@SJLahey@bookhistodons@medievodons When Edward IV welcomed Louis, Lord of Gruthuuse , he sent his close friend (and Lord Chamberlain) Wm Hastings to entertain him. That included bathing at the same time - in 2 tubs next to each other. 'And when they had been in their baths as long as was their pleasure, they had… green gingers, divers syrups, comfits,and ipocras’ (The Chronicles of the White Rose of York: A Series of Historical Fragments by John Giles)
@KarenStrickholm@bookhistodons@histodons It’s a leaf in a carefully-copied collection of medieval English common law texts. A reader added the manicule to mark a passage of interest. 😊
Oh I see, so a different person made the "manicule" to the margin, probably later in time. Manicule is not in dictionary dot com, but once again, #Wikipedia has me covered!
#TIH#OTD in #BookHistory 6 May 1236: Death of Roger of Wendover, Benedictine monk & 1st of a series of important chroniclers at St Albans. His best-known chronicle, Flores historiarum, survives in 2 #MedievalManuscripts—including the 1 shown in the 📷—& an edition in Matthew Paris’ (c.1200–1259) Chronica majora. @bookhistodons@medievodons