15 New Libraries in the DMMapp

June has been a productive month for the DMMmaps project: we were at the DH Benelux Conference in The Hague, Netherlands, presenting this project, but we have also received many new links to that were added to the database. So, without further ado, let’s present the additions: Eesti Ajaloomuuseum – Estonian History Museum Estonian Historical … Read more

The Getty Museum’s Videos on Medieval Manuscripts

Videos from the getty museum

More Videos on Medieval Manuscripts from the Getty! The Getty Museum YouTube Channel has recently added a couple of videos concerning their medieval manuscripts. The latest one concerns chivalry in the Middle Ages. The title is self-explanatory: in a little over two minutes the video explains how the way chivalry worked back in those days, … Read more

31 New Digitized Manuscripts from e-Codices!

31 manuscripts from e-Codices

e-Codices, the Virtual Manuscript Library of Switzerland, has added 31 new digitized medieval manuscripts to their website. Obviously, we had to go and investigate. The new digitized manuscripts range from the 9th to the 18th century. Difficult to choose which ones to highlight since they are all wonderful to our eyes. Let’s start from the one … Read more

Cheese in Medieval Manuscripts!

medieval cheese

Cheese on the Sexy Codicology Twitter Feed It came from Walters Museum attracted our attention with this tweet: Weekend Reading: Cheese throughout history, as shown in illuminated manuscripts | https://t.co/J9b5Rqx357 pic.twitter.com/LREV5kGJTG — Walters Art Museum (@walters_museum) June 14, 2014 With a title like that, we couldn’t but investigate! Who would have guessed that cheese has such … Read more

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