Timelapse, Ann Westgarth Beyond a knife-sharp edge of blue berg, another anvil of ice overhangs turgid seas. Crystalline tops spew salty veils from windswept summits. The all-one sky-land, is heavy with snow. Seals
Ice Notes, Elle Stear Inuit women tell me if you pluck the snowy owl quick enough its skin glows a brilliant blue. I am trying to find beauty in the crystalline edges of window
Introduction: Reading's Royal Abbey Learn about the history of Reading's royal abbey, and the context in which Harley 978 was produced.
Style and decoration in Harley 978 Scribes used conventional methods to ensure that their texts were accessible and engaging for their readers.
Magic and medicine in Harley 978 From helpful herbs to a list of signs of impending death, there was magic and medicine aplenty in Harley 978.
Harley 978: 'Sumer is icumen in' and music at Reading Abbey 'Sumer is icumen in' is one of the oldest examples of English song and poetry. Learn about its connection to Reading Abbey.
Reading Abbey and Marie de France Marie de France is the earliest known woman poet writing in French, and several of her works appear in Harley 978.
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