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
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
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
The Schoenberg Institute for Manuscript Studies 