Tracing Proverbs
We see on the blank recto evidence of tracing the image on the verso. John Lowden discusses this at length in his …
Thumbprints on Ghent counter-seal
The face to face interaction with centuries-old cultural artifacts is something I have become accustomed to. I’ve visited dozens or hundreds of …
Note to the artist
Here should be depicted a king on his throne. Gilles de Rome, Le Livre du gouvernement des roys et des princes, trad. …
Highlights
Is it about adding emphasis to the most important words, or is there some other function to highlighting? Ordre liturgique, précédé d’un …
Circular prayer book
Heures, avec quelques prières en allemand. Source: gallica.bnf.fr Bibliothèque nationale de France, Département des manuscrits, Latin 10526, pp. 225-226
Lined the gap
Prosae, tropi, cantilenae, ludi liturgici ad usum Sancti Martialis Lemovicensis. Source: gallica.bnf.fr Bibliothèque nationale de France, Département des manuscrits, Latin 1139, fol. …
Text and Gloss
Ebrardi Grecismus, cum glosa. – Galteri Alexandreis, cum glosa (86). En tête (fol. C), on a ajouté des vers de Nicolas de …
Rubrication right
PETRUS LOMBARDUS,Sententiarum libri IV Source: gallica.bnf.fr Bibliothèque nationale de France, Département des Manuscrits, Latin 15705, fol. 30v.
Extreme parchment
Also have a look at the other half of the bifolio on fol. 86 Miscellanea. Source: gallica.bnf.fr Bibliothèque nationale de France, Département …
Prickings
Epistulae canonicae cum glosa. Epistule canonice Source: gallica.bnf.fr Bibliothèque nationale de France, Département des manuscrits, Latin 14790, fol. 37v.
Early Book Repair
It looks like someone borrowed half a page long enough to sing a song or two, then stitched it back in. Breviarium …
Water transfer
The verso of the flyleaf picked up the transferred text and rubrication from fol. 1r. Senecae varia opera philosophica Source: gallica.bnf.fr Bibliothèque …
Lost Lines
Damaged by fire. Petrus Lombardus, Glossa in Psalmos . — Provinciale romanum Source: gallica.bnf.fr Bibliothèque nationale de France, Département des Manuscrits, Latin …
Prickings in the gutter
This manuscript has prickings in the outer margin… Titi Livii historiae Romanae decas tertia. Source: gallica.bnf.fr AND in the gutter: Titi Livii …