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Late medieval music manuscripts for celebrating the Christian Mass frequently included large illustrated initials.

It was a common practice to cut out and display them, particularly in the 19th century. Scholars today are actively trying to reconstruct these cut-up manuscripts.

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2019-09-04

Timothy Ely, Scans, 2016. Timothy Ely is a book artist who creates one of a kind manuscript books. Many of his works combine painting, drawing, and interesting cut-outs, with pages annotated with his own glyphs he created he calls “cribriform.” Read more: https://t.co/X43k4eEFYm

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2019-09-02

It is out now! , and I enjoyed so much to prepare this manuscript and afterwards, the interaction with young reviewers was great and unique. Please consider to share your findings with young minds: https://t.co/rSnJb4gdDD

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2019-08-28

🦑It’s from N’kai that frightful Tsathoggua came—you know-the amorphous, toad-like god-creature mentioned in the Pnakotic Manuscripts and the Necronomicon and the Commoriom myth-cycle preserved by the Atlantean high-priest Klarkash-Ton🎨Black Eyed🦑#ClarkAshtonSmith

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2019-08-27

here's some illuminated manuscript inspired stuff! the second and third are just renditions of preexisting art that I liked lol. I have a lot of favs otherwise!!

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2019-08-27

Considered one of the most important painters from the period btw late & early was also a One of his manuscripts is kept @ whose collection is on Register.
👉https://t.co/MRceGAGt0L

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2019-08-22

Here is the translation of Minako's new 4koma from the "Idol Mononoke Manuscript" gacha!

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2019-08-16

Antiphonary (#NationalLibraryCZ III D 10)
from the mid-fifteenth century with an interesting collection of Latin sacred songs (contrafacta of originals from the tradition of the German Minnesang).

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2019-08-16

Hoo-Hoo Who's Henry? Picture book. Goal: get manuscript written and polished and a few full illustrations completed. Features a kind teacher owl:

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2019-08-15

The Breviary I.F.6 originally from library of the Cistercian Monastery in (Western Bohemia), written by the scribe Benedikt (Benedictus) in 14th century (#Bohemia), with beautiful fleuronnée initials (#NationalLibraryCZ I F 6)

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2019-08-14

I doodled this lil part from one of my old YA novel manuscripts where my protagonist gets dumped. I’ve been wondering how the story might look as a graphic novel instead.

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2019-08-10

For the Walters celebrates it's founder and bibliophile, Henry Walters! He collected over 3,500 manuscripts, bindings, and printed books, from ancient papyrus to the modern day, gifting Baltimore with one of the most remarkable book collections in the USA!

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2019-08-10

Sooo, this is what happens when you let your artist wife read your manuscript. It is so amazing, I don't know why this woman doesn't do book covers! in case you need a visual?

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2019-08-08

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An ambitious project aimed at digitising and cataloguing the heritage of Universitaria in an online platform featuring manuscripts, printed books and maps. Discover it: https://t.co/O2i2R77we8

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2019-08-08

Bunnies laying down the law in medieval manuscripts. Not many people know that besides the Aristocracy, the Clergy, and the Commons, there was a fourth class—the Bunnies. Cunning and cruel warriors, they were quite active during the Crusades, hence for example Crusader Rabbit.

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2019-08-07