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Category: Fifty-two discoveries

BiblioPhilly…

Louis + Anne Forever

20 Mar 20203 Sep 2021
Fifty-two discoveries from the BiblioPhilly project, No. 52/52 Illuminated Initial and Partial Border with Emblems of Anne of Brittany and Louis XII, Free Library of Philadelphia, Lewis T 659, front…
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Staring at the (Sistine) Ceiling

13 Mar 20203 Sep 2021
Fifty-two discoveries from the BiblioPhilly project, No. 51/52 Attavante degli Attavanti, Historiated initial T from a Missal showing the Lamentation, Philadelphia, Free Library of Philadelphia, Lewis E M 25:9, front…
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From Treviso to TEI: Sister Manuscripts from Montello?

6 Mar 202018 Sep 2021
Fifty-two discoveries from the BiblioPhilly project, No. 50/52    Ambrose of Milan, Hexameron, Philadelphia, Free Library of Philadelphia, Lewis E 4, fol. 1r; Moral and didactic writings, Bethlehem, Lehigh University,…
BiblioPhilly…

Charles Thierry is his Name

28 Feb 20203 Sep 2021
Fifty-two discoveries from the BiblioPhilly project, No. 49/52    Book of Hours, Use of Rouen, Philadelphia, The Library Company of Philadelphia, MS 5, front cover and fol. 13r (miniature of…
BiblioPhilly…

A Noteworthy Genesis in a Parisian Bible

21 Feb 20203 Sep 2021
Fifty-two discoveries from the BiblioPhilly project, No. 48/52    Bible, Swarthmore College, McCabe Library, BS75 1200z, fols. 1r and 4v Swarthmore College has only one Medieval manuscript in its collections,…
BiblioPhilly…

A Diamond in the Rough

14 Feb 20203 Sep 2021
Fifty-two discoveries from the BiblioPhilly project, No. 47/52    Baptista Massa de Argenta, De fructibus vescendis (On Edible Fruits), Philadelphia, College of Physicians of Philadelphia, fol. 1r The detailed catalogue…
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“This is our first original manuscript and is a prized possession.”

7 Feb 20203 Sep 2021
Fifty-two discoveries from the BiblioPhilly project, No. 46/52 Pierre Mésenge, Journal de sainct voyage pour visiter le sainct sepulcre, Bryn Mawr, Bryn Mawr College Library, MS 13, fol. 1r The…
BiblioPhilly…

“Money without health is worse by half”

31 Jan 20203 Sep 2021
Fifty-two discoveries from the BiblioPhilly project, No. 45/52    Book of Hours for the Use of Noyon, Newark (DE), University of Delaware, Morris Library, MSS 95, item 31, unnumbered flyleaf…
BiblioPhilly…

Pennsylvania Dutch

24 Jan 20203 Sep 2021
Fifty-two discoveries from the BiblioPhilly project, No. 44/52    South Netherlands Book of Hours (The Hawley Hours), Lancaster, Franklin & Marshall College, Shadek-Fackenthal Library, Misc. Ms. 146, fol. 13r (with…
BiblioPhilly…

Kendall of Colchester’s Quaker Connection

17 Jan 20203 Sep 2021
Fifty-two discoveries from the BiblioPhilly project, No. 43/52 Bible from Northern France, Haverford College, Quaker & Special Collections, 1250 J2.16.10, fol. 1r A thirteenth-century Parisian Bible, held until 2002 at…

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Today's #MicroMonday is a close-up of musical notes - called 'neumes' - written over a red staff on the last page of Ms. Codex 1248, a late 15th century Italian Liturgical miscellany likely written for a monastic teacher. #medieval #manuscript #music #liturgy #15thc #neumes #italy #bookstagram #librariesofinstagram
Today's #FragmentFriday is LJS 502, a late 11th-early 12th century fragment of Saint Ambrose's De mysteriis in protogothic script. Trimmed and used in a binding, the text on the verso side has been damaged by the use of an adhesive. #medieval #fragment #leaf #11thc #12thc #saintambrose #bindingwaste #binding #protogothic
Our catalogue calls him "grotesque" but we think he's pretty cute 😍
Say hello to LJS 27, a pedagogical treatise on commercial and practical arithmetic, with extensive use of arabic numerals and problems illustrated with scenes from daily life. It was written by Pietro Paolo Muscarello, in Nola, Italy, in 1478. #medieval #manuscript #mathematics #historyofmathematics #illustration #arthistory #bookhistory #rarebooks #bookstagram #librariesofinstagram
Our very own Oddish! This little guy is on f. 42 in LJS 419 - Erbario, aka an illustrated herbal, or book of plants, written in Italy in the 15th century.
Today's #MicroMonday is a wee corner of a penwork frame drawn around the Lord's Prayer on the last page of Ms. Codex 1248, a late 15th century Italian Liturgical miscellany likely written for a monastic teacher. #medieval #manuscript #bookhistory #bookstagram #penwork #illustration #illumination #decoration #italy #liturgy #librariesofinstagram

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