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Monday, September 21, 2009

Umberto Eco: The lost art of handwriting from the guardian.co.uk 9.21.09

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A Corner of Tenth-Century Europe

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Anglo-Saxon Archaeology Blog

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Anglo-Saxon, Norse & Celtic

Discovery: A New Life of St Cybi - The Vitae Sanctorum Cambriae project (run between ASNC and CAWCS) is very excited to announce the discovery of a new medieval Life of St Cybi. David Calla...
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Antiquarian's Attic » Medieval Binham graffiti

Thetford Priory - The remains of The Cluniac Priory of Our Lady of Thetford The Cluniac Priory of Our Lady, Thetford, was first founded on the Suffolk side of the Little Ou...
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Archaeology in Europe News Blog

Trove Of Coins Dating Back To The 1100s Found On Visingsö, Sweden - A large trove of coins dating back to the formation of Sweden in the 1100s has been discovered at Brahe Church on Visingsö, the island with rich history ...
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BabelStone

Khitan Fragments from the Tomb of Yelü Pugu - Jinbaotun Cemetery In 2016 two large tombs (designated M1 and M2) were excavated at the Jinbaotun cemetery 金宝屯墓地 in Kailu County in eastern Inner Mongolia....
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Bavardess

On translation, texts, and a conference - It's been an usually lovely summer here in my part of the world and I've been spending as little time as possible at the computer (and thus, am well behi...
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BibliOdyssey

Viridarium Novum - *A Little Book of Nature* *'New little book of flowers, in it all kinds of beautiful flowers, also fruits and little animals, which are very useful to pai...
8 years ago
BOOKTRYST

Is This The Worst 19th C. British Novel? - *by Stephen J. Gertz* It’s rarely a good idea to begin a novel with a Preface. It’s never a good idea to write a Preface as apology for what is to come. A...
4 years ago
Dianne's Medieval Writing

What's With Medieval Tombs? Part 22: Bling on Tombs - Efffigy tombs of the 14th, 15th and 16th centuries always show people dolled up in their finest, adorned with various kinds of bling. Sure, they want to ...
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Freelibraryrbd's Blog

Psalm 1 - Initial B with David as a musician Ferrara, Italy, ca. 1453-1482 Script: Rotunda Parchment with ink, paint, and gold Notation: Square Illuminator (Artist...
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Glyph of the Day

Latin Carolingian Reforms — ~782 AD, Germany - Emperor Charlemagne apparently tried to learn how to read and write, but with poor success. Probably part of his difficulty was that he had to spend a bun...
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Heavenfield

CFP: Contagions sessions at the International Congress for Medieval Studies 2018 | Contagions - Kalamazoo will be here before we know it! by Michelle Ziegler Contagions: The Society for Historic Infectious Disease Studies has been given the opportunit...
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Iconic Books

Trump's Bible endorsement - Donald Trump's manipulation of the Bible is again making news with his endorsement of "The God Bless the USA Bible." He claims that religion and Chris...
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Illuminated Manuscripts

Dagulf Psalter - • Sent as a gift to Pope Hadrian; the development of this relationship culminated in Charlemagne’s crowning as emperor. Hadrian in return supplied models f...
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Incunabula Project blog

Aldus Manutius (1452? – 6 February 1515) : A humanist printer for humanist readers. Aldine editions at Cambridge University Library - Tuesday 6 February 1515 was a sad day for the Venetian literati. Aldus Manutius, the ‘Prince’ of Renaissance printers, had died. His death was not unexpect...
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Magistra et Mater

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Manuscript Road Trip

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Medieval News

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Medievalists.net

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Memory Palimpsest

Christmas scene in a 15th century manuscript (detail) - Christmas scene in a 15th century manuscript (detail), originally uploaded by e-codices. Manuscript title: Cistercian Gradual , Prague (Czech Republic) 15...
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Modern Medieval

Heroic Age Issue 17 - On behalf of the Heroic Age board and my co-editor, I would like to announce the first parts of Issue 17!! That will be further explained below. We are ve...
6 years ago
Monstrous Beauty

A Fishy Initial. - On my continuing trip through the St Gall archives, I come next to MS 14. The manuscript contains five books from the Old Testament (Job, Tobit, Judith a...
7 years ago
P E C I A : Le manuscrit médiéval ~ The medieval manuscript

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Parchment and Pixel

Helmarshausen Psalter, Christ on the Cross, with Mary and St. John, Walters Manuscript W.10, fol. 41v - Helmarshausen Psalter, Christ on the Cross, with Mary and St. John, Walters Manuscript W.10, fol. 41v, originally uploaded by Walters Art Museum Illuminat...
10 years ago
Pen and Parchment: Drawing in the Middle Ages

Exhibition Now Closed - The special exhibition Pen and Parchment: Drawing in the Middle Ages closed on Sunday, August 23. Although my colleagues and I will no longer be writing ne...
14 years ago
Recto|Verso

The History of Horse Doping - News stories have been swirling in recent days regarding the winner of the most recent Kentucky Derby, Medina Spirit. Following the race, Medina Spirit fai...
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The Art of Illumination

Exhibition Now Closed - Above: Details of illuminations from Folio 6r, Folio 8r, and Folio 10r from the Belles Heures of Jean de France, duc de Berry, 1405–1408/9. Herman, Paul, a...
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The Devil's Tale

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The Fairly Constant Reader

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The Getty Iris

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The Heroic Age

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The History Blog

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The past and future book

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The University of Chicago Library News

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Unlocked Wordhoard

The Ending of Shakespeare's King Lear - In the latest Professor Awesome, PhD video, I explain about how the history of the legendary medieval King Leir affected the way Shakespeare's audiences ex...
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Women of History

Tom Felton film unearths ‘epic story’ of female archaeologist - From *The Guardian*: He is one of the most recognisable actors in the world, known for his role as *Draco Malfoy* in the *Harry Potter* franchise. But now ...
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Wynken de Worde

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