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Psalter: Number 42, St. Ambrose, Unknown Feb 2014

Psalter: Number 42, St. Ambrose, Unknown

Medieval Manuscripts

Ink is smudged and the vellum has darkened.; Angular Gothic Script; This leaf is the largest in the collection. It is done in a very simple style. The musical notation is in a "free melody" style, the horseshoe notation indicates all the notes that is acceptable to sing.; Black, red, and blue inks


Psalter: Number 34, Unknown Feb 2014

Psalter: Number 34, Unknown

Medieval Manuscripts

Good condition, though some of the ink has faded. Particularly the blues and the purples.; There are several decorated initials. The flourishes on the "P" on the verso is reminiscent of a musical staff. This is interesting considering that the music was not added until later, though, the Psalms are generally associated with music.; Rotunda Book Hand; Musical notation with a simple melody was added later. The handwriting is of a significantly lower quality that the other handwriting.; Ege tells us that this was made for a Carthusian monastery. The Carthusians were a small and particularly devout order. They were …


Psalter: Number 4, Unknown Feb 2014

Psalter: Number 4, Unknown

Medieval Manuscripts

Good condition; Caroline Minuscule (Donovan considers the script Gothic Transitional); Caroline Minuscule (Donovan considers the script Gothic Transitional); There are notes on the side put in by the original illuminator, these are not corrections but notes on the text.; Ege notes that this manuscript is the most perfect he has seen in terms of symmetry of letters and such. It is strange, however, that the guide lines seem so haphazardly drawn.; Black ink


Missal: Number 22, Unknown Feb 2014

Missal: Number 22, Unknown

Medieval Manuscripts

Vellum is in poor condition, it has stained and is very dark.; Lots of musical notation. Several simple decorated letters, one of which ("D") is particularly beautiful.; Transitional Early Gothic Notation; Brown, red, and blue inks


Missal: Number 26, Unknown Feb 2014

Missal: Number 26, Unknown

Medieval Manuscripts

The vellum is in poor condition, there is a hole near the bottom of the page.; Decorated initials, three on the verso, none on the recto. These letters are done in gold, with red and blue as backgrounds and thin, circular decorations in white above them.; Angular Gothic Script, this font is difficult to read, especially now that the vellum is worn.; Both Denison and Jean Preston note that many leaves in this book have red underlining and this is quite original, ours, however, does not have this.; Black, red, blue, gold, and white inks. Ege notes that the black …


Book Of Hours: Number 28, Rabanus Maurus Feb 2014

Book Of Hours: Number 28, Rabanus Maurus

Medieval Manuscripts

Vellum is in poor condition, this is most likely because of the ageing of metal alloys used in the original production of the book.; Decorated initials with circular filigree. Floral, stem-like imagery. Separating the verses is a bar of red and blue with white filigree.; Angular Gothic Script; Brown, blue, red, silver, and gold inks


Book Of Hours: Number 30, Unknown Feb 2014

Book Of Hours: Number 30, Unknown

Medieval Manuscripts

Good condition, though some wrinkling.; Floral imagery.; Angular Gothic Script; Very intricate decorated initials on verso and recto. "O" on verso and "H" on recto.; Flowers surround the text, they all come from a single stem, though the types of flowers vary. Ege notes that the flowers on the Verso have been carefully traced on the recto so that they could not be seen through the thin vellum.; Black, red, blue, gold, and green inks


Epistolary: Number 37, Unknown Feb 2014

Epistolary: Number 37, Unknown

Medieval Manuscripts

Purple ink has faded considerably.; Several decorated initials done in a simple style but with elaborate filigree.; Rotunda Gothic Script; Black, red, blue, and purple inks


Psalter: Number 12, Unknown Feb 2014

Psalter: Number 12, Unknown

Medieval Manuscripts

Vellum is worn, otherwise good condition.; Angular Gothic Script; Historiated initial on both sides. These are each done without much skill, Ege says that it may have been made by monks beginning to learn the techniques of manuscript illumination; Black, blue, red, and gold inks


Oxford Bible: Number 13, Unknown Feb 2014

Oxford Bible: Number 13, Unknown

Medieval Manuscripts

St. Jerome translation of the Bible; Some stains.; Verses are shown in the simple style with red and blue ink typically associated with Bibles. There are also two decorated initials with complex swirls in red and blue.; Angular Gothic Script; Ege notes that it is difficult to tell the difference between Bibles of the Dominican Friars from England and those from France (i.e. Ege 9). This one, though of high quality, took slightly less time than Ege 9, the script is larger (though still remarkably small) and the vellum is not of the same quality.; Brown, red, and blue inks


Book Of Hours: Number 24, Unknown Feb 2014

Book Of Hours: Number 24, Unknown

Medieval Manuscripts

Good condition.; Decorated initials with elaborate filigree. One historiated initial which is very small. Floral imagery comes out of the historiated initial, Ege notes that this is typically French. Between verses are simple decorations in red and blue ink.; Angular Gothic Script; Denison notes that this is a very early book of hours, in fact, it is the earliest in Ege's collection, they say that because of this the leaf displays few qualities typically associated with books of hours but displays many qualities typically associated with breviaries. This seems logical.; Black, red, blue, and gold inks


Lectionary: Number 3, Unknown Feb 2014

Lectionary: Number 3, Unknown

Medieval Manuscripts

Very good condition.; Decorated initial on the left side of verso, done in a simple style with red and blue. At the bottom are stylized berries.; Carolingian Script; Large historiated "I" on verso and smaller historiated "I" on recto.; Brown, red, and blue inks


Missal: Number 38, Unknown Feb 2014

Missal: Number 38, Unknown

Medieval Manuscripts

The vellum has yellowed, otherwise it is in good condition.; Decorated initials, done with thin flourishes in red and black. These are particularly beautiful decorations. There is a lot of red ink and smaller writing here, suggesting that many errors were made by the original copyist.; Angular Gothic Script; Black, red, and blue inks


Bible: Number 9, Unknown Feb 2014

Bible: Number 9, Unknown

Medieval Manuscripts

St. Jerome translation of the Bible; Very good condition.; Verses are shown in the simple style with red and blue ink typically associated with Bibles. There are also two decorated initials with complex swirls in red and blue.; Angular Gothic Script; This Bible is similar in style to Ege 5 and 6, however, it's size is much smaller and the print is smaller as well. The vellum is incredibly thin. Ege notes that this was almost certainly made by Dominican Friars, known as "wandering Friars." He also notes that these volumes were expensive and were meant to be used sparingly.; …


Bible: Number 44, Unknown Feb 2014

Bible: Number 44, Unknown

Medieval Manuscripts

St. Jerome translation of the Bible; The vellum has yellowed, is wrinkled and bends easily.; Several decorated initials done in a simple style.; Semi-Gothic Script; Black, red, and blue inks


Book Of Hours: Number 29, Unknown Feb 2014

Book Of Hours: Number 29, Unknown

Medieval Manuscripts

Spots have developed on the manuscript, one hole.; Decorative flowers along the side of the writing.; Angular Gothic Script; Several historiated initials in gold, surrounded by blocks of red and blue, spiralling white filigree on top.; Floral images. The thin style of the images is indicative of work from around the 1450s. Ege notes that older manuscripts had wider stems and late manuscripts and the leaves would have been more entangled.; Ege notes that the strawberries are indicative of Benedictine worship.; Along left side of writing on verso and recto.; Black, red, blue, and green inks


Breviary: Number 23, Unknown Feb 2014

Breviary: Number 23, Unknown

Medieval Manuscripts

Vellum is very worn, probably from heavy use.; Decorated initials with very elaborate filigree, some of the most impressive in Ege's collection especially considering how early it was made.; Angular Gothic Script; At the top of the page someone has written when to say the prayers, this is done in a different, simpler handwriting than the manuscript, it may have been done by an owner of the book. Similar writing is on some of the other pages, but in a different, more modern, handwriting.; Black, red, blue, gold, and green inks


Livy's History Of Rome: Number 39, Livy Feb 2014

Livy's History Of Rome: Number 39, Livy

Medieval Manuscripts

Verso is in good condition, the ink on the recto has smudged, but is still easily legible.; Humanistic Script (Similar to some Carolingian Scripts); The vellum was prepared meticulously, it is incredibly smooth to the touch and looks almost as white as a sheet of paper. However, the lettering is very simple, with many corrections made. There are no images. It is likely that this book was made for academics, Italians were very interested in Ancient historians like Livy.; Brown ink


Book Of Hours: Number 31, Unknown Feb 2014

Book Of Hours: Number 31, Unknown

Medieval Manuscripts

Good condition.; Floral imagery, many types of flowers and berries coming from a single stem.; Angular Gothic Script; Several historiated initials in red and blue with white filigree.; Flower imagery along the side, this is typical of books of hours.; Brown, blue, red, green, and gold inks


Cambridge Bible: Number 6, Unknown Feb 2014

Cambridge Bible: Number 6, Unknown

Medieval Manuscripts

St. Jerome translation of the Bible; Good condition.; Verses are shown in the simple style with red and blue ink typically associated with Bibles. There are also two decorated initials with complex swirls in red and blue.; Angular Gothic Script; This Bible is very similar to Ege 5 in style. The print is also impossibly small and there is a large amount of space which is left open for marginal comments though none were made.; Brown, red, and blue inks


Kenyon Collegian - February 6, 2014 Feb 2014

Kenyon Collegian - February 6, 2014

The Kenyon Collegian

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Kenyon Collegiate - February 4, 2014 Feb 2014

Kenyon Collegiate - February 4, 2014

Kenyon Collegiate

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Kenyon Collegian - January 30, 2014 Jan 2014

Kenyon Collegian - January 30, 2014

The Kenyon Collegian

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Kenyon Collegian - January 23, 2014 Jan 2014

Kenyon Collegian - January 23, 2014

The Kenyon Collegian

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Reveille 2014 Jan 2014

Reveille 2014

The Kenyon Reveille

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Hika - 2014 Jan 2014

Hika - 2014

HIKA Literary Magazine

No abstract provided.


Discoveries Jan 2014

Discoveries

Peregrinations: Journal of Medieval Art and Architecture

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Kenyon College Alumni Bulletin - Winter 2014 Jan 2014

Kenyon College Alumni Bulletin - Winter 2014

Kenyon College Alumni Bulletin

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Research Query: Templar Bowl?, Giampiero Bagni Jan 2014

Research Query: Templar Bowl?, Giampiero Bagni

Peregrinations: Journal of Medieval Art and Architecture

No abstract provided.


A Framework For Devotion In Trecento Siena: A Reliquary Frame In The Cleveland Museum Of Art, Virginia Brilliant Jan 2014

A Framework For Devotion In Trecento Siena: A Reliquary Frame In The Cleveland Museum Of Art, Virginia Brilliant

Peregrinations: Journal of Medieval Art and Architecture

No abstract provided.