉🐉

Peraldus' Theological Miscellany, 1236-c.1250 (Harley MS 3244, f. 59r)

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Darlith gyhoeddus flynyddol y Ganolfan Astudiaethau Arthuraidd
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Annual public lecture of the Centre for Arthurian Studies

5.30 y.h. / 5.30 p.m.

Prif Ddarlithfa'r Celfyddydau / Main Arts Lecture Theatre

The Archives & Special Collections Annual Exhibition

The Menai Suspension Bridge 1826-2026 – Celebrating the Bicentenary

You can view the exhibition on the Council Chamber Corridor, Main Arts Building

The exhibition is also available to view online here: sway.cloud.microsoft/OEWxRznJOcdb...

an image promoting a substack article titled ‘25 medieva manuscripts you can look at online right now’

i made a starter back of beautiful and unique manuscripts you can browse online! (with links) for anyone that wants a good way to spend an afternoon :)

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A small red dragon with gold wings and blue horns. It is quite skinny.

A small dragon for your viewing pleasure. (Getty Museum, Ms. Ludwig IX 5, fol. 104v)

Are you a scholar working on cool gender stuff in Britain and Ireland? Would you like to come hang out by the seaside for a weekend while talking about your awesome research? Then have I got a symposium for you! #medievalsky #cfp

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Gramadeg Cymraeg

Ysgrifenwyd y llawysgrif hon yn nechrau'r 17eg ganrif. Bu yn ôl pob tebyg yn eiddo Iolo Morgannwg oherwydd ceir ynddi nodiadau yn ei law. Copi yw o'r gramadeg a ddefnyddiai'r penceirddiaid yn yr 16eg ganrif.

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A reminder that applications are open until end of Feb for a fully-funded PhD in Arthurian Literature with the brilliant Louise D'Arcens @medievalafterlives.bsky.social and myself, based between Sydney (Australia) and Groningen (The Netherlands).

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We are pleased to invite researchers to submit their original work for consideration in our upcoming 2026 issue of Studia Celtica Posnaniensia. We welcome high-quality submissions that cover all aspects of Celtic linguistics, literature, culture, and history. Submission deadline: 30 May 2026.

The first page of the programme for the conference reads as follows: Rhagflaenir gan Ddarlith Goffa Henry Loyn, 24 Ebrill 2026 Preceded by the Henry Loyn Memorial Lecture, 24 April 2026 16:45: Derbyniad / Reception (Oriel Viriamu Jones, Prif Adeilad / Viriamu Jones Gallery, Main Building) 17:30: Darlith Goffa Henry Loyn / Henry Loyn Memorial Lecture (Darlithfa Wallace, Prif Adeilad / Wallace Lecture Theatre, Main Building) Yr Athro / Professor John Hines: ''Pentref diffaith' neu 'Dasgwedd': golygion ar y safle hanesyddol ac archeolegol yn Cosmeston, Bro Morgannwg’ / ‘'Deserted Village' or 'Taskscape': perceptions of the historical and archaeological site at Cosmeston, Vale of Glamorgan’ Saturday 25 April / Dydd Sadwrn 25 Ebrill All sessions will be held in the Glamorgan Building (Committee Room 1). Cynhelir pob sesiwn yn Adeilad Morgannwg (Ystafell Bwyllgor 1). 9.30-10:00 Welcome and Coffee / Croeso a Choffi 10:00-12:00 Session 1 / Sesiwn 1 Thomas Clancy, ‘What's the Commotion? Sound, Structure and Sense in Ystoria Gereint uab Erbin’ Natalia Petrovskaia, ‘“Revisiting the “Cauldron Story”: Some Implications of Fractal Structures in the Second Branch of the Mabinogi’ Kit Treadwell, ‘A widowed countess owns the castle’: Positions of Widows in Medieval Welsh Literature’ Jessica Shales, ‘The Arthur of the Welsh?’ 12:00-13:00 Lunch / Cinio 13:00-14.30 Session 2 / Sesiwn 2 Russell O Riagain, ‘The Welsh kingdoms and the Scandianvian diaspora, c.AD790–1110’ Buffy Revell, ‘Economy, Diet and Status: New perspectives on human:animal relations in medieval Wales’ Gwen Jones-Edwards, ‘Yr Hen Ogledd: Cyfarfyddiad y Gymraeg a’r Aeleg ar lannau’r Clud, ac olion y cyfarfyddiad hwnnw yn y ganrif rhwng 1150 -1250' (*‘The Old North: The meeting of Welsh and Gaelic on the banks of the Clyde and its traces in the century 1150-1250')

The second page of the programme reads as follows: 4.45 - 16.15 Session 3 / Sesiwn 3 Jenny Day, 'O ‘Gaerau Ffwg’ i ‘Dir Meigion’: hunaniaethau’r Gororau ym marddoniaeth Gutun Owain' (*‘From ‘Caerau Ffwg’ to ‘Tir Meigion’: Marcher Identities in the Poetry of Gutun Owain’) Gruffudd Antur, ‘Gutun Owain: ailystyried ei lawysgrifau a thymor ei oes' (*‘Gutun Owain: Reconsidering his manuscripts and lifespan’) Adam Chapman, ‘Negotiating the bounds of Personal Authority in the 15th century March: Edward IV and William Herbert through the eyes of Hywel Dafi and Guto'r Glyn’ 16.15-17:00 SSMLL Annual Meeting / Cyfarfod Blynyddol SSMLL 17:00-18:00 SSMLL Keynote Lecture / Darlith Gyweirnod SSMLL Professor/ Yr Athro Helen Fulton, ‘Political Poetry in the Wars of the Roses: Constructing Marcher Lordship in Welsh, English, and French’ Sunday 26 April / Dydd Sul 26 Ebrill 9:00-11:00 Session 4 / Sesiwn 4 Scott Lloyd, ‘From Tref to Cantref: Mapping Medieval Welsh Boundaries for the Digital Age’ Elissa Chiariotti, ‘The Rubricators of the Hendregadredd Manuscript (NLW MS 6680B)’ Pietro Giusteri, ‘A Digital Scholarly Edition of the Liber Commonei: Work in Progress' Makenzie Marshall, ‘The Missing Dark Dragon: An Exploration of the Modified ‘Prophecy of the Eagle’ in Peniarth 27ii’ 11:00-11.30 Coffee / Coffi 11.30-13:00 Session 5 / Sesiwn 5 Rhiannon Jones, ‘Courtly Love Codes for a Poet’s Politics: A Re-examination of ‘Rhieingerdd Efa ferch Madog ap Maredudd’ by Cynddelw Brydydd Mawr’ Josh Coulthard, ‘ “Boen ar Gymry beunydd”: The Political Worlds of the Uchelwyr in Fourteenth-Century Wales and Beyond' Philip Hume, ‘Cherchez la Mère (‘shulde Roger Mortimer [d.1282] of right have been Prince of Wales’?)’

The third page of the conference programme reads as follows: 1-2 Cinio / Lunch 2-3.30 Session 6 / Sesiwn 6 Luciana Cordo Russo, ‘Crusade discourse and epic elements in Kedymdeithyas Amlyn ac Amic' Peter McIntosh, ‘The Hidden Queen: Do the Hereford Gospels hold a clue to a lost queen of Wales?’ Brigid Ehrmantraut, ‘Geoffrey of Monmouth, Gerald of Wales, and the Ruins of Caerleon Revisited’ * Papers in Welsh with simultaneous English translation. / Papurau yn Gymraeg gyda chyfieithu ar y pryd i'r Saesneg. To register for the conference today, visit mediumaevum.org.uk/events/medieval-wales Registration closes on 20 April I gofrestru ar gyfer y gynhadledd, ewch i mediumaevum.org.uk/events/medieval-wales Bydd cofrestru'n cau ar 20 Ebrill. The prices for attendance are then given as a table. In person attendance for members is £50, while online attendance is £10. In person attendance for non-members is £60, while online attendance is £15. In person attendance for students is £20, while online attendance is free.

The full programme for the SSMLL Annual Conference 2026, Medieval Wales, is now available!

Join us 25-26 April at @cardiffuni.bsky.social and online for two days of research exploring the languages and literature of medieval Wales.

Congrats-- it's gorgeous!!!! Looking forward to reading it!

Behold, the beautiful cover of THE KNIGHT WATCH, which is now available to pre-order!

This is Smartwashing AI. Many know that the econ & political conditions that enable the tech industry to infiltrate every sector of public & private life are unsustainable & dangerous. But bc resistance is cast as emotional or archaic a cottage industry of wishful thinking from the left has emerged.

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Official statement from Bangor University Debating and Political Society, rejecting Reform UK’s demand that they be allowed to address the society.

I’m really proud of Bangor University students today. Very much in the spirit of Penrhyndeudraeth lad Bertrand Russell, when he said that “nothing fruitful or sincere could ever emerge from an association between us”, when invited to debate Oswald Mosley.

a round pottery piece with pig eyes and a snout

i think we all need to step back and realize that peak art was made when neolithic pot in the shape of a pig was fired

Illustration from Bodleian Library MS Douce 151 (fol. 30r) of four hedgehogs beneath a tree. Two to the left of the base of the tree have apples on their backs while the two to the right do not. One hedgehog on the right appears to be trying to shake apples loose from the tree.

"The city will be rebuilt by a hedgehog laden with fragrant apples... The hedgehog will hide his apples there and construct pathways beneath the earth."

The Prophecies of Merlin, ed. & trans. by Reeve & Wright in The History of the Kings of Britain (Boydell Press, 2007), p. 152

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Owl carving from the medieval chancel stalls of St. Mary's Church at Higham Ferrers in Northamptonshire. 📸 My own. #Woodensday #HighamFerrers #Northamptonshire

Yr eitem dan sylw heddiw a restrir yng nghampwaith Daniel Huws, ‘A Repertory of Welsh Manuscripts and Scribes c.800–c.1800’:

Llyfr Huw Huws, y Bardd Coch o Fôn

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Today’s featured item listed in Daniel Huws’ s ‘A Repertory of Welsh Manuscripts and Scribes c.800–c.1800’: The Book of Huw Huws, the Red Poet of Ynys Môn The manuscript once had 110 pages (A and B for each page); through the passage of time, some were lost, with other pages purposely cut out. It has had several owners besides the Bard himself, featuring the writing of David Hughes, and Lewis Hughes his sons; Richard Owen; Williams Jones of Llanerchymedd; J.W. Prisiart, Plas-y-brain; Morris Williams, Plas Goronwy. It is not certain whether M.W. received the manuscript from Plas-y-brain but M.W. name features clearly in the ‘Red Bard's book’ which eventually arrived at Ty Calch's library.

Today’s featured item listed in Daniel Huws’ s ‘A Repertory of Welsh Manuscripts and Scribes c.800–c.1800’:

The Book of Huw Huws, the Red Poet of Ynys Môn

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Date: n.d. ASHBY(TY Calch)/49

Studia Celtica 2025 has arrived! - a substantial issue, produced jointly by the Ganolfan and @uniwalespress.bsky.social @collen105.bsky.social. Further information is given here: www.uwp.co.uk/journal/stud...

L'Esprit de L'Escalier - Reactor In this provocative and rich retelling of the Greek myth, Orpheus, the musician son of Apollo and Calliope, successfully rescues his wife Eurydice from Hades after her untimely death.     First Step  ...

For a short fiction throwback, we recommend @catvalente.bsky.social's Hugo-nominated "L'Esprit de L'Escalier," a zombified retelling of Orpheus and Eurydice edited by @datlow.bsky.social

Dyma'r gramadeg Cymraeg hynaf, a gyfansoddwyd oddeutu 1322-1330. Ystyrir bod y copi yma yn un o'r pedwar o'r rhai cynharaf. Mae'r gramadeg yn trafod celfyddyd cerdd dafod, ac yn rhoddi talfyriad Cymraeg o'r gramadeg Lladin a ddefnyddid yn yr Oesoedd Canol. --- The manuscript discusses the Welsh tradition of creating a verse or poetry to a strict metre in the Welsh language known as “cerdd dafod”. It also provides an abbreviated Welsh translation of the Latin grammar used in the Middle Ages. It is considered to be one of the oldest Welsh grammars in existence.

Yr eitem dan sylw heddiw a restrir yng nghampwaith Daniel Huws, ‘A Repertory of Welsh Manuscripts and Scribes c.800–c.1800’:

Gramadeg Einion Offeiriad / Welsh Grammar of Einion Offeiriad.

Dyddiad/Date: 1316-1330 BMSS/1
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The Cambridge History of Arthurian Literature and Culture 2 Volume Hardback Set | Cambridge University Press & Assessment

It's coming! After years of hard work by @radulescur.bsky.social and Andrew Lynch, as well as a great number of Arthurianists from around the world, The Cambridge History of Arthurian Literature and Culture is here! 🏰
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A close up of part of a manuscript page, National Library of Wales Peniarth MS 4, fol. 80v. Nine lines of text in Middle Welsh are visible, in the middle of which is the line quoted in the main post.

“Mi a uydaf porthaỽr y arthur pob dyỽ kalan ionaỽr.”

“I am gatekeeper to Arthur every 1st of January.”

Glewlwyd Gafaelfawr to Culhwch, who sought entry into Arthur’s court after custom dictated that he should not be let in. ("Culhwch & Olwen", NLW Peniarth MS 4, s.xivᵐᵉᵈ)

Heavens above:

"These are a sun and a moon and stars within this wheel."
#HeavensAbove
BL Add MS 11639; 'The Northern French Miscellany'; 1277-1324 CE; f.517