Includes links folks coming from Instagram and TikTok. Most of these are links to manuscript records on Franklin, which include full descriptions and in most cases link to a digital copy. Every week we also post registration information for our Thursday Noon Zoom call, Coffee With A Codex.
Starts on December 1, 2022. For records from earlier posts, you should search for the shelf mark (LJS xxx or MS. Codex xxx), in quotation marks, here.
6/4/2023 | Philadelphia Museum of Art 1945‑65‑14 | Book of Hours, Use of Rome #YearOfHours
6/3/2023 | LJS 463 | Medical and astrological miscellany
6/2/2023 | LJS 46 f. 39r | Red roots and red buds #FloraFriday
6/1/2023 | Ms. Codex 724, 169v | A singing birdy #DrolleryDonnerstag
5/31/2023 | Library Company of Philadelphia MS 5 | Book of hours, use of Rouen #YearOfHours
5/30/2023 | LJS 48 | Original Veronese calf over wooden boards #ToolingTuesday
5/29/2023 | LJS 384 | Treatise on astronomy, geography, meteorology, and medicine #MedicalMonday
5/28/2023 | Free Library of Philadelphia Lewis E 99 | Book of hours, use of Rome #YearOfHours
5/27/2023 | LJS 459 | Letter from Aristotle to Alexander the Great (not really)
5/26/2023 | Ms. Codex 1056, f. 2v | Floral border in a Book of Hours #FloraFriday
5/25/2023 | Ms. Codex 724, 168r | A strange goose #DrolleryDonnerstag
5/24/2023 | Free Library of Philadelphia Lewis E 214 | Book of Hours, use of Rome #YearOfHours
5/23/2023 | Ms. Codex 98 | 15th-century French brown calfskin #ToolingTuesday
5/22/2023 | Ms. Codex 1203 | Sermons + medical recipes #MedicalMonday
5/21/2023 | Free Library of Philadelphia Lewis E 127 | Book of Hours, Use of Soissons? #YearOfHours
5/20/2023 | LJS 454 | Japanese scroll about European ships
5/19/2023 | LJS 419, f. 4v | A bouquet of yellow #FloraFriday
5/18/2023 | Ms. Codex 724, 166r | A bunny stretches #DrolleryDonnerstag
5/17/2023 | Temple University (SPC) MSS 133 | Book of Hours, Use of Toul #YearOfHours
5/14/2023 | Philadelphia Museum of Art 1945‑65‑15 | Book of Hours, Use of Rome #YearOfHours
5/13/2023 | LJS 435 | Portions of a treatise on surgery.
5/12/2023 | LJS 278, p. 2 | Red leaves and fuzzy roots #FloraFriday
5/11/2023 | Ms. Codex 724, 159v | A monkey throwing a spear #DrolleryDonnerstag
5/10/2023 | Ms. Codex 1566 | Book of hours, use of Metz #YearOfHours
5/9/2023 | LJS 443 | Blind-tooled calf with patterned fabric lining #ToolingTuesday
5/7/2023 | Free Library of Philadelphia Lewis E 110 | Book of Hours, Use of Rome #YearOfHours
5/6/2023 | LJS 437 | Medical compendium
5/5/2023 | LJS 46, f. 3v | Berries and blooms #FloraFriday
5/4/2023 | Ms. Codex 724, f. 159v | A tooting bunny #drollerydonnerstag
5/3/2023 | Free Library of Philadelphia Lewis E 131 | Book of Hours, Use of Utrecht #YearOfHours
5/1/2023 | LJS 398 | Arabic medical treatise in 50 chapters #MedicalMonday
4/30/2023 | Free Library of Philadelphia Lewis E 128 | Book of Hours, Use of Tours #YearOfHours
4/29/2023 | LJS 425 | Persian treatise on music or melody
4/28/2023 | LJS 62, f. 9v | Scenes from an herbal #FloraFriday
4/27/2023 | Ms. Codex 724, f. 156r | A pink griffin #drollerydonnerstag
4/24/2023 | LJS 464 | Arabic commentary on a treatise on mathematical operations
4/22/2023 | Ms. Codex 1089 | Financial records
4/21/2023 | LJS 46, f. 6v | A big red one #FloraFriday
4/20/2023 | Ms. Codex 724, f. 156r | A winged serpent #drollerydonnerstag
4/19/2023 | Free Library of Philadelphia Lewis E 212 | Book of Hours, Use of Rome #YearOfHours
4/17/2023 | LJS 463 | Medical and astronomical miscellany #MedicalMonday
4/16/2023 | Free Library of Philadelphia Lewis E 108 | Book of Hours, use of Rome #YearOfHours
4/15/2023 | LJS 443 | Armenian collection of texts on the calendar
4/14/2023 | Ms. Codex 1056, f. 3r | Flowers in the margins #FloraFriday
4/13/2023 | Ms. Codex 724, f. 156r | A friendly gryphon (or is it griffin?) #drollerydonnerstag
4/12/2023 | Ms. Codex 738 | Book of Hours written in the northeast Netherlands #YearOfHours
4/11/2023 | LJS 268 | Blind-stamped central mandorla, with gold tooling #ToolingTuesday
4/10/2023 | LJS 422 | 16th-century copy of a 12th-century romance about the life of Bahrām Gūr
4/9/2023 | Free Library of Philadelphia Lewis E 96 | Book of Hours, Use of Paris #YearOfHours
4/8/2023 | LJS 468 | Collection of prescriptions translated into Hebrew
4/7/2023 | LJS 447, f. 73r | Pretty flowers #FloraFriday
4/5/2023 | Free Library of Philadelphia Lewis E 125 | Book of Hours, Use of Rouen #YearOfHours
4/3/2023 | LJS 437 | Medical compendium #MedicalMonday
4/1/2023 | LJS 426 | First book of Avicenna’s medical encyclopedia
3/31/2023 | Ms. Codex 51, f. 1r | A foliated boarder #FloraFriday
3/30/2023 | Ms. Codex 724, f. 152v | A dog playing bagpipes #drollerydonnerstag
3/29/2023 | Philadelphia Museum of Art 1945‑65‑10 | Book of Hours, use of Chartres #YearOfHours
3/28/2023 | LJS 405 | Modern binding incorporating 19th-century north African covers #ToolingTuesday
3/27/2023 | LJS 467 | Commonplace book written in England
3/26/2023 | Lehigh University Special Collection MS 17 | Book of Hours, use of Rome #YearOfHours
3/25/2023 | LJS 439 | 14th-century copy of a 10th-century cosmological treatise
3/24/2023 | LJS 46, f. 30r | A suggestive fellow, labeled “Gerbia,” #FloraFriday
3/23/2023 | Ms. Codex 724, f. 152v | A monkey archer #drollerydonnerstag
3/22/2023 | Free Library of Philadelphia Lewis E 85 | Book of Hours, Use of Besançon? #YearOfHours
3/21/2023 | LJS 54 | 19th-century Italian gold-tooled diced leather #ToolingTuesday
3/20/2023 | Ms. Codex 823| A commonplace book written in England #MedicalMonday
3/19/2023 | Free Library of Philadelphia Lewis E 118 | Book of Hours, use of Rome #YearOfHours
3/18/2023 | LJS 462 | Didactic poem concerning integers and their operations
3/17/2023 | Ms. Codex 73, f. 1v | Flowers in the margin of a carta executoria #FloraFriday
3/16/2023 | Ms. Codex 724, f. 150r | A bird looking over its shoulder #drollerydonnerstag
3/15/2023 | Free Library of Philadelphia Lewis E 257 | Book of Hours, Use of Utrecht #YearOfHours
3/14/2023 | Ms. Codex 1008 | French 18th century marbled calf binding #ToolingTuesday
3/13/2023 | LJS 417 | Books III – V of Avicenna’s medical encyclopedia
3/12/2023 | Ms. Codex 681 | Book of Hours written in France #YearOfHours
3/11/2023 | Ms. Codex 1079 | A treatise on the cultivation of virtue and avoidance of sin
3/10/2023 | LJS 278, p. 8 | White and yellow flowers in a Persian herbal #FloraFriday
3/9/2023 | Ms. Codex 724, f. 150r | A little creature #drollerydonnerstag
3/8/2023 | Philadelphia Art Museum 1967‑30‑122 | Book of Hours, Use of Paris #YearOfHours
3/7/2023 | 19th century book of hours | Unboxing video. No record link.
3/5/2023 | Free Library of Philadelphia, Lewis E 95 | Book of Hours, Use of Paris #YearOfHours
3/4/2023 | LJS 455 | Two treatises on alchemy.
3/3/2023 | Ms. Codex 688, f. 13r | Colorful flower in a book of hours #YearOfHours #FloraFriday
3/2/2023 | Ms. Codex 724, f. 146r | A flying bird #drollerydonnerstag
3/1/2023 | Free Library of Philadelphia, Lewis E 101 | Book of Hours, Use of Rome #YearOfHours
2/28/2023 | German calligraphy book | Unboxing video. No record link.
2/27/2023 | LJS 420 | Perpetual calendar with Metonic cycle
2/26/2023 | Lehigh University MS 15 | Book of hours, Franciscan use #YearOfHours
2/25/2023 | LJS 460 & LJS 37 | Two pieces of an Arabic abridgment of Euclid’s Elements
2/24/2023 | LJS 419, f. 8v | Pink flowers in an Italian herbal #FloraFriday
2/23/2023 | Ms. Codex 724, f. 140r | A sniffing bunny #drollerydonnerstag
2/21/2023 | Psalter with all but one miniatures removed | Unboxing video. No record link.
2/20/2023 | LJS 449 | Medical and astronomical miscellany #MedicalMonday
2/19/2023 | Free Library Lewis E 93 | Book of hours, use of Paris #YearOfHours
2/18/2023 | Ms. Codex 1057 | 14th century Ferial Psalter
2/17/2023 | LJS 447, f. 60r | Flowers in an Arabic herbal #FloraFriday
2/16/2023 | Ms. Codex 724, f. 142v | A diving bunny #drollerydonnerstag
2/14/2023 | Ms. Codex 1662 | Chemical alphabet of Basil Valentine #HappyValentinesDay
2/13/2023 | Ms, Codex 95 | Copies of medieval documents
2/12/2023 | Ms. Codex 688 | Book of Hours from Italy #YearOfHours
2/11/2023 | LJS 453 | Commentaries on Aristotle
2/10/2023 | LJS 46, 43r | Adriana in an herbal #FloraFriday
2/2/2023 | Ms. Codex 724, f. 129v | A dancing bird #drollerydonnerstag
2/8/2023 | Free Library of Philadelphia Lewis E 206 | Book of Hours, use of Rome #YearOfHours
2/7/2023 | German prayer book written by a nun | Unboxing video. No record link.
2/6/2023 | LJS 49 | Persian anatomy treatise #MedicalMonday
2/5/2023 | Philadelphia Museum of Art 1949‑83‑1| Book of Hours, Use of Chartres #YearOfHours
2/4/2023 | LJS 419 | Italian illustrated herbal
2/3/2023 | LJS 46, 43r | Adriana in an herbal #FloraFriday
2/2/2023 | Ms. Codex 724, f. 130r | Howling little doggy #drollerydonnerstag
2/1/2023 | Free Library of Philadelphia Lewis E 88 | Book of Hours, Use of Utrecht #YearOfHours
1/31/2023 | Coffee With A Codex | Secretum Secretorum with Dot Porter on 2/2
1/31/2023 | Little book of hours | Unboxing video. No record link.
1/30/2023 | LJS 431 | Single leaf list of printed and manuscript books
1/29/2023 | Ms. Codex 1056 | Book of hours, use of Rouen #YearOfHours
1/28/2023 | LJS 436 | Manual on the mathematics of the Islamic law of inheritance
1/27/2023 | LJS 62, f. 3v | Herbal in the tradition of Dioscorides #FloraFriday
1/26/2023 | Ms. Codex 724, f. 121v | Sagittarius #drollerydonnerstag
1/25/2023 | Philadelphia Museum of Art 1924-19-1 | Book of hours, use of Paris #YearOfHours
1/24/2023 | Ms. Codex 1640 | Manipulus Florum (Franklin Record, full Video Facsimile on YouTube)
1/23/2023 | Coffee With A Codex | Carta Executoria with Nick Herman on 1/26
1/23/2023 | Coffee With A Codex | An Hour of Hours with McGill University on 1/24
1/23/2023 | LJS 458 | Collection of over 400 recipes for medical, cosmetic, and culinary purposes
1/22/2023 | Free Library of Philadelphia Lewis E 90 | Book of Hours, Use of Coutances #YearOfHours
1/21/2023 | LJS 421 | Letter from Hippocrates to Caesar
1/20/2023 | LJS 216, f. 55v | Flower in a diagram #FloraFriday
1/19/2023 | Ms. Codex 724, f. 112r | When pigs fly #drollerydonnerstag
1/18/2023 | Lewis E 116 | Book of Hours, Use of Rome #YearOfHours
1/17/2023 | LJS 477 | Crunchy #parchment
1/16/2023 | LJS 456 | Popular treatise presented as a letter from Aristotle to Alexander the Great
1/13/2023 | Ms. Codex 1162 | Parchment leaf used as a binding #FragmentFriday
1/12/2023 | Ms. Codex 724, f. 101v | A singing bird #drollerydonnerstag
1/10/2023 | LJS 451 | Holes in the #parchment
1/9/2023 | LJS 427 | Books from Avicenna’s medical encyclopedia #MedicalMonday
1/8/2023 | Bryn Mawr College MS 23 | Book of hours, use of Le Mans #YearOfHours
1/7/2023 | LJS 188 | Instructions for the use of astrological tables
1/6/2023 | Free Library of Philadelphia Lewis E M 42:11 | Epiphany
1/5/2023 | Ms. Codex 724, f. 92r | Grotesque #drollerydonnerstag
1/4/2023 | Free Library of Philadelphia Lewis E 208 | Book of Hours, Use of Paris #YearOfHours
1/3/2023 | Coffee With A Codex | LJS 24, Medical Miscellany, scheduled for January 19
1/3/2023 | Ms. Codex 180 | Holes in #parchment in Ms. Codex 180
1/2/2023 | LJS 398 | Arabic medical treatise #MedicalMonday
1/1/2023 | Philadelphia Museum of Art 1945-65-9 | The Susanna Hours #YearOfHours
12/31/2022 | LJS 429 | Illustrated introduction to natural philosophy
12/30/2022 | Ms. Codex 1101 | Undated parchment fragment from a breviary
12/29/2022 | Ms. Codex 724 | A dancing bird #drollerydonnerstag
12/28/2022 | Ms. Codex 1640 | Manipulus florum
12/27/2022 | LJS 477 | Parchment – hair and flesh sides
12/26/2022 | LJS 424 | Collection of medical texts #MedicalMonday
12/25/2022 | LJS 442 | Renaissance German weapons manual
12/24/2022 | Ms. Codex 1577 | Saint Francis
12/23/2022 | LJS 438 | 14th century fragments in a binding
12/22/2022 | Ms. Codex 724 | A Silly Goose
12/21/2022 | LJS 416 | Regulations for mills and bakeries
12/20/2022 | LJS 451 | Parchment with a sewed-up split
12/19/2022 | LJS 430 | Analysis of urine in diagnosing disease
12/18/2022 | Ms. Codex 924 | Historical tragedy
12/17/2022 | LJS 452 | Alphabetical dictionary of Latin words and names
12/16/2022 | LJS 196 | Overpainted leaves from a Persian manuscript and an Arabic lithograph
12/15/2022 | Ms. Codex 724 | Rabbit playing a horn
12/14/2022 | Ms. Codex 1101 | Historical works about war and prophecy
12/13/2022 | LJS 24 | Parchment with uncut edges
12/12/2022 | LJS 458 | A collection of scientific recipes
12/11/2022 | LJS 412 | Astrolabes and astronomy
12/10/2022 | Ms. Codex 1233 | Notated breviary
12/9/2022 | LJS 185 | Leaves from a Coptic psalter
12/8/2022 | Ms. Codex 724 | Unicorn
12/7/2022 | LJS 451 | Commentary on a poem
12/6/2022 | Ms. Codex 2053 | Roman Missal
12/5/2022 | Ms. Codex 1660 | Collection of alchemical recipes
12/4/2022 | LJS 447 | Animals and plants
12/3/2022 | LJS 64 | Astronomical volvelles