Designing English: Graphics on the medieval page

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Audio podcasts from the Designing English Exhibition. This exhibition will illustrate the graphic design of handwritten manuscripts and inscriptions for the first thousand years of English, across the Middle Ages. Showcasing the Bodleian Library's rich holdings of medieval manuscripts in English, ra…

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    • Jan 16, 2018 LATEST EPISODE
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    Teach us how we may pray

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 16, 2018 1:16


    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.

    lord english prayer ms pray literature teach us composed hatton
    Come and dance with me in Ireland

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 16, 2018 1:04


    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.

    english ms dance ireland literature copied rawl
    If it be played

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 16, 2018 1:31


    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.

    jesus christ cross ms literature played medieval burial copied mary magdalen
    First entereth Wisdom

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 16, 2018 1:29


    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.

    english wisdom french ms medieval digby copied ben sims matthew day
    Listeneth now and beth not deaf!

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 16, 2018 1:21


    A travelling preacher recites a poem, warning about the horrors of death. MS. Add. E. 6 (R). Copied in the late 1200s. Read by Daniel Wakelin.

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    ‘Make we joy now in this feast’

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 20, 2017 1:45


    A carol for Christmas, ‘Nowell nowell nowell’, from a book of church music. MS. Arch. Selden B. 26, fol. 14v. Copied in the mid 1400s.

    christmas ms feast arch carols no well church music copied

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