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Category: Additions to OPenn

Additions to OPenn

“Book of Hours, Use Rome” and other manuscripts, now on OPenn

13 Sep 2017
Below is a list of 15 items added to OPenn August 1, 2017-September 8, 2017, including medieval manuscripts from theĀ Free Library of Philadelphia. (Shelfmark, Title, Date uploaded, Link to OPenn).…
Additions to OPenn

“Book of Hours, Use of Utrecht”, and other manuscripts, now on OPenn

29 Aug 201730 Aug 2017
Below is a list of 61 items added to OPenn in June- July 2017, including medieval manuscripts from the Free Library of Philadelphia. (Shelfmark, Title, Date uploaded, Link to OPenn).…
Additions to OPenn

Book of Hours, Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin, and other manuscripts, now on OPenn

1 Aug 2017
Below is a list of 43 items added to OPenn in May 2017, including medieval manuscripts from the Free Library of Philadelphia, an autobiography of Benjamin Franklin (autograph manuscript signed)…
Additions to OPenn

“SuĢ„ryasiddhaĢ„nta,” and other Manuscripts, now on OPenn

18 Jul 2017
Here is a list of some recent additions to OPenn in April 2017. (Shelfmark, Title, Date uploaded, Link to OPenn). Univ. of Penn Books & Manuscripts Ā 196 items Fol. 1r-2v.,…
Additions to OPenn

“NyaĢ„yagrantha” and other manuscripts, now on OPenn

7 Jul 2017
Here is a list of some recent additions to OPenn on March 23-31 2017. (Shelfmark, Title, Date uploaded, Link to OPenn). Ā 87 items Univ. of Penn Books & Manuscripts Fol…
Additions to OPenn

“GarbhagiĢ„taĢ„” and other Indic manuscripts, now on OPenn

13 Jun 2017
Here is a list of some recent additions to OPenn on March 19-22 2017. (Shelfmark, Title, Date uploaded, Link to OPenn). Ā 55 items Univ. of Penn Books & Manuscripts Fol…
Additions to OPenn

“AjñaĢ„navicaĢ„ra” and other Indic manuscripts, now on OPenn

7 Jun 2017
Here is a list of some recent additions to OPenn on March 15-18, 2017. (Shelfmark, Title, Date uploaded, Link to OPenn). 37 items Univ. of Penn Books & Manuscripts Fol…
Additions to OPenn

“Hybrid book of hours” and Indic manuscripts, now on OPenn

30 May 2017
Here is a list of some recent additions to OPenn on March 3-14, 2017. (Shelfmark, Title, Date uploaded, Link to OPenn). 112 Items Univ. of Penn Books & Manuscripts Fol.…
Additions to OPenn

“SraĢ„ddhakalpa” and other manuscripts, now on OPenn

23 May 2017
Here is a list of some recent additions to OPenn on March 1-2, 2017. (Shelfmark, Title, Date uploaded, Link to OPenn). Ā Items 52 manuscripts Univ. of Penn Books & Manuscripts…
Additions to OPenn

“Sententiae ex variis authoribus decerptae” and other manuscripts, now on OPenn

10 May 201710 May 2017
Here is a list of some recent additions to OPenn from February 8-28, 2017. (Shelfmark, Title, Date uploaded, Link to OPenn). Ā Items 68 manuscripts Univ. of Penn Books & Manuscripts…

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Today's #YearOfHours is University of Pennsylvania Ms. Codex 1056, book of hours, use of Rouen, produced in Rouen, France, ca. 1475 for a local woman. Link in bio. #BiblioPhilly #medieval #manuscript #bookofhours #illustration #illumination #prayer #france #bookhistory #arthistory #rarebooks #bookstagram #librariesofinstagram
LJS 436 is a 14th-century copy of a late 13th-century Arabic manual on the mathematics of the Islamic law of inheritance. Sections of the copy dated to different times, though signed by the same scribe, last date is Rajab 724 (July 1324) Link in bio #medieval #manuscript #arabic #mathematics #historyofmathematics #islamic #islamiclaw #law #inheritance #bookhistory #rarebooks #14thcentury #bookstagram #librariesofinstagram
Today's #FloraFriday is a page from LJS 62, an herbal in the tradition of Dioscorides, a Greek pharmacologist who wrote his De Re Medica in the first century CE. This text including the illustrations were translated and copied for over 1500 years. Link in bio #medieval #manuscript #herbal #plants #flowers #illustration #15thcentury #bookhistory #rarebooks
A centaur (Sagittarius?) is shooting... something that's been erased, in the bottom margin of f. 121v, Ms. Codex 724, a 13th century Bible written in France. Link in bio #drollerydonnerstag #medieval #manuscript #bible #drollery #marginalia #illustration #illumination #france #13thcentury #parchment #bookhistory #rarebooks #bookstagram #librariesofinstagram
Today's #YearOfHours is Philadelphia Museum of Art 1924‑19‑1, book of Hours, use of Paris, produced between 1460 and 1480. The seven large miniatures include two that feature the portrait of the female patron who had the book made. Link in bio. #BiblioPhilly #medieval #manuscript #bookofhours #parchment #illustration #illumination #15thcentury #france #paris #bookhistory #rarebooks #bookstagram #librariesofinstagram
A new video facsimile! Ms. Codex 1640 is too tightly bound to be photographed in our studio, but we can take a video to give you a sense of the whole book. It's a 14th c. copy of Thomas of Ireland's Manipulus Florum, cover-to-cover, sped x20. Link to full video in YouTube in bio. #medieval #manuscript #video #youtube #facsimile #14thcentury #sermons #extracts #england #france #bookhistory #rarebooks

Recent Blog Posts

  • Manuscript Monday: LJS 381- Humanist copy of Sallust’s works on the history of Rome (Video Orientation)
  • Manuscript Monday: Ms. Codex 1656- Memorial [manuscript] (Video Orientation)
  • Manuscript Monday: LJS 380- Pros mathēmatikous … [etc.] (Video Orientation)
  • Manuscript Monday: Ms. Codex 1655- Adversariorum pars prima. (Video Orientation)

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  • Manuscript Monday: LJS 381- Humanist copy of Sallust’s works on the history of Rome (Video Orientation)
  • Manuscript Monday: Ms. Codex 1656- Memorial [manuscript] (Video Orientation)
  • Manuscript Monday: LJS 380- Pros mathēmatikous … [etc.] (Video Orientation)
  • Manuscript Monday: Ms. Codex 1655- Adversariorum pars prima. (Video Orientation)

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