Pretty medieval manuscript of the day shows the martyrdom of Thomas Becket. Produced in Bruges in the early sixteenth century, at one point the book belonged to Anne Boleyn. I love the colours, the scribal hand, and the little birds in the border. It’s quite beautiful. The tranquil scenes in the margin are quite at odds with the brutal theme of the main image.
Image source: British Library MS King’s 9. Image declared as public domain on the British Library website.
Pretty medieval manuscript of the day is a lovely decorated initial from a fourteenth century manuscript produced in England.
Image source: British Library MS Lansdowne 475. Image declared as public domain on the British Library website.
Pretty medieval manuscript of the day is the beautiful binding of a fifteenth century gospel book. I confess I’m not quite sure if the binding is original. I don’t know much about them, and the caption from the Walters Museum is a bit puzzling as it describes it as the “original treasure binding” but later states “The codex’s later history included a re-binding with silver covers from Kayseri that date to approximately 1700. This jeweled and enameled silver binding bears a composition of the Adoration of the Magi on the front and the Ascension on the back”.
Whenever it was made, I think it’s stunning.
Image source: Walters Museum MS W.540. Creative Commons licensed via Flickr.
Invitation to participate
This looks fun! Go… participate!
May 2013 marks the first anniversary of e-codices Flickr Project. To celebrate this event, I would like to invite you to participate in curating an exhibition called My Manuscript Journey using the e-codices images present on Flickr. This could be a good way to find out what interests you and a good opportunity for you to express yourselves visually by creating a gallery with e-codices content. The most popular manuscript images will be used to create a set of 20 images that will be printed and used for the exhibition. The exhibition will take place in September 2013 at the premises of e-codices office at the University of Fribourg, in Fribourg, Switzerland. As a reward for the contribution, on the day of the opening, 10 names of the participants will be drawn and they will receive a copy of one of the printed images that will be sent to them by post. Here is how to participate: First of all you will need a Flickr account. If you don`t have one, you can create one easily using your Facebook or Google account to sign up on the Flickr homepage(www.flickr.com). To create a Gallery just go to one of the e-codices manuscript images (www.flickr.com/photos/e-codices/) that you want to add and within the Actions menu click the “Add to a gallery” link . From here you will create a new gallery , with the title My Manuscript Journey. Add 10 of your favorite images from e-codices Collections on Flickr (Top ten only, please , and no videos). The best approach would be to access directly the collections: “Themed journeys” and “The treasure”. (Images from “Behind the scene” collection are not eligible for this exhibition). It would be great if you could explain the reasons for your choices beside each image. The time frame to create your gallery is May 1 - May 31, 2013 I have created the following discussion topic: “My Manuscript Journey” where all the additional notifications will be posted and where you can also submit the link of your created gallery. In case you need some more clarification, feel free to e mail me on the following e-mail: ecodices@gmail.com Thanks in advance for your participation and I am looking forward to see where this “Manuscript Journey” will take us. Sincerely, Rromir Imami Image credits: Rromir Imami
Pretty medieval manuscript of the day is a beautiful calendar for May from a stunning manuscript called the The Hours of René d’Anjou which is in the collection of the British Library.
Image source: British Library MS.Egerton 1070. Image declared as public domain on the British Library website.
Pretty medieval manuscript of the day shows St Michael slaying the dragon. As dragons go, it’s pretty tiny! I confess I imagined a rather larger, scalier, and altogether more fearsome foe. Even so, I’d probably do a runner if one like this wandered around the corner…
Image source: Dunedin Public Libraries Medieval Manuscripts. Creative Commons licensed via Flickr.
Pretty medieval manuscript of the day is a leaf from a mid-twelfth century bible produced in Italy.
Image source: Dunedin Public Libraries Medieval Manuscripts.Creative Commons licensed via Flickr.
Pretty medieval manuscript of the day shows the assumption of the blessed virgin Mary. It is from a French book of hours in the collection of the Bibliothèque Renaissance de Nancy. The library has recently posted some beautiful images on Flickr.
Image source: MS 1874, Bibliotheque Renaissance de Nancy. Creative Commons licensed via Flickr.
Pretty medieval manuscript of the day is a sumptuously illustrated leaf from a book of hours. This page shows the crucifixion, with a richly decorated border with flowers and mysterious creatures. Beautiful!
A full digitised edition is available on the main e-codices website.
Image source: Creative Commons licensed by e-codices via Flickr.
Pretty medieval manuscript of the day shows a mysterious winged queen offering a crimson robe to a stranger emerging from a swamp. Another baffling image from the ‘Splendor solis’, an alchemical treatise. I’ve no idea what’s going on here… any thoughts?
I particularly like the border, with the scenes from nature including birds, a monkey, and deer.
Image source: British Library MS Harley 3469. Image declared as public domain on the British Library website.
Pretty medieval manuscript of the day depicts the hurly burly of a medieval battle.
Image source: British Library MS Egerton 745. Image declared as public domain on the British Library website.
Pretty medieval manuscript of the day is a lovely marginal illustration of a stag. The book is a Hebrew manuscript produced in Italy sometime between 1441 and 1467. Further details here.
Image source: British Library MS Additional 15423. Image declared as public domain on the British Library website.
Pretty medieval manuscript of the day is a lovely initial D enclosed in knotwork. It is another example of the fine craftsmanship on display throughout the Rheinau Psalter.
Image source: Creative Commons licensed by e-codices via Flickr.
Pretty medieval manuscript of the day is a leaf from the cartulary of Malmesbury Abbey (Wiltshire, England) dating from the late fourteenth century. The margin has been illustrated with a drawing of the Virgin and child.
Image source: British Library MS Landsdowne 417. Image declared as public domain on the British Library website.
Pretty medieval manuscript of the day is a magnificent knight! This lovely Italian manuscript was almost certainly made for the King of Naples, and presented to him around 1335-40. The illuminator was a Florentine master called Pacino di Buonaguida.
Image source: British Library MS Royal 6 E IX. Image declared as pubic domain on the British Library website.
