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Category: Manuscript Research

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Fragmentology in the COVID-era Classroom

7 Jan 20227 Jan 2022
An important post with some shout-outs to SIMS projects VisColl and the Schoenberg Database.
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…
BiblioPhilly…

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…
BiblioPhilly…

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…
BiblioPhilly…

“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…

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Today's #ToolingTuesday is LJS 59, 16th-century morocco, blind- and gold-tooled. The binding is contemporary with the text, a gorgeously illuminated Venetian dogale. Link in bio #medieval #renaissance #manuscript #illuminated #illustrated #dogale #italy #venice #binding #tooling #leather #bookhistory #rarebooks
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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