Tudor tournaments were thus, Emma-Catherine argues "deeply rooted in Early English tournaments," not Burgundian models.

Emma-Catherine Wilson discussed early Tudor Tournament letters arguing that rather than relying on Burgundian models as other scholars have suggested, the Tudors drew from "a long lineage of insular tradition" in issuing challenges and creating the literary pageantry of tournaments.

Her work has traced the life of this textile fragment from an Islamic courtly setting in Grenada to a Christian Church in Castile. The fabric was eventually cut and survives now in fragments across the world. In its fragmented form these textiles served as book and treasure wraps.

Next up was Iris Bednarski who shared her work on a textile fragment now housed at the McGill Museum of Fine Arts. The pic here was kindly provided by Iris. The project attempted "to reconstruct the life of [this] object". The fragment is probably from Grenada and was likely created in the 13th c.

of the MF and their uses. See the project here: manipulus-project.wlu.ca.

nothing has survived to the present day. Dr. Bacola also noted the importance of the Fenland in the area, allowing for isolated conditions for those (saints) seeking solitude. Using ArcGIS also brings to light local power dynamics between neighbouring monasteries.

Finally Meredith Bacola described how she is using ArcGIS as a tool for understanding the development of Crowland Abbey. Amongst other fascinating findings, using ArcGIS made it clear that the geography supported the information found in hagiographies of St. Guthlac (and important finding since

was being read, but in the libraries, not the infirmaries, he speculates. @winstonblack is on bluesky, so ask questions!

kept in the infirmary not the library, and shows clear evidence of the incorporation of the textual knowledge in the MS into medical practice. Dr. Black also hinted that there was a distinction to be made between textual medicine and the medicine of the infirmaries. Constantine Africanus' new work