Free Online Course: England in the time of King Richard III from the University of Leicester

Royal 10 D IV f. 1 Lecture

King Richard III and the MOOCs Since the last couple of years, more and more universities are participating in collaborations where they create so-called MOOCs (Massive Open Online Courses). These are a way for anyone that is interested to participate in open-access, free from costs university courses. The courses are basically on any kind of … Read more

From the Codicologist’s Bookshelf I

Vault Case MS 131 Newberry library

Review of Books of Hours by Phaidon Press In this very first book review by Sexy Codicology I will discuss Books of Hours published by Phaidon Press. This book was first published in 1996 and has had various reprints over the years. Even though the book might be eighteen years old (the nineties don’t feel … Read more

Free Online Books from the Metropolitan Museum of Art

Medieval manuscript donkey

A short overview of medieval goodness for your reading list! Through this tweet from @brianberni we learned about a great online source of free online books from the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s (MET) website. Art Brooks for free! https://t.co/5xLG5qCz1V — brianberni (@brianberni) October 16, 2013 Among the great number of publications from this museum there … Read more

The Adventures of Medieval Bunny, Part I: The Killer Rabbit

Psychotic Killer Rabbit

The Killer Rabbit in Medieval Manuscripts Back in early May 2013 we came across some intriguing and awesome marginalia of rabbits in medieval manuscripts, in curious situations and topsy-turvy worlds, among which we found the killer rabbit! On May 10th we posted this picture on our Facebook Page: As imaginable, the first thing that this marginal … Read more

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