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Ennius

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Ennius

@red_loeb

Pro EU; independent scholar: research interests in hermeneutics, textual criticism & the classical tradition; aurum in stercore. Слава Україні 🇺🇦🇪🇺🇬🇧

Joined July 2016

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Ennius
@red_loeb
Jul 26, 2019
Representation of silence as a yellow rectangle: 'factum est silentium in celo' Add MS 11695; 1091-1109; Beatus of Liébana, Commentary on the Apocalypse (The 'Silos Apocalypse'); Spain, North (Santo Domingo de Silos); f.125v @BLMedieval @BL_MadeDigital
Ennius
@red_loeb
Jan 7, 2023
Replying to @GSchnakenberg
No different from twitter...
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Ennius
@red_loeb
Oct 29, 2025
These terrifying bats are looking forward to #Halloween 🦇🦇🦇 Bodl. Library MS. Ashmole 304; 13th century; England, St. Albans; f.47v @BDLSS
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Ennius
@red_loeb
Jun 20, 2023
As it's 21st June tomorrow, here's what Stonehenge looked like in the 16th century. #SummerSolstice BL Add MS 28330; Lucas De Heere, Corte Beschryvinghe van Engheland, Schotland, ende Irland; 1573 CE-1575 CE; England (London); f.36r @BLMedieval bl.uk/manuscripts/Fu…
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Ennius
@red_loeb
Jul 6, 2024
Replying to @Peston
Many people, including me, voted tactically to get rid of the Tories. I'm a Labour party member and voted Lib Dem in Lewes to remove @mariacaulfield . We succeeded. Why can you and your fellow journalists not understand this?
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Ennius
@red_loeb
May 13, 2025
Happy bats in the margin Bodl. Library MS. Ashmole 304; 13th century; England, St. Albans; f.47v @BDLSS
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Ennius
@red_loeb
Oct 25, 2024
Three terrifying bats in the margin 🦇🦇🦇😳 Bodl. Library MS. Ashmole 304; 13th century; England, St. Albans; f.47v @BDLSS
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Ennius
@red_loeb
Nov 9, 2025
The personification of the Seven Liberal Arts: Astronomy, Music, Arithmetic, Geometry, Rhetoric, Logic and Grammar. Good night all! BL Royal MS 6 E IX; Convenevole da Prato, Carmina regia; c1335 CE; Italy (Tuscany); f.29r @BLMedieval
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Ennius
@red_loeb
Dec 20, 2024
As we approach the Winter Solstice, here's what Stonehenge looked like in the 16th century. BL Add MS 28330; Lucas De Heere, Corte Beschryvinghe van Engheland, Schotland, ende Irland; 1573 CE-1575 CE; England (London); f.36r @BLMedieval
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@red_loeb
Nov 10, 2023
Cat sitting in front of the fire, keeping warm Bodleian Library MS. Bodl. 614, f.3r @BDLSS
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@red_loeb
Sep 8, 2025
A beautiful border of flowers #ManuscriptMonday BnF MS Latin 1156B; Horae ad usum romanum; 15th century; f.146r @GallicaBnF
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Ennius
@red_loeb
Nov 1, 2025
1st November is All Saints' Day BnF MS Latin 1141; Sacramentarium of Charles the Bald (?); 9th century, c.869-870; ff.5v, 6r @GallicaBnF
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Ennius
@red_loeb
May 17, 2021
The personification of the Seven Liberal Arts: Astronomy, Music, Arithmetic, Geometry, Rhetoric, Logic and Grammar. BL Royal MS 6 E IX; Convenevole da Prato, Carmina regia; c1335 CE; Italy (Tuscany); f.29r @BLMedieval
Ennius
@red_loeb
May 16, 2025
Contemplating the stars BL Harley 334; Gautier de Metz, Image du Monde; 15th century; f.95v @BLMedieval
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