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You may be thinking, “wait this isn’t a manuscript!”, but often in the early days of the printed boo

The entombment of Christ, worn away with frequent touching. This is still one of my favorite books o

Some emotive faces from Ms. Codex 723 (fols. 56v and 84v the text contained therein is the Panormia,

Manicules, or the hand shaped symbols placed in the margins to point out corrections, are some of th

It’s May, and Love is in the air! Courtly love, that is, which is the Labor of the Month for May, as

Goose, doing a pretty excellent imitation of a flamingo. Geese are great! You compliment them on the

What a tall drink of puzzle initial P! Digging that English teal.Manuscript description and digital

LJS 27 is great for miniatures that attempt to portray extremely elaborate narratives at a single go

Happy November! Chopping firewood is the Labor of the Month this month, as presented in LJS 449, a 1

For those of you who felt that you were sleeping too well at night, here is an initial G in the form

Happy August! Reaping is the Labor of the Month this month, as presented in LJS 449, a 15th century

Some intricate decorative details from fol. 7r of LJS 265, a 15C Italian work on agriculture.Manuscr

Happy December! Slaughtering an ox is the Labor of the Month this month, as presented in LJS 449, a

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

Ms. Codex 1082, called Pasquillus in aulicos, is a poem, usually in rhymed couplets, apparently comm

You may remember Ms. Codex 1065 from a previous post on its peeking faces and pointing manicules. To

The volvelles so far… The first eight volvelles in LJS 64, a manuscript copy of Illustrations

If those folks on fol. 4v of LJS 62 are Dioscorides and Galen, then these folks on fol. 1v are also

What happens when the unstoppable force of an arrow launched by a monkey from a fish-bow meets the i

This Dominican doctor on fol. 121v of LJS 24 is holding a flask of urine and accusing his patient of

LJS 37, Ikhtiṣār min al-maqālāt min kitāb Uqlīdis, is a Fatimid abridgment of Euclid’s Element

How about one more illuminated initial for the road? I love that you can really get a sense of the p

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