Medieval Manuscripts Gallery
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thegetty: The Art of Alchemy in Medieval Manuscripts The manufacture of colored pigments and inks w
god of love kissing the loverRoman de la Rose, Netherlands ca. 1490-1500BL, Harley 4425, fol. 24r
kissing a catbook of hours, Flanders 14th century.Baltimore, The Walters Art Museum, Walters Manuscr
Folio f.170r from The Luttrell Psalter, one of the manuscripts most well known scenes showing two pl
LJS 295 is another manuscript featuring a text by Safi al-Din ʻAbd al-Muʼmin ibn Yūsuf Urmawī, Ris
cauldronandcross:Detail of a page from the Book of Hoursca. 1510-1520
The Invisible Technique of Dry-Point RulingFrom the early to high middle ages, copyists ruled (put l
The Greek Hanging ScriptIn manuscripts, Latin and Greek copyists employed similar ruling patterns. T
Catchwords - A Way of Marking ChaptersA catchword is the first word of a chapter or section printed
The Golden Canon of Page DesignThe Golden Canon of page design was officially named by John Tschicho
Miniatures - A Lesson in Red PigmentThe lay definition of miniature is a small illustration found in
Ferro Gallic Ink - Corroding HistoryFerro gallic ink was a type of black ink used in manuscripts fro
Lapis Lazuli - The Luxury PigmentWhen making blue pigment or colorant, medieval copyists would save
Marginal Pricking, Newer ManuscriptPricking, or small holes placed in a line, helped to determine th
The Text/Page RatioThe text/page ratio is the term used to refer to the ratio of black (text) to whi
Quires - The Building Blocks of BooksA quire is a bound group of folded pages. In medieval manuscrip
Knight vs Snail (and a bonus “Monkey vs Snail”) A few isolated cases of Knights engaging
Illuminated Preface to the First Book of the Collection of Poems (masnavi), W.625 by Jalas al-Din Ru
When I was searching for my second favorite skeleton from a medieval manuscript, I came across these
A #volvelle or wheel chart is a type of slide chart, a paper construction with rotating parts. This
irisharchaeology: An Irish fox and wolf depicted in ‘Topographia Hiberniae’ by Giraldus Cambrenisis,
*Labeculae Vivae: Building a Reference Library of Stains for Researching Medieval Manuscripts* is cu
discardingimages: the Dragon and the Woman clothed with the Sun Alexander Minorita, Expositio in Apo
cma-medieval-art: Leaf Excised from a Psalter: The Ascension, c. 1260, Cleveland Museum of Art: Medi
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