Helen Craik (1751–1825), Gothic novelist & friend of Robert Burns, died 200 years ago #OTD, 11 June. Craik published 5 novels but no poetry. In 1919, excerpts of her poems appeared in a newspaper, but the source – a notebook Craik presented to a family friend – disappeared…
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67 #Manuscripts digitized by the #Vatican last week
https://www.wiglaf.org/vatican/2025/week23.html
Mostly Sistine Choir, including music, regulations, and more diaries. In addition three Persian works, one more Ge'ez, 2 vol. letters of Urban VIII, Alain de Lille, and a bit more
#Medieval #Medievodons @medievodons @bookhistodons
Das Handschriftenportal (@hsprtl) im Fokus: Robert Giel präsentiert im #DigitalHistoryOFK "Das Handschriftenportal: Alles an (s)einem Ort?". Von der unikalen Handschrift zur digitalen Infrastruktur – eine Reise durch Erschließung, Präsentation und Portalentwicklung.
Mittwoch, 11.6., 16-18h (CET)
Online via Zoom, Abstract: https://dhistory.hypotheses.org/10712
#DigitalHistory #4memory #Manuscripts @historikerinnen @histodons @digitalhumanities
A wonderfully bizarre ‘elephant done by a medieval artist that had never seen one’ - 14th century, Lyon. Bibliothèque municipale, Ms 742, f. 79v
@MedMilMedicine #elephants #medieval #manuscripts
"Together, these manuscripts shed exceptional light on the study of Hebrew by Christian monks in medieval England, on the administration of a medieval English town, and on spiritual devotion in medieval England and Ireland."
#medievodons #manuscripts #jewishstudies
https://blogs.bl.uk/digitisedmanuscripts/2025/06/five-outstanding-manuscripts-acquired-for-the-nation-1.html
#Turkey #art #Islam #manuscripts #GLAM
"The manuscript collection of the Museum of Turkish and Islamic Arts (TIEM), which has a significant place among manuscript archives in Türkiye, has been digitized and is now accessible to the public."
https://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/manuscript-collection-now-accessible-online-209748
Hürriyet Daily News : Manuscript collection now accessible online. “The manuscript collection of the Museum of Turkish and Islamic Arts (TIEM), which has a significant place among manuscript archives in Türkiye, has been digitized and is now accessible to the public.”
https://rbfirehose.com/2025/06/05/hurriyet-daily-news-manuscript-collection-now-accessible-online/
**Five outstanding manuscripts acquired for the nation**
“_Together, these manuscripts shed exceptional light on the study of Hebrew by Christian monks in medieval England, on the administration of a medieval English town, and on spiritual devotion in medieval England and Ireland._”
#Manuscripts #Medieval #Medievodons #History #Histodons @medievodons @histodons
Finally for this session we have Jessie Contour and Kelcey Gray writing about DropCaps: A Word Game with a Medievalist Spin!
Jacobite manuscripts held in archives in Edinburgh & Glasgow
19 June, Mitchell Library, Glasgow – free
These manuscripts offer insights into the motivations & experiences of those who lived through the uprisings in often surprising ways, including the methods by which this information was recorded
Ralph McLean is Manuscripts Curator for Long 18th Century Collections at the National Library of Scotland
#religion #Catholicism #manuscripts #GLAM
"More than 80,000 ancient manuscripts from the Vatican Library will be restored and digitized thanks to an agreement with the Colnaghi Foundation. The initiative seeks to preserve unique documents and facilitate worldwide access to this treasure of the Church."
https://angelusnews.com/news/vatican/vatican-library-restored-digitized/
Catholic News Agency: More than 80,000 manuscripts from the Vatican Library to be restored and digitized. “More than 80,000 ancient manuscripts from the Vatican Library will be restored and digitized thanks to an agreement with the Colnaghi Foundation. The initiative seeks to preserve unique documents and facilitate worldwide access to this treasure of the Church.”
#947 Andrew Cook (ed) - Archives: The Journal of the British Records Association, Vol XIV, No 63, Spring 1980. The British Records Association, London.
Only 28 #Manuscripts from the #Vatican this week https://www.wiglaf.org/vatican/2025/week22.html
Mostly musical works from the Cappella Pontifica, along with more diaries, an Arabic work on magic, glossed canon law, Greek poetry, Aquinas and a copy of the Chronicon Beneventanum. And nothing else!
#Medieval #Medievodons @medievodon @bookhistodons
“Alright lads, it looks like we’ve got the element of surprise on our side. They’ll never know we’re coming” - 14th century, München, Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, Cod.gall. 16, f. 70v
@MedMilMedicine #médiéval #medieval #humour #humor #manuscripts
At a manuscript gathering last night at Standford—a Korean manuscript was shared. The whole thing was written/drawn in shell gold—even the guide lines. It was the most beautiful and shiny shell gold I have seen. It has convinced me I need to sit down and grind my shell even more! Guess I know my weekend tv watching activity.
The photos do not do it justice! The shell gold was so good it almost looked like flat gold leaf.
Image: Koryo sutra in gold, Korean, c 14th century, lotus sutra, vol 3, ch 5, 6, 7. Gold ink. Accordion folding album.
#942 W.M.M. Picken - A Medieval Cornish Miscellany. Phillimore & Co, London, 1999, 1st edition.
Only 11 new #Manuscripts from the #Vatican this week
https://www.wiglaf.org/vatican/2025/week21.html
The bulk are from the archives of the Cappella Pontificia. Withs one more Diary and a 16th C Russian Evangilary completing the week's work
#Medieval #Medievodons @bookhistodons @medievodons
**Hebrew Manuscripts and Fragments in Switzerland**
