27 July 2006 07:45
Psalm of the Day from the "Book in the Bog"
The discovery of a Viking-Age psalter in a bog in Ireland became world news when it was reported that it was open at Psalm 83 - a psalm which justifies violence by Israel against its neighbours. Audrey Wylfing investigates how this story started.
17 July 2006 10:00
Voynich - the Board Game
Audrey Wylfing from Frog End reveals the answer to the centuries-old mystery of the Voynich Manuscript. It is a board game invented by Erasmus in response to taunts from fellows of Queens' College Cambridge that he was altogether too serious.
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