Medieval Latin

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writing-system:Table of Runic Futhorcs,Latin Ciphers and Cryptic AlphabetsMS 17 folio 5vSt. John’sSo

self-circumcision of AbrahamHours of Louis de Laval, France ca. 1480BnF, Latin 920, fol. 56v

anlagatglas:“Scandinavian ogham” (i.e. runes) from the Lebor Ogaim, a medieval Irish treatise on ogh

nocturlabium:“In the year 1558 Julius Caesar Luchino of Bologna arranged to have this astrolabe made

spindle funLes Grandes Heures du duc de Berry, Paris 1409BnF, Latin 919, fol. 10r

Theorica motuum… volvelle on Page 8 of LJS 64, a manuscript copy of Illustrations to Georg von Peurb

blackpaint20:Inevitability of DeathSurrounded by poetry about virtue and the inevitability of death,

Bibliothèque nationale de France, Département des Manuscrits, Latin 919 detail of f.8v. Horae ad usu

sawfish Brunetto Latini, Li Livres dou Tresor, France ca. 1315-1325.British Library, Yates Thompson

Tower of Santa Maria Maggiore - Gardens of Ninfa, Latina, central Italy. 2019. Daderot

discardingimages:Pegasus constellationSufi Latinus (Latin translation of ‘Kitāb al-kawākib al-thābit

Bibliothèque nationale de France, Département des Manuscrits, Latin 919 detail of f.82r. Horae ad us

black holeHours of Louis de Laval, France c. 1480BnF, Latin 920, fol. 2v

Illustrations from “Hecyra" a comedic Latin play by the early Roman playwright Terence, 1

saintsHours of Louis de Laval, France ca. 1480BnF, Latin 920, fol. 180r

1492Bibliothèque nationale de France, Latin 16827 - Missel romain, copié en 1492 pour Jean de Foix -

Wycliffe, John, -1384. Sumula sumularum magistri Johanne Wyclif : manuscript, [between 1400 and 1425

snailcatbook of hours, Paris 15th century.BnF, Nouvelle acquisition latine 3115, fol. 187r

Initial letter S (beginning the Latin text of Psalm 68), featuring a griffin and its rider.  Unknown

bondageCoutumes de Toulouse, Toulouse ca. 1295-1297BnF, Latin 9187, fol. 30v

Four gospels in Latin : manuscript, [between 1100 and 1150]MS Riant 20Houghton Library, Harvard Univ

oldnorse:Subjunctive in Old Norse

Samson and the firefoxes(Judges 15:4)Psalter of Saint Louis, Paris ca. 1270BnF, Latin 10525, fol. 58

Ms. Codex 1056 - Book of HoursMay is here and we dedicate our week to Spring!Let’s start with

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