has been shut down due to traffic problems but is expected to be available again in the middle of this month.At The Langar Hall, there is an article, Preserving What History We Have Left, on Sikh historical documents.Got Medieval posts his monthly entry on medieval dates with a reference to some unfortunate swine in Welcome to December.Recently, I was at the the British Library and bought two of their interactive dvds. Just a heads-up: So far, I haven't spoken of Evellum's products on this blog because I couldn't seem to find anything but advertisements online. I've taken the liberty of adding an embedded video at the end of this entry I've been wanting to find a way to include the interviews and interesting multimedia I find dealing with medieval MSS and this seems to fit in rather well. Nokes', but for now my imitation must be a shining compliment to the practical format adopted at UW. I hope that I can make this format more my own and not simply a copy of Dr. Greetings! Welcome to the first summary of the news coverage of medieval manuscripts. Has anyone used it in their classes? If so, please comment! I really don't have a problem opening my mouth, though, especially when there are visuals to point out and at which it is possible to wildly gesticiulate. the difference between insular and continental practices). The only thing I have reservations about is that it isn't Bischoff's text read aloud: for the perfectionists and specialists, you may want to stop the video and explain more deeply about certain processes and variations involved in the production of a codex (e.g. The other marvelous thing about it is the huge slide presentation with more pictures (not just screen shots) that give more detailed shots of the process. It is narrated with a voice over and there is some appropriate music in the background good sound quality, clear visuals, and it isn't too much of a teaching tool that you have to stop the video every time they use a technical term. presentation recording the process of binding a book in medieval fashion. of Victoria for their exhibit The Medieval Imagination, which was then made into a podcast and is available-free of charge- here. In addition to this, Bernard Muir and John Stinson (the bookbinder in the documentary) gave a lecture suspiciously titled The Making of a Medieval Manuscript at the State Lib. MS Junius 11 was greeted with an review from the Digital Medievalist that include the phrases " outstanding functionality" and " important contribution". Also a joint project with Kennedy, the facsimile of Bod.
The Old English Newsletter has a bibliographical database by which I found that Muir turned out several articles on books of hours and the Exeter MS during the time he worked on that facsimile project.
There is very little information about this series (aside from the advertisements) available to those of us who are in between universities at present and desperately searching for a fix so my access to reviews may seem limited. I scanned in the DVD cover so you can read the summaries and blurbs provided. ← Race, Genitals, and Walt Whitman in Dr.The Making of a Medieval Manuscript is part of the Evellum Scriptorium Series by Bernard Muir and Nicholas Kennedy.Unde / videndum est quod capitulum / tractet de ipsis herbis que continetur in hoc libro.īasically, the chapter titles are the names of the herbs. Hec sunt capitula designata quibus / potest sciri in quo capitulo sit / nomen cuiuslibet herbe. These titles and chapter numbers are listed in the back, followed by the folio number on which they can be found.Īnd in case the reader may not be familiar with such lists, Christoforus (our scribe see the previous post here) provides an explanation: 41r, Macer Floridus, De virtutibus herbarum, 1493, 10a 159Įach section of De virtutis herbarum is headed with a rubricated title and chapter number. In 10a 159, a 15th century Italian manuscript which includes Macer Floridus’ De virtutibus herbarum, the section headings are listed in the back of the volume.į. The idea of a table of contents or index is not a new one in fact, even early Greek papyri contained sections and often lists of items.