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Graduale, Troparium et Prosarium ad usum Sancti Aredii. Source: gallica.bnf.fr Bibliothèque nationale de France, Département des manuscrits, Latin 903, fol. 25r.

Bleed-through capital

Bleed-through capital

Sacramentaire de l’église de Besançon Source: gallica.bnf.fr Bibliothèque nationale de France, Département des manuscrits, Latin 10500, fol. 156r.

Stitch in time

Stitch in time

Vitae sanctorum. Source: gallica.bnf.fr Bibliothèque nationale de France, Département des manuscrits, Latin 17002, fol. 20v.

Knight Doodle

Knight Doodle

1.° Martyrologium et necrologium ad usum ecclesiae Altissiodorensis : incipit à duodecimo kal. Martii. — 2.° Tabula paschalis ab anno 1007. ad …

Copy via pricking

Copy via pricking

Look closely at this image (right-click > view image) and you’ll see that the main lines have been traced by pricking holes …

Parchment fatigue

Parchment fatigue

Psautiers mozarabiques. Source: gallica.bnf.fr Bibliothèque nationale de France, Département des Manuscrits, Smith-Lesouëf 2, fol. 80r.

Peacock’s demise

Peacock’s demise

Biblia Sancti Martialis Lemovicensis, pars. II Source: gallica.bnf.fr Bibliothèque nationale de France, Département des manuscrits, Latin 5(2), fol. 16v.

Jeweled binding

Jeweled binding

Evangelia quattuor [Évangiles dits de Drogon] (1r-183r). Capitulare evangeliorum (184v-196v). Source: gallica.bnf.fr Bibliothèque nationale de France, Département des Manuscrits, Latin 9388 9th-century …