Mass Production of Books Before Printing
The question that this led me to pose is it not likely that there is a whole world of book production by Franciscans, Dominicans and similar people who are capable of writing like professional scribes and do but unlike professional scribes they don’t change it?
Matthew Paris’ Book of St Albans goes online
Fans of medieval manuscripts have something new to browse, as one of the works written and illustrated by Matthew Paris has been digitised by the Library of Trinity College Dublin for the first time. The Book of St Albans features 54 individual works of medieval art and has fascinated readers across the centuries.
Dal Riata and Early Manuscripts with Russell Ó Ríagáin
On this episode of Scotichronicast, Dr. Kate Buchanan is joined by Dr. Russell Ó Ríagáin to discuss his work on early manuscripts and the shared history between Ireland and Scotland surrounding Dal Riata.
The Hidden Hands Behind Medieval Manuscripts with Mary Wellesley
Survivors of time, neglect, and sometimes disasters, medieval manuscripts are the work of countless authors, scribes, artists, and craftspeople, many of whom remain anonymous. This week on The Medieval Podcast, Mary Wellesley shares the stories behind some of the most famous manuscripts of the Middle Ages and the hidden hands behind them.
Medieval manuscript discovered in Spain after going missing for over 80 years
A medieval manuscript, which has been missing since the Spanish Civil War, has been found and returned to the town of Brihuega. The manuscript contains 13th-century laws for the town that were written by Rodrigo Ximénez de Rada.
Wars in the Workshop: Digitizing Manuscript Rolls
Dr. Hodgson discusses some of the issues relating to the digitization of manuscript rolls, focusing on a fifteenth-century genealogical roll known as the Canterbury Roll.
National Library of Scotland digitises 240 medieval manuscripts
The National Library of Scotland has digitised a collection of more than 240 precious manuscripts, many with Scottish origins ranging from the 9th to the 16th century. The collection also includes volumes produced in England, France, Italy and northwest Europe, as well as Greece and Iceland.
Medieval Manuscripts: Picture Book of the Life of Saint John and the Apocalypse
Not only is the Picture Book of the Life of Saint John and the Apocalypse a sophisticated forerunner of modern comic books, but it also exudes an aura of gloss and opulence.
The Secrets of Manuscript Digitization
The road from medieval manuscripts to medieval memes!
The Rescue of Armenian Historiography and the Chronicle of Matthew of Edessa
Of the thirty-five manuscripts that remain of the 12th-century Chronicle of Matthew of Edessa, not a single one dates from before 1590, but over half of them were produced by 1700.
Book of Kells: Ireland’s Medieval Treasure
It is considered by many to be the most beautiful book created in the Middle Ages, perhaps the most beautiful book ever made.
What Makes Bibliography Critical? A Medievalist’s Response
How does a Western medievalist breathe new life into bibliography, that bread-and-butter of their scholarly pursuits?
The Astonishing Survival of the Gladzor Gospels
The Gladzor Gospels (1300-07) is an incomparable illuminated manuscript of the four Gospels and one of the gems of UCLA Library Special Collections
More than 90% of medieval literature manuscripts have been lost, researchers suggest
A new study suggests that more than 90% of these manuscripts created in medieval Europe have not survived to the present day, and with it as much as a third of medieval literature has disappeared too.
Medieval Chess: Alfonso X’s Book of Games
A great episode to know everything about chess, Iberian court culture and politics all at once!
Paper in the Middle Ages with Orietta Da Rold
Although it tends to be thought of as a time when people rejected technology, there were many new inventions met with enthusiasm in the Middle Ages, including one we might not be able to imagine living without: paper. This week on The Medieval Podcast, Danièle speaks with Orietta Da Rold about the many uses of medieval paper.
Who were these people copying manuscripts? The mysteries of medieval scribes
Medieval scribes, the producers of the manuscripts that are for us such crucial and fascinating sources, are mostly shrouded in mystery, especially when we travel back further in time.
The Destruction of Medieval Manuscripts
Thousands of medieval manuscripts have been destroyed across history: here are some of the reasons why.
Paper Past and Paper Future
The arrival of paper in medieval Europe also heralded an era of technological innovation and evolution. Drawing on extensive research in Cambridge collections and beyond, Orietta Da Rold will consider the significance of this material as a commodity and particularly as the stuff of which books are made. These lectures are about the stories that medieval paper can tell.
Medieval Manuscript Sells for £95,000
An exceptionally rare 15th century illuminated manuscript almanac was sold for £95,000 at auction last week. It was expected to only sell for between £10,000 and £20,000.
Medieval manuscript to be auctioned off for as much as $6 million, but not without controversy
The Luzzatto High Holiday Mahzor, created around the year 1300, is set to sell for between $4 million to $6 million (US) at an auction next week, despite calls to keep the medieval manuscript in France.
Book production and circulation from Antiquity to the Middle Ages
Three episodes will lead us from the Classical Age to Late Antiquity, and then to the Middle Ages, illustrating the powers that can steer the success of a literary piece, and, sometimes, determine its fate.
Manuscript fragments of the Merlin legend now published
Their collaborative research and findings, which include a full transcription and translation into English of the text, have been brought together in a new book called The Bristol Merlin: Revealing the Secrets of a Medieval Fragment