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Category: Fifty-two discoveries

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Italian with a French Accent (Part II): Attributing the Illuminations of Lewis E 207

10 Jan 20203 Sep 2021
Fifty-two discoveries from the BiblioPhilly project, No. 42/52    Prayer Book, Philadelphia, Free Library of Philadelphia, Lewis E 207, fol. 1r (miniature of the Presentation in the Temple); Gian Giacomo…
BiblioPhilly…

Overlooked Texts, Overlooked Images (Part II): Mystery Engravings

3 Jan 20203 Sep 2021
Fifty-two discoveries from the BiblioPhilly project, No. 41/52 A guest post by National Gallery of Art Associate Curator of Old Master Prints, Brooks Rich    Album of Engravings and Devotional…
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Overlooked Texts, Overlooked Images (Part I): An Erasmian Album

27 Dec 20193 Sep 2021
Fifty-two discoveries from the BiblioPhilly project, No. 40/52    Album of Engravings and Devotional Texts by Erasmus, Marco Girolamo Vida, and Prudentius, Philadelphia, Free Library of Philadelphia, Lewis E 179,…
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A Professor’s Personal Copy

20 Dec 20193 Sep 2021
Fifty-two discoveries from the BiblioPhilly project, No. 39/52    Regiomontanus, Tabulae directionum et profectionum; University of Pennsylvania, Lawrence J. Schoenberg Collection, LJS 172, pp. 146–47 Johannes Müller von Königsberg (1436–76),…
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Repainted Miniatures in the Frédéric Spitzer Hours

13 Dec 20193 Sep 2021
Fifty-two discoveries from the BiblioPhilly project, No. 38/52    Book of Hours for the Use of Paris, Philadelphia, Philadelphia Museum of Art, 1945-65–5, p. 351 and 363 (detail of retouched…
BiblioPhilly…

Nau, Naulet, Noël: Part II (a fragment of the Chanson de la Grue)

6 Dec 20193 Sep 2021
Fifty-two discoveries from the BiblioPhilly project, No. 37/52 Noels (Book of Christmas Carols in French), Philadelphia, Free Library of Philadelphia, Lewis E 211, fol. 5r (detail) Last week, we looked…
BiblioPhilly…

Nau, Naulet, Noël: Part I (a poem by Olivier Maillard)

29 Nov 20193 Sep 2021
Fifty-two discoveries from the BiblioPhilly project, No. 36/52 Noels (Book of Christmas Carols in French), Philadelphia, Free Library of Philadelphia, Lewis E 211, fols. 17v (detail). As the holiday season…
BiblioPhilly…

Who was Michele Zopello?

22 Nov 201922 Feb 2022
Fifty-two discoveries from the BiblioPhilly project, No. 35/52 Michele Zopello, Litterarum simulationis liber; University of Pennsylvania, Lawrence J. Schoenberg Collection, LJS 225, fol. 1r One of the masterpieces of the…
BiblioPhilly…

Which Dr. Wickersham?

15 Nov 20193 Sep 2021
Fifty-two discoveries from the BiblioPhilly project, No. 34/52    Antiphonal, Philadelphia, The Library Company of Philadelphia, MS 19, front cover and fol. 150v The Library Company of Philadelphia possesses a…
BiblioPhilly…

That’s a Bullarium

8 Nov 20193 Sep 2021
Fifty-two discoveries from the BiblioPhilly project, No. 33/52 Bullarium Augustinianum (Collection of Augustinian Bulls); University of Pennsylvania, Ms. Codex 85, fol. 1r, with border here attributed to the workshop of…

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Next up in our #SIMSseries for Ms. Codex 1566, the 14th century book of hours from Metz, France: a closer look at the binding, which is a "modern" (19th century?) red velvet over pasteboards with a nifty metal clasp and gilding along the edge. Small but mighty! #medieval #manuscript #velvet #binding #gilding #gilded #clasp #bookofhours #bookhistory #bookstagram #librariesofinstagram
Today's #FragmentFriday is Ms. Coll 591, folder 49, a document, formerly with seals, from inquest held in Snayth (Snaith, East Riding of Yorkshire) on 28 October 1410 (twelfth regnal year of Henry IV) concerning two deaths. #medieval #manuscript #parchment #seals #15thc #law #historyoflaw #document #librariesofinstagram #bookstagram #bookhistory #rarebooks #rarebook #archives
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Next up in our #SIMSseries for Ms. Codex 1566, the 14th century book of hours from Metz, France: a brief look inside, at the calendar, and then a miniature of the Virgin and Child, nursing - typical of use of Metz - at the opening of Matins. #medieval #manuscript #parchment #illumination #nursing #breastfeeding #calendar #bookhistory #bookstagram #librariesofinstagram
Modesty is a virtue.
Our next #SIMSseries is for Ms. Codex 1566, a book of hours, use of Metz, written in Metz, France, between 1375 and 1399. It's very small, bound in modern red velvet over pasteboards with metal clasp, decorated with small illuminated initials. #medieval #manuscript #illuminated #bookofhours #miniature #france #french #14thc #parchment #bookhistory #rarebook #bookstagram #librariesofinstagram

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Next up in our #SIMSseries for Ms. Codex 1566, the 14th century book of hours from Metz, France: a closer look at the binding, which is a "modern" (19th century?) red velvet over pasteboards with a nifty metal clasp and gilding along the edge. Small but mighty! #medieval #manuscript #velvet #binding #gilding #gilded #clasp #bookofhours #bookhistory #bookstagram #librariesofinstagram
Today's #FragmentFriday is Ms. Coll 591, folder 49, a document, formerly with seals, from inquest held in Snayth (Snaith, East Riding of Yorkshire) on 28 October 1410 (twelfth regnal year of Henry IV) concerning two deaths. #medieval #manuscript #parchment #seals #15thc #law #historyoflaw #document #librariesofinstagram #bookstagram #bookhistory #rarebooks #rarebook #archives
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Next up in our #SIMSseries for Ms. Codex 1566, the 14th century book of hours from Metz, France: a brief look inside, at the calendar, and then a miniature of the Virgin and Child, nursing - typical of use of Metz - at the opening of Matins. #medieval #manuscript #parchment #illumination #nursing #breastfeeding #calendar #bookhistory #bookstagram #librariesofinstagram
Modesty is a virtue.
Our next #SIMSseries is for Ms. Codex 1566, a book of hours, use of Metz, written in Metz, France, between 1375 and 1399. It's very small, bound in modern red velvet over pasteboards with metal clasp, decorated with small illuminated initials. #medieval #manuscript #illuminated #bookofhours #miniature #france #french #14thc #parchment #bookhistory #rarebook #bookstagram #librariesofinstagram

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