Simply Elegant
Cue letter on the left. Paterius, Liber testimoniorum veteris testamenti Source: British Library Royal ms 7 f vi, fol. 133v.
Gravity Explained
Gossuin de Metz explains that if you dug a hole through the center of the Earth, then dropped a rock into the …
Néantplus :: Neverthemore
Gossuin de Metz, L’Image du monde Source: British Library Royal ms 19 a ix, f.44v.
Long Tail Interlace
Julian of Toledo’s Prognosticon futuri saeculi, with Latin glosses and an Old English gloss; riddles by various authors, including Aldhelm, Symphosius, Eusebius, …
Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob
Theological miscellany including Anonymous, Liber de Philosophia Salomonis; Extract from Isidore of Seville, Etymologiae; Fulgentius Mytographus, Expositio sermonum antiquorum; Pigments and alchemical …
Oxidized ink, said Ambrosius
Defensor of Ligugé, Liber scintillarum, with Old English glosses; Pauca de vitiis and peccatis (imperfect) with Old English glosses Source: The British …
Working under duress
Français 916 Source: gallica.bnf.fr Bibliothèque nationale de France. Département des Manuscrits. Français 916, fol. 1r.
Qui habitat
Français 2452 Source: gallica.bnf.fr Bibliothèque nationale de France. Département des Manuscrits. Français 2452, fol. 83r.
Monochromatic N
C. Plinii Secundi historia naturalis à libro decimo sexto ad trigesimum septimum : quatuor postremi libri manu recentiore sunt suppleti. Source: gallica.bnf.fr …
Dancing with the Stars
Ces presentes heures a lusaige de Lion toutes au long sans requerir : avec les figures de lapocalipse : la vie de …
Luxuria
Sermones. Source: gallica.bnf.fr Bibliothèque nationale de France. Département des Manuscrits. Latin 3438, fol. 7v.
Twinkle toes and head first
Plinius Secundus Major, Historia naturalis Source: gallica.bnf.fr Bibliothèque nationale de France. Département des Manuscrits. Latin 6797, fol. 227v.
The Beginning of the Book
Plinius Secundus Major, Historia naturalis Source: gallica.bnf.fr Bibliothèque nationale de France. Département des Manuscrits. Latin 6797, fol. 18v.
Moon Dream
Wilhelmi Walteri de Zirixsee descriptio terre sancte.Broeder Gheraerts Naturkunde Herzog August Bibliothek Wolfenbüttel, Cod. Guelf. 18.2 Aug. 4°; Heinemann-Nr. 3133, fol. 123r