Zara Slattery · @zaraslattery
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I'm delighted to say that The Drowned Book, chapter one of the epic medieval eco fable Sweeney's Progress is now available via Patreon, many thanks to all our Patrons.

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Simon Reid · @simonreid
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An annual tradition when travelling between Christmas and the New Year: listening to Simon Armitage reading his Sir Gawain and the Green Knight translation.

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Caroline · @ontheriverrede
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A nativity song, found in a manuscript compiled by John of Grimestone (14th Century):

Lullay, lullay, litel child,
child, rest thee a throwe,
From heighe hider art thou sent
wyth us to wonen lowe;
Poure and litel art thou made,
uncouth and unknowe,
Pyne and wo to suffren heer
for thyng that nas thyn owe.
Lullay, lullay, litel child,
sorwe mythe thou make;
Thou are sent into this world,
as thou were forsake.

📷 BL Harley 2915 f. 138v

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Caroline · @ontheriverrede
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One of my favourite poems:

Foweles in the frith,
The fisses in the flod,
And I mon waxe wod.
Sulch sorw I walke with
For beste of bon and blod.

[Birds in the wood,
The fish in the river,
And I must go mad.
Such sorrow I walk with
For best / beast of bone and blood.]

~ Anon, 13th Century.

📷 Owl, Book of Hours, London, c. 1460 - sites.nd.edu/manuscript-studie

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