Ad Astra – The Leiden Aratea and the constellations in the early Middle Ages
One of my biggest passions has always been astronomy: studying the names of the stars, the constellations’ myths, the planets’ movements. Thi...
Category: A Medieval Manuscript a Week
The Unique Petau – Rothschild Hours
Last year we received a message on our Facebook page; it was a request for help finding the name and information concerning a manuscript. On a late evening we w...
The Utrecht Psalter or, “How to promote digitized manuscripts”
What do you do with a super-awesome manuscript like the Utrecht Psalter? You make a super-awesome website to go with it. Not only: you make super-awesome YouTub...
The Crusader Bible from the Morgan Library
The manuscript that we want to highlight for you today is the Morgan Library’s Crusader Bible. It is also known as the Morgan Picture Bible, the Maciejowski Bib...
Bodley 264: Two Worlds and Two Views
This morning a woke up to an email from my father. It was an article from the digital edition of his favorite Italian newspaper. The title of the article is: ...