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Passover is coming! The British Library holds some of the most beautiful illustrated Haggadot. In the next 10 days, we'll post images from these manuscripts, and have a plague quiz: guess which plague is shown in the images!

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2020-03-30

'From ancient art to modern manuscripts, Harvard digital collections provides free, public access to over 6 million objects.’ https://t.co/QmsDgVFslH

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2020-03-22

Social distancing.
Konrad Kyeser, Bellifortis

Illustrated by Clauss Pflieger (?)
Similar images are to be found in other manuscripts of Kyeser’s Bellifortis, e.g. Wien, ÖNB Cod. 3068, fol. 76v

Det Kongelige Bibliotek, Copenhagen, Denmark, MS Thott.290.2º, f. 44r
1459

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2020-03-22

this was a fun little project to work on :) ive been enamored by the silly creatures in illuminated manuscripts since i discovered them a few years ago. these are available as stickers on my etsy! https://t.co/95gOyo87R6

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2020-03-21

Manuscripts & Special Collections has now CLOSED.

We don't know when we'll be able to reopen, but until then, we'll leave you with this very appropriate image from our collections.

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2020-03-21

Greatly honoured. For your readers, "Medieval Cats" was republished last year as "Cats in Medieval Manuscripts". Same feline content! (and Joan of Navarre had a pet parrot in her confinement....)

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2020-03-20

Thus far 170 new manuscripts pushed online with

So many texts and images to discover:
https://t.co/AnTY0bZvmz

8th-16th century, w/ a connection to German speaking lands (origin/provenance/language).

Challenge: can you find and ID these?

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2020-03-19

Lacking the technical knowledge of the chromoxylography process which made her illustrations gaudy, Kate Greenaway–born 1846–visited to study masters eg Jan van Eyck, whose Arnolfini portrait she especially liked, & illuminated manuscripts .

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2020-03-17

Art for a future chapter of Music and Manuscripts. Patreons can view the art now at https://t.co/ECW2HmUmIx. Otherwise, it will be a published in the next couple of weeks.

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2020-03-17

“By combining clues from artwork [by Piero della Francesca, Rafael, and others], ancient manuscripts, and oral histories, she was able to identify hundreds of Renaissance-era fruits. She now grows many of them in a 20-acre farmstead as an outdoor museum of Italy’s past”

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2020-03-17

Late night manuscripts from a guy who can barely grip a brush. ✈️

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2020-03-16

Cats in medieval manuscripts are funny.

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2020-03-15

These two are my favorite manuscripts recently. I like to draw muscles.

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2020-03-14

Cats did take over though and were often used to decorate the margins of illuminated manuscripts. The art is..... interesting though

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2020-03-11

This year we've divided our fair list into four sections, the first consists of Japanese manuscripts and scrolls, link below:

https://t.co/X6nqWSTOSR

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2020-03-03

Our major exhibition, Hebrew Manuscripts: Journeys of the Written Word, opens on 20 March.

Which got us thinking about representations of Jerusalem from the western tradition.

Add 37049, f. 3
Egerton 1070, f. 5
Royal 14 C VII, f. 5
Egerton 1500, f. 49

https://t.co/oGtM22UBee

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2020-02-27

Many of the words scientists use when reviewing manuscripts, job candidates and grant applications have lost their meaning, argues Eve Marder https://t.co/MZrLYyewie

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2020-02-24

Announcing our next exciting exhibition “#Hebrew Manuscripts: Journeys of the Written Word”. Opening 20 March. Find out more at https://t.co/1mZyWA4wey

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2020-02-24

I grew up watching Disney, as well as many anime... also playing Zelda OOT, Majora's Mask, and Twilight Princess. There's a lot more too, such as illuminated manuscripts, but I want to explore meshing digital and traditional media together! 😄

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2020-02-24