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Category: Medieval

Manuscript Monday…

Manuscript Monday: LJS 312 – [ʻIr siḥon]

30 Aug 202230 Jun 2022
Dot Porter, Curator, Digital Research Services at the University of Pennsylvania Library, offers a video orientation to Penn Library’s LJS 312, a mathematical work on basic calculations, including business or…
Manuscript Monday…

Manuscript Monday: Ms. Codex 1634 – Plans of fortifications

25 Jul 202220 Jul 2022
Dot Porter, Curator, Digital Research Services at the University of Pennsylvania Library, offers a video orientation to Penn Library’s Ms. Codex 1634, plans of fortifications for use at the royal…
Manuscript Monday…

Manuscript Monday: Ms. Codex 1632 – Hybrid dialogues

19 Jul 202230 Jun 2022
Dot Porter, Curator, Digital Research Services at the University of Pennsylvania Library, offers a video orientation to Penn Library’s Ms. Codex 1632, a printed edition of John Minsheu's Dialogos apazibles…
Manuscript Monday…

Manuscript Monday: Ms. Codex 1631 – Ostfriesland history

12 Jul 202230 Jun 2022
Dot Porter, Curator, Digital Research Services at the University of Pennsylvania Library, offers a video orientation to Penn Library's Ms. Codex 1631, a collection of printed and manuscript works concerning…
Manuscript Monday…

Manuscript Monday: Ms. Codex 1630 – Rhetorica ad Herennium

5 Jul 202230 Jun 2022
Dot Porter, Curator, Digital Research Services at the University of Pennsylvania Library, offers a video orientation to University of Pennsylvania Library's Ms. Codex 1630, an early Renaissance commentary on most…
Manuscript Monday…

Manuscript Monday: Ms. Codex 1629 – Commentaria ad Rehtoricam

27 Jun 20226 Jun 2022
Dot Porter, Curator, Digital Research Services at the University of Pennsylvania Library, offers a video orientation to Penn Library’s Ms. Codex 1629, an early Renaissance commentary on most of the…
Manuscript Monday…

Manuscript Monday: LJS 311 – Medical Texts

20 Jun 20226 Jun 2022
Dot Porter, Curator, Digital Research Services at the University of Pennsylvania Library, offers a video orientation to Penn Library’s LJS 311, a collection of two Arabic medical texts translated into…
Manuscript Monday…

Manuscript Monday: LJS 304 – Dogale

13 Jun 20226 Jun 2022
Dot Porter, Curator, Digital Research Services at the University of Pennsylvania Library, offers a video orientation to Penn Library’s LJS 304, a dogale written in Venice, dated 6 March 1574.…
Manuscript Monday…

Manuscript Monday: LJS 308 – Edward III letter patent

6 Jun 20226 Jun 2022
Dot Porter, Curator, Digital Research Services at the University of Pennsylvania Library, offers a video orientation to Penn Library’s LJS 308, a letter patent dated Gloucester, 16 August 1347, written…
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Ms. Codex 1056: Illuminated Book of Hours

3 Jun 20223 Jun 2022
On June 1, Curator Dot Porter brought out Ms. Codex 1056, an illuminated book of hours written in Rouen, France. It was written ca. 1475, although the binding - leather…

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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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