Medieval Manuscriptsさんのイラストまとめ

Hellebore, iris, 'saffron' and viola, in the extraordinary herbal painted by Gherardo Cibo (d. 1600)

Add MS 22332
https://t.co/m6t0CE47BM

Call the 'heifmoeder’!

Read all about medieval midwives in our blogpost by @bbeckyL

#CallTheMidwife

https://t.co/uDTjiVYTRd

Some 16th-century alchemy for you

Sloane MS 1171, ff. 100v-101r
https://t.co/UqDdLWXkSt

Our #ManuscriptOfTheDay is the Smithfield Decretals.

Containing the Decretals of Pope Gregory IX, it was made in Toulouse around 1300, with its bas-de-page scenes added in England.

You can explore the manuscript in full here:
Royal MS 10 E IV
https://t.co/7i7lp8qZoN

Some old bull

Burney MS 97, f. 22r
https://t.co/cpoPf1kbG4

Medieval bestiary lore. (Don't try this at home.)

If you wish to steal a tiger cub, throw down a mirror. The tigress will stop to look at its own reflection, thinking it is her cub.

Harley MS 4751, f. 3v
https://t.co/Y8qIvr9Nj5

Celebrating #AscensionDay

1 Holkham Bible Picture Book, London, c. 1330
2 Benedictional of St Æthelwold, England, 900s
3 Book of Hours, Netherlands, c. 1420
4 Gospel-book, Echternach, 1000s

Add MS 47682, f. 38r
Add MS 49598, f. 64v
Add MS 50005, f. 141v
Egerton MS 608, f. 134r

Some oak galls (below) with common gromwell and meadow clary (above), in a late 13th/early 14th-century Italian herbal

Read here about how to make oak gall ink https://t.co/hQmV1f9zQV

Egerton MS 747, f. 44r
https://t.co/z3Qrlu1zFW
#PolonskyPre1200

A medieval osprey, diving for fish.

From Gerald of Wales, The Topography of Ireland (Topographia Hiberniae), made in England around AD 1200.

Royal MS 13 B VIII, f. 9r
https://t.co/E9mModmFpB

Mandrakes, you say? @melindahaunton @_MattShaw

Here are some medieval tips on how best to harvest them.

https://t.co/5oPFT4UMsK

#JacobinDay