Sunday, February 27, 2011


 leaf from the Gospel Book of St. Gall  an 8th century Irish manuscript,  aka Codex Sangallensis 51, located in the Abbey Library of St. Gall,Switzerland
                                                                              Codex 51




Friday, February 25, 2011

leaf from the Zeytun Gospels, by Toros Roslin, Armenian illuminator,  Beginning of the Gospel of St. Mark  1256 ce

The Future of the Past: Toward the Preservation of Armenian Manuscripts Asbarez Armenian News
The 13th century Welsh manuscript, The Laws of Hywel Dda, can be viewed online for the first time at the National Library of Wales.
from BOOKTRYST

Thursday, February 24, 2011

Loyset Liédet (Getty Museum)
Loyset Liedet (Flemish illuminator 15th c )
Maugis Fighting the Serpent and Gaining the Enchanted Horse

                                                                                                 (Lettre Batarde script)

Wednesday, February 23, 2011

                                         illustration from the "Caedmon" manuscript, circa 10th to 11th century , Angel Guarding the Gates of Paradise

Saturday, February 19, 2011

The Harry Ransom Center at the University of Texas, Austin, is still accepting applications for the Mellon Summer Institute in Spanish Paleography
(deadline for receipt of all application materials is March 1, 2011)