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41 #Manuscripts from the #Vatican this week, even while we were busy at #DH2026
https://www.wiglaf.org/vatican/2026/week30.html
Includes a bunch of (anti-)papal conclaves, illustrated botanical texts, Vegio on Old St. Peters, a 12th C Ceremoniale, another French Alchemical text and more!
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41 #Manuscripts from the #Vatican this week, even while we were busy at #DH2026
https://www.wiglaf.org/vatican/2026/week30.html
Includes a bunch of (anti-)papal conclaves, illustrated botanical texts, Vegio on Old St. Peters, a 12th C Ceremoniale, another French Alchemical text and more!
#Medieval #Medievodons @medievodons -
Gemini (1482), from Clarissimi uiri Hyginii Poeticon astronomicon opus utilissimum.
Source: United States Naval Observatory
https://pdimagearchive.org/images/d68c0552-89ba-4986-8896-7bd25ddf55f7
#maps #astrology #hyginus #astronomy #manuscripts #angels #art #publicdomain
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Gemini (1482), from Clarissimi uiri Hyginii Poeticon astronomicon opus utilissimum.
Source: United States Naval Observatory
https://pdimagearchive.org/images/d68c0552-89ba-4986-8896-7bd25ddf55f7
#maps #astrology #hyginus #astronomy #manuscripts #angels #art #publicdomain
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The Ebstorf Map (circa 1234) is the largest known mappa mundi – a European medieval map, now thought to be co-created by the nuns of Ebstorf, Saxony, famed for their craft(wo)manship in the Arts.
https://peoplesgdarchive.org/item/10144/ebstorf-map
https://blogs-archive.bl.uk/digitisedmanuscripts/2023/01/re-imagining-the-ebstorf-map.html
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The Ebstorf Map (circa 1234) is the largest known mappa mundi – a European medieval map, now thought to be co-created by the nuns of Ebstorf, Saxony, famed for their craft(wo)manship in the Arts.
https://peoplesgdarchive.org/item/10144/ebstorf-map
https://blogs-archive.bl.uk/digitisedmanuscripts/2023/01/re-imagining-the-ebstorf-map.html
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Only 14 #Manuscripts from the #Vatican this week https://www.wiglaf.org/vatican/2026/week29.html
One for alchemy, a comedy, some Greek, a comedy, a conclave and a bit more
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Only 14 #Manuscripts from the #Vatican this week https://www.wiglaf.org/vatican/2026/week29.html
One for alchemy, a comedy, some Greek, a comedy, a conclave and a bit more
#Medieval #Medievodons @medievodons -
Before ‘cut & paste’ and Tipp-Ex, scribes found novel ways to correct their mistakes and omissions. Here a scribe points to the place where the omitted line (bottom of the page) is meant to go - 1300, leaf from a Book of Hours, Walters Art Museum, W.103. 33v
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Before ‘cut & paste’ and Tipp-Ex, scribes found novel ways to correct their mistakes and omissions. Here a scribe points to the place where the omitted line (bottom of the page) is meant to go - 1300, leaf from a Book of Hours, Walters Art Museum, W.103. 33v
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🎧📚📌 Latest podcast alert:
'Books Without Borders'
How did Arabic manuscript culture shape the global intellectual history of the medieval world? Dr. Tadghout examines its pivotal role in the latest episode of The Multicultural Middle Ages Podcast.🔗 Listen to the episode and full series:
https://www.multiculturalmiddleages.com/#MulticulturalMiddleAges #MedievalStudies #ArabicManuscripts #ManuscriptCulture #BookHistory #ArtHistory #MedievalHistory #Podcast #medieval #manuscripts #libraries #art #Philosophy
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🎧📚📌 Latest podcast alert:
'Books Without Borders'
How did Arabic manuscript culture shape the global intellectual history of the medieval world? Dr. Tadghout examines its pivotal role in the latest episode of The Multicultural Middle Ages Podcast.🔗 Listen to the episode and full series:
https://www.multiculturalmiddleages.com/#MulticulturalMiddleAges #MedievalStudies #ArabicManuscripts #ManuscriptCulture #BookHistory #ArtHistory #MedievalHistory #Podcast #medieval #manuscripts #libraries #art #Philosophy
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Do you feel that Joan Miró’s Constellations (1940–41) read not only like modern paintings but also like folios from illuminated #manuscripts?
Unlike giant murals, Miró created all 23 works on 38×46 cm sheets of heavy paper. This intimate scale feels like turning pages in an illuminated codex.
Miró prepared the paper with washed gouache to mimic aged vellum, then painted primary circles, and thin connective lines weaving stars, eyes, and glyphs across the page.
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Do you feel that Joan Miró’s Constellations (1940–41) read not only like modern paintings but also like folios from illuminated #manuscripts?
Unlike giant murals, Miró created all 23 works on 38×46 cm sheets of heavy paper. This intimate scale feels like turning pages in an illuminated codex.
Miró prepared the paper with washed gouache to mimic aged vellum, then painted primary circles, and thin connective lines weaving stars, eyes, and glyphs across the page.
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When is a long prayer actually long?
Innsbruck FB 1118 first felt endless: Passion prayers, repeated scenes, and thirty-three Miserere. But its prayers unfold across Hours, Sundays, and multi-day cycles, and even “brief words” open into extended meditation.
https://silencesandsounds.blogspot.com/
#Manuscripts #PrayerBooks #MedievalStudies #Thalbach #DevotionalPractice #nuntastic #research #blog
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When is a long prayer actually long?
Innsbruck FB 1118 first felt endless: Passion prayers, repeated scenes, and thirty-three Miserere. But its prayers unfold across Hours, Sundays, and multi-day cycles, and even “brief words” open into extended meditation.
https://silencesandsounds.blogspot.com/
#Manuscripts #PrayerBooks #MedievalStudies #Thalbach #DevotionalPractice #nuntastic #research #blog
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Shamsa, recto of the right folio (ca. 1444) by Unknown.
Source: The Cleveland Museum of Art
https://pdimagearchive.org/images/24f22fa5-c582-482d-9e5f-924224eb92c6
#manuscripts #stains #decorations #design #art #publicdomain
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Shamsa, recto of the right folio (ca. 1444) by Unknown.
Source: The Cleveland Museum of Art
https://pdimagearchive.org/images/24f22fa5-c582-482d-9e5f-924224eb92c6
#manuscripts #stains #decorations #design #art #publicdomain
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Only 18 #Manuscripts digitized by the #Vatican this week https://www.wiglaf.org/vatican/2026/week28.html
Inc. more 17th C papal stuff, an operetta about the death of Petrarch, some classic oratory, Plato, and more
#Medieval #Medievodons @medievodons -
Only 18 #Manuscripts digitized by the #Vatican this week https://www.wiglaf.org/vatican/2026/week28.html
Inc. more 17th C papal stuff, an operetta about the death of Petrarch, some classic oratory, Plato, and more
#Medieval #Medievodons @medievodons -
Illustration by Master of San Miniato, from Vaticinia de Pontificibus, BL Harley 1340 (15th century).
Source: British Library
https://pdimagearchive.org/images/d8327eaf-4209-4896-bafe-8b7b2c48766b
#popes #manuscripts #religion #angels #bishops #prophecy #lambs #art #publicdomain
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Illustration by Master of San Miniato, from Vaticinia de Pontificibus, BL Harley 1340 (15th century).
Source: British Library
https://pdimagearchive.org/images/d8327eaf-4209-4896-bafe-8b7b2c48766b
#popes #manuscripts #religion #angels #bishops #prophecy #lambs #art #publicdomain
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What are Night (Νύξ), Dawn (Όρθρος), Echo (Ηχώ) and Melody (Μελωδία) doing in a 10th-century Byzantine Psalter? 🌌✨
Look closely at these two gorgeous, atmospheric illuminations from the Paris Psalter (BnF MS grec 139, c. 940–960 AD).
During the "Macedonian Renaissance," Byzantine artists bridged the classical past with the monotheistic cosmos, transforming ancient mythology into medieval sacred allegory.
#ArtHistory #ByzantineArt #ParisPsalter #Iconography #manuscripts #medieval
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What are Night (Νύξ), Dawn (Όρθρος), Echo (Ηχώ) and Melody (Μελωδία) doing in a 10th-century Byzantine Psalter? 🌌✨
Look closely at these two gorgeous, atmospheric illuminations from the Paris Psalter (BnF MS grec 139, c. 940–960 AD).
During the "Macedonian Renaissance," Byzantine artists bridged the classical past with the monotheistic cosmos, transforming ancient mythology into medieval sacred allegory.
#ArtHistory #ByzantineArt #ParisPsalter #Iconography #manuscripts #medieval
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Diving into the shade of a leafy oak? #MedievalManuscripts #Manuscripts #HeatWave
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Diving into the shade of a leafy oak? #MedievalManuscripts #Manuscripts #HeatWave
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Neuer Beitrag - new article! Evina Steinova: Modelling medieval #manuscripts in #Wikidata https://mittelalter.hypotheses.org/40572 #lod #nfdi4memory #earlymiddleages #mediaevodons #histodons #dighum cc @jonathangross @schassan
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Neuer Beitrag - new article! Evina Steinova: Modelling medieval #manuscripts in #Wikidata https://mittelalter.hypotheses.org/40572 #lod #nfdi4memory #earlymiddleages #mediaevodons #histodons #dighum cc @jonathangross @schassan
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33 #Manuscripts from #Vatican this week
https://www.wiglaf.org/vatican/2026/week27.html
A lot more 17th C stuff about the inside of the Church, Martinus Polonus' Chronica, Petrarch, Pisan history, Gospels in Italian, and more
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33 #Manuscripts from #Vatican this week
https://www.wiglaf.org/vatican/2026/week27.html
A lot more 17th C stuff about the inside of the Church, Martinus Polonus' Chronica, Petrarch, Pisan history, Gospels in Italian, and more
@medievodons #Medieval #Medievodons -
A medieval prayerbook rabbit hole:
I started with a lovely prayer about angels, heavenly bread, sunlight, cedar trees, and worms.
I ended up mapping a flexible but surprisingly stable choreography of prayer after Communion.
https://silencesandsounds.blogspot.com
#nuntastic #medievalstudies #manuscripts #prayer #blog #research #AcademicChatter
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‘A’ is for Absolutely Splendid.
#MedievalManuscripts #Manuscripts
@bookhistodons @medievodons -
‘A’ is for Absolutely Splendid.
#MedievalManuscripts #Manuscripts
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Lost #medieval #manuscripts inferred by family tree -
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📚 Delighted to read A.Gacek's Arabic Manuscripts: A Vademecum for Readers (Brill, 2009). A definitive reference book for studying the Islamic manuscript culture.
Free access:
https://archive.org/details/ArabicManuscriptsAVademecumForReadersHandbookOfOrient/page/n312/mode/1upThis work has been meticulously translated into Arabic as المرجع في علم المخطوط العربي by award-winning scholar Dr. Mourad Tadghout/مراد تدغوت, recipient of Qatar’s Sheikh Hamad Award for Translation and International Understanding.
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📚 Delighted to read A.Gacek's Arabic Manuscripts: A Vademecum for Readers (Brill, 2009). A definitive reference book for studying the Islamic manuscript culture.
Free access:
https://archive.org/details/ArabicManuscriptsAVademecumForReadersHandbookOfOrient/page/n312/mode/1upThis work has been meticulously translated into Arabic as المرجع في علم المخطوط العربي by award-winning scholar Dr. Mourad Tadghout/مراد تدغوت, recipient of Qatar’s Sheikh Hamad Award for Translation and International Understanding.
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📚 Arabic Manuscripts: A Vademecum for Readers by Adam Gacek (Brill, 2009).
An open-access handbook invaluable for studying the Islamic scribal culture.This monumental work has also been meticulously translated into Arabic by scholar Mourad Tadghout ( "المرجع في علم المخطوط العربي") (Institute of Arabic Manuscripts, 2021).Tadghout was awarded Qatar’s Sheikh Hamad Award for Translation and International Understanding (2021).
#Manuscripts #Academia #Translation #AdamGacek #MouradTadghout #Books
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#LostLiterature: Jean-Baptiste Camps and colleagues use a complexity science approach to estimate the amount of lost literature among #chivalric narratives, beginning in the 12th century. Agent-based simulations suggest that up to 60% of texts and more than 95% of #manuscripts may have been lost. https://academic.oup.com/pnasnexus/article/5/7/pgag207/8724046
#science #history #literature #medieval #CulturalHeritage #books #oldbooks
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#LostLiterature: Jean-Baptiste Camps and colleagues use a complexity science approach to estimate the amount of lost literature among #chivalric narratives, beginning in the 12th century. Agent-based simulations suggest that up to 60% of texts and more than 95% of #manuscripts may have been lost. https://academic.oup.com/pnasnexus/article/5/7/pgag207/8724046
#science #history #literature #medieval #CulturalHeritage #books #oldbooks
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From the medieval ‘Ministry of Silly Walks’ - 13th century, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, MS 229, f. 326r
@MedMilMedicine #globalmuseum #humour #humor #medieval #manuscripts -
From the medieval ‘Ministry of Silly Walks’ - 13th century, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, MS 229, f. 326r
@MedMilMedicine #globalmuseum #humour #humor #medieval #manuscripts -
Another slow week, 20 #Manuscripts from the #Vatican
https://www.wiglaf.org/vatican/2026/week26.html
A lot of 17th-18th C papal ephemera including a nice Bull, an Ethiopian icon, Juvenal and Boccaccio, and a bit more
#Medieval #Medievodons @medievodons -
Another slow week, 20 #Manuscripts from the #Vatican
https://www.wiglaf.org/vatican/2026/week26.html
A lot of 17th-18th C papal ephemera including a nice Bull, an Ethiopian icon, Juvenal and Boccaccio, and a bit more
#Medieval #Medievodons @medievodons -
Explore the Ambrosian #Iliad (Ilias Picta), a late 5th-century masterpiece, produced in Alexandria or Constantinople, currently in Milan, Biblioteca Ambrosiana, Cod. F. 205 Inf.
The alt text provides additional content, links and details on the rarity, the significance, and the incredible recovery of this fascinating manuscript.#AncientHistory #Classics #Homer #Manuscripts #ArtHistory #ClassicalStudies #BookHistory #AngeloMae #ByzantineArt #Histodons #Achilles #Dolon #Odysseus #Diomedes #Zeus
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Explore the Ambrosian #Iliad (Ilias Picta), a late 5th-century masterpiece, produced in Alexandria or Constantinople, currently in Milan, Biblioteca Ambrosiana, Cod. F. 205 Inf.
The alt text provides additional content, links and details on the rarity, the significance, and the incredible recovery of this fascinating manuscript.#AncientHistory #Classics #Homer #Manuscripts #ArtHistory #ClassicalStudies #BookHistory #AngeloMae #ByzantineArt #Histodons #Achilles #Dolon #Odysseus #Diomedes #Zeus
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"Every so often, a discovery comes along that reminds us how much of #Jewish #history still lies hidden on library shelves, in forgotten archives, and within private collections. For collectors, scholars, and anyone fascinated by the world of rare #Hebrew #books and #manuscripts, such moments are exceedingly rare. This is one of them.
An entirely unknown, previously unpublished eighteenth-century #Kabbalistic #manuscript has surfaced from a private collection and has now been officially consigned for sale through #Mizrahi #Bookstore. More than simply another #handwritten volume, this remarkable #codex opens an extraordinary window into the formative years of #Lurianic #Kabbalah in Eastern #Europe, decades before these teachings became widely available in print.
The manuscript is a unique recension of the Lurianic #Kavvanot, the intricate mystical intentions associated with prayer, for #Shabbat and the Jewish festivals. Dated to 1717[...]"
https://jewishpress.com/the-aris-influence-in-18th-cent-eastern-europe/
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"Every so often, a discovery comes along that reminds us how much of #Jewish #history still lies hidden on library shelves, in forgotten archives, and within private collections. For collectors, scholars, and anyone fascinated by the world of rare #Hebrew #books and #manuscripts, such moments are exceedingly rare. This is one of them.
An entirely unknown, previously unpublished eighteenth-century #Kabbalistic #manuscript has surfaced from a private collection and has now been officially consigned for sale through #Mizrahi #Bookstore. More than simply another #handwritten volume, this remarkable #codex opens an extraordinary window into the formative years of #Lurianic #Kabbalah in Eastern #Europe, decades before these teachings became widely available in print.
The manuscript is a unique recension of the Lurianic #Kavvanot, the intricate mystical intentions associated with prayer, for #Shabbat and the Jewish festivals. Dated to 1717[...]"
https://jewishpress.com/the-aris-influence-in-18th-cent-eastern-europe/
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Signes d’identification dans les manuscrits du chapitre cathédral de Chartres
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I've been deleting the entire contents of my long-abandoned twitter account, but I'm reposting a few of those threads. Particularly of lovely things I found in #medieval #manuscripts at the Bodleian libraries.
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I've been deleting the entire contents of my long-abandoned twitter account, but I'm reposting a few of those threads. Particularly of lovely things I found in #medieval #manuscripts at the Bodleian libraries.
Here's a bunch of bunnies making faces at monsters. 1/3 -
The Glenriddell Manuscripts preserve Robert Burns’s own chosen poems & letters, illuminating his creative process. After his death, they went on an extraordinary journey before returning to Scotland. Ralph McLean, manuscripts curator for long 18th century collections at the National Library of Scotland, tells us more
#Scottish #literature #RobertBurns #manuscripts #18thcentury #poetry
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The Glenriddell Manuscripts preserve Robert Burns’s own chosen poems & letters, illuminating his creative process. After his death, they went on an extraordinary journey before returning to Scotland. Ralph McLean, manuscripts curator for long 18th century collections at the National Library of Scotland, tells us more
#Scottish #literature #RobertBurns #manuscripts #18thcentury #poetry
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25 #Manuscripts from the #Vatican this week. https://www.wiglaf.org/vatican/2026/week25.html
Mostly fragments of Coptic hagiography, but also part of a 17th C MSS Catalog, a bio of Joannes Bellaius and a book on the theology of the Crucifixion
#Medieval #Medievodons @medievodons -
25 #Manuscripts from the #Vatican this week. https://www.wiglaf.org/vatican/2026/week25.html
Mostly fragments of Coptic hagiography, but also part of a 17th C MSS Catalog, a bio of Joannes Bellaius and a book on the theology of the Crucifixion
#Medieval #Medievodons @medievodons -
"A remarkable discovery has recently emerged from among a group of rare #books and #manuscripts consigned to my shop: an unrecorded eighteenth-century #Hebrew autograph manuscript penned by #Rabbi #YekutielGordon, one of the most fascinating and consequential members of the inner circle of Rabbi #MosheChaimLuzzatto, the #Ramchal.
Hidden from public view for centuries, this extraordinary #manuscript came to light only through careful examination of a collection entrusted to the shop for sale.
The manuscript itself is modest in size – approximately 4.5 by 6.5 inches – but immense in significance. Consisting of one hundred surviving double-sided folios, it preserves what appears to be a previously unknown work entitled #MarehKohen, together with a section of #MarehMussar, a work already known to scholars and associated with Rabbi Yekutiel Gordon.
Mareh Kohen focuses largely on the themes of #Elul, #teshuvah, the #YamimNoraim, and the profound symbolism of the #shofar."
https://jewishpress.com/a-manuscript-by-a-student-of-the-ramchals/
