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Today's #MusicMonday is Ms. Codex 922, which among other things includes at a treatise on music theory focusing on tonality as illustrated by the Pythagorean monochord. Illustration on f. 5r shows a conventional rudimentary diagram of a monochord. Link in bio #medieval #manuscript #music #musical #monochord #diagram #15thcentury #italy #bookhistory #rarebooks
Today's #YearOfHours is Philadelphia Museum of Art 1945-65-14, Book of hours, use of Rome, written in Dijon, France, in 1518. It contains several large miniatures including a portrait of the book's owner. Link in bio #medieval #renaissance #france #illuminated #illlustrated #BookOfHours #16thcentury #bookhistory #rarebooks
📚 Exciting manuscript alert! 🌟 Delve into the intriguing world of astrology and traditional medicine with this captivating German manuscript from 1443. 🌙✨ Explore its rich contents, including a calendar, treatises on zodiac signs and planets, and instructions on bloodletting and more! Link in bio 📜🩺 #Astrology #MedievalMedicine #Manuscript #Renaissance #AstrologyEarlyWorks #GermanTexts #HistoryOfMedicine #BookHistory #RareBooks
Today's #FloraFriday is a couple of red buds and bonus fireworks roots on folio 39r of LJS 46, an herbal written in Italy ca. 1520. Link in bio #medieval #manuscript #herbal #flowers #floral #paper #16thcentury #illustration #painting #bookhistory #rarebooks
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Today's #YearOfHours is Library Company MS 5, and contains nine miniatures by the workshop of the Master of the Échevinage de Rouen plus one other in a different style. The borders include gold backgrounds and human and animal figures. Link in bio. #medieval #manuscript #15thcentury #bookofhours #france #illumination #illustration #bookhistory #rarebooks #bookstagram #librariesofinstagram

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  • Manuscript Monday: Ms. Codex 1678 – Liber Piccatriciae. (Video Orientation)
  • Manuscript Monday: LJS 388 – [Mulakhkhaṣ fī al-hayʼah]. = [ملخص في الهيئه]. (Video Orientation)
  • Manuscript Monday: Ms. Codex 1677 – Ars artium … [etc.]. (Video Orientation)
  • Manuscript Monday: LJS 387 – al-Qāmūs al-muḥīṭ. = القاموس المحيط. (Video Orientation)

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