John OverholtDoing a class with a bunch of wonderful medieval manuscripts, but one of the rarest and most interesting has no text, because it was a model book for illuminators to copy from.
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Chris Radcliff@overholt Oh, monks…
Henri Verwijmeren@overholt Apparently, shooting people in the butt was not an uncommon practice in those days.
Edelruth, PBS Passport HolderI was busy admiring the gold work, and completely missed the archer, never mind the target. 🎯 And this, girls and boys, is why alts are so important. 😁
Simon dē Gulielmō 🐧@overholt I presume that's how they commemorated Valentine's Day in the Middle Ages.
David Croyle@overholt Oooh pretty!
Casey@overholt Beautifu! Did you get a chance to see the manuscript exhibition at the Isabella Stewart Gardner museum a few years ago? It was lovely!
@Caseydunham I did, and it was. It was a collaborative exhibition across Boston and we had part of it here at Houghton as well.
instantiatethis@overholt omg want a million of these as tattoooos
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thief_of_fire@overholt that is so sick, has that manuscript been digitized at all? Or do you know any similar ones that have?
@thief_of_fire Yes, see here: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL.HOUGH:26563635
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@overholt I love this stuff, because I swear the art directors and designers for Kingdom Come Deliverance (1 & 2) spent a lot of time looking at this stuff.
I just finished the story, and these kinds of depictions adorn the menus, maps, etc, in-game, and really transport you to 15th century Bohemia
🟥 Eveline Sulman 🇳🇱🇪🇺🇺🇦@overholt I would love to follow such a class. Manuscripts are so much more than text.
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