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Category: Medieval

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Ms. Codex 1059: Canon Law

8 Feb 202214 Feb 2022
For today's Coffee With A Codex we took a look at Ms. Codex 1059, a compilation of canon law made by Raymond of Peñafort by order of Pope Gregory IX,…
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Ms. Codex 761: Cosmographies

19 Jan 202228 Jan 2022
For Coffee With A Codex on Wednesday, January 19, 2022, we took a look at Ms. Codex 761, an Italian collection of four ancient Greek cosmographies in Latin translation, written…
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Ms. Codex 1057: Ferial Psalter

12 Jan 2022
Welcome to 2022! For Coffee With A Codex on Wednesday, January 12, we brought out Ms. Codex 1057, a ferial psalter. Ferial psalters are those that, in addition to the…
Manuscript Research…

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.
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LJS 46: Herbal

20 Dec 2021
For the last Coffee With A Codex of 2021, we took at look at LJS 46, a colorful 16th century Italian illustrated herbal. The herbal is part of a manuscript…
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Ms. Codex 1248: Liturgical miscellany

13 Dec 202113 Dec 2021
For Coffee With A Codex on Monday, December 13, we brought out Ms. Codex 1248, a miniature manuscript of music and prayers from a monastic context. It's very small, only…
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Ms. Codex 331: Miracle stories & Saints Lives

7 Dec 2021
On December 6, 2021, we welcomed Mario Sassi, PhD Student in Italian Studies, to guest host Coffee With A Codex. Mario introduced us to Ms. Codex 331, a 15th century…
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Ms. Codex 840: Grammar

22 Nov 2021
For Coffee With A Codex on November 22 we brought out Ms. Codex 840, an 15th century Italian treatise on the part of grammar dealing with spelling and with the…
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LJS 266 and Ms. Roll 1588: Genealogy

15 Nov 2021
On Monday, November 15, for Coffee With A Codex we looked at two fifteenth-century genealogical texts: LJS 266 and Ms. Roll 1588. Although they contain similar content - genealogical diagrams…
BiblioPhilly…

LJS 418: Martyrdom of Saint Blaise

2 Nov 202111 Nov 2021
Coffee With A Codex on Monday, November 1, featured LJS 418, a 13th century Italian account of the martyrdom of Saint Blaise, bishop of Sebaste in Armenia, followed by readings…

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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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