Illuminated ManuscriptsPage 11

Everything concerning the original manuscript, including essays on the language, the style, the artists, the miniatures.

Mapping the End of the World

January 14, 2016January 18, 2016Chet Van Duzer

A brief discussion of the maps in Huntington Library HM 83, a fifteenth-century manuscript made in Lübeck, Germany, which show in stages what was thought would happen to the world during the Apocalypse.

Christmas in the Sistine Chapel: the Missal of the Nativity

December 23, 2015December 23, 2015Alumina

Christmas is coming, and we would like to celebrate it with the history of the extraordinary Missal of the Nativity.

Distortion in Textual Object Facsimile Production: Liability or Asset?

May 20, 2015July 14, 2017Giovanni Scorcioni

Fellow facsimile lovers, here is a treat for you: the finished version of an essay on the topic of distortion, soon to be featured on the Essays & Studies Series published for The English Association by Boydell and Brewer. I hope you’ll find it interesting!

Codex Gisle – Gradual of Gisela von Kerssenbrock, now available

May 3, 2015October 15, 2015Giulia

The Codex Gisle is finally available! To celebrate this amazing facsimile, we’re happy to publish an article by Judith Oliver, author of “Singing with Angels”, a book entirely devoted to the beautiful gradual illuminated by Gisela von Kerssenbrock. Thanks, Judy!

Peterborough Psalter in Brussels facsimile: just announced!

October 1, 2014September 6, 2017Giovanni Scorcioni

The Peterborough Psalter in Brussels, the most beautiful of the Fenland manuscripts, has just been announced as the next facsimile by Quaternio Verlag Luzern.

Beatus of Liébana, Berlin Codex: an uncommon Beatus manuscript

April 8, 2014September 11, 2017Giulia

There are only three extant Beatus of Liébana manuscripts written and illustrated outside the Iberian Peninsula: the Berlin codex is, among them, the most peculiar. By Peter K. Klein

The Westminster Bestiary and the bestiaries of the Third Family

March 31, 2014September 11, 2017Ilya Dines

Altough tremendously distinct from all other bestiaries, the five manuscripts of the Third Family (England; 13th century) have received much less scholarly attention than the bestiaries of other families. Ilya Dines discusses their features and origin.