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#birds #bookhistory #special collections #rare books #mizzou #university of missouri #libraries #feathursday #feathers #book illustration #scientific illustration #histsciManuscript Monday: Can you spot a human-headed dragon in the initial I?
The pigment on this leaf has partially oxidized. That’s why it looks like someone colored this guy’s face with a pencil!
From a fragment of a canon law with gloss, ca. 1290-1310. University of Missouri Libraries Special Collections and Rare Books, Fragmenta Manuscripta 096. See more at the Digital Scriptorium.
St. Margaret, crowned, emerging from the back of a dragon. Fragment from a book of hours, 1400-1415. University of Missouri Libraries, Special Collections and Rare Books, Fragmenta Manuscripta 160.
See more at the Digital Scriptorium.
Manuscript Monday Update!
This full-page illumination derives from a scene in the Life of Saint Margaret, when she emerges triumphant after Satan, in the form of a dragon, has swallowed her. The illumination, damaged by overpainting, is a leaf from a Book of Hours that was probably illuminated by Herman Scheerre or an associate between the years 1415-20. Features such as the tightly curled acanthus leaves around the border, and the red cloud around God the Father in the upper right-hand corner are features that particularly resemble his style.
I particularly like how the dragon still munches on her pink clothing.
“Saint? What Saint?”
In the upcoming months, we hope to reveal Margaret, now mostly hidden, with the aid of multi-spectral photography. Stay tuned to learn what we discover!
- Julie Christenson
Manuscript Monday: Major initial with zoomorphic interlace, from a fragment of Gratian’s Decretals.
University of Missouri Libraries Special Collections and Rare Books, Fragmenta Manuscripta 017. See more at the Digital Scriptorium.
It’s Manuscript Monogram Monday this week. This is the monogram of William Redman, archdeacon of Canterbury, fellow of Trinity College, and bishop of Norwich from 1595 until his death in 1602. This fragment was presumably produced during his lifetime, sometime after 1590.
University of Missouri Libraries, Special Collections and Rare Books, Fragmenta Manuscripta #208. More info at Digital Scriptorium.
-Kelli Hansen
St. Margaret, crowned, emerging from the back of a dragon. Fragment from a book of hours, 1400-1415. University of Missouri Libraries, Special Collections and Rare Books, Fragmenta Manuscripta 160.
See more at the Digital Scriptorium.
This little fragment contains a prayer meant to be read by an archbishop during a coronation Mass. We know this fragment was produced in England around the year 1300 - but we don’t know whether it was ever used in a coronation service. Wouldn’t you love to find out?
University of Missouri Libraries, Special Collections and Rare Books, Fragmenta Manuscripta #090. More info at Digital Scriptorium.
Historiated initial of David playing his harp, from a fragment of a 13th-century Psalter. University of Missouri Libraries Special Collections and Rare Books, Fragmenta Manuscripta 108.
See more at the Digital Scriptorium.
Since erikkwakkel’s discoveries of medieval doodles and pen trials have been in the news lately, I thought I’d share some we recently found in the collection here. I thought this was just an ordinary fragment with annotations, until I turned it over and found four tiny faces looking back at me. Can you find them?
University of Missouri Libraries, Special Collections and Rare Books, Fragmenta Manuscripta #056. More info (and higher res images) at Digital Scriptorium.
-Kelli Hansen
Manuscript Monday: Ever wonder what books looked like 1,000 years ago?
Here’s one example. This is a fragment of a Latin sacramentary dating from around the year 1000-1015. University of Missouri Libraries, Special Collections, Archives and Rare Books, Fragmenta Manuscripta Collection #003.
More information and high-res images at the Digital Scriptorium.
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