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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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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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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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