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Designing English: Graphics on the medieval page

A Birth Charm

Dphil student Sian Witherden introduces a 15th Century birthing charm, one of the items on display in the Designing English Exhibition
Designing English: Graphics on the medieval page

Designing English Book Art Competition

Professor Daniel Wakelin discusses some of the inspired entries they received from contemporary book artists in response to the Designing English Exhibition
Designing English: Graphics on the medieval page

Curating the exhibition 'Designing English'

Daniel Wakelin talks about the concept behind the exhibition 'Designing English: Graphics on the Medieval Page' in the Weston Library, Oxford, and about the thrill of working with original material from the Bodleian collection at Oxford Medieval Studies.
Designing English: Graphics on the medieval page

Teach us how we may pray

AElfric of Eynsham teaches the congregation to recite the Lord’s Prayer in English, 'Thu ure faeder'. MS. Hatton 115, fol. 10r. Composed 990-995, copied in the second half of the 1000s. Read by Andy Orchard.
Designing English: Graphics on the medieval page

Come and dance with me in Ireland

The lyrics of dance songs about love and longing, jotted down without music. MS. Rawl. D. 913, fol. 1r-v. Copied in the early 1300s. Read by Helen Appleton, Daniel Wakelin.
Designing English: Graphics on the medieval page

If it be played

In the play The Burial of Christ, Joseph, Mary Magdalen and three other women cry out when they see Jesus on the Cross. MS. e Musaeo 160, fol. 141r. Copied c. 1518–1520. Read by Helen Appleton, Angela O'Brien, Daniel Sawyer, Wing Tan Lai.
Designing English: Graphics on the medieval page

First entereth Wisdom

In the play Wisdom, the devil tempts three godly people into sins – lust and other ‘French fashions’. MS. Digby 133, fol. 158r. Copied in the late 1400s. Read by Arka Chakraborty, Matthew Day, Ben Sims, Daniel Sawyer.

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