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  1. The #Bodleian #Libraries at the University of Oxford recently became a premium #OAPEN Library and #DOAB supporter. Silke Davison interviewed David Watson, the Bodleian’s open monograph project officer about their engagement with #OpenAccess books and why they chose to become one of our supporters.
    Silke Davison (October 10, 2024). An Interview with the University of Oxford, Bodleian Libraries. OAPEN - Online library of open access books. Retrieved October 11, 2024 from doi.org/10.58079/12g2v

  2. @medieval_illuminations #TIL: the central arms (azure, a lion rampant argent) are those of Monhaut, a #Flintshire family:
    theheraldrysociety.com/article

    The arms of Clare are unmistakeable, & Baxter (1987) suggested other heraldic allusions to Berkeley & Bohun:
    jstor.org/stable/751325

    This bestiary's dated to the 1240s, a time of turmoil. Marcher lords may have enjoyed dreaming of military surprise...

    #medieval #heraldry #13thCentury #bestiary #ElephantAndCastle #Bodleian #elephant @medievodons

  3. From 21 Feb: New imaging tool confirms female scribe etched her name in medieval manuscript - Enlarge / Bodleian MS. Selden Supra 30 open at pp. 18-19.John Barrett Jessica H... arstechnica.com/science/2023/0 #3d-imaging #archiox-project #bodleian-library #forensic-archaeology #gaming-&-culture #history #medieval-history #optics #photometric-stereo-recording #physics #science