It’s summertime, and definitely the time to get away from the computer and go outdoors. Visit ancient monuments. Travel to places that have nice beaches with Roman ruins. Etc. So I hope none of you are reading this!
I’m trying to do some of that myself, but I’ve not managed to get away yet.
I’ve made a bit of progress with the Life of St Botolph. Both Latin and English are done and in a Word document each. I’ve done the same with the Lives of Sts Thancred, Torhred and Tova, which followed it in one manuscript, and collated the printed text in Birch, Liber Vitae, with the manuscript. I discovered that Birch was careless when he transcribed. I’ve identified the lost Cologne manuscript used by the Bollandists, although I have no access to it: it’s in Berlin. Maybe I should email them and ask if they would make me images of the two pages concerned? I’m starting work on the abbreviated Life produced by John of Tynemouth, and printed in the Nova Legenda Angliae. I’ve just emailed the Bodleian Library, who hold two manuscripts of that abbreviated Life, and asked for help in getting copies of the pages. But this abbreviated Life really should not take much work to knock out. So I have a bit of wind in my sails.
But I ought to get away.