Things I've picked up along the way...

Pretty medieval manuscript of the day is an indulgence roll from the collection of the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library. This is a photograph of the top portion. The description reads: Parchment roll, unevenly trimmed at top and bottom, composed of three membranes segments glued together, the third an addition of the late fifteenth century.Note of a 16th-century owner at the end of the roll: An Indulgence of Innocent VI ca. 1352. It’s a magnificent thing isn’t it? Quite different from the books we’ve looked at recently. Image source: Beinecke MS 410. General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University. Image believed to be in the public domain.

Pretty medieval manuscript of the day is an indulgence roll from the collection of the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library. This is a photograph of the top portion. The description reads:

Parchment roll, unevenly trimmed at top and bottom, composed of three membranes segments glued together, the third an addition of the late fifteenth century.
Note of a 16th-century owner at the end of the roll: An Indulgence of Innocent VI ca. 1352.

It’s a magnificent thing isn’t it? Quite different from the books we’ve looked at recently.

Image source: Beinecke MS 410. General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University. Image believed to be in the public domain.

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