Some texts are thought to survive in 1 copy... until a new fragment turns up. Al-Farabi's compendium of Aristotle's Rhetorica is lost in Arabic but extant in Herman the German's Latin in BnF, lat. 16097 - and here! (Universität Halle (inaktiv), AB 40 18/i, 8) #fragmentology fragmentarium.ms/overview/F-ttqq

Today 609 years ago, copyist Helmich die Lewe finished the prayer book commissioned by Duchess Maria of Gelre in the monastery Marienborn near Arnhem, one of the finest manuscripts from the medieval Netherlands. Online: bijzonderecollecties.ubn.ru.nl/digital/collec… Radboud University Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin

Ms. 9020-23 KBR, third part of a biblical paraphrase in Middle Dutch (first part British Library), written in Utrecht in 1431, illustrated with 130+ smaller miniatures. In the pictures: Susanna and the elders; the arrest of Jesus. Recently digitized: uurl.kbr.be/2131533

"The St Cuthbert Gospel (formerly known as the Stonyhurst Gospel) retains its original binding and is the oldest intact European book." #WorldBookDay BL Add MS 89000; Early 8th century; The St Cuthbert Gospel; Wearmouth-Jarrow; ff.1r-1v Medieval Manuscripts

Want to have a laugh? Descendants of King William II’s killer want to donate triptych depicting death to UK museum theguardian.com/world/2024/mar…

My therapist: Don’t worry, Merovingian cursive is not real, it can’t hurt you Merovingian cursive:

Wilders weet best dat zijn aangifte kansloos is. Het gaat hem erom dat onze woorden niet meer van onszelf zijn. Absolute macht over ons krijg je door absolute macht over onze taal. frontaalnaakt.nl/archives/de-aa…

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Bodleian Library manuscripts can now be downloaded as PDFs!! roger-pearse.com/weblog/2024/05…

We're again looking for recent graduates or other well-qualified candidates looking for an intership with MMFC to work with medieval manuscripts in Flemish collections. Deadline 14 June. Please pass it on. vlaamse-erfgoedbibliotheken.be/nieuws/2024/05…

Pater noster qui es in caelis..... BL Add MS 16605; Sacramentarium Gregorianum with supplements by Benedict of Aniane; c.850 CE-c.900 CE; Benedictine Abbey of Stavelot; f.21v Medieval Manuscripts

In 11th-century England, a Dutch-speaking scribe wrote down a short poem: ‘Hebban olla vogala’, the oldest known poem in Dutch. But I now argue it deliberately blends Dutch and English – revealing unsuspected Dutch influences on medieval English literature:doi.org/10.1007/s11061…

There's a hole in my page, but I don't care; Psalter of Margaret II of Flanders (Brugge, OB, MS 820)

🚨Digital MSS Project🚨 IRHT has launched ARCA: a directory of manuscripts, incunabula and antiquarian books kept in libraries around the world Explore the database here: 🖱️arca.irht.cnrs.fr

Mit Release v3.1.0 werden im HSP mehr als 2200 KODs, etwa 740 Beschreibungen und über 840 Digitalisate bisher nicht im Portal vertretener Bestände bereitgestellt. Darunter u.a. neue Daten von #UBRostock, Kirchenbibliothek Annaberg und Beinecke Library. 👉 handschriftenportal.de/info/release-n…

Why is Google Books removing access to out-of-copyright books that it once hosted as open access? There is a good chance that the mass-deaccession policy of libraries, on the ground that "it's available for free online", will be one of the most stupid acts of modern curatorship.

Never trust that anything that’s digitised or available online will be available forever. Digitisation is not preservation, and tech companies aren’t archivists or librarians. The presence of hard copy in a physical collection is the only guarantee of long-term survival

Fancy some 14th-century vernacular songs in Middle Dutch with musical notation? Here's just the thing for you. fragmentarium.ms/overview/F-ry6v #fragmentology

Oké, blijkbaar hoor ik iets te zeggen over wat er gisternacht in Amsterdam is gebeurd. Dit is wat ik tot nu heb gehoord en begrepen: 1. Al dagen zie ik in besloten groepen Amsterdamse pro-Palestina-activisten elkaar waarschuwen om niet met een keffiyeh of andere zichtbare

Two recent publications shine the light on manuscript fragments that were identified by our project: a Middle High German pericope book and a new fragment of Jan van Ruusbroec's Blinkenden Steen maniculae.de/index.php/mani… and doi.org/10.2143/OGE.93… #fragmentology