Once I was a clever boy learning the arts of Oxford... is a quotation from the verses written by Bishop Richard Fleming (c.1385-1431) for his tomb in Lincoln Cathedral. Fleming, the founder of Lincoln College in Oxford, is the subject of my research for a D. Phil., and, like me, a son of the West Riding. I have remarked in the past that I have a deeply meaningful on-going relationship with a dead fifteenth century bishop... it was Fleming who, in effect, enabled me to come to Oxford and to learn its arts, and for that I am immensely grateful.


Saturday, 1 April 2023

CUP’s Coronation BCP continuing tale of woe


It has now been pointed out to me that the Book of Common Prayer printed by Cambridge  University Press, The King’s Printer, to commemorate the Coronation not only has His Majesty as King of England, France and Ireland ( oh happy days! ) but also misspells Psalter -”Psaltar” - and Consecration - “Concecration” - on the title page….

This really is a collector’s edition.

If thou, LORD, shouldest mark iniquities, O Lord, who shall stand   Ps.130:3

O LORD Thou hast searched me, and known me   Ps.139:1



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