Manuscript collection in danger of being broken up, sold off
The Mendham Collection, which is owned by the Law Society of England and Wales, contains about 5,000 invaluable items including medieval manuscripts, rare books and unique copies of some of the earliest books to have ever been printed.
Christian Cato: A Middle English Translation of the Disticha Catonis
It is possible that this translation is the result of an exercise by a not very gifted schoolboy.
Codex Argenteus and political ideology in the Ostrogothic kingdom
One of the most intriguing manuscripts of late Antiquity, the early-6th – century Codex Argenteus, combines elements typical of lavish Greek and Latin bibles with yet another significant aspect.
The Origin Of Medieval Manuscripts Mainly In The Czech Lands
In this paper I would like to explain the term medieval manuscript, how and in what environment manuscripts came to existence and what their value was.
National Library of Wales purchases Laws of Hywel Dda manuscript for £541,250
The Library will be showcasing the purchase to the public for a short exhibition – 23 July – 10 August – and then it will be taken into the care of the Library’s conservators to be rebound and digitised.
‘Crossing Borders: Manuscripts from the Bodleian Libraries’ comes to New York this fall
The Jewish Museum in New York will be featuring over 60 medieval Hebrew, Arabic, and Latin manuscripts this fall as it presents a new exhibition based on works found in the Bodleian Library at Oxford University.
Former church caretaker arrested for the Codex Calixtinus theft – manuscript recovered
The Codex Calixtinus, which was stolen last year from the Cathedral of Santiago de Compostela, has been recovered from a garage in Santiago.
Aberdeen Bestiary goes on public display for the first time
The Aberdeen Bestiary, a beautifully illustrated manuscript that dates back to the twelfth century and which once belonged to King Henry VIII, can now be seen by the public for the first time at the the University of Aberdeen
The Road of a Thousand Years
Zigmantas Kiaupa is Professor of History at the Vytautas Magnus University in Kaunas and Senior Researcher at the History Institute in Vilnius. He is editor-in-chief of the history annual “Lietuvos istorijos metraštis” and author of several books and numerous articles.
The Making of Medieval Illuminated Manuscripts
This lecture will explore how an illuminated book was produced, in the belief that an understanding of materials and techniques provides a firm foundation from which to pursue other avenues of investigation.
Medieval Welsh manuscript to go for sale at auction
A 14th century manuscript containing the Laws of Hywel Dda is set to go up for auction next month, and is expected to sell for between £500,000-700,000
The Middle English Manuscripts and Early Readers of Ancrene Wisse
The main manuscripts (i.e. leaving aside E’) range in date from the mid- thirteenth to the fifteenth centuries. The eartiest seem to be C and A. These manuscripts both seem to date on textual and palaeographical grounds from around the middle of the first half of the thirteenth century (C has revisions by other scribes in hands from towards the end of the century).
Glossaries and Other Innovations in Carolingian Book Production
Carolingian book production needs to be understood within the context of the communication of knowledge, the transmission of ideas across time and space and the consequent formation of what can be described as a cultural map in Europe.
The Uses of Pragmatic Literacy in the Medieval Principalities of Moldavia and Wallachia (from the State Foundation to the End of the Sixteenth Century)
The aim of my thesis is to reveal and understand processes behind the appearance and dissemination of literacy in the medieval principalities of Moldavia and Wallachia. I will focus on the social and cultural factors that contributed to the adoption and use of writing from the appearance of the state until the end of the sixteenth century.
Thousands of Irish Medieval Documents now available online
Trinity College Dublin historians have reconstructed invaluable medieval documents destroyed during the bombardment of the Four Courts in 1922.
The repair and rebinding of ‘The Pilgrimage of Human Life’ at the Bodleian Library
The article gives a step-by-step description of the repair and rebinding project which, along with digitization, was funded by a donor to the library.
Charting the “Rise of the West”: Manuscripts and Printed Books in Europe, A Long-Term Perspective from the Sixth through Eighteenth Centuries
These arguments suggest that the number of manuscripts and printed books produced in a given society are complex measures of economic performance and societal capabilities, and are therefore a valuable guide to the study of long-term economic change.
What can dirt on pages tell us about medieval manuscripts and their readers?
For the first time a new scientific technique has allowed us into the minds and motivations of medieval people – through their dirty books.
Dirty Books: Quantifying Patterns of Use in Medieval Manuscripts Using a Densitometer
Although it is often difficult to study the habits, private rituals, and emotional states of people who lived in the medieval past, medieval manuscripts carry signs of use and wear on their very surfaces that provide records of some of these elusive phenomena.
British Library purchases the St Cuthbert Gospel for £9 million
The British Library has announced that it has successfully acquired the St Cuthbert Gospel, a miraculously well-preserved 7th century manuscript that is the oldest European book to survive fully intact and therefore one of the world’s most important books.
Medieval Monastic Library of Lorsch recreated online
The unique holdings of the medieval monastic library of Lorsch, currently scattered over 68 libraries worldwide, are being re-compiled into a virtual library.
The Illumination of the Worms Mahzor: Description and Iconographical Study
To understand the decoration programme of the Worms Mahzor it is essential to comprehend the structure of the text of the Ashkenazi mahzorim, since the illumination bears a direct rela- tionship to it.
Birds’ Head Haggadah – scholar gives new insights into Jewish medieval text
The Birds’ Head Haggadah, a manuscript dating from around the year 1300, is considered one of the most interesting and mysterious pieces of Jewish art from the Middle Ages.