#paleography skills coming in clutch

[werewolf-transgenderism]

mantra for this year from a very very old year: “hope is a swete spice wiþinne þe heorte þet sweteð ut al þat bitter þat tet bodi drinkeð” [hope is a sweet spice within the heart that sweetens all the bitter that the body drinks]

Ancrene Wisse, Cotton MS Nero A XIV f. 19r

#still so emo about this line that i looked up the digitized ms and searched through it for this part #paleography skills coming in clutch #‘hope is a swete spice wiþinne þe heorte þet sweteð ut al þe bitter þe tet bodi drinkeð’ 🥹🥹🥹 #medievalposting