Schon im Mittelalter gab es Selfies, was uns dieser Beitrag über zwei Selbstportraits des nicht ganz so bescheidenen Mönches und Buchmalers Rufillus lehrt.
#manuskript #handschrift #manuscript #buchkunst #buchmalerei #bookart #selfie #selbstportrait #rufillus #mittelalter #medievalmanuscript
https://medievalbooks.nl/2018/09/20/me-myself-and-i/

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

@histodons @medievodons #Medieval #MedievalManuscript #MedievalManuscripts #Medievalist #Medievalists #Medievodon #Medievodons #History #Histodon #Histodons #PublishingHistory #MiddleAges

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

#CFP #medieval #medievalmanuscript
Due to a cancellation we have space for 1-2 more papers for our symposium on medieval manuscript and early book destruction (May 22, 2023; in person in Leiden/online contributions also possible).

Happy to answer questions; papers on related topics are also welcome.

Please help us get the word out if possible!

Link for more details: https://www.universiteitleiden.nl/en/events/2023/05/manuscript-and-early-book-destruction

#CFP #medieval #medievalmanuscript
Due to a cancellation we have space for 1-2 more papers for our symposium on medieval manuscript and early book destruction (May 22, 2023; in person in Leiden/online contributions also possible).

Happy to answer questions; papers on related topics are also welcome.

Please help us get the word out if possible!

Link for more details: https://www.universiteitleiden.nl/en/events/2023/05/manuscript-and-early-book-destruction

The sumptuous Romance of Alexander from the #Bodleian is on show at the #BritishLibrary, in their exhibition on #AlexanderTheGreat.

Highlighting this BL post on the wonderful, varied margins:
https://blogs.bl.uk/digitisedmanuscripts/2023/02/magnificent-margins-in-the-alexander-romance.html

& that the whole manuscript is available to browse online (there's a link).

#WhatsOnInLondon - 2 more weeks!
#MedievalManuscript #14thCentury #Flemish #Flanders #RomanceOfAlexander #medieval #manuscript #marginalia #OA #OpenAccess #bookstodon #medievodons @medievodons

Anyone know anything about this? #Medieval #Anthropology #Sociology #History #SocialScience #archaeology #ReceptioGate #MedievalManuscript #MedievalManuscripts https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZTRp4dmo2/

Adding hashtags for reach; please read up thread. 🙇

#artstodon #bookbinding #medivodon #MedievalManuscript #BachelorProject #ArtPortfolio #FineArtStudent

A discussion boosted by @litteracarolina about the birth of the ct-ligature reminded me of those odd cases where a medieval scribe has no room for the full ct-ligature and moves the second part to the next line, leaving behind a very oddly-shaped c and t. The pic from one of my Lowe lectures shows two great examples. These typographical oddities are both charming and show the power of muscle memory.

#MedievalManuscript #typography #medieval @bookhistodons

From all those years on the bird thing and all the years since I left it, this hedgehog animation of a #medievalmanuscript is the one rare treasure I remembered with fondness.

Inspired by the vibe here, I just posted my first new blog post in a long time: "Medieval Manuscript Fragments in the Classroom". Read it here: https://tinyurl.com/yc6bkf7n

The post discusses fragments as survivors of systematic book destruction, shares my experiencing of teaching with them, and details a new frame design #UBC is implementing. Happy to discuss teaching with these hidden gems!

#medieval #ManuscriptFragment #BookHistory #Teaching #MedievalManuscript #libraries @histodons @medievodons

Came across this unusual layout today: a manuscript with 6 columns, while 2-3 is the norm. Like here, such books heavy on columns usually contain word lists, dictionaries, or concordances - so: short lines.

There is ample marginal space still, the scribe did not even sweat it. Equally unusual are the dimensions: 255 mm tall, much, much smaller than the norm.

Bern, BB, A.92.6 (10th cent.). Digital: https://www.e-codices.unifr.ch/en/list/one/bbb/A0092-06

#PageDesign #layout #typography #medieval #MedievalManuscript #history

For all you dog owners out there: two dogs chasing a ball on a medieval page.

Oxford, Bodleian Library, MS Liturg. 104 (13th century).

#medieval #medievalmanuscript #dogs #illumination #art

Digitizing medieval manuscripts and rare books comes with unique challenges due to wear, tear, and old age. Try getting good pictures of these pages!

Pic: Lusanne BCU V1762, 15th century (Petrarch).

Zoom: https://www.e-codices.ch/en/bcul/V1762/bindingKa

#PrettyMess #medieval #history #MedievalManuscript #Restoration #BookDamage #MedievalPaper #BookBinding #digitization

Medieval graffiti equivalent? Rare in-the-moment art expression on a manuscript page, by scribe who drew a face around the imperfections in the parchment. Holes like this resulted from the parchment maker's knife pushing too hard during the scraping process.

Pic: BambergSB Msc.Patr. 41 (12th century). Zoom here https://tinyurl.com/3299z4fr

#Art #medieval #history #parchment #MedievalManuscript #graffiti #BookHistory

Far ends of the early book spectrum: one you can carry, the other can carry you - on the table during one of my classes.

Pics: #UBC RareBooksSpecialCollections, ShelfmarkOnFile

#bookhistory #books #reading #MedievalManuscript #medieval @medievodons

A journal I am making with the Ryder Tarot deck with medieval border framing and on the other side more borders with blank space left for writing. This has been a work in progress for many years, depending upon how much free time I had.
#Tarot #Medieval #EggTempera #MedievalArt #ArtJournal #MedievalManuscript #Journaling