Medieval History
Fantastical creatures in the marginalia of late medieval illuminated manuscripts: What are they? Products of boredom? Expressions of the imagination? Pure distraction? The fifteenth century Book of Hours in the L Tom Perry Special Collections had a handful of Seussical creatures that were worthy of their own post...
- Oh, My Hand: Complaints Medieval Monks Scribbled In The Margins Of Illuminated Manuscripts
?Thank God, it will soon be dark.? The history of bookmaking hasn?t been without its challenges, but never was its craft as painstaking as during the era of illuminated manuscripts. Joining the ranks of history?s most appalling and amusing complaints,...
- Marginalia
Call for Submissions "MARGINALIA", an interdisciplinary graduate journal of the Middle Ages, invites submissions for its 2011 Issue on the theme of "Taste". Suggestions for topics include, but are not limited to: patronage the liturgical: 'gustate...
- Ltpsc Book Of Hours: An 1820 Appraisal, Calendar Of Days, And St. Matthew
After the mysterious sonnet, there is an appraisal written in 1820. The author of this page believed the book was in the inventory of the royal house of Burgundy, through the Duc de Berry, brother Charles le sage. The author writes that the Book of Hours...
- Ltpsc Book Of Hours: Binding And Bonus! A Sonnet!
Copyright L. Tom Perry Special CollectionsI am not expert enough to know if this is the manuscript's original binding.* I'd be surprised if it is. Whenever it was was bound, the binding of this Book of Hours is absolutely gorgeous. Dark green,...
- Lions In Fifteenth Century French Tapestries
I recently had this question e-mailed to me, and I thought I would post both the question and my answer. Q: "Can anyone tell me why the lion looks so odd in the Sight tapestry. It looks like a monkey...In looking at the series the lion's face is really...
Medieval History
creatures in the marginalia, LTPSC Book of Hours
Fantastical creatures in the marginalia of late medieval illuminated manuscripts: What are they? Products of boredom? Expressions of the imagination? Pure distraction? The fifteenth century Book of Hours in the L Tom Perry Special Collections had a handful of Seussical creatures that were worthy of their own post...
- Oh, My Hand: Complaints Medieval Monks Scribbled In The Margins Of Illuminated Manuscripts
?Thank God, it will soon be dark.? The history of bookmaking hasn?t been without its challenges, but never was its craft as painstaking as during the era of illuminated manuscripts. Joining the ranks of history?s most appalling and amusing complaints,...
- Marginalia
Call for Submissions "MARGINALIA", an interdisciplinary graduate journal of the Middle Ages, invites submissions for its 2011 Issue on the theme of "Taste". Suggestions for topics include, but are not limited to: patronage the liturgical: 'gustate...
- Ltpsc Book Of Hours: An 1820 Appraisal, Calendar Of Days, And St. Matthew
After the mysterious sonnet, there is an appraisal written in 1820. The author of this page believed the book was in the inventory of the royal house of Burgundy, through the Duc de Berry, brother Charles le sage. The author writes that the Book of Hours...
- Ltpsc Book Of Hours: Binding And Bonus! A Sonnet!
Copyright L. Tom Perry Special CollectionsI am not expert enough to know if this is the manuscript's original binding.* I'd be surprised if it is. Whenever it was was bound, the binding of this Book of Hours is absolutely gorgeous. Dark green,...
- Lions In Fifteenth Century French Tapestries
I recently had this question e-mailed to me, and I thought I would post both the question and my answer. Q: "Can anyone tell me why the lion looks so odd in the Sight tapestry. It looks like a monkey...In looking at the series the lion's face is really...