Old Manuscripts Gallery
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thoodleoo:ye olde fursuit
book-historia:Waste not, want notSome books in old bindings may not be entirely what they seem… in a
bibliophilly:The sun shines through this mid 15th century watermark for the first time in centuries!
witch-lore-craft:“In the old Irish manuscripts, the Celtic Otherworld was located in the midst of th
heaveninawildflower:Illuminated page with a botanical illustration.Taken from ‘Grandes Heures d'Anne
beckerrarebooks:Is there any better way of marking up text than a manicule? Manicules (the word is L
discardingimages:the Sun and the Moon in their chariotsastronomical miscellany, Canterbury ca. 1050B
kutxx:1.Book of Durrowc. 650-700, miniature, Trinity College, Dublin
lesfoudres:French Medieval Song Book
met-islamic-art:Prayer Book by ‘Abd al-Qadir Hisari, Metropolitan Museum of Art: Islamic ArtPurchase
flemishgarden:Loyset Liédet (Flemish, active about 1448 - 1478) - The Byzantine Emperor Welcoming Ro
cma-medieval-art:Hours of Queen Isabella the Catholic, Queen of Spain:Fol. 39v, Master of the First
acrosscenturiesandgenerations:▪Decorated Text Page.Artist/Maker: Simon Bening (Flemish, about 1483 -
irisharchaeology:Man being devoured by a beast, from the Book of Kells, c. 800 AD, Ireland
discardingimages:drummer catbook of hours, England ca. 1300Baltimore, Walters Art Museum, Ms. W.102,
Louis Agassiz (Swiss, b. 1807, Môtier, Switzerland, d. 1873, Cambridge, MA, USA) - Outlines of Compa
The first page of the Gospel of Judas, the oldest copy of which dates to the mid-200s CE but probabl
Gospels of Reichenau, early 11th century. Cover: Gold, jewels and pearls. Germany. SourceThe Benedic
Before modern paper, small artworks were made on parchment: thin sheets of animal skin treated with
The oldest known fragments of the Quran, at least 1,370 years old, old enough to perhaps have been w
From the Hereford Mappa Mundi, ca. 1300.
romebyzantium:A gallery of birds from the Vienna Dioscurides #Byzantine manuscript.
book-historia: Waste not, want not Some books in old bindings may not be entirely what they seem&he
“In the old Irish manuscripts, the Celtic Otherworld was located in the midst of the Western O
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