Scribal ArtsCalligraphy, illumination, paper making, bookbinding, printing, and related sciences and arts "Islamic Manuscripts from Mali" Online
Submitted by Milica on Sat, 2005-12-24 11:51
Judith of Troll Fen reports that the African and Middle Eastern Division of the Library of Congress has released Islamic Manuscripts from Mali as part of its Global Gateway collection. The collection is available online.
First Medieval Manuscript Digitized at Manasija Monastery
Submitted by Vallawulf on Sun, 2005-12-18 11:09
The Blago Fund team made a tour of the Manasija monastery where they paid a visit to the monastery library and were acquainted with the precious cultural heritage lying there.
DNA to Help Find Origin of "Christmas"
Submitted by Milica on Thu, 2005-12-15 09:11
Telecommunications engineer and genealogist Henry Christmas hopes that DNA will help him discover the single ancestor with the surname "Christmas."
Scribes' Tea at Estrella
Submitted by Milica on Sat, 2005-12-10 16:56
Baron Friedrich Ethelred aus Schloss Trier, Internal Publicity Autocrat for Estrella War XXII, has announced that this year's War will feature a Scribes' Tea.
Are you feeling funny? Medieval humor
Submitted by Aoife on Fri, 2005-12-02 11:02
Aoife's Links this week brings us a fine cure for the Wintertime Blues, with links full of the humor (not the humours) of the Middle Ages.
Silent Letters "Ghosts of Linguistic History"
Submitted by Milica on Thu, 2005-11-24 08:54
Silent letters embedded in English words have long been the hobgoblin of non-native English speakers. In an article for the Hartford Courant, writer Rob Kyff explores the history and meaning of the lurking consonants.
Bibliotheca Alexandrina: Ancient and Modern
Submitted by Milica on Fri, 2005-11-18 16:29
The sparkling, new library in Alexandria, Egypt has an enormous reputation to live up to. The original, built by Alexander's general Ptolemy I Soter, became known as the greatest library in the world.
Northshield Photo Albums Cover Recent Events
Submitted by Milica on Sat, 2005-11-12 15:59
A number of new photo albums have been posted on Yehudah Nagid ben Yitzhakthe's Unofficial Northshield Photo Gallery, including pictures taken at the Medieval Religions Symposium and Northshield Crown.
Northshield Gift to Gleann Abhann
Submitted by Milica on Thu, 2005-11-10 17:33
In a show of friendship from the second newest Kingdom in the SCA to the newest, the Kingdom of Northshield presented 300 scroll blanks, created by Northshield scribes, to Their Majesties of Gleann Abhann.
"Splendor of the Word" Captures a Fading World
Submitted by Milica on Sun, 2005-11-06 09:51
The Splendor of the Word: Medieval and Renaissance Illuminated Manuscripts at the New York Public Library, a new exhibit, is the first in the library's history to showcase the organization's massive holdings of medieval and Renaissance illuminated manuscripts.
Iona II
Submitted by Milica on Thu, 2005-11-03 15:15
Archaeologists working in Scotland believe they have found the site of a second monastery founded in the 6th century by St. Columba, founder of Iona.
Italian Renaissance manuscripts on display at the Walters
Submitted by Karen on Wed, 2005-10-26 15:37
"Dressed in Gold: Books of the Italian Renaissance" is on display at the Walters Museum of Art in Baltimore, Maryland, through January 8.
New exhibit on books of hours at the Getty
Submitted by Karen on Tue, 2005-10-25 11:55
The Getty Museum in Los Angeles has two new exhibits on medieval books of hours on display. "Painted Prayers: Books of Hours from the Morgan Library" and "A Masterpiece Reconstructed: The Hours of Louis XII" will both run through January 8.
A Fine Hand: Beginners' Scribal Workbox
Submitted by Aoife on Fri, 2005-10-21 12:11
The SCA is home to some of the finest calligraphers and illuminators around, but there are still plenty of us who know little of this very important and useful medieval art. Dame Aoife wants to help, and offers this edition of Aoife's Links devoted to scribal arts for beginners.
16th century manuscript from India featured in exhibit at the Met
Submitted by Karen on Mon, 2005-10-17 11:36
"Pearls of the Parrot of India: The Emperor Akbar's Illustrated Khamsa, 1597–98" will be on display at the Florence and Herbert Irving Galleries for the Arts of South and Southeast Asia at the Metropolitan Museum of Art through March 12.
Medieval African Manuscripts on Display
Submitted by Milica on Sun, 2005-10-09 11:06
A collection of 16 manuscripts from medieval Timbuktu will go on display in Johannesburg, South Africa this month for the first time. The works are part of a 30,000 manuscript discovery from the city which was founded in the year 1100.
Scriptorium
Submitted by Milica on Tue, 2005-10-04 17:05
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Manuscripta Conference at Saint Louis University
Submitted by Milica on Tue, 2005-10-04 09:14
On October 14-15, 2005, Saint Louis University in St. Louis, Missouri, will host a two-day medieval manuscript conference featuring speakers from all over the world.
Italian illuminations from the Getty now on display at the National Gallery of Art
Submitted by Karen on Sun, 2005-10-02 13:35
"Masterpieces in Miniature: Italian Manuscript Illumination from the J. Paul Getty Museum" will be on display at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, DC, through January 2.
Book of Hours For Sale on eBay
Submitted by Milica on Mon, 2005-09-26 12:05
Anyone with a few extra thousand dollars may want to bid on a 15th century book of hours up for auction on eBay.
Joys of Modern Medieval Life
Submitted by Gro-Torstensdotter on Sat, 2005-09-10 13:56
This is the personal artwork of Malin Nilsson Norén (aka Gro Torstensdotter). She spent "too many years" recreating the middle ages and collected some of the special moments in these illuminations and pictures. Some of it in modern
drawing style, some of it in Maciejowskij Bible style.
Paleography
Submitted by Milica on Fri, 2005-09-09 12:08
The National Archives has an online tutorial on Palaeography, the science of reading old handwriting.
Rare copy of the first printed Slavic Bible discovered in Germany
Submitted by Zabava on Tue, 2005-09-06 14:04
A belorussian Bible dating back to the time of the Reformation has been found in Germany.
Medieval Russian Texts Rated "R"
Submitted by Milica on Mon, 2005-09-05 14:15
Archaeologists were recently surprised to find several pieces of birch bark near Veliky Novgorod in northwestern Russia inscribed with profanity.
European Festival Documentation Digitized
Submitted by Milica on Tue, 2005-08-23 16:47
The British Library has made over 250 books documenting European festivals and cermonies from 1475 to 1700 available online.
Exhibit on medieval illuminated manuscripts opens at the Fitzwilliam Museum and Cambridge University Library
Submitted by Karen on Thu, 2005-08-04 14:14
"The Cambridge Illuminations: Ten Centuries of Book Production in the Medieval West," featuring over 200 illuminated manuscripts dating from the sixth to the sixteenth centuries, will be on display at the Fitzwilliam Museum and Cambridge University Library through December 11.
Rose & Crowne
Submitted by Anonymous on Mon, 2005-08-01 20:12
The Rose & Crowne features fine Renaissance clothing such as bodices, chemises, tunics, capes, cloaks, mantles, and more. Handmade, leather blank journals and hard bound books are perfect for the minstrel and the cook in which to keep all your creations. They also offer their own line of cooking spices and herbs, many of them organically grown.
Chroniclers to Meet at Pennsic
Submitted by Milica on Sun, 2005-07-24 10:38
Magistra Nicolaa de Bracton, Society Chronicler, has announced that there will be a Known World Chroniclers' Meeting at this year's Pennsic War.
AEthelmearc Scribal College at Pennsic
Submitted by Milica on Mon, 2005-07-18 11:34
Mistress Daedra McBeth a Gryphon, Coordinator of the AEthelmearc Scribal College at Pennsic, has announced that the College is open to all interested in the scribal arts. Registration is required.
New exhibit at the Getty relates medieval manuscripts to textiles
Submitted by Karen on Sat, 2005-07-02 11:22
"Shrine and Shroud: Textiles in Illuminated Manuscripts" is on display at the Getty Center in Los Angeles through October 2.
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