B.S.W. Barootes
@barootes
Medievalist. Asst. Prof. of English at MUN, Grenfell. Articles on final -e, the Pearl-poet, and monkish burps. Wm Beauchamp fanboy. Cursed by Artemis. (he/him/his) bswbarootes.com
Highlights of me visiting a book that I've already published on (NLS, AdvS 53.3.14) but had never met in person.
Are you headed to the @imc-leeds.bsky.social next week? Do you like Lollards and/or rebels? How about historical documents and the people, events, and networks they help us explore? Join us on Monday, July 6 at 4.30 for "Lollards and Rebels."
I'm glad I got the chance to work with Egerton 618 (and its fellow, 617), the two surviving volumes of Thomas of Woodstock's three-volume Wycliffite Bible, last year before it went back under class
Always nice to pop into the standing exhibit of fancy stuff at the BL (short thread) I saw the Beowulf manuscript for the first time!
Maybe not my favourite (and I didn't take it), but definitely a memorable one!
Incredibly intrigued by the linguistic choices that led to the French translation of the Budweiser slogan in my bilingual nation #indétrônable
Just noticing this in the MUN CA, and, man, does this province ever not understand HE...
The dumbing-down and enshittification of this barrel-bottom university continues apace
How best to describe the leaf behind the FW here? Four-petalled, trefoil? Many thanks in advance, pals.
In 1407, the canon of Wetwang (Yorks.) was Dick Winewick (reminded of this fact by a 2020 FaBoo memory)
Looking through my Stinky file on the phone as I remember my beloved Biscothèque
This is one of the reasons I love karaoke culture, especially in smaller places. This lady rules. Sat here all night playing a complicated version of Crazy 8s w her friend, then got up to sing "Coal Miner's Daughter" (quite good), the three folks from the community helped her down w her walker.
On Holy Thursday, I ask that you bring me my chariot of fire www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/43662/...