Watched it on YouTube yesterday, very interesting!

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Book opened to highly illustrative title page

Close up of highly-illustrative page of text

Close up image of the word "Christ" woven from silk

Close up image of silk fibers forming the letter C

Have you ever seen a book made entirely of silk? One item getting a lot of reading room attention recently is this "Livre de Prières." This book was manufactured with the Jacquard process, which relied on perforated punch cards to operate a loom, and is considered a precursor to early programming.

Zoomed-in image of a richly decorated medieval manuscript, featuring a tunic-dressed man waving an orange cloth in the direction of a large white moth.

Happy #marginaliamonday! This medieval man has been chasing away a moth for over 700 years...

Clearly some things never change!🦋

(Trinity College MS B.11.22)

Medieval manuscript image of two goats, one nibbling leaves from a tree, he other climbing down a mountain and sniffing the ground.

hungrig, adj: hungry, famished. (HUNG-grih / ˈhʌŋ-grɪj)
Image: Bestiary; England, 13th century; @britishlibrary.bsky.social Harley MS 3244, f. 42v.
#OldEnglish #WOTD

Part of today spent thinking and writing about this, the Breviary of Marie de St-Pol, made in Paris round 1330-1340, for the Foundress of @pembroke1347.bsky.social. A wonderful jewel-like manuscript.

The fascinating secular Laws of Cnut were issued after seizing the throne of England. They intended to cement his power and reassure his subjects, largely repeating laws of earlier kings. Full of insights into medieval life. To share with you, I aim to post a law a day in sequence #medievalsky 1/2

Found it. Thank you very much!

In what manuscript can this wonderful illustration be found?

Alexander the Great's underwater exploration off the building site of Alexandria.

I particularly like the lighting arrangements in his submarine.

Flemish, c. 1300-1325

(Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Kupferstichkabinett / Jörg P. Anders)

💘 💘 in UL Inc.2.B.7.19[4144]

#dragons everywhere!

This spectacular Bible was created by a scribe in Mainz in 1452-53, while elsewhere in the city Gutenberg was creating the printed equivalent that would put the scribe out of business. The digitization is of equal high quality: www.loc.gov/item/52002226/. #medievalsky

A hole in a page of a medieval manuscript reveals a dragon on the page beneath.

þyrel, n.n: hole. (THUE-rell / ˈθy-rɛl)
Image: De natura rerum; E France, 9th century; Bamberg, Staatsbibliothek, Msc.Nat.1, f. 26v. #OldEnglish #WOTD

A portion of the poem written in Poe's hand.

This letter contains the earliest surviving portion of "The Raven" in Edgar Allan Poe's hand, and it is the only surviving manuscript of the poem made for use of a printer. More info: www.themorgan.org/blog/nevermo...

@dbellingradt.bsky.social maybe you can help solve the riddle?

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Das war spannend! Danke für die Erläuterungen.

Here is a little story about the #earlymodern emoticon "<3" and the complex symbolic meaning of this typographical entity that I posted yesterday. Follow me, for catholic symbolism and some #bookhistory, dear #skystorians of the blue skies. Here we go...

cūða, m.n: one known, an acquaintance, a familiar friend, a relation. (KOO-tha / ˈkuː-θa)
#OldEnglish #WOTD

Well, simply put, it's a man on a horse. The man's in a fetcing blue coat and rather phallic green hat, holding a purse in one hand. The horse is grey. And long... and its back legs are much shorter than its front, given its back a distinct tilt. Or maybe it's stretching, except I don't think horses stretch like that, it's a dog or cat thing. Also its head is rather small. It's lovely, though, just wonky.

I have been reminded of my favourite ever medieval horse picture. The Manciple stuggling to stay in the saddle in @theulspeccoll.bsky.social MS GG.4.27, an anthology of Chaucer. cudl.lib.cam.ac.uk/view/MS-GG-0...

A figure in a late medieval manuscript drawn on a margin. They are pulling a missing piece of text on a rope and pointing to a place where it should be inserted.

Mistakes happen! If you forget to insert that one sentence in a paragraph the solution is easy. Just draw a dude in a hood and he will pull the missing text to the right place with a piece of rope!

Walters Ms. W.102 Book of Hours, late 13th/early 14th C.

www.thedigitalwalters.org/Data/Walters...

German also has 'verkuddelt' with the same meaning and the noun ‘Kuddelmuddel’ (both are used colloquially).

The first teaser trailer for Guillermo del Toro's Frankenstein starring Oscar Isaac, Jacob Elordi, Mia Goth and Christoph Waltz 🔥

Releasing in November on Netflix.

An illumination from a Medieval Manuscript that shows a character bearing a striking resemblance to Yoda, a small green humanoid wearing an orange cloak. 📜 Royal 10 E IV, f. 30

A long time ago in a manuscript far, far away....

Happy #StarWarsDay! – #MayTheFourthBeWithYou, always.

The source for garlic boy:

Basel, Universitätsbibliothek, A II 2 : Nycolaus de Lyra, Postilla super Leviticum, Numeros et Deuteronomium by Nicolaus, de Lyra - 1397 - E-codices - Virtual Manuscript Library of Switzerland, Switzerland - CC BY-NC.

www.europeana.eu/en/item/9200...

Love it! Could you provide the source?

Lots of people: "Medieval food was bland and boring!"

Medieval chap: "Garlic is my life!"

In the Bluebell Wood by Rowland Wheelwright (1870-1955)
Oil on Canvas
(Private Collection)