#manuscript studies

[qqueenofhades]

This is a very interesting story in its own right, especially if you're interested in the new techniques being developed to map/study medieval manuscripts, but just look at these utterly charming eighth-century doodles:

(The bottom right need to be made into medieval cartoon characters immediately.)

[upennmanuscripts]

Exciting news for people who love reading research about manuscripts but don't have money!

[dreamsrunfaster]

being a medievalist means laughing at dead copyists like

[kung-fu-grandma]

A History of Gaelic Script, A.D. 1000-1200?

Does anyone happen to know where I could access a copy of Dr. Elizabeth Duncan's PhD thesis "A History of Gaelic Script, A.D. 1000-1200" online somewhere? I would write to her, but she seems not to have an online presence anywhere.

[cuties-in-codices]

medieval parchment repairs

in a psalter, south-western germany, late 12th/early 13th c.

source: Hermetschwil, Benediktinerinnenkloster, Cod. membr. 37, fol. 19r, 53r, and 110r

[akaessi]

three more manuscripts to catalog and record for transmission comparison!! So close!

[fairuzfan]

The destruction of culture is an evident part of genocide. Al-Omari housed centuries old Palestinian manuscripts that convey aspects of the intellectual history of Palestinians. I am not sure of their status. Both literal and metaphorical life is being extinguished by Israel.

[nyxshadowhawk]

A selection of images from a sequence depicting the alchemical process, from an early modern manuscript.

[victusinveritas]

Psalters: Not even once.

[eli-zab3th]

Artis Library, Amsterdam, the Netherlands (19th century library)

[finnlongman]

Tumblr is a crucial part of my writing and research process when writing historical fiction, because several of my mutuals are deeply committed pedants and every time I see them yelling relentlessly about a book's mistakes I make notes on what not to do.

I am, however, terrified of being subjected to the Tumblr Pedants™ myself, even more so if they are my friends, and so this instills in me a terrified perfectionism, although I'm aware I will still definitely miss things. But hey, at least I'll make different mistakes. Enrichment for the pedant community.

[justpostsyeet]

Now i can't stop thinking about some orc scholars. Like they wouldn't have been some brutish animalistic beings after living in middle earth for so many years. They have speech, they live in communities and they can have a coordinated war formation so, their might have been some development of culture in their communities. Maybe we just don't know because their history was never preserved.

[antiquariaunt]

𝖒𝖊𝖉𝖎𝖊𝖛𝖆𝖑 𝖆𝖈𝖆𝖉𝖊𝖒𝖎𝖆 ࿐♡ ˚.*

[all pics taken from pinterest]

⚔️📜🕰️🪶🕯️🪞🕯️🪶🕰️📜⚔️

The illegitimate child between dark and chaotic academia

Loving manuscripts and dead germanic languages

Screeching every time there's a gothic church

Still recovering from 1066 C.E.

Always finding ways to connect study material to something medieval

Softly cursing in forgotten tongues

Viking apologist

Every reference is a Beowulf reference

Dark reds and browns

*stops the period drama* ACTUALLY!! DID YOU KNOW THAT...

Fucking hating that bastard, Charlemagne

Loving all of history but the Middle Ages are the best™

Chipped nail polish

Fav book genre: fantasy with medieval setting (always pointing out the inaccuracies!!)

Drinking wine and/or beer

Braiding hair

Tolkien <3

Possible issues:

Very Europe centric

[arthistoryanimalia]

For #ManuscriptMonday:

Illustration of the goat Heiðrún from Icelandic Manuscript SÁM 66, 1765-6, housed at the Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies.

"Heiðrún or Heidrun is a nanny goat in Norse Mythology, that consumes the foliage of the tree Læraðr and produces mead from her udders for the einherjar. She is described in the Poetic Edda and Prose Edda."

[kung-fu-grandma]

I'm honestly surprised that I haven't been able to find any published transcriptions of the Irish manuscripts out there. Like, how has no one just published a book containing the text of Lebor na hUidre for example? It'd certainly be much more useful as a reference for translators and celtic studies folks then going to read the scanned manuscripts themselves. And what are you supposed to do if you're blind but want to study the manuscripts?

[cuties-in-codices]

zodiac woman from behind

in a german astrological manuscript (the 'tübinger hausbuch'), mid-15th c.

source: Tübingen, Universitätsbibliothek, Md 2, fol. 42r