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Judging a Book by its Cover: Manuscript Bindings Without Bling
By Jenneka Janzen Our blog has featured medieval bindings before (Jenny’s blog on “bling” bindings was recently published in Quest magazine) but with an eye to the extraordinary, and extremely rare. In fact, finding an intact medieval binding, never mind … Continue reading
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Tagged Manuscript, Medieval Bindings, Medieval Library, Research Reflections
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The Last of the Great Chained Libraries
By Jenny Weston On a beautiful sunny day last week, the Turning Over a New Leaf project team decided to take a day off from the office to visit a spectacular chained library in the small town of Zutphen (located in … Continue reading
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Tagged Manuscript, Medieval Library
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Listening to the Book: Medieval Music Manuscripts
By Jenny Weston As a researcher studying the reading habits of medieval monks, I spend a great deal of time pondering the ‘world of the monk’. While I usually focus on the books that the monks were reading, I cannot … Continue reading
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Tagged Codicology, Medieval Library, medieval music, Medieval Scribes, Monastic Scriptorium, Neumes
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Library or Labyrinth?
By Irene O’Daly A book that has probably done more than any other to introduce people (including myself) to the world of the medieval library is Umberto Eco’s masterpiece The Name of the Rose. Published in 1980, it was translated … Continue reading
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