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Got Medieval

Dave Wilton, Tuesday, July 06, 2010

One of my favorite blogs in recent months has been the irregularly updated Got Medieval blog by Carl Pyrdum. The blog is at its best when it is examining the marginalia in medieval manuscripts, as in this posting from today.

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