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Extraordinary Medieval Manuscript Discovery at Shrewsbury School

25 Feb 2026
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A 14th-century manuscript has been discovered within Shrewsbury School's library and archives and has been identified as the only complete surviving copy of Richard Rolle’s original Emendatio vitae (The Emending of Life).

As reported in the Telegraph and The University of Cambridge, the manuscript was found by medieval literature researcher Dr Timothy Glover, and the discovery provides fresh insight into the development of medieval Christian writing and English literary culture.

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