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dance of death: the pope

miniature from the kasseler totentanz. flanders, c. 1470-85

source: Kassel, LMB, 4° Ms. poet. et roman. 5, fol. 27r

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phyllis riding aristotle

bas-de-page drawing from the macclesfield psalter. east anglia, c. 1330-40

source: Cambridge, Fitzwilliam Museum, MS 1-2005, fol. 233v

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the jewel book of anna of bavaria

pages from the kleinodienbuch (jewel book), an illuminated inventory of the jewelry owned by duke albert v. and duchess anna of bavaria. illuminated by hans mielich in munich, c. 1552-55

source: Munich, BSB, Cod.icon. 429

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the transformation of daphne

miniature from a copy of ovid's metamorphoses (middle french translation by clément marot). france, after 1531

source: Oxford, Bodleian Library, MS. Douce 117, fol. 28v

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medieval beds & sheets

collection of 15th c. manuscript illustrations

sources/links: Chantilly, Bibl. et Archives du Château, Ms. 388, fol. 8v // Paris, BnF, Français 96, fol. 17r // Paris, Bibl. Mazarine, Ms. 955, fol. 10v // Munich, BSB, Cgm 503, fol. 36v // Paris, BnF, Français 112 (1), fol. 244v // Frankfurt, UB, Ms. germ. qu. 12, fol. 50r // Paris, BnF, Français 119, fol. 398v // Karlsruhe, BLB, Cod. Donaueschingen 145, fol. 91r // Berlin, SBB, Ms. germ. fol. 1, fol. 86v // Munich, BSB, Cgm 8010a, fol. 22r // Genève, Bibl. de Genève, Ms. fr. 165, fol. 7r // St. Gallen, Kantonsbibl., VadSlg Ms. 343c, fol. 27r // Paris, BnF, Ms-5070 réserve, fol. 12v // Los Angeles, Getty Museum, Ms. 33, fol. 210r

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if/when tumblr dies this lil project of mine will probably come to an end. there really is no other place where i feel like i could be doing what i am doing here

i mean you will still find me on instagram (@_codexcore_) but yk... making posts on ig lowkey makes me feel like i'm just adding noise to a corporate-shaped void

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the fairy melusine

manuscript illustrations from a copy of coudrette's version of the roman de mélusine. france, 15th c.

source: Paris, BnF, Français 24383, fol. 19r and 30r

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chansonnier cordiforme

drolleries from the heart-shaped chansonnier de jean de montchenu, or chansonnier cordiforme. savoy (france), c. 1470-75

source: Paris, BnF, Rothschild 2973 (979a)

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elaborate manuscript borders

from a book of hours, flanders, c. 1510-1520

source: Cambridge, Fitzwilliam Museum, MS 1058-1975

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hi yeah so this was an april fools joke! thank you for playing along everybody, i had a lot of fun!

i'm genuinely sorry though to everybody who took it at face value and was actually distressed bc of it. in my defense i did spend some time yesterday doing damage control, i.e. sending dm's to people where i wasn't quite sure if they were in on the joke to make sure i'm not accidentally spreading misinformation, and i am going to do some more of that today just to be safe. i didn't expect the post to blow up like it did. the 2023 cyberattack part was real btw, that really happened.

also, just bc this is my chance to say it lol, medieval and other historical manuscripts belong in libraries and museums and i have nothing but contempt for rich "collectors" who privately buy/own/sell them. which is very much a thing unfortunately, and leads to shit like this:

wdym the british library is going to auction off 20% of their manuscripts to private collectors in order to make up for their losses from the 2023 cyber attack?? HELLO???

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wdym the british library is going to auction off 20% of their manuscripts to private collectors in order to make up for their losses from the 2023 cyber attack?? HELLO???

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chiromancy

full-page illustrations from a composite manuscript containing chiromantic drawings and geomantic texts. bavaria/austria, 16th c.

source: Munich, BSB, Cgm 4235

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judicial duel between a man and a woman

manuscript illustrations from hans talhoffer's fencing manual alte armatur und ringkunst. bavaria, c. 1459

source: Copenhagen, Det Kgl. Bibliotek, Ms Thott 290.2º, fol. 80r-84r

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context from the submitter: illustration from a "Fechtkunst" manuscript by Jörg Wilhalm Huter. Bavaria, 1523. Munich, BSB, Cgm 3711, fol. 22v

submitted by @cuties-in-codices 💛❤️

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schembart carnival costumes

illustrations from a schembartbuch, depicting costumes from the nuremberg 'schembartlauf' festival from the years 1449 to 1539. nuremberg, c. 1551-1600

source: Nuremberg, GNM, Hs 5664

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wagon-camp formations

manuscript illustrations from friedrich meyer's büchsenmeister- und feuerwerksbuch. strasbourg (?), 1594

source: Munich, BSB, Cgm 8143, fol. 311r-316r

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king saul taking a shit (while david cuts off a piece of his robe)

illustrations of 1 samuel 24:3 in two different weltchronik (world chronicle) manuscripts. bavaria/austria, c. 1370-75 and c. 1400-50

sources: Munich, BSB, Cgm 5, fol. 136v // Munich, BSB, Cgm 250, fol. 133r