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Today's #YearOfHours is Philadelphia Museum of Art 1945‑65‑10, a book of hours, use of Chartres, written in France, ca. 1445-1475. The seven large miniatures have all been substantially retouched, especially noticeable in the faces and areas of skin. Link in bio #bibliophilly #medieval #manuscript #bookofhours #illumination #illuminatedmanuscript #illustrated #15thcentury #france #chartres #rarebooks #bookhistory #medievaltiktok
Today's #ToolingTuesday is from the binding for LJS 405, Modern binding incorporating 19th-century north African covers with flap, stamped central mandorla with gold-tooled outline and frame corner decorations. The text is from the 13th or 14th c. Link in bio. #binding #northafrica #19thcentury #stamp #mandorla #goldtooling #tooling #13thcentury #14thcentury #bookhistory #rarebooks
Today's #FloraFriday is this suggestive fellow, labeled "Gerbia," who lurks on f. 30r in LJS 46. This is an illustrated herbal from Italy, ca. 1520, with of texts in English, Latin, and Spanish about Morocco added less than a century later. Link in bio #medieval #renaissance #herbal #plant #root #flowers #illustrated #bookhistory #rarebooks #medievaltiktok
Today's #ToolingTuesday is from the binding for LJS 405, Modern binding incorporating 19th-century north African covers with flap, stamped central mandorla with gold-tooled outline and frame corner decorations. The text is from the 13th or 14th c. Link in bio. #binding #northafrica #19thcentury #stamp #mandorla #goldtooling #tooling #13thcentury #14thcentury #bookhistory #rarebooks #medievaltiktok
Today's #YearOfHours is Lehigh MS 17, a book of Hours, use of Rome, written between 1490 and 1510. The calendar contains saints from Tours, which may mean it was written there. The miniatures are derivative of artist Jean Bourdichon. Link in bio #BiblioPhilly #bookofhours #medieval #manuscript #rome #italy #15thcentury #16thcentury #tours #illustrated #illuminated #illuminatedmanuscript #medievalmanuscript #arthistory #bookhistory #rarebooks #medievaltiktok
Monkey see, monkey do!
A monkey fires an arrow in the top margin of f. 152v, Ms. Codex 724, a 13th century Bible written in France. Link in bio #drollerydonnerstag #medieval #manuscript #13thcentury #bible #france #illumination #illustration #drollery #marginalia #animal #monkey #arrow #bowandarrow #archer #archery #bookhistory #rarebooks #medievaltiktok
A monkey fires an arrow in the top margin of f. 152v, Ms. Codex 724, a 13th century Bible written in France. Link in bio #drollerydonnerstag #medieval #manuscript #13thcentury #bible #france #illumination #illustration #drollery #marginalia #animal #monkey #arrow #bowandarrow #archer #archery #bookhistory #rarebooks #medievaltiktok
Today's #YearOfHours is Free Library of Philadelphia Lewis E 85, a book of hours, ca. 1430. Likely for the Use of Besançon, the calendar contains many saints local to that city. The text of the Hours of the Virgin is corrupted and only includes seven hours. Link in bio #bookofhours #BiblioPhilly #medieval #manuscript #france #15thcentury #illustrated #illuminated #illuminatedmanuscript #arthistory #bookhistory #rarebooks #medievaltiktok
Today's #MedicalMonday is Ms. Codex 823, a commonplace book written in England, beginning with copies of selections from the Psalms; the deathbed statement of "Lady Katherine"; and with a section of medicinal and culinary recipes at the end. Link in bio #manuscript #16thcentury #england #english #psalms #death #medicine #recipes #culinary #bookhistory #rarebooks
Today's #YearOfHours is Free Library of Philadelphia Lewis E 118, a book of Hours, use of Rome, written in Siena ca. 1470. The binding is worn but apparently original with original silver clasps, and it contains three miniatures painted by Liberale da Verona. Link in bio #bookofhours #BiblioPhilly #medieval #manuscript #italy #illuminated #illustrated #15thcentury #originalbinding #bookhistory #rarebooks #arthistory #medievaltiktok
Today's #YearOfHours is Free Library of Philadelphia Lewis E 257, a book of Hours written in Eastern Netherlands, ca. 1505. This manuscript, which belonged to a Franciscan sister, is an early sixteenth-century Dutch book of hours for the Use of Utrecht in the translation of Geert Groote. The leaves comprising the calendar and several of the leaves with large decorated initials marking the major text divisions are parchment and the rest of the manuscript is paper. The full-page miniature of the Trinity at the beginning is enclosed by a border printed from a metal cut and colored by hand. Link in bio. #BiblioPhilly #bookofhours #medieval #manuscript #paper #parchment #netherlands #16thcentury #dutch #illuminated #arthistory #bookhistory #rarebooks #medievaltiktok
Written in Spain in the first half of the 14th c., LJS 462 contains a didactic poem in hexameter concerning integers (including, for the first time in Latin, zero) and their operations. Followed by an anonymous treatise in verse on the calendar. Link in bio #medieval #manuscript #latin #poetry #mathematics #historyofmathematics #calendar #spain #bookhistory #rarebooks #medievaltiktok
Today's #FloraFriday is growing in illuminated margins on f. 1v of Ms. Codex 73, a carta executoria issued under the name of Philip II of Spain in favor of Alonso de Montalvan of Seville. Issued in Granada, 17 June 1589. Link in bio #renaissance #spain #cartaexecutoria #illumination #illustration #marginalia #flower #plant #bookhistory #rarebooks #medievaltiktok
What's that?!! Is there anybody there?
It's just a bird. In the bottom margin of f. 150r, Ms. Codex 724, a 13th century Bible written in France. Link in bio #drollerydonnerstag #medieval #manuscript #france #13thcentury #illuminated #illustrated #drollery #marginalia #bird #animal #bible #bookhistory #rarebooks #medievaltiktok
It's just a bird. In the bottom margin of f. 150r, Ms. Codex 724, a 13th century Bible written in France. Link in bio #drollerydonnerstag #medieval #manuscript #france #13thcentury #illuminated #illustrated #drollery #marginalia #bird #animal #bible #bookhistory #rarebooks #medievaltiktok
Our next weekly series is #ToolingTuesday ! Featuring bindings with cool tooling. First up is Ms. Codex 1008, French 18th century marbled calf with the arms of former owner Bonnier de la Mosson on the upper cover and his name on the lower cover. Link in bio #18thcentury #manuscript #binding #tooling #gold #gilt #bookhistory #rarebooks
LJS 417 is a 15th c. copy of three books from Avicenna's medical encyclopedia, including descriptions of diseases and recipes for cures. Many of the pages, especially towards the front of the book, have extensive marginal notes. Link in bio #medieval #renaissance #arabic #manuscript #15thcentury #avicenna #historyofmedicine #historyofscience #illumination #marginalia #bookhistory #rarebooks
Today's #YearOfHours is Ms. Codex 681, a book of hours written in France in the second half of the 15th century. A fragment with only one surviving miniature, although written in France it may be use of Sarum (i.e., Salisbury in England). Link in bio #bookofhours #BiblioPhilly #medieval #manuscript #france #illumination #illustration #fragment #15thcentury #arthistory #bookhistory #rarebooks #medievaltiktok