[Antir_scribes] medieval manuscript digital collection

[FV/Rafaella]

http://libwww.library.phila.gov/medievalman/

Welcome to the Free Library of Philadelphia’s digital
collection of medieval and Renaissance manuscripts. 
 Our manuscript collection includes most of the kinds
of books used between 1000 and 1500 A.D.: prayer books
and poetry, Bibles and political propaganda,
philosophical works and fantastic histories. Some
manuscripts are elaborate and beautiful works of art;
others are humble "owner-produced" books, copied out
from a borrowed copy by someone who needed a
particular text. Each one tells us something about a
long-vanished age.

The Free Library’s digital manuscript collection
includes two different sorts of objects: complete
manuscript books, or "codices," and separate leaves
and cuttings—fragments separated from their original
contexts. With the images you will find basic
information about the object pictured: when and where
it was made, and what its imagery depicts. When the
image is from an intact book, the accompanying
information will tell you about the book, and will
also link to a complete description of it.
 
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