Patrick on Mythryl: “"Certes nat the beste"? I spende my precious ydel houres leevynge…”

"Certes nat the beste"? I spende my precious ydel houres leevynge behynde invaluable writynges of a passed age, and thou hast the hardynesse to seye it is "certes nat the beste"?? I am so sory for wastynge thy tyme with myn unworthy werkes!

Kenneth F. Duggan 🇨🇦@kfduggan.bsky.social

Portraits in medieval English legal records! The clerk who recorded the crimes and accidental deaths in this record from 1247 liked to sketch in the margins. They're certainly not the best sketches I've seen from the 13th century, but they're still a delight to come across.

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