beckerrarebooks:Is there any better way of marking up text than a manicule? Manicules (the word is L
beckerrarebooks:Is there any better way of marking up text than a manicule? Manicules (the word is Latin for little hand!) show up fairly frequently in early modern texts as a way of indicating passages that readers found noteworthy. We found the top example in the Kleine Wundartzney des Lanfranci, a 1528 German edition of the Italian surgeon Lanfranco of Milan’s writings, and the bottom example comes from Johann Wolff’s Lectionum memorabilium et reconditarum. We have to admit that we’re partial to the top manicules - they’re very elegant and graceful! -- source link
#old manuscripts