Digital Humanities
Medieval Music from the Ville de Laon library
Not all digitized libraries are created equal, and some are more interactive than others. Few let you listen to medieval music. One of the few is the Ville de Laon library. Medieval Music in the 21st century A few days ago we received a tip for the digitized medieval manuscripts maps from Hipster Bookfairy (@HipBookfairy). She … Read more
YouTube, Sexy Codicology, Full HD videos of Manuscripts’ Details
YouTube as a Tool to Promote Illuminated Manuscripts? Medieval manuscripts are excellent material for YouTube videos. You can highlight the details and the beautiful colors and illuminations. We decided to give it a try, and yesterday we published our first video and launched our YouTube Channel. What is the plan for our YouTube videos? We … Read more
Free Online Books from the Metropolitan Museum of Art
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
Scribes in Medieval Manuscripts
Being scribes in medieval manuscripts makes you look quite cool. Yes, you just saw a scribe riding a wyvern. Being scribes in medieval manuscripts gets you to be depicted in all kinds of ways. Let’s go on a short trip and see what you get to look like. For sure it’s not always a lonely work, … Read more