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Today's #FragmentFriday is Ms. Coll. 591 Folder 8. Leaf from the Diaeta salutis, Titulus secundus (De poenitentia et eius partibus), Capitula VII (De eleemosyna), commonly attributed to Saint Bonaventure. Probably written in Italy in the 14th c. #medieval #manuscript #theology #bonaventure #fragment #hairside #14thc #italy #italian #bookhistory #bookstagram #librariesofinstagram
Poor bunny! Today's #drollerydonnerstag is this little rabbit trapped in an initial F on f. 51r, Ms. Codex 724, a 13th century French Bible. #medieval #manuscript #bible #inhabitedinitial #drollery #rabbit #bunny #illumination #illuminated #bookhistory #bookstagram #librariesofinstagram
Today's #ManuscriptOfTheDay is Ms. Codex 71 (again!), a 16th c. Venetian collection of oaths, etc. On f. 1r there's a striking Illuminated initial and an illuminated border with green vines gold leaves, with four coats of arms in the lower margin #manuscript #renaissance #illuminated #law #historyoflaw #venice #venitian #bookhistory #bookstagram #librariesofinstagram
Today's #ManuscriptOfTheDay is Ms. Codex 71, a 16th c. Venetian collection of oaths, duties, obligations, details of fees, periods of service, etc., of the four Advocati Rivoalti. The front cover is decorated with lion of St. Mark. #renaissance #manuscript #illumination #medallion #lion #law #historyoflaw #bookhistory #bookstagram #librariesofinstagram
A little bit of scolding for #MicroMondays. LJS 24 a Medical Miscellany written in Paris in the mid-13th c.; the monk is a Dominican, the person in blue is a layperson. (f. 98r) #medieval #manuscript #medical #medicine #historyofmedicine #illumination #illustration #monastic #miscellany #13thc #france #french #bookhistory #bookstagram #librariesofinstagram
Today's #ManuscriptOfTheDay is Ms. Codex 919, a 15th c. German collection of hymns with marginal annotations about poetic devices, along with several other texts written in various scripts. #medieval #renaissance #manuscript #german #15thc #hymns #annotations #poetry #bookhistory #booksofinstagram #librariesofinstagram

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  • SIMS Online Lecture: Masters in Miniature Future Horizons for Italian Manuscript Studies
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