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The intricacy of the Initial D in this medieval manuscript pulls us into a sacred moment with David. The detailed foliage and stylized figures reflect a deep reverence for the divine. How does this piece resonate with your understanding of faith in art?

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Jotain kiehtovia uutisiakin taas vaihteeksi.
Some fascinating news for a change.

Lost manuscript of Merlin and King Arthur legend read for the first time after centuries hidden inside another book
https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20250324-the-magical-medieval-tale-revealed-by-a-100000-dollar-camera

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Medieval Bible Returns to Salisbury Cathedral After Nearly 800 Years https://www.medievalists.net/2025/03/medieval-bible-returns-to-salisbury-cathedral-after-nearly-800-years/ #medievalmanuscript

A Medieval Manuscript for a Healthy Life: Tacuinum Sanitatis https://www.medievalists.net/2023/12/medieval-tacuinum-sanitatis/ #MedievalManuscript

Hey, psssst! Does anyone care for some... fake roast venison? It's medieval! And super, super sweet! Aaand it is fancy - it brings it's own BLING! (I mean gilded almonds! Whoa!) And basically it's vegan, because it is a christian Lenten dish from the 1. printed German Cookbook from 1485. Have a look at it (and at my fail during cooking this. 😅). Experimental archaeology in action.

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@markhburton While awaiting the return of digitised manuscripts in full context to the main British Library website, I've just discovered some favourites in their Images Online section: see for example https://imagesonline.bl.uk/search/?searchQuery=Luttrell+Psalter

🎨 #LuttrellPsalter, f161v (East Anglia c.1325-35)

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Thank you for your patience, followers! I know my posting here has fallen off of late. (I’ve had to grapple with a serious family issue in tandem in tandem with preparing for an international move.) Regular #MedievalManuscript posting services will resume next week!

@magdelenehall Amazing discoveries, thank you for highlighting! I've just ordered Michelle Brown's book, due out 1 Oct: https://reaktionbooks.co.uk/work/bede-and-the-theory-of-everything

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For those interested, ‘Publishing in a Medieval Monastery: The View from Twelfth-Century Engelberg’ by Ben Pohl is free to access until the 20th of July from Cambridge University Press.

‘This Element contributes to the burgeoning field of medieval publishing studies with a case study of the books produced at the Benedictine monastery of Engelberg under its celebrated twelfth-century abbot, Frowin (1143–78). Frowin was the first abbot of Engelberg whose book provision policy relied on domestic production serviced by an internal scribal workforce, and his tenure marked the first major expansion of the community's library. This Element's in-depth discussion of nearly forty colophons inscribed in the books made for this library during Frowin's transformative abbacy offers a fresh perspective on monastic publishing practice in the twelfth century by directing our view to a mode of publication that has received only limited attention in scholarship to date.’

https://www.cambridge.org/core/elements/publishing-in-a-medieval-monastery/17B31679A5EF213BFCAF283BBB4C6440?utm_campaign=shareaholic&utm_medium=copy_link&utm_source=bookmark

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I have the amazing opportunity to witness Dr. Alison Alstatt's Chant from Manuscript class, who indexed and transcribed a music manuscript from U. Iowa Special Collections and they're going to sing it! #SpecialCollections #UniversityofIowa #MedievalManuscript

When the kids are all dressed to go play outside, but they need to ask for permission, and Mom’s busy. (Paris, last quarter of 14th century, aft. 1380) #Manuscripts #MedievalManuscripts #MedievalManuscript
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Hiding the Easter eggs? #Manuscripts #MedievalManuscripts #MedievalManuscript #Easter #MedievalAnimals #Birds
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Tess tried to play it cool, but her delight in her new #Easter hat was written all over her face. (England, Peterborough? or Lincoln?, early 1200s). #Manuscripts #MedievalManuscripts #MedievalManuscript #MedievalAnimals #Critters #Mythology #Bestiary
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Spring #flowers in the Spiegelburger Missal, a Mass book commissioned by Solothurn mayor Henmann von Spiegelberg and his wife Margarethe von Spins for their chapel at the Cathedral of St Ursen (Switzerland, Solothurn (?), 1438/9). #springtime #Manuscripts #MedievalManuscripts #MedievalManuscript #MedievalArt #gold #gardening
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“Ad te levavi animam meam …”. Initial reaching up towards the heavens in a 12th century Gradual used by the Prémontré order (Switzerland, Abbey of Bellelay, 1160–1170). #Music #MusicHistory #MusicHistoryMonday #MedievalManuscripts #MedievalManuscript
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Peacock and friends from the Alphonso Psalter.
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I'm glad it's not a Baker's Dozen bat.

Francais 12400, f. 75va

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Finally got to see that medieval fantasy movie, "Pipeweed Bear."

Cambrai Chansonnier of Zeghere van Male. Bruges, c1500s

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Finally finished two rush projects and this allows me to continue on with the Marginalia Tarot Deck.

Today it's the Eight of Coins which is based on The Romance of the Rose. Français380.

It's a real learning experience on duplicating all these medieval painting styles digitally.

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HAPPY CATURDAY

Have a polka-dotted kitty cat.

M.1004 f. 151va. France, Paris. c1420-c1425

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According to #medieval bestiaries, the urine of the #lynx hardens into a beautiful precious stone which the lynx covers with sand so that humans cannot find it. #Caturday #MedievalManuscripts #MedievalManuscript #MedievalCat #Bestiary
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So much going on here. Love the face on the shield of the satyr and the hybrid man with the unicorn horn. No idea what they're fighting about.

not cited by original poster. Only it's from the Bodleian Library

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The most loved comedy stage show of the middle ages.

Peasant of the Hill

Français 1753, f. 151r

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An ancestor of John Cusack playing his medieval "boom box" to the girl he loves

Arundel 83, f. 63v

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HAPPY CATRUDAY

"The Incredible Journey"—Medieval style

Uncited by poster

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Maddess in the Multiverse-Deleted Scene

They cut out Dr. Strange's visit to this universe. A world of birds and strange trees.

Carmina Burana. Clm 4660, f. 64va

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Elastigirl and her twin sister.

No one knows what happened to the sister.

Corbet Book of Hours. England. c1300s

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This is a two-for-one

First, it's another one of those "Pink Barbie Castles" we've seen in many manuscripts.

Second, it's some more of that wonderful Escher architecture which I love.

Cases of Noble Men and Women. Français 190_1

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Rabbit playing a baby xenomorph

Breviary, Use of Verdun. Metz

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Happy Caturday!

Another uncited, and unable to find via TinEye, piece of marginalia.

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Bad dragon. No biscuit.

Beastiary. GKS 3466 8º, f. 39r

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Some say vampires don't exist.

But this manuscript has an image of Nosferatu

Or … maybe it's Yoda

Who knows about these medieval artists sometimes.

Florian Psalter, f. 28v

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The origin of the roadside billboard had its roots in 15th century France.

They caused many a fatal accident by distracting traveling knights on their way to … well, wherever knights were off to.

Cyropedia of the young nobles. Cotton MS Black D IX, f 40. France. late c1400s. BL

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A medieval book light

Medieval choir book, Venice, about c1460-c1480. Getty

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A fashionable lady, riding a fire-breathing dragon, holding a shield with a bat, there's a snake crawling up her arm, she's wearing a shiny helmet with some fringe, AND ( to top it off ) she's got bees in her bonnet.

Etymachia. Clm 3003. Germany. c1430

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Don't you hate it when you've arrived for "Girl's Night Out," but they didn't tell you it was an 'in armor' night.

Royal 17 E II, f. 349

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Just sit right back and you'll hear a tale,
A tale of a fateful trip
That started from this tropic port
Aboard this tiny ship.

The mate was a mighty sailing man,
The skipper brave and sure.
Five passengers set sail that day
For a forty day tour, a forty day tour.

The weather started getting rough,
The tiny ship was tossed,
If not for the courage of the fearless crew
The Minnow would be lost, the Minnow would be lost.

Apocalypse de S. Jean. Français 13096, f. 11v

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This was captioned as "Punishment of the slothful ( top ) and the lusful ( bottom )

To me, it's the greatest combination seeing it's hybrid ( man / chicken monster ) riding a snail.

Marginalia doesn't get better than this one.

Calendrier des berges, Paris. c1493

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A fish-hybrid … with a face in its tail … and a golden bell dangling from its head.

The Luttrel Psalter's got nothing on this manuscript.

W.87 Walters

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There's usually only two stooges in the scene with the eye poke gag.

Didactic miscellany. Kk.4.25, f. 48r

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This is NOT a long-necked bird with the head of a king.

No, it's much more than that.

Arthurian novels. Français 95, f. 319ra

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Happy #Caturday

Looks like a cat who climb the marginalia vine and couldn't get back down. Now he's stuck

Breviary from Taranto, Italy. c1350-c1400

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Some marginalia do not need a caption save it's "A chicken riding a goat and jousting with a flower."

LIke many of the marginalia I find, the poster did not cite the manuscript.

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Jack took a job as a letter messenger.

He'd walk from town to town where people would either pin letters to him or check if they got mail.

Not much of a job, but he got lots of exercise.

Nürnberger Schembart-Buch. Kiel Cod. Ms. KB 395. c1500s. Christian Albrechts Universität zu Kiel

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Hello to another #Caturday.

Here, the secret council of cats continues it's plan of world domination with lessons on purring, demanding food, and being extremely cute.

"Just stay the course. We are already in command. Let's just keep it that way.""

Cod. Pal. germ. 84, f. 227va

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Wow! That New Years party I was at certainly had some strange characters in attendance.

Mirror of History. Ludwig XIII 5 (83.MP.148). 220529_1305a

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