Merton’s Beasts

@MertonBeasts

Regular updates from us, the beasts of Merton College, MS 249, to get you through #Lockdown3 | MS: bit.ly/3s19tJy | Zookeeper: @DowsMillerSeb

Oxford, England Joined December 2020

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Merton’s Beasts @MertonBeasts Jul 5, 2021

On Thursday I finally managed to see the #LockdownBestiary manuscript in person – thank you to @JuliaWalworth for making it possible!

Incipit ‘Things I missed in the digital facsimile : a thread 🧵’ ft. a #BonusBeast not in our original posts! 🦔

#MedievalTwitter #IMC2021

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Merton’s Beasts @MertonBeasts May 11, 2022

I had a great time taking part in this #Beasts of #AI workshop last week, with a truly interdisciplinary panel 🦁 Thanks to @kaisirlin, @TORCHOxford, & co. for making it possible! I look forward to seeing how our beasts evolve as they meet new audiences! 👹

Rachel Douglas-Jones @kaisirlin May 5, 2022

Looking forward to welcoming @MertonBeasts @_linehenriksen_ @NayanikaM @mooseabyte @SanNuvola & more to @bdi_oxford tomorrow to begin making a Critical Bestiary of AI. Thank you @TORCHOxford and @WEH_Oxford for making it possible! torch.ox.ac.uk/critical-besti…
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Merton’s Beasts @MertonBeasts Jun 13, 2021

Finally back in the @britishmuseum today after far too long away, and enjoying looking at this 15thC pelican brooch which looks quite a lot like the one in our #LockdownBestiary! (📷 PE AF.2767)

Merton’s Beasts @MertonBeasts Mar 19, 2021

Young pelicans appear to fight their elders quite a bit.

They often die but are revived when they're brought out of it.

#LockdownBestiary #Oxford #MedievalTwitter #NotBirds

📷 Merton College, MS 249, f. 9r

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Merton’s Beasts @MertonBeasts May 19, 2021

This week featuring #Tupi 🇧🇷 with @maryknewman @TupiCorpus and #Welsh with @LoisLlWilliams! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 #medievaltwitter

Oxford History of the Book @BkHistOx Apr 27, 2021

Starting on 28 April, every Wed 3-5pm: Digital Editions launches with live book presentations from @TAYOxford & @bodleianlibs! All welcome! historyofthebook.mml.ox.ac.uk/2021/04/10/dig…

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Merton’s Beasts @MertonBeasts May 5, 2021

Thanks to all the @BkHistOx students past and present involved in a great presentation today on this manuscript, and as promised we did get to see the crocodile! 🐊

Agnes Hilger @agnes_hilger May 5, 2021

During my internship with @HLaehnemann at @UniofOxford, @evneu and I started working on a #Digitaledition. Have a look at our work-in-progress report: historyofthebook.mml.ox.ac.uk/2021/05/05/tra…

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