Dixit Insipiens
This Psalm is often historiated with a depiction of a Fool, but in this case, we see the Temptation of Christ, hence …
Dragon Dance
The Book of Psalms, Psalter of the Virgin Mary, and Little Office of the Virgin Mary Source: British Library Arundel ms 157, …
Windows to the Soul
I’m intrigued by the use of white paint around the irises. The Book of Psalms, Psalter of the Virgin Mary, and Little …
Simply Elegant
Cue letter on the left. Paterius, Liber testimoniorum veteris testamenti Source: British Library Royal ms 7 f vi, fol. 133v.
Le cueur qui souloit estre mien qui sera sien
Chansons, in French, set to music for several, but in most cases three voices, in parts. Source: British Library Royal MS 20 …
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.
Moses and the Serpents
Excerpt from St Jerome, De viris illustribus; Flavius Josephus, Antiquitates iudaicae (books 1-14) Source: British Library Royal ms 13 d vi, f.61v.
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, …
He wanted me to pass this along
Psalter Source: British Library Lansdowne ms 420, f.78r. Psalter Source: British Library Lansdowne ms 420, f.52v.
Seeing Double
Psalter Source: British Library Lansdowne ms 420, f.27v.
Oh, You Mean This S?
Psalter Source: The British Library Lansdowne ms 420, f.20v.
Unfinished Goose
The Four Gospels with St Jerome’s prologues, and a lectionary Source: The British Library Stowe ms 3, f.5v.
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 …