Pretty medieval manuscript of the day is a lovely Romanesque initial. I chose it because of the fish. I spent a lot of this weekend looking at the fish in my new pond, so aquatics are on my mind. This book was produced in Canterbury during the twelfth century.
Image source: British Library MS Harley 105. Image declared as public domain on the British Library website.
Pretty medieval manuscript of the day depicts pigeons fluttering away from their doocot.
Image source: British Library MS Royal 2 B VII. Image declared as public domain on the British Library website.
“Selected pages from the Spätgotisches Musterbuch des Stephan Schriber, a manuscript which appears to be some kind of sketchbook, belonging to a 15th century monk working in South-West Germany, where ideas and layouts for illuminated manuscripts were tried out and skills developed.”
Hug me tight
I encountered these hugging figures in a 12th-century manuscript today. The two accompany an astronomical text and represent the constellation Gemini. I like it how they peek at the beholder, how they are willing to share an intimate scene with us. Their generous gesture jumps off the page.
Pic (my own): Leiden, Universiteitsbibliotheek, MS BPL 92 (12th century).
Strassburg Hungerstein Chronicle ca. 1493, National Gallery of Art Washington.
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THEODULUS, ecloga. quart. [Leipzig, Konrad Kachelofen, 1492]
GW M45871
(Christianeum’s Library)
Digitalisat HAB, Wolfenbüttel:
http://diglib.hab.de/wdb.php?dir=inkunabeln/171-14-quod-1](http://25.media.tumblr.com/bf627bf37b7d5f8fc310052401531a93/tumblr_mo4mo6G7S41r3kzdwo1_500.jpg)
THEODULUS, ecloga. quart. [Leipzig, Konrad Kachelofen, 1492]
(Christianeum’s Library)
Digitalisat HAB, Wolfenbüttel:
http://diglib.hab.de/wdb.php?dir=inkunabeln/171-14-quod-1
Medieval bookmark, 14th - Early 15th Century
“Rotating bookmarks were a special kind of bookmark used in medieval Europe. They were attached to a string, along which a marker could be slid up and down to mark a precise level on the page. Attached to the marker was a rotating disk that could indicate the column (usually numbered one to four, indicating the two columns on the left-hand page, and the two columns on the right-hand page).”
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Pretty medieval manuscript of the day is a beautifully illuminated leaf from a book of hours. I love the dragons curled around the border.
Image source: Special Collections, University of Houston Libraries, Book of Hours, use of Reims. Image declared as public domain on the University of Houston website.
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Speculum humanae salvationis, France 1470-1480.Marseille, Bibliothèque municipale, ms. 89, fol. 41v
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La vanitat, detall de una miniatura del llibre Spiegel der Weisheit, de Ulrich von Pottenstein
Una cabra mira la seva imatge reflectida en un rierol com a símbol de la vanitat, mentrestant un humil eriço
en fa mofa.
Spiegel der Weisheit, Salzburg c.1430 Egerton MS 1121 , f.44v
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