Medieval History
Initial Þ, Incipit; ÞATH ER FYRST J MANNHELGI VORRE AD VORU LANDI HUER J NOREGS KONUNGS RIKI SKAL FRIDHEILAGUR VERA VID ANNAN UTAN LANDZ OG INNANN .... (That is the first of our personal rights in respect to our country [that] everyone in the Norwegian kingdom shall be inviolate vis-à-vis another, outside the country and within ....), Old Norse
Initial þ, Incipit; þAT ER NU þVI NAEST AD EINGIN VORR ANNAN STELA NU ER GREINANDA EF SA MADUR STELUR MATH ER EIGI FAER SIER VINNU TIL FOSTURS .... (That follows now that none of us steal from another. Now it is to be noted that if a man steals who does not obtain work for his upkeep ....), Old Norse
- Professor Ray Page (1924 - 2012)
The Department of Anglo-Saxon, Norse & Celtic is sad to announce the death on 10 March 2012 of Professor Raymond Page, Emeritus Elrington and Bosworth Professor of Anglo-Saxon in the University of Cambridge, and Fellow and former Librarian of Corpus...
- Nottingham Robin Hood Medieval Village 'still Possible'
The Sheriff of Nottingham has said he is confident a £25m medieval village tourist attraction could still be built at the foot of Nottingham Castle. Plans were put forward as part of the Sheriff's Commission two years ago. The aim of the commission...
- Effects Of Flattening The Pages Of An Early Medieval Manuscript
Dear colleagues, I am happy to announce that I now have available digitized slides of the St Chad Gospels from 1956. These slides were taken a few years prior to the St Chad Gospels' pages flattened and the manuscript rebound by Roger Powell...
- Armenian Illuminations
I recently watched a lecture on Armenian churches by professor William R. Cook, and am fairly obsessed with Armenian art and architecture! It is breathtaking...Malnazar, Armenian, active about 1630s, and Aghap'ir, Canon Table Page, 1637-38. J. Paul...
- Mermaids
Roman book of hours, whole page, folio 186r. End of fifteenth century, made in Venice or Padua. Historiated initial (D)omine with the Holy Spirit above. Floral border with mermaid and dolphin. Pendant of a mermaid, German. 1580-1590, enameled gold,...
Medieval History
Sixteenth-Century Norwegian Illuminated Manuscript
Jónsbók, Lögbok Islendinga, initial F, fol. 3v, Whole Page. Parchment, 1580. Initial F, Incipit; FRJDUR OG BLEZAN VORS GUDZ ALMATTUGS: FAUDUR OG FRELSARA JHESU CHRISTI ASAMT MEDUR HINUM HELGA ANNDA SIE MED OSS AULLUMM .... (The peace and blessing of our almighty God, Father, and savior Jesus Christ, together with the Holy Spirit be with us all ....), Old Norse
Initial S, Incipit; SW ER HIN FYRSTA ERFD ER BORN SKILGIETIN TAKA ARF EPTIR FODUR SINN OG MODUR SKILFEINGNA: OG SA SONAR SON ER HANN ER SKILGETINN: OG SUO FADER HANS .... (This is the first [line of] inheritance that lawfully begotten children inherit from their father and their lawfully wedded mother, and the son's son if he is lawfully begotten and thus also his father ....), Old Norse
- Professor Ray Page (1924 - 2012)
The Department of Anglo-Saxon, Norse & Celtic is sad to announce the death on 10 March 2012 of Professor Raymond Page, Emeritus Elrington and Bosworth Professor of Anglo-Saxon in the University of Cambridge, and Fellow and former Librarian of Corpus...
- Nottingham Robin Hood Medieval Village 'still Possible'
The Sheriff of Nottingham has said he is confident a £25m medieval village tourist attraction could still be built at the foot of Nottingham Castle. Plans were put forward as part of the Sheriff's Commission two years ago. The aim of the commission...
- Effects Of Flattening The Pages Of An Early Medieval Manuscript
Dear colleagues, I am happy to announce that I now have available digitized slides of the St Chad Gospels from 1956. These slides were taken a few years prior to the St Chad Gospels' pages flattened and the manuscript rebound by Roger Powell...
- Armenian Illuminations
I recently watched a lecture on Armenian churches by professor William R. Cook, and am fairly obsessed with Armenian art and architecture! It is breathtaking...Malnazar, Armenian, active about 1630s, and Aghap'ir, Canon Table Page, 1637-38. J. Paul...
- Mermaids
Roman book of hours, whole page, folio 186r. End of fifteenth century, made in Venice or Padua. Historiated initial (D)omine with the Holy Spirit above. Floral border with mermaid and dolphin. Pendant of a mermaid, German. 1580-1590, enameled gold,...