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medievalfragments | Turning Over a New Leaf Facsimile Editions Hypertext Book of Hours - Introduction The calendar used in Europe during the Middle Ages followed a system developed originally by the ancient Romans. In the Roman system, the year was divided into twelve months, as it is in the modern calendar, but the days of the months were not numbered consecutively as they are today. Instead, three key days were identified by name: Kalends (the 1st), Ides (the 13th or 15th, depending on the month), and None (the ninth day before Ides). All other days were related to these two, by saying, for example, "today is the second day before the Ides of March." One important difference between the Roman system and the one employed during the Middle Ages was that medieval Europeans superimposed on the Roman calendar a list of the Christian feast days. The twenty-fifth day in the month of December, for example, was equated with the Feast of Christ's Nativity ("Christmas"), the fourteenth of February was called "St.

Medieval manuscripts blog As the British Library's major exhibition Magna Carta: Law, Liberty, Legacy draws to a close — it's been an amazing 5 months — we'd like to take this opportunity to showcase some of the key British Museum loans in the display. The Library and the Museum have a long, shared history and a very close working relationship; and so we were absolutely delighted when the British Museum so kindly agreed to lend us some amazing objects for our exhibition. We're very grateful to our counterparts in the Departments of Coins and Medals, Prehistory and Europe and Prints and Drawing for making this possible. It's another great example of collaboration between two national institutions (here's another blogpost about the loans from The National Archives). Magna Carta: Law, Liberty, Legacy would not have been the same without these key loans from our friends at the British Museum. Julian Harrison, Co-curator, Magna Carta: Law, Liberty, Legacy

Catalogue of Digitized Medieval Manuscripts: About Us The Catalogue of Digitized Medieval Manuscripts (2006-2013). In 2013 active development on the CDMMSS ceased, and in 2015 the site was retired. This site was designed to enable users to find fully digitized manuscripts currently available on the web. As electronic resources continue to permeate scholarship, the challenge of keeping abreast with new developments becomes ever more pressing. The Catalogue of Digitized Medieval Manuscripts seeks to provide a technological solution to a simple and rather delightful “problem”: the breathtaking increase in the number of medieval manuscripts available on the web in their entirety, but in a bewildering range of venues and formats. Digitizing medieval manuscripts and releasing the images on the web has a long history, but the number of digitized manuscripts rises swiftly as the cost of high-quality digital images decreases, and the expertise needed to create easily navigable web sites becomes more common.

Book of hours Book of hours, Paris c. 1410. Miniature of the Annunciation, with the start of Matins in the Little Office, the beginning of the texts after the calendar in the usual arrangement. Books of hours were usually written in Latin (the Latin name for them is horae), although there are many entirely or partially written in vernacular European languages, especially Dutch. The English term primer is usually now reserved for those books written in English. The typical book of hours is an abbreviated form of the breviary which contained the Divine Office recited in monasteries. History[edit] Even this level of decoration was more rich than that of most books, though less than the lavish amounts of illumination in luxury books, which are those most often seen reproduced. The book of hours has its ultimate origin in the Psalter, which monks and nuns were required to recite. Many books of hours were made for women. Decorations[edit] The luxury book of hours[edit] Gallery[edit] Selected examples[edit]

Manuscrits | Gallica Durant la Révolution française, les saisies et confiscations font entrer à la Bibliothèque nationale les collections de la Sainte-Chapelle, de Saint-Germain-des-Prés, Saint-Victor, Notre-Dame de Paris, etc., où avaient été réunis quelques-uns des chefs-d'oeuvre de l'enluminure médiévale, tandis que les grandes bibliothèques municipales du pays recueillent parallèlement de très nombreuses collections d'abbayes, d'institutions religieuses et de nobles émigrés. Aux XIXe et XXe siècles, les collections s'ouvrent aux manuscrits littéraires, notamment après l'entrée des manuscrits et dessins de Victor Hugo, ainsi qu'aux grandes missions scientifiques en Orient, comme celle de Paul Pelliot en Asie centrale et en Chine. Les manuscrits numérisés dans Gallica représentent toute la richesse des collections de la BnF. Découvrir le fonds des manuscrits

Glasgow Medieval manuscripts Middle English Literature: Medical manuscripts: University of Malaga website. NB. you need to register to use this website, then click on the appropriately numbered volume on the image of the bookshelf. Religious texts: Other manuscripts Papyrus fragments Greek Papyrus Fragments from Oxyrhynchus (University of Glasgow Special Collections website) Early printed books Emblem books Many digitised early printed books (including some examples supplied from the University of Glasgow) are available via Early English Books Online (EEBO) and Eighteenth Century Collections Online (ECCO) - you can access these directly by searching for authors/titles using the library's quicksearch. Other printed material Photographs Images from many of our books may be explored in our virtual exhibitions.

Book of Hours of the Blessed Virgin Mary Description This book of hours was written in Paris in the mid-15th century. Books of hours are devotional books for lay persons wishing to have a prayer schedule parallel to that of monastic communities, with prayers appointed for different times of the day. Language Title in Original Language Horae Beatae Virginis Mariae Place Europe > France > Paris Time Period Topic Religion > Christian practice & observance > Devotional literature Additional Subjects Type of Item Manuscripts Physical Description 212 leaves : illustrations ; 12 x 9 x 4.5 centimeters Collection HMML Rare Books Institution Hill Museum & Manuscript Library