Dot Porter

Dot Porter

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Medievalist and wannabe booklicker

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Chained binding 👀 (bonus clamshell box)

#CWAC highlight reel featuring LJS 280, a 13th c. manuscript with a so-called chained binding - a chain attached the book to a shelf. Talk about library security! The reel focuses on the binding, check out the full video for more about the rest of the book. youtube.com/shorts/4...#CWAC highlight reel featuring LJS 280, a 13th c. manuscript with a so-called chained binding - a chain attached the book to a shelf. Talk about library security! The reel focuses on the binding, check out the full video for more about the rest of the book. youtube.com/shorts/4...

A chained binding #manuscript #books #canonlaw #binding #chainedbinding #illumination #history - YouTubeyoutube.com Today we have a #CWAC highlight reel featuring LJS 280, a 13th century manuscript with a so-called chained binding - a chain is screwed onto to the back boar...

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Meet our friend the bat, on page 11 of Ms. Codex 3, three volumes of hand-colored sketches depicting insects, fish, birds and flowers. We don't know much about these books except that they were made in Japan, probably in the 19th century. If you know more, let us know! youtube.com/shorts/c...

Our friend the bat in Ms. Codex 3 #manuscript #art #history #japan #japanese #drawing #bat - YouTubeyoutube.com Meet our friend the bat, on page 11 of Ms. Codex 3, three volumes of paintings or hand-colored sketches depicting mainly insects, fish and other marine life,...

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Back in October for #CoffeeWithACodex we looked at 12th century geometrical treatise LJS 194. Here's a highlight reel, focusing on the initials and diagrams. Go to YouTube to watch the full 30 minute recording. youtube.com/shorts/i...#CoffeeWithACodex we looked at 12th century geometrical treatise LJS 194. Here's a highlight reel, focusing on the initials and diagrams. Go to YouTube to watch the full 30 minute recording. youtube.com/shorts/i...

12th century treatise on geometry #manuscript #books #medieval #maths #geometry #history - YouTubeyoutube.com Back in October 2023 for #CoffeeWithACodex we looked at 12th century geometrical treatise LJS 194. Here's a highlight reel, focusing on the initials and diag...

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Right now, in this blue and breathing hour that shines inside us all, those chickens are fine. - K. T. Landon A defaced trickster fox (labeled "renart") preaches to a hen in the bottom margin of f. 247v, Ms. Codex 724, a 13th century Bible. #drollerydonnerstag youtube.com/shorts/E...#drollerydonnerstag youtube.com/shorts/E...

A fox preaches to a hen in a medieval Bible #manuscript #books #medieval #bible #fox #hen #history - YouTubeyoutube.com Right now, in this blue and breathing hourthat shines inside us all, those chickens are fine.- K. T. LandonA defaced fox in priest's robes (labeled "renart",...

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LJS 26 is a 13th century manuscript that includes a treatise on the fundamentals of arithmetic, followed by a treatise on cosmography that describes and illustrates a spherical earth divided into climactic zones at the center of the concentric spheres of the universe. youtube.com/shorts/w...

13th c. book on arithmetic & cosmology #manuscript #books #13thcentury #maths #cosmography #history - YouTubeyoutube.com LJS 26 is a 13th century manuscript that includes a treatise on the fundamentals of arithmetic (Algorismus), followed by a treatise on cosmography that descr...

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Highlight reel from LJS 463, a compilation of German texts concerning astrology and medicine beginning with a calendar for the diocese of Constance. It was featured on #CoffeeWithACodex in December 2023; watch the full 30-minute recording at the link. youtube.com/shorts/i...#CoffeeWithACodex in December 2023; watch the full 30-minute recording at the link. youtube.com/shorts/i...

Medicine & astronomy in German #manuscript #books #medieval #medicine #astronomy #history - YouTubeyoutube.com Highlight reel from LJS 463, a compilation of German texts concerning astrology and medicine beginning with a calendar for the diocese of Constance, combinin...

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A great black grasshopper prepares to leap off p. 16 of Ms. Codex 3, three volumes of paintings or hand-colored sketches of insects and other little guys. We don't know much about these books except that they were made in Japan, probably in the 19th century. youtube.com/shorts/f...

A grasshopper prepares to leap in Ms. Codex 3 #manuscript #art #history #japan #japanese #drawing - YouTubeyoutube.com A great black grasshopper prepares to leap off p. 16 of Ms. Codex 3, three volumes of paintings or hand-colored sketches depicting mainly insects, fish and o...

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Ms. Codex 970 is a register of the tolls of the city of Arles, France (dated between 1400 and 1450) including a list of "li segnors de la partidate," among them the archbishop, Rainant Portellet de Senas, Raymon de Villa Nova, and Imbert Dardier. youtube.com/shorts/v...

15th century list of tolls from France #manuscript #books #15thcentury #medieval #history #booktok - YouTubeyoutube.com Ms. Codex 970 is a register of the tolls of the city of Arles, France (dated between 1400 and 1450) including a list of "li segnors de la partidate," among t...

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Fly away little bird; it is time for you to take wing To be held in our palms never more, this is your maiden flight - Jeff Pierce A little blue bird is flying away in the bottom margin of f. 249v, Ms. Codex 724, a 13th century Bible. #drollerydonnerstag youtube.com/shorts/P...#drollerydonnerstag youtube.com/shorts/P...

A little blue bird flies away in a 13th century Bible #manuscript #books #medieval #bible #history - YouTubeyoutube.com Fly away little bird; it is time for you to take wingTo be held in our palms never more, this is your maiden flight- Jeff PierceA little blue bird is flying ...

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Ms. Codex 909 is a French translation by Octavien de Saint-Gelais of Virgil's Aeneid, in decasyllabic couplets, written in France between 1450 and 1510. This book is relatively plain, but is nevertheless beautiful! youtube.com/shorts/Q...

French translation of Virgil's Aeneid #manuscript #books #16thcentury #medieval #history #poetry - YouTubeyoutube.com Ms. Codex 909 is a French translation by Octavien de Saint-Gelais of Virgil's Aeneid, in decasyllabic couplets, written in France between 1450 and 1510. This...

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A striking snail slides across p. 22 of Ms. Codex 3, three volumes of paintings or hand-colored sketches depicting mainly insects, fish and other marine life, birds and flowers. Made in Japan, probably in the 19th century. If you know more, let us know! youtube.com/shorts/o...

A striking snail slides in Ms. Codex 3 #manuscript #art #history #japan #japanese #drawing #snail - YouTubeyoutube.com A striking snail slides across p. 22 of Ms. Codex 3, three volumes of paintings or hand-colored sketches depicting mainly insects, fish and other marine life...

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A highlight reel from our trip to the University of Leeds! Along with curator Rhiannon Lawrence-Francis, Dot took at look at Brotherton Collection MS 2, an illuminated Breviary offices, Psalter and Hours, written in Paris in the mid-15th century. Full video at the link. youtube.com/shorts/h...

Gorgeous prayer book from France #manuscript #books #medieval #bookofhours #illumination #history - YouTubeyoutube.com A highlight reel from our field trip to the University of Leeds! Along with curator Rhiannon Lawrence-Francis, Dot took at look at Brotherton Collection MS 2...

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Will it cluck, or will it bark? In either case, a pink chicken-dog gazes skyward in the bottom margin of f. 250r, Ms. Codex 724, a 13th century Bible. #drollerydonnerstag youtube.com/shorts/9...#drollerydonnerstag youtube.com/shorts/9...

A chicken-dog gazes skyward in a 13th century Bible #manuscript #books #medieval #bible #history - YouTubeyoutube.com Will it cluck, or will it bark? In either case, a pink chicken-dog gazes skyward in the bottom margin of f. 250r, Ms. Codex 724, a 13th century Bible. #droll...

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Ms. Codex 1560 the complete New Testament with prologues, written in England between 1235 and 1270. Contains extensive brief marginal notes throughout, very English in style, mostly indicate cross-references but also include some corrections. youtu.be/77XMrZL2uPo

13th century New Testament #manuscript #books #13thcentury #medieval #history #bible - YouTubeyoutu.be Ms. Codex 1560 the complete New Testament with prologues, written in England between 1235 and 1270. Contains extensive brief marginal notes throughout, very ...

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What does a 13th c. bible sound like? Turn up the volume and listen to the pages of Ms. Codex 724, a Bible written in Arras, France, between 1275 and 1299. #manuscriptASMR youtube.com/shorts/M...#manuscriptASMR youtube.com/shorts/M...

What does a 13th c bible sound like? #manuscriptASMR #manuscript #medieval #bible #books #history - YouTubeyoutube.com What does a 13th c. bible sound like? Turn up the volume and listen to the pages of Ms. Codex 724, a Bible written in Arras, France, between 1275 and 1299.#m...

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A red-bellied lizard or gecko prepares to sprint on p. 26 of Ms. Codex 3, three volumes of paintings or hand-colored sketches depicting mainly insects, fish and other marine life, birds and flowers. Made in Japan, probably in the 19th century. youtube.com/shorts/D...

A red-bellied lizard in Ms. Codex 3 #manuscript #art #history #japan #japanese #drawing #lizard - YouTubeyoutube.com A red-bellied lizard or gecko prepares to sprint on p. 26 of Ms. Codex 3, three volumes of paintings or hand-colored sketches depicting mainly insects, fish ...

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A highlight reel of #CoffeeWithACodex featuring Ms. Codex 1910, Ms. Codex 1894, and Ms. Codex 1905, three copies of دلائل الخيرات, a collection of prayers for the Prophet Muḥammad and other devotional materials. Written in Arabic in the 17th, 18th, and 19th centuries. youtube.com/shorts/Y...#CoffeeWithACodex featuring Ms. Codex 1910, Ms. Codex 1894, and Ms. Codex 1905, three copies of دلائل الخيرات, a collection of prayers for the Prophet Muḥammad and other devotional materials. Written in Arabic in the 17th, 18th, and 19th centuries. youtube.com/shorts/Y...

Prayers to the Prophet in Arabic #manuscript #books #arabic #prayerbook #illumination #history - YouTubeyoutube.com A highlight reel of #CoffeeWithACodex featuring Ms. Codex 1910, Ms. Codex 1894, and Ms. Codex 1905, three copies of دلائل الخيرات, a collection of prayers fo...

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A black bird warbles in the bottom margin of f. 251v, Ms. Codex 724, a 13th century Bible. #drollerydonnerstag youtube.com/shorts/n...#drollerydonnerstag youtube.com/shorts/n...

A bird warbles in a 13th century Bible #manuscript #books #medieval #bible #history #illumination - YouTubeyoutube.com A black bird warbles in the bottom margin of f. 251v, Ms. Codex 724, a 13th century Bible. #drollerydonnerstag🔗: https://bit.ly/4aIu6zz

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What does a 15th century manuscript sound like? Listen to LJS 61, a Register of writs from regnal year 13 of Richard II (1390) to regnal year 8 of Henry IV (1407). The pages are parchment, the covers are late 15th-century calf over wooden boards. youtube.com/shorts/W...

What does a 15th c manuscript sound like? #manuscriptASMR #manuscript #medieval #asmr #history - YouTubeyoutube.com What does a 15th century manuscript sound like? Listen to LJS 61, a Register of writs from regnal year 13 of Richard II (1390) to regnal year 8 of Henry IV (...

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What does a 15th century copy of Sallust's histories of Rome sound like? This manuscript was written in Italy, probably Padua, between 1455 and 1465. #manuscriptASMR youtu.be/XrXL8HOyXSg#manuscriptASMR youtu.be/XrXL8HOyXSg

What does a 15th c manuscript sound like? #manuscriptASMR #manuscript #medieval #asmr #history - YouTubeyoutu.be What does a 15th century copy of Sallust's histories of Rome sound like? This manuscript was written in Italy, probably Padua, between 1455 and 1465. #manusc...

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A rainbow-eyed octopus spreads their tentacles on p. 43 of Ms. Codex 3, three volumes of paintings or hand-colored sketches depicting mainly insects, fish and other marine life, birds and flowers. Made in Japan, probably in the 19th century. If you know more, let us know! youtube.com/shorts/c...

A rainbow-eyed octopus in Ms. Codex 3 #manuscript #art #history #japan #japanese #drawing #octopus - YouTubeyoutube.com A rainbow-eyed octopus spreads their tentacles on p. 43 of Ms. Codex 3, three volumes of paintings or hand-colored sketches depicting mainly insects, fish an...

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#CWAC highlight reel featuring LJS 280, a 13th c. manuscript with a so-called chained binding - a chain attached the book to a shelf. Talk about library security! The reel focuses on the binding, check out the full video for more about the rest of the book. youtube.com/shorts/4...#CWAC highlight reel featuring LJS 280, a 13th c. manuscript with a so-called chained binding - a chain attached the book to a shelf. Talk about library security! The reel focuses on the binding, check out the full video for more about the rest of the book. youtube.com/shorts/4...

A chained binding #manuscript #books #canonlaw #binding #chainedbinding #illumination #history - YouTubeyoutube.com Today we have a #CWAC highlight reel featuring LJS 280, a 13th century manuscript with a so-called chained binding - a chain is screwed onto to the back boar...

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New issue of Manuscript Studies: A Journal of the Schoenberg Institute for Manuscript Studies Vol. 9, No. 1 (2024) muse.jhu.edu/issue/52731 #OpenAccess @sims-mss.bsky.social

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I love explorations of sound in material texts!

What does a 15th century manuscript sound like? Listen to LJS 61, a Register of writs from regnal year 13 of Richard II (1390) to regnal year 8 of Henry IV (1407). The pages are parchment, the covers are late 15th-century calf over wooden boards. youtube.com/shorts/W...

What does a 15th c manuscript sound like? #manuscriptASMR #manuscript #medieval #asmr #history - YouTubeyoutube.com What does a 15th century manuscript sound like? Listen to LJS 61, a Register of writs from regnal year 13 of Richard II (1390) to regnal year 8 of Henry IV (...

TFW you make a meme that's so obscure and nobody on Twitter gets it. Maybe it will get more traction here? At least I think it's funny.

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This. Every college sells itself by promising prospective students sometime like "you won't be just a number here" (whether that's true for them or not). But good luck with that when students find out they'll be assessed by chatbots.

A great deal of the literature on students subverting assignments points to the fact that they often do so when the assignments seem pointless. Good luck with making assignments seem pertinent when students know they’ll be graded by a bot.

AI Essay Grading Could Help Overburdened Teachers, But Researchers Say It Needs More Work | KQEDwww.kqed.org Early research suggests that generative AI is approaching human accuracy in scoring essays and is likely to become even better soon.

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Drexel has told us we can't come to campus tomorrow or enter our offices, which have 24 hour front desk staffing and 3 different scan or key checkpoints, because of two dozen teenagers in tents who, last I checked, were drawing watermelons in sidewalk chalk DEEPLY embarrassing

Manuscript studies friends! I've been commissioned to write a short essay, aimed at fiction writers, about misconceptions writers have about medieval manuscripts. I have some issues in mind, but what are some examples from books you've read that had you rolling your eyes?

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The Founding Director of the Schoenberg Institute for Manuscript Studies, Dr Will Noel, passed away earlier this week. His vision for SIMS and his efforts to make our work possible can't be overstated. He will be dearly missed. whyy.org/articles/wil...

William Noel, medieval expert and librarian who championed digital data access, has diedwhyy.org The Philadelphia native was honored at the White House for his advocacy of unrestricted digital information access.

Lovely obit of Will Noel on the WHYY blog this morning whyy.org/articles/wil...

William Noel, medieval expert and librarian who championed digital data access, has diedwhyy.org The Philadelphia native was honored at the White House for his advocacy of unrestricted digital information access.