A stunning (and large!) initial 'I' on a leaf from a Gradual depicting the Four Martyr Saints ~ by a Bolognese Illuminator close to the Master of Santa Maria Maddalena di Valdipietra . Italy, Bologna, c. 1290-1295 ~ (49 x 36 cm.) ☞ Price: $22,000 . This leaf, depicting four standing martyr saints,...
⫷ E-catalogue Four: The "I" in Manuscript ⫸ ~ Manuscripts are, by definition, made by hand, and one of the thrills of studying them is connecting with the many people who made them. At times, though, these people can seem abstract and are often unnamed. It is thus exciting when the personal comes...
E-catalogue Four: The "I" in Manuscript~ seen here is a textbook written by a student in late 15th-century Italy, c… https://t.co/bu78Rh3KpU
#NewPodcast ~ How Did a Medievalist Become President & CEO of the Met? Sandra Hindman talks with Daniel Weiss, discussing how his development as a scholar, medievalist and author affects his work as a businessman and CEO, as well as the future of museums in the age of COVID-19.
We are pleased to participate in this month’s edition of the salon e-Rendez-Vous organized by @slamlivrerare ✨ For three days we will be exhibiting three finely illuminated music manuscripts from Germany, France and Switzerland. . Featured here: a Noted Breviary for select feasts; short Mass texts...
Printed Book of Hours for the famed Parisian bookseller and publisher Antoine Verard ~ Paris, August 22, 1506 ⫷Pri… https://t.co/uJVIcJxdCu
Painted Minnekästchen Casket with Two Lovers and a Fool (translates to "gifts of love," or more literally "boxes o… https://t.co/eR3ncAjH16
✨Remarkably well-preserved religious miscellany from Italy, produced for a wealthy lay-person to serve as an overvi… https://t.co/1TaA4MVlQE
A Dutch translation of the the Vitae Patrum (Vaderboec in Dutch)~ presenting lives of 3rd & 4th century hermits as… https://t.co/r5M29u1I4K
A Cathedral Canon in an initial 'L' from a Choir Book (7.5 x 7.5 cm.) Northeastern Italy, c. 1450-1475 ~ Price: $7,… https://t.co/n4Yn6qmlFc