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Way back in February, 2023, we took a look at LJS 443, a 15th century Armenian collection of texts on the calendar. From the highlight reel you'll see it's chock full of diagrams and tables, and includes a few pretty colorful headings, too. youtube.com/shorts/j...

Armenian calendar texts #medieval #manuscript #armenia #15thcentury #timekeeping #cwac - YouTubeyoutube.com Way back in February, 2023, we took a look at LJS 443, a 15th century Armenian collection of texts on the calendar. From the highlight reel you'll see it's c...

#CoffeeWithACodex on July 18, PhD candidate in Italian Studies and Comparative Literature Julia Pelosi-Thorpe will bring out Ms. Codex 2136, a miniature book of hours for the Use of Rome, made in northern Italy in the second half of the 15th century. Register here: https://bit.ly/3RNibd5#CoffeeWithACodex on July 18, PhD candidate in Italian Studies and Comparative Literature Julia Pelosi-Thorpe will bring out Ms. Codex 2136, a miniature book of hours for the Use of Rome, made in northern Italy in the second half of the 15th century. Register here: https://bit.ly/3RNibd5

Coffee with a Codex: Italian Book of Hoursbit.ly An informal lunch or coffee time to meet virtually with Kislak curators and talk about one of the manuscripts from Penn's collections. Each week we'll feature a different...

A pair of moths overlap on p. 27 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/n...

A pair of moths in Ms. Codex 3 #manuscript #art #history #japan #japanese #drawing #moths - YouTubeyoutube.com A pair of moths overlap on p. 27 of Ms. Codex 3, three volumes of paintings or hand-colored sketches depicting mainly insects, fish and other marine life, bi...

Ms. Codex 849, written in France ca. 1522, is a small book containing recommendations for Francis I concerning the payment and collection of taxes. It's written in a clear humanist script with delightful gold initials alternating red and blue decoration. youtube.com/shorts/5...

A 16th century illuminated finance text #manuscriptASMR #manuscript #medieval #asmr #history - YouTubeyoutube.com Ms. Codex 849, written in France ca. 1522, is a small book containing recommendations for Francis I concerning the payment and collection of taxes. It's writ...

#CoffeeWithACodex On July 11, Curator Dot Porter will bring out Ms. Codex 434, an anonymous translation of the Golden Legend different from translation used in early printed editions. Written in Italy in 1459. Register here: https://bit.ly/3VEQh3T#CoffeeWithACodex On July 11, Curator Dot Porter will bring out Ms. Codex 434, an anonymous translation of the Golden Legend different from translation used in early printed editions. Written in Italy in 1459. Register here: https://bit.ly/3VEQh3T

Coffee with a Codex: Golden Legendbit.ly An informal lunch or coffee time to meet virtually with Kislak curators and talk about one of the manuscripts from Penn's collections. Each week we'll feature a different...

Flipping through Ms. Codex 2136, a tiny book of hours, use of Rome, made in northern Italy in the second half of the 15th century. Illuminated leaves were removed and replaced with leaves with text only in the 19th c. Not as fancy as it used to be, but we still love it! youtu.be/Y5CGANkOAO8

Flipping through a tiny book of hours #manuscriptASMR #manuscript #medieval #asmr #history - YouTubeyoutu.be Flipping through Ms. Codex 2136, a tiny book of hours, use of Rome, made in northern Italy in the second half of the 15th century. Illuminated leaves at the ...

At least part of it is a bird. Two birds? With a human face? Whatever it is, it's in the bottom margin of f. 252r, Ms. Codex 724, a 13th century Bible. #drollerydonnerstag youtube.com/shorts/z...#drollerydonnerstag youtube.com/shorts/z...

A bird-like grotesque in a 13th-c. bible #manuscript #books #medieval #bible #history #drollery - YouTubeyoutube.com At least part of it is a bird. Two birds? With a human face? Whatever it is, it's in the bottom margin of f. 252r, Ms. Codex 724, a 13th century Bible. #drol...

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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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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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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

#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...

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...

For #CoffeeWithACodex on June 27, Curator Dot Porter will bring out LJS 46, a 16th century Italian illustrated herbal, with a group of texts in English, Latin, and Spanish about Morocco added less than a century later. Register here: https://bit.ly/45G4rGz#CoffeeWithACodex on June 27, Curator Dot Porter will bring out LJS 46, a 16th century Italian illustrated herbal, with a group of texts in English, Latin, and Spanish about Morocco added less than a century later. Register here: https://bit.ly/45G4rGz

Coffee with a Codex: Herbalbit.ly An informal lunch or coffee time to meet virtually with Kislak curators and talk about one of the manuscripts from Penn's collections. Each week we'll feature a different...

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

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...

For #CoffeeWithACodex on June 20, Judaica Special Collections Cataloging Librarian Louis Meiselman will bring out CAJS Rar Ms 700, a ledger for the record of sales of travel papers for and by the Jewish community of Worms, Germany. Written in Worms, 1685-1686. Register here: https://bit.ly/4bVl5oh#CoffeeWithACodex on June 20, Judaica Special Collections Cataloging Librarian Louis Meiselman will bring out CAJS Rar Ms 700, a ledger for the record of sales of travel papers for and by the Jewish community of Worms, Germany. Written in Worms, 1685-1686. Register here: https://bit.ly/4bVl5oh

Coffee with a Codex: Geleitsbatzen ledgerbit.ly An informal lunch or coffee time to meet virtually with Kislak curators and talk about one of the manuscripts from Penn's collections. Each week we'll feature a different...

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 ...

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...

For #CoffeeWithACodex on June 13 (@Noon ET, on Zoom), curator Dot Porter will bring out Ms. Codex 1634, plans of fortifications for use at the royal academy of artillery and fortification founded in Turin in 1678, written in Turin in 1759. Register here: https://bit.ly/3XdvCqn#CoffeeWithACodex on June 13 (@Noon ET, on Zoom), curator Dot Porter will bring out Ms. Codex 1634, plans of fortifications for use at the royal academy of artillery and fortification founded in Turin in 1678, written in Turin in 1759. Register here: https://bit.ly/3XdvCqn

Coffee with a Codex: Plans of Fortificationsbit.ly An informal lunch or coffee time to meet virtually with Kislak curators and talk about one of the manuscripts from Penn's collections. Each week we'll feature a different...

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 ...

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...

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...

For #CoffeeWithACodex on June 6, curator Dot Porter will bring out Ms. Codex 1881, a late 15th-century collection of Latin astronomical treatises and tables, illustrated with six volvelles and numerous diagrams. Written in Germany, circa 1481. Register here: https://bit.ly/3V6TI4h#CoffeeWithACodex on June 6, curator Dot Porter will bring out Ms. Codex 1881, a late 15th-century collection of Latin astronomical treatises and tables, illustrated with six volvelles and numerous diagrams. Written in Germany, circa 1481. Register here: https://bit.ly/3V6TI4h

Coffee with a Codex: Astronomical treatisebit.ly An informal lunch or coffee time to meet virtually with Kislak curators and talk about one of the manuscripts from Penn's collections. Each week we'll feature a different...

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...

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...

For #CoffeeWithACodex on May 30 (Noon EST, on Zoom), curator Dot Porter will bring out LJS 51, a collection of encrypted correspondence in approximately 150 alphabets, accompanied by transcriptions of the letters in Arabic. Written in Syria in the 15th century. www.library.upenn.ed...#CoffeeWithACodex on May 30 (Noon EST, on Zoom), curator Dot Porter will bring out LJS 51, a collection of encrypted correspondence in approximately 150 alphabets, accompanied by transcriptions of the letters in Arabic. Written in Syria in the 15th century. www.library.upenn.ed...

Coffee with a Codex: Encryptionwww.library.upenn.edu On May 30, curator Dot Porter will bring out LJS 51, a collection of encrypted correspondence between the compiler and various correspondents, in approximately 150 alphabets, accompanied by transcriptions of the letters in Arabic. Written in Syria in the 15th century.

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 ...

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...