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⏳ Last Chance to Book! ⏳ Don’t miss this free talk by Anne Lawrence-Mathers taking place tomorrow. Join us to find out how medieval people predicted the future! In person: eventbrite.co.uk/e/anne-lawr… Online:events.teams.microsoft.com/e… #UnfoldingTime #MedievalSky #MedievalManuscripts

Anne Lawrence - Mathers: Prediction, Prognostication – or Divination?

Prediction, Prognostication – or Divination? The Medieval Calendar as a guide to the Future.

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LambethPalaceLibrary@lampallib25 Feb 2025
On Thursday 20 March, Anne Lawrence - Mathers will be joining us to talk about Prediction, Prognostication – or Divination? The Medieval Calendar as a guide to the Future. This lecture is also available online! See below to book👇 #LambethPalaceLibrary #UnfoldingTime #Lecture
[Image courtesy of Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford, MS Ashmole 304, ff 31v/32r. Creative Commons Licence CC-BY-NC-40]

ALT [Image courtesy of Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford, MS Ashmole 304, ff 31v/32r. Creative Commons Licence CC-BY-NC-40]

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Happy International Women’s Day! For #IWD, why not pay a visit to the digital version of last summer’s ‘Her Booke’: Early Modern Women and their Books, celebrating the role of women in England’s devotional, intellectual & bibliographical cultures. lambethpalacelibrary.info/ex…
Detail of the exhibition poster showing Elizabeth I kneeling at prayer with a prayerbook open before her.

ALT Detail of the exhibition poster showing Elizabeth I kneeling at prayer with a prayerbook open before her.

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For our latest exhibition 'Unfolding Time: The Medieval Pocket Calendar', we borrowed seven items, including five concertina-fold almanacs from @britishlibrary. To learn more, check out Calum Cockburn's blog for @BLMedieval. blogs.bl.uk/digitisedmanuscr…… pic.x.com/jAoEC1Ct87
An opening from a concertina-fold almanac, showing a perpetual calendar. British Library Add MS 17367

ALT An opening from a concertina-fold almanac, showing a perpetual calendar. British Library Add MS 17367

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LambethPalaceLibrary retweeted
Medieval Manuscripts@BLMedieval7 Mar 2025
We're delighted to have loaned items to @lampallib's new exhibition Unfolding Time: The Medieval Pocket Calendar, looking at a remarkable collection of concertina-fold almanacs. Check out today's blogpost to learn more about these incredible items! blogs.bl.uk/digitisedmanuscr…
An opening from a concertina-fold almanac, showing an illuminated calendar.

ALT An opening from a concertina-fold almanac, showing an illuminated calendar.

A composite image of the upper cover and fore-edge of a concertina fold-almanac.

ALT A composite image of the upper cover and fore-edge of a concertina fold-almanac.

A birds-eye view of a printed concertina-fold almanac.

ALT A birds-eye view of a printed concertina-fold almanac.

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🎉 Congratulations to @jahendler on winning the 2025 AAAI Feigenbaum Award! 🏆 We’re delighted his groundbreaking contributions to knowledge representation and the Semantic Web have been acknowledged through this prestigious award. #AAAI #FeigenbaumAward #AI #SemanticWeb
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We were honoured to host him in conversation about AI and the Archives at @lampallib in July last year. 📚✨
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Today we remember George Herbert (1593-1633), a poet and priest of the Church of England. ‘The Temple’ is a book of poems written by Herbert. His poems explore religion and spirituality, and make interesting use of the book as a form. #LambethPalaceLibrary #EasterWings #Printed
Title page of 'The Temple'. [K24.4/H41]

ALT Title page of 'The Temple'. [K24.4/H41]

'Easter Wings'. [K24.4/H41]

ALT 'Easter Wings'. [K24.4/H41]

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On Thursday 20 March, Anne Lawrence - Mathers will be joining us to talk about Prediction, Prognostication – or Divination? The Medieval Calendar as a guide to the Future. This lecture is also available online! See below to book👇 #LambethPalaceLibrary #UnfoldingTime #Lecture
[Image courtesy of Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford, MS Ashmole 304, ff 31v/32r. Creative Commons Licence CC-BY-NC-40]

ALT [Image courtesy of Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford, MS Ashmole 304, ff 31v/32r. Creative Commons Licence CC-BY-NC-40]

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Book your free ticket here: eventbrite.co.uk/e/anne-lawr… To watch online, book here: events.teams.microsoft.com/e…
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Our next Saturday opening will include your first weekend chance to see our newest exhibition, Unfolding Time! Explore the history of the Medieval pocket calendar. If you would like to use the Reading Room, please book in advance. #UnfoldingTime #SaturdayOpening #History
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Just a couple of days to go until our first #UnfoldingTime lecture: Light and Labour in Late Medieval Concertina-Fold Almanacs. Booking closes at the end of today. Find out how to book below 👇
LambethPalaceLibrary@lampallib24 Jan 2025
Booking is now open for our first 'Unfolding Time' exhibition lecture: Megan McNamee, 'Light and Labour in Late Medieval Concertina-Fold Almanacs' 🕓 5.30pm, 19 February For booking info, see lambethpalacelibrary.info/ev… #UnfoldingTime #LambethPalaceLibrary
[Image: Copenhagen, Kongelige Bibliotek, NKS 901]

ALT [Image: Copenhagen, Kongelige Bibliotek, NKS 901]

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Project Update! This week, we proudly opened our exhibition, Unfolding Time: The Medieval Pocket Calendar, to the public! 🎉 A huge thank you to the #NationalLottery #HeritageFund for their essential support in making this possible. #UnfoldingTime #MedievalSky #ThanksToYou
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Did you see us in Lucy Worsley Investigates, Episode 3 '1066'? This manuscript shows Lanfranc, Archbishop of Canterbury, showing leniency towards women who have fled to a nunnery to take refuge from the Normans. #LambethPalaceLibrary #Archives #Normans
MS 363 f.111r

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Today we celebrate the Presentation of Christ in the Temple (Candlemas). This miniature comes from a Book of Hours, produced in the 1470s and donated to Lambeth Palace Library from the Blavatnik Honresfield Library by the Friends of the National Libraries, 2022. [MS 5204 f. 72v]
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☀️ Missing the sun these days? Don’t worry—you can look at this one smiling back at you in this volvelle, sewn into one of our medieval manuscripts. What’s a volvelle, you ask? 🤔 Well, you’ll just have to visit our upcoming exhibition to find out 👇
LPL, MS 454, fol. 26r

ALT LPL, MS 454, fol. 26r

LPL, MS 454, fol. 26r

ALT LPL, MS 454, fol. 26r

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'Unfolding Time: The Medieval Pocket Calendar' opens on 14 February—mark your calendars! #UnfoldingTime #MedievalManuscripts #Volvelle #HeritageFund
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This Saturday is our first Saturday opening of 2025! Our Reading Room will be open from 10am to 5pm to anyone wishing to use our collections. Please book in advance and pre-order your materials. #SaturdayOpening #LambethPalaceLibrary
Graphic showing Reading Room at Lambeth Palace Library with the date, 1 February 2025, and the time, 10am-5pm.

ALT Graphic showing Reading Room at Lambeth Palace Library with the date, 1 February 2025, and the time, 10am-5pm.

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Booking is now open for our first 'Unfolding Time' exhibition lecture: Megan McNamee, 'Light and Labour in Late Medieval Concertina-Fold Almanacs' 🕓 5.30pm, 19 February For booking info, see lambethpalacelibrary.info/ev… #UnfoldingTime #LambethPalaceLibrary
[Image: Copenhagen, Kongelige Bibliotek, NKS 901]

ALT [Image: Copenhagen, Kongelige Bibliotek, NKS 901]

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Exciting news! We’re thrilled to announce a generous £53,418 grant from The National Lottery Heritage Fund for our ‘Unfolding Time’ exhibition, which will showcase a rare and remarkable group of medieval folding calendars. A huge thanks to #NationalLottery players #HeritageFund
Flyer for the 'Unfolding Time: The medieval pocket calendar' exhibition at Lambeth Palace Library, showing one of the medieval calendars partially opened.

ALT Flyer for the 'Unfolding Time: The medieval pocket calendar' exhibition at Lambeth Palace Library, showing one of the medieval calendars partially opened.

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Happy Christmas! (Luke 2:15-16) 'The shepherds said to one another, "Let us go now to Bethlehem and see this thing that has taken place . . ." So they went with haste and found Mary and Joseph, and the child lying in the manger.' [Horae ad usum Rothmagensem, [ZZ]1488.5]
Mary and Joseph kneel looking at baby Jesus who lies on Mary's cloak. Behind them there is an ox and an ass. The shepherds look on over a low fence. Above them are angels.

ALT Mary and Joseph kneel looking at baby Jesus who lies on Mary's cloak. Behind them there is an ox and an ass. The shepherds look on over a low fence. Above them are angels.

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