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Tag Archives: medieval manuscripts
Whence the Manicule
I have long been fascinated by medieval manuscripts, incunabula, and early books in general. Recently I stumbled upon a number of images that included manicules within text margins and thought —whence the manicule. The manicule, ☛, is a typographic mark with the appearance of … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Books, Europe
Tagged illuminated manuscripts, medieval manuscripts, Publishing and Printing
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Marginal Medieval Memes
Even if you don’t geek out over illuminated manuscripts as much as I do, there’s a good chance that you will be entertained by the short video below. It’s likely that you’ve seen images from medieval manuscripts depicting both real … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Books, Europe, History, Libraries
Tagged book illustration, illuminated manuscripts, medieval manuscripts
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Behind The Scenes
The exterior of the Thomas Fisher Library offers little clue to the extraordinary treasures inside. Now we can take a ten-minute, behind-the-scenes tour through the Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library in Toronto, Canada, where we can discover a First Folio, the … Continue reading
Posted in Architecture, Books, Canada, History, Libraries
Tagged Leonard Cohen, Margaret Atwood, medieval manuscripts, Shakespeare
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Forgotten Books, Forgotten Stories
Last month, I found a very interesting piece in Smithsonian Magazine titled “How Much Medieval Literature Has Been Lost Over the Centuries,” which linked to six-minute video from the American Association for the Advancement of Science and the journal Science … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Books, Europe, History, Libraries, Tech
Tagged illuminated manuscripts, Literature, medieval manuscripts, Oxford University
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Bad Bunnies or the World Turned Upside Down
I have long been intrigued by the variety of marginalia found in medieval European manuscripts. While it’s not uncommon to discover colorful and playful images of mythical creatures, dogs, cats, snakes, snails, or sexualized caricatures or people, I only recently … Continue reading
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Tagged illuminated manuscripts, marginalia, medieval manuscripts
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Ghost Words
What does palimpsest mean? 1 : writing material (such as a parchment or tablet) used one or more times after earlier writing has been erased. 2 : something having usually diverse layers or aspects apparent beneath the surface. One … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Asia, Books, Europe, History, Libraries, Middle East, Museums, Tech, Writing
Tagged Cambridge, medieval manuscripts, palimpsest
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Bookmarking it old school
How to use a medieval bookmark: 1.) Read. 2.) Spin the volvelle to mark where on the page you stopped reading (I-IV correspond to different sections on the page. 3.) Close book. 4.) Repeat as necessary. By the way, the … Continue reading
Actual Cultural Appropriation
These days we hear the term cultural appropriation in reference to everything from music to hair styles, but there are more serious instances where the phrase takes on real significance. For example, a recently completed exhibition at London’s British Library Ritblat Treasures … Continue reading
Posted in Africa, Art, Books, History, Libraries, Museums
Tagged colonialism, Ethiopia, imperialism, medieval manuscripts
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The Matter of Jerusalem
During the last few days, Jerusalem has once again been at the top of the world news. The clever short film below, which was inspired by a new exhibition on medieval manuscripts at Oxford’s Bodleian Library, reminds us that the … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Books, Film, History, Libraries, Maps, Museums
Tagged Bodleian Library, Israel, Jerusalem, medieval manuscripts, Oxford
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