Medieval Manuscripts
General Introduction
Parchment, Structure
Quills, pigments and Ink
Illuminating and Ornamental Design
Fascinating articles
- Dirty books: Quantifying patterns of use in medieval manuscripts using a densitometer
- Making medieval manuscripts (Brewminate article)
How Medieval Illuminated Manuscripts Were Made (Dusty Old Thing article)
- How Medieval Illuminated Manuscripts Marked the Rebirth of Artistic Freedom (Article from Artsy.net)
Music to listen to while looking at manuscripts
Playlist: Medieval Music
Recommended to listen to while working,
browsing through manuscripts,
roleplaying or any time of the day really.
Collections
- British Library Catalogue of Illuminated Manuscripts
- 800 Medieval Manuscripts of France and England
- Book of Beasts (Getty)
- Medieval Bestiary
- Vatican Library
- https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b84472995/f22.item.r=Fran%C3%A7ais%202813.langEN.zoom
- Public Domain
- https://manuscrits-france-angleterre.org/polonsky/en/
- https://manuscriptminiatures.com/tags
- Mount Athos (Greek Manuscripts)
Masterpieces
Additional 36684
This Book of Hours was produced in either Saint-Omer or Thérouanne between approximately 1318-1325, and is distinctive for its unusual marginal decoration. 1318-1325
The Pabenham-Clifford Hours
England, c. 1315-1320
Bern, Burgerbibliothek, Cod. 3, f. 01r
Latin Bible, designed as a pandect (i.e. in one volume), following the recension of Alcuin of York. Several copies of these Alcuin Bibles, manufactured in the scriptorium of St. Martin of Tours, have survived; with their finely graded hierarchy of scripts and harmonious proportions, they are considered monuments of Carolingian book production. Period: 9th century
The Crusader Bible
The spectacular Crusader Bible is one of the greatest illuminated manuscripts in the world, renowned as much for its unrivalled and boldly colored illustrations as it is for its fascinating history. The work brings Old Testament stories alive in bright images replete with castles, towns, and battling knights in armor, all set in thirteenth-century France.
