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This is a supposed "new history" of the life of Mary Queen of Scots, published in Paris in 1675. Why not visit The Hunterian's excellent new exhibition on the Afterlife of Mary Queen of Scots?gla.ac.uk/hunterian/visi…

One for Cameron Maclean: a so called ´Half Philip´s Guilder´ struck in Bruges during the reign of Philip the Good (1396-1467) (STAM, Ghent)

Appreciation post for the beautiful italic script of the chancery of King Sigismund I ‘the Old’ of Poland. (Also: Sigismund says please come on crusade.)

Mary Queen of Scots was executed #onthisday in 1577. This work, published in France in 1588, details the legal justification for the execution. Translated into French from a 1557 English edition, it portrays the turbulent political climate of the time. Mitchell Library (EFP 1588)

A new Hospitaller manuscript acquired and digitised by the BL. The final leaves have a previously unknown French account of the loss of Rhodes in 1522, probably written by a scribe in the order's chancery or one of its French langues. #medievaltwitter #twitterstorians

Just our Keeper of Edged Weapons and Armour, Henry Yallop looking EPIC in the The Times and The Sunday Times today. Henry was inspecting a 14th-century sword from the arsenal of Alexandria which is being scanned as part of our collaboration with Windlass Steelcrafts.

Was really cool to help on this project, it's fun to play and you can learn something too :)

We know you'll be very excited about our forthcoming exhibition 'Chasing the Jacobite Dream' which showcases amazing medals from our #Hunterian collection University of Glasgow! 😉 But what's it like to work in the numismatics library? Find out in our latest blog! ow.ly/bItN50OwGrb

X-rays reveal new depths on a possible crusader sword, found in the sea back in 2021! Y. Asscher, J. Gosker, J. Sharvit, I. Hershko, and D. Braitman - from the רשות העתיקות - Israel Antiquities Authority and the Soreq Nuclear Research Center - have published their findings here: bit.ly/3KaA6X6

Seal of Charles the Bold, duke of Burgundy, attached to an alliance treaty between Charles and Edward IV of England. Cotton Ch XI 54. #medievaltwitter #hiddencollections

Had such a good time at Traductio et Traditio Mediaevales: didacticism in literature and the transmission of knowledge in Peñiscola. The papers were fantastic, the weather amazing, and I got to present in a medieval castle :D

Some highlights from our new blogpost by Rory MacLellan on the wonders to be found among the Cotton charters blogs.bl.uk/digitisedmanus… #HiddenCollections

I'm thrilled to share that I successfully defended my PhD thesis yesterday. I'm profoundly grateful to Prof. Graeme Small and Dr Andrew Roach for their insightful examination. And, of course, a huge thanks to staff at the University of Glasgow for all their support.

Big announcement coming up: a book I co-edited with colleague Magnus Ressel on the Later Crusades has now entered the production phase and should be out by the end of the year. This is a result of our work within the IS-LE project. More info: degruyter.com/document/isbn/…

Out now! “The Defence of the Faith”, edited by Paul Srodecki and Norbert Kersken, published by Brepols. The book includes my paper “Converting Heretics into Crusaders on the Fringes of Latin Christendom: Shifting Crusading Paradigms in Medieval Bosnia”: brepols.net/products/IS-97…

Today we have another exciting release!📜 Check out Thomas Smith's exciting new interpretation of epistolary culture of the First Crusade.

Preparations are moving fast for our major exhibition, Medieval Women: In Their Own Words, opening 25 Oct Learn about their daily lives, achievements and challenges, drawing on their own books and documents We'll let you know here when tickets go on sale blogs.bl.uk/digitisedmanus…