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Making bricks

Making bricks

Biblia. Pentateuchus [Pentateuque dit d’Ashburnham ou de Tours] Source: gallica.bnf.fr Bibliothèque nationale de France, Département des Manuscrits, NAL 2334, fol. 58r.

Camels at the watering hole

Camels at the watering hole

Biblia. Pentateuchus [Pentateuque dit d’Ashburnham ou de Tours] Source: gallica.bnf.fr Bibliothèque nationale de France, Département des Manuscrits, NAL 2334, fol. 21r.

Sixth-Century Flood

Sixth-Century Flood

Biblia. Pentateuchus [Pentateuque dit d’Ashburnham ou de Tours] Source: gallica.bnf.fr Bibliothèque nationale de France, Département des Manuscrits, NAL 2334, fol. 9r.

Botched repair

Botched repair

I don’t really know what has caused the discoloration of this manuscript, and it’s hard to get a very clear idea even …

Q Fish

Q Fish

Canons de conciles et lettres de papes. Source: gallica.bnf.fr Bibliothèque nationale de France, Département des manuscrits, Latin 12097, fol. 228v.

Papyrus – Abundantia

Papyrus – Abundantia

S. Avitus, Viennensis ep., Homiliae et Epistolae, fragmenta. Latin 8913 Source: gallica.bnf.fr Bibliothèque nationale de France, Département des manuscrits, Latin 8913, fol. …

Poems of Saint Prosper

Poems of Saint Prosper

Poésies de saint Prosper. Source: gallica.bnf.fr Bibliothèque nationale de France, Département des manuscrits, Latin 11326, fol. 9r.

Acidic ink

Acidic ink

Évangile de saint Jean, venu de l’église de Chartres. Source: gallica.bnf.fr Bibliothèque nationale de France, Département des manuscrits, Latin 10439, fol. 65r.