Sometimes I too feel âmisbound but perfectâ, Francis Jenkinson. Written in a copy of Gaspar Ensâs book on Dutch discoveries in the New World (Cologne, 1612). @theulspeccoll.bsky.social N*.5.51(G).
Elena Shadrina
@medievalcats.bsky.social
Medieval history PhD student working on legal & economic history of Venice and the Mediterranean in the central middle ages | https://harvard.academia.edu/ElenaShadrina Here mainly to lurk đ
Behold the hole in the parchment! MS Dd.4.17; Books of Hours; 14th Century C.E.; East Anglia; f.36v @camdiglib.bsky.social
Manuscript was decorated by the cleric Wandalgarius who leaves his mark here beneath a crowned lawgiver: "Uandalgarius fecit hec" St. Gallen, Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. Sang. 731; Lex Romana Visigothorum, Lex Salica, Lex Alamannorum; 793 CE; Lyon; p.234 (www.e-codices.ch/en/list/one/...)
For #SuperbOwlSunday a.gorgeous armed #owl, depicted on a Greek vessel, dating 5th century BC. Photo: Louvre, Paris
Whenever you're trying to study, there's always some fool in a wheelbarrow making a noise. BL Harley MS 3487; Aristotle, Libri naturales; 13th century; England; f.22v
