Tag Archives: Medieval Illumination

Games of Thrones? Popular Medieval Board Games

Posted on August 8, 2014 by medievalfragments

By Jenneka Janzen Living without modern entertainment luxuries, what did medieval people do for fun? Surely it wasn’t all farm labour, praying, or jousting (to play into common misconceptions)? Believe it or not, several of our favourite board games originated … Continue reading →

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Listening to the Text: The Medieval Speech Bubble

Posted on June 6, 2014 by medievalfragments

By Julie Somers My colleagues and I at the Turning Over a New Leaf Project spend a lot of time thinking, talking, and reading about, well, reading. More specifically, we question the various forms of reading, as well as the … Continue reading →

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From Sound to Image, From Language to Culture; A Review of Medieval Academy of America Conference 2014

Posted on April 18, 2014 by medievalfragments

By Julie Somers Last week the annual meeting of the Medieval Academy of America was held at UCLA in California. Every year this conference brings together scholars from all over the world to discuss and share experiences related to their … Continue reading →

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CSI: Manuscript Edition

Posted on March 28, 2014 by medievalfragments

By Ramona Venema Ramona Venema works as a research assistant in the Turning Over a New Leaf project. She maintains her own cookery blog. When I was a small Ramona, I wanted to be an archeologist. I love how history becomes … Continue reading →

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Dragons and Courtiers: Medieval Doodles in a Leiden Manuscript

Posted on February 14, 2014 by medievalfragments

By Jenneka Janzen This week’s blog is a show-and-tell of one of my new favourite finds in Leiden University’s Special Collections. Two weeks ago, Turning Over a New Leaf hosted another successful colloquium and Lieftinck Lecture. I coordinated the manuscript … Continue reading →

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Manuscripts for the Rich & Famous (Super Bling)!

Posted on October 25, 2013 by medievalfragments

By Jenny Weston For the most part, medieval books do not look like this: But just as some people today add chrome to their cars or gems to their watches or phone cases, some medieval people chose to add ‘bling’ to their … Continue reading →

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Where the Wild Things Are: The Medieval Bestiary

Posted on August 16, 2013 by medievalfragments

By Jenneka Janzen While a bit denser than Maurice Sendak’s modern bed-time story, medieval bestiaries were, and still are, crowd-pleasers. A bestiary is a collection of short descriptions about a wide variety of (real or imagined) animals, birds, and in … Continue reading →

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Making a Medieval Book: Workshops and Classes for the Curious Artisan

Posted on August 9, 2013 by medievalfragments

By Jenny Weston As manuscript researchers, we often study how medieval books were produced. We love to look at the quality of the parchment, how the book was originally bound, the character of the script, and the beautiful decorations. It … Continue reading →

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The Boring, Ugly, and Unimportant – Biases in Manuscript Research

Posted on July 12, 2013 by medievalfragments

By Jenneka Janzen As I carry out my dissertation research, I’ve spent some time thinking about the role aesthetics play in which manuscripts are studied, and which ones are deemed too boring, unimportant, or ugly to attract interest. Certainly, it … Continue reading →

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New Exhibition Starring the Leiden Aratea

Posted on March 8, 2013 by medievalfragments

By Jenneka Janzen Like a discerning foodie seeking out the rarest delicacies, or an adrenaline junkie dreaming of the next death-defying bungee jump, I too have a ‘bucket list’ involving one of my greatest passions: manuscripts. There are several manuscripts … Continue reading →

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