When you really need people to know where the best bit of the text is located - mid-15th century, Avignon, Bibliothèque Ceccano - 1094, f. 195v
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Unknown scribe, Horae Beata Virgo Maria, Italy, 1510.
This book of hours in a humanist hand is one of the oldest manuscripts at Letterform Archive. It’s also one of the first books founder Rob Saunders collected. Learn why, at our first 10th Anniversary Symposium salon:
Looking Back with Rob Saunders: The Importance of Material Culture
Thu, Apr 24, 2025 at 6:00–7:30pm PT
Register to attend in-person or online: https://letterformarchive.org/shop/looking-back-with-rob-saunders-the-importance-of-material-culture/?utm_source=Mastodon
Sala Rusconi
In the Archiginnasio there is a room called the Sala Rusconi. Named after Pietro Giacomo Rusconi (1865-1916), it contains many rare and valuable books and manuscripts which were collected by him. These were donated to Bologna after the death of his wife Luisa Verzaglia in 1919 - as the couple had not had any children. You unfortunately cannot go into the room now but you can peek through the iron bar door from the Sala Stabat Mater.
The portrait you see over the door is Rusconi himself.
I wanted to give the photo the feel of an old-fashioned illustration to compliment the treasures and antiquities in this library.
(Per quelli che sanno un po' di dialetto bolognese, non trovate un po' ironico che ci sia una sala così piena di saggezza e storia e si chiama... Rusco... ni.
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#photography #amateurphotography #painting #books #history #library #corridor #bologna #travel #lighting #dark #moody #knowledge #manuscripts #theatre #science #portrait #collection #architecture #italy #italia #citta #old #illustration #retro #university #urbanarchitecture #travel #europe
In the Archiginnasio there is a room called the Sala Rusconi. Named after Pietro Giacomo Rusconi (1865-1916), it contains many rare and valuable books and manuscripts which were collected by him. These were donated to Bologna after the death of his wife Luisa Verzaglia in 1919 - as the couple had not had any children. You unfortunately cannot go into the room now but you can peek through the iron bar door from the Sala Stabat Mater.
The portrait you see over the door is Rusconi himself.
I wanted to give the photo the feel of an old-fashioned illustration to compliment the treasures and antiquities in this library.
(Per quelli che sanno un po' di dialetto bolognese, non trovate un po' ironico che ci sia una sala così piena di saggezza e storia e si chiama... Rusco... ni.
)#photography #amateurphotography #painting #books #history #library #corridor #bologna #travel #lighting #dark #moody #knowledge #manuscripts #theatre #science #portrait #collection #architecture #italy #italia #citta #old #illustration #retro #university #urbanarchitecture #travel #europe
Probably due to Passover cooking, the #Vatican only digitized 27 #Manuscripts this week
https://www.wiglaf.org/vatican/2025/week16.html
Includes 2 italian Boethius', documents on Würzburg, 19th C liturgical music, a glossed Aeneid, some signed Humanist texts and more!
@medievodons @bookhistodons #Medieval #Medievodons
Immerse in the artistry of premodern Burma with this Kammavacha manuscript, where celestial beings celebrate sacred rites. Each detail speaks of devotion and ornamentation. How do you interpret the relationship between text and imagery in such works?
#ClevelandArt #BuddhistArt #Manuscripts
https://clevelandart.org/art/1945.172.14.b
"Remember Gevork, who drew this horse with his own hand, on […?] December 1735, on the day known as Friday. Amen."
"Յիշատակէ գէվորքի որ այս ձիս գիրեց ուր ձեռամբէ թվին ռ՟ ճ՟ ձ՟ դ՟ ին Դկտէբէրին ծ՟ բ՟ ին [?] օրէ յորբաթ կօչի ամէն:"
#Ottoman #Armenian #manuscripts @earlymodern
Manuscript sold for €300 is now attributed to Cyrano de Bergerac – but questions remain about the play’s authorship
French researchers recently published an edition of a previously unknown 17th-century French play that they argue could be attributed to the French satirist and dramatist Savinien de Cyrano de Bergerac.
By Alisa van de Haar
Experience the blend of spirituality and artistry in this Kammavacha manuscript. The delicate winged nats and vibrant vegetal motifs speak of sacred ceremonies and rich traditions. How does this artwork inspire your understanding of cultural rituals?
#ClevelandArt #BuddhistArt #Manuscripts
https://clevelandart.org/art/1945.172.3.a
Illustration depicting the constellation Draco, from manuscript Ms Persian 373, late 17th to early 18th century AD. Collection: Wellcome Library, London.
@archaeologyart #astronomy #Persian #manuscripts #hsitory
A quietish week, only 36 #Manuscripts from the Vatican https://www.wiglaf.org/vatican/2025/week15.html
Includes a 13th C NT, 11th C Menologium, more 17th C papal stuff, Sistine Diaries and Ethiopic liturgy. Several humanistic texts, including one by one Raniero Fioravanti, an early 16th C Venetian about whom I know nothing except his name and arms.
#Medieval #Medievodons @bookhistodons @medievodons
in an illustration from an early medieval sex manual written in sanskrit known as the Kokaśāstra, a harem guard penetrates a princess with a bow-dildo.
@medievodons #medievalmanuscript #manuscripts #11thCentury #12thCentury
@medievodons #medievalmanuscript #manuscripts #11thCentury #12thCentury
Is this a Dire wolf... 
?
No...
Our @erc.europa.eu Beasts to Craft team led by Élodie Lévêque uncovered the true identity of mysterious hairy covers on #medieval #Cistercian #manuscripts - they're ...
A solid 63 #Manuscripts from the #Vatican this week
https://www.wiglaf.org/vatican/2025/week14.html
Includes some v old Kufic Quran leaves; several legal texts, some #neolatin works; more 17th C Papal texts, Ethiopic texts, Sistine diaries, and classics; a 12th C glossed Priscian and more!
@medievodons @bookhistodons #Medieval #Medievodons
Behold a stunning Kammavacha manuscript, showcasing the harmonious blend of Pali script and celestial artistry. Each intricately adorned page invites contemplation. How do you interpret the symbolism of the nats among the rain cloud forms?
#ClevelandArt #BuddhistArt #Manuscripts
https://clevelandart.org/art/1945.172.9.b
Nächtlicher Einblick in die digitale Handschriftenforschung: Entdecken Sie Inhalte, Konzept und Recherchemöglichkeiten des #Handschriftenportal – beim 'Markt der Möglichkeiten' in der @bsbmuenchen zur ersten Nacht der Bibliotheken.
Marktstand geöffnet: 18:00–22:00
Marmorsaal
Weitere Informationen 
https://www.bsb-muenchen.de/nacht-der-bibliotheken#c26618
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@overholt According to the story, there are 40 or so surviving manuscripts of this text. While I do find fascinating this photographic technique to re-create what the manuscript looked like (and the technique has been used on other manuscripts), I also kept thinking about all those texts for which we have one surviving copy (or none), and how hopefully we might find even rarer gems inside these Renaissance bindings.
Due to the Annunciation(March 25) this week, only 12 #Manuscripts added by the #Vatican https://www.wiglaf.org/vatican/2025/week13.html
includes a skinny Ovid, a redecorated Augustine, a 9th C MS, more 17th C papal stuff, 2 Ge'ez liturgical volumes and more!
#Medieval #Medievodons @bookhistodons @medievodon
#medieval #history #England #mythology #KingArthur #Merlin #manuscripts
"A fragile 13th century manuscript fragment, hidden in plain sight as the binding of a 16th-century archival register, has been discovered in Cambridge and revealed to contain rare medieval stories of Merlin and King Arthur.... the digital results of the project are now available for everyone to explore online via the Cambridge Digital Library."
https://www.cam.ac.uk/stories/merlin-manuscript-discovered-cambridge
University of CambridgeModern magic unlocks Merlin's medieval secretsFragments of a rare Merlin manuscript from the 1200s discovered and digitised in a ground-breaking three-year project at Cambridge University Library.
The National Mission for #manuscripts
https://namami.gov.in/
Free access to lots of ancient Manuscripts
#india #archeology #history
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