A collection of manuscripts compiled as a side project of my work as a research assistant on the English Birgittine House, Syon Abbey. NoblebeastsTumblr (3.0; @scripsithistoriam)http://scripsithistoriam.tumblr.com/<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lzg4lioMY31rnjm8do1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><span>Belial, Hell</span><br/><span>Auct. 2Q inf. 2.34</span><br/><span>1473, Augsburg. Jacobus de Theramo</span></p>http://scripsithistoriam.tumblr.com/post/20085185398http://scripsithistoriam.tumblr.com/post/20085185398Wed, 28 Mar 2012 19:11:20 -0400ManuscriptMedievalSatan<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lzyd75aJLr1rnjm8do1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>MS Lat. liturg. d. 42, fol 25r<br/><span>Feast of St. Martin. November 11.</span><br/><span>Initial ‘S’: St. Martin and the beggar.</span></p> <p><strong>Breviary</strong><span> of the Benedictine Abbey of Chertsey, in Latin <br/></span><span>England; 14th century, first quarter, 1307 or later</span> </p>http://scripsithistoriam.tumblr.com/post/20085174850http://scripsithistoriam.tumblr.com/post/20085174850Wed, 28 Mar 2012 19:11:10 -0400MedievalManuscript<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m174suuo341qd7wceo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>MS Syon Fragment 1</p>http://scripsithistoriam.tumblr.com/post/19634002248http://scripsithistoriam.tumblr.com/post/19634002248Tue, 20 Mar 2012 14:32:06 -0400Syon AbbeyManuscriptMS Syon Fragment 1fyahhhh<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lzg4ncn5Mm1rnjm8do1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><span>Belial, Hell</span><br/><span>Auct. 2Q inf. 2.34</span><br/><span>1473, Augsburg. Jacobus de Theramo</span></p>http://scripsithistoriam.tumblr.com/post/18318111800http://scripsithistoriam.tumblr.com/post/18318111800Sun, 26 Feb 2012 11:08:23 -0500MedievalManuscriptSatanAdam and Eve<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lzye345yQF1rnjm8do1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>MS Don. b. 5, upper pastedown (detail)<br/><span>Bookplate of Sir Robert Throckmorton.</span></p> <p><strong>Noted Missal</strong><span>, Use of Sarum, in Latin (‘The Buckland Missal’) <br/></span><span>England; 14th century, </span><em>c</em><span>. 1370-80</span> </p>http://scripsithistoriam.tumblr.com/post/18249104854http://scripsithistoriam.tumblr.com/post/18249104854Sat, 25 Feb 2012 09:40:16 -0500MedievalBookplate<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lzydzastD21rnjm8do1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>MS e Mus. 7, p vi<br/>’<span>Petrum cephas ecclesie …’ / ‘Petrus pastor potissimus …’ / ‘Quartus cantus’ /</span><span> Tenor</span> </p> <p><strong>Fragments of polyphonic music</strong><span> (motets), in Latin and French </span><br/><span>England, Bury St. Edmunds; 14th century</span></p>http://scripsithistoriam.tumblr.com/post/18249021339http://scripsithistoriam.tumblr.com/post/18249021339Sat, 25 Feb 2012 09:37:58 -0500ManuscriptMedieval<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lzydvwOYOn1rnjm8do1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>MS Don. c. 13, fol 166r<br/><span>‘Haile Ihesu my creatour; of sorou you ert medicyne …’</span><br/><span>‘Jhesu my lefe Jhesu mu loue; Jhesu my couetynge …’, and </span><br/><span>‘Swete jhesu crist to ye; a synful wreche I helde me …’</span></p> <p><strong>John Wyclif, <em>Sermons on the Sunday Epistles and Gospels</em></strong><span>, etc., in English (northern dialect) and Latin <br/></span><span>England; 14th century</span> </p>http://scripsithistoriam.tumblr.com/post/18248944380http://scripsithistoriam.tumblr.com/post/18248944380Sat, 25 Feb 2012 09:35:56 -0500ManuscriptMedieval<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lzyds9GHCT1rnjm8do1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>MS Lat. Liturg. e. 39, fol. 1r<br/><span>Feast of St. Sylvester. 31 December.</span><br/><span>Initial ‘S’(iluester): St. Sylvester addressing a group of figures.</span></p> <p><strong>Breviary</strong><span> of the Benedictine Abbey of Chertsey, in Latin<br/></span><span>England; 14th century, first quarter, 1307 or later </span> </p>http://scripsithistoriam.tumblr.com/post/18248867993http://scripsithistoriam.tumblr.com/post/18248867993Sat, 25 Feb 2012 09:33:45 -0500ManuscriptMedieval<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lzydnkgUnS1rnjm8do1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>MS Lat Liturg. e. 6, fols. 4v-5r<br/><span>Calendar: February-March</span></p> <p><strong>Breviary</strong><span> of the Benedictine Abbey of Chertsey, in Latin<br/></span><span>England; 14th century, first quarter, 1307 or later</span> </p>http://scripsithistoriam.tumblr.com/post/18248769482http://scripsithistoriam.tumblr.com/post/18248769482Sat, 25 Feb 2012 09:30:56 -0500MedievalManuscriptCalendar<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lzydbtyAPA1rnjm8do1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>MS Lat. Liturg d. 42, fol 41r<br/><span>Feast of St. Thomas the Apostle. December 21.</span><br/><span>The Incredulity of St. Thomas.</span></p> <p><strong>Breviary</strong><span> of the Benedictine Abbey of Chertsey, in Latin<br/></span><span>England; 14th century, first quarter, 1307 or later</span> </p>http://scripsithistoriam.tumblr.com/post/18248518251http://scripsithistoriam.tumblr.com/post/18248518251Sat, 25 Feb 2012 09:23:53 -0500MedievalManuscriptSt Thomas<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lzyd40peVF1rnjm8do1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>MS Lat. liturg. d. 42, fol 19r<br/><span>Historia Ezekielis.</span><br/><span>Christ in majesty, surrounded by the four Evangelist symbols.</span></p> <p><strong>Breviary</strong><span> of the Benedictine Abbey of Chertsey, in Latin <br/></span><span>England; 14th century, first quarter, 1307 or later</span> </p>http://scripsithistoriam.tumblr.com/post/18248358513http://scripsithistoriam.tumblr.com/post/18248358513Sat, 25 Feb 2012 09:19:12 -0500Medievalmanuscript<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lzyd0xUzHv1rnjm8do1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>MS Lat. liturg. d. 42, fol. 16r<br/><span>Historia Judith.</span><br/><span>Initial ‘G’[?]. Judith kills Holofernes.</span></p> <p><strong>Breviary</strong><span> of the Benedictine Abbey of Chertsey, in Latin <br/></span><span>England; 14th century, first quarter, 1307 or later</span> </p>http://scripsithistoriam.tumblr.com/post/18248295900http://scripsithistoriam.tumblr.com/post/18248295900Sat, 25 Feb 2012 09:17:21 -0500MedievalManuscriptJudithHolofernes<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lzycw7XpuK1rnjm8do1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><span>MS Lat. liturg. d. 42, fol. 6r<br/>Ebd. IV, Quadragesima.</span><br/><span>Initial ‘S’: Moses found by Pharaoh’s daughter.</span></p> <p><strong>Breviary</strong><span> of the Benedictine Abbey of Chertsey, in Latin (fragments and cuttings) </span><br/><span>England; 14th century, first quarter, 1307 or later</span></p>http://scripsithistoriam.tumblr.com/post/18248202625http://scripsithistoriam.tumblr.com/post/18248202625Sat, 25 Feb 2012 09:14:31 -0500ManuscriptMedievalMoses<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lzycsiILbC1rnjm8do1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><span>MS Lat. liturg. d. 42, fol. 3r</span><br/><span>Ebd. I, Quadragesima?</span><br/><span>Initial ‘A’: Temptation of Christ.<br/></span><strong>Breviary</strong><span> of the Benedictine Abbey of Chertsey, in Latin (fragments and cuttings) </span><br/><span>England; 14th century, first quarter, 1307 or later</span><span> </span></p>http://scripsithistoriam.tumblr.com/post/18248130070http://scripsithistoriam.tumblr.com/post/18248130070Sat, 25 Feb 2012 09:12:18 -0500MedievalManuscriptTemptation<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lzycobhwWC1rnjm8do1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><span>Azo of Bologna, </span><em><span>Summa on the Codex and Institutes of Justinian</span></em><span>, in Latin </span><br/><span>Italy, Bologna; 13th - 14th century</span><br/><span>MS. Holkham misc. 47, fol. 3r</span></p>http://scripsithistoriam.tumblr.com/post/18248048056http://scripsithistoriam.tumblr.com/post/18248048056Sat, 25 Feb 2012 09:09:47 -0500ManuscriptMedieval<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lzycllRPum1rnjm8do1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><span>Inuiolata integra mater</span></p> <p><strong>Fragments of polyphonic music</strong><span>, in Latin (‘The Worcester Fragments’) </span><br/><span>England, Worcester; late 13th - early 14th century<br/>MS Lat. Liturg. d. 20, fol 23v<br/></span><span> </span></p>http://scripsithistoriam.tumblr.com/post/18247993758http://scripsithistoriam.tumblr.com/post/18247993758Sat, 25 Feb 2012 09:08:08 -0500ManuscriptMedievalMusic<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lzg63zQ7kK1rnjm8do1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><span>Allegorical figure of Satan as the Prince of Death. Calendar, Paschal Tables<br/>Glastonbury, 969-979. From The Leofric Missal<br/></span><span>MS Bodl. 579</span></p> <p><span> </span></p>http://scripsithistoriam.tumblr.com/post/17664519845http://scripsithistoriam.tumblr.com/post/17664519845Wed, 15 Feb 2012 13:31:11 -0500ManuscriptMedievalSatanLeofric MissalIlluminated Manuscript<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lzg5z40cny1rnjm8do1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Calendar, Paschal Tables, Etc.<br/>MS Bodl. 579<br/>Glastonbury, 969-979. From <span>The Leofric Missal</span></p> <p><span></span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leofric_Missal">The Leofric Missal</a> is an illuminated manuscript whose origins date to around 900 CE <span>when a </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sacramentary" title="Sacramentary">sacramentary</a><span> was produced in Lotharingia. </span><span>To these Anglo-Saxon</span> <span>parts were added during the 10th and 11th centuries, including a calendar of church feasts as well as other information on celebrating the </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mass" title="Mass">Mass</a><span>, and some legal records in </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_English" title="Old English">Old English</a><span>.</span></p>http://scripsithistoriam.tumblr.com/post/17664418179http://scripsithistoriam.tumblr.com/post/17664418179Wed, 15 Feb 2012 13:28:16 -0500MedievalManuscriptLeofric MissalIlluminated Manuscript<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lzg5iefEJs1rnjm8do1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Canon Tables<br/>MS Cromwell 16<br/>Byzantine, 10th C</p> <p><strong>Eusebian canons</strong><span> or </span><strong>Eusebian sections</strong><span>, also known as </span><strong>Ammonian Sections</strong><span>, are the system of dividing the four </span><a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gospels" title="Gospels">Gospels</a><span> used between </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Late_Antiquity" title="Late Antiquity">late Antiquity</a><span> and the </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Middle_Ages" title="Middle Ages">Middle Ages</a><span>.</span> </p>http://scripsithistoriam.tumblr.com/post/17664076765http://scripsithistoriam.tumblr.com/post/17664076765Wed, 15 Feb 2012 13:18:14 -0500ManuscriptMedievalCanon TablesGospel<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lzg57zsaCu1rnjm8do1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>De geometria (colored geometric figures)<br/>MS Douce 125<br/>English, 10-11C. Boethius </p>http://scripsithistoriam.tumblr.com/post/17663868179http://scripsithistoriam.tumblr.com/post/17663868179Wed, 15 Feb 2012 13:11:59 -0500ManuscriptMedievalGeometry