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The photograph of the fragments on the screen in the original post. 9 strips of parchment laid out, revealing an 11th-century English Caroline of a Psalter, with Old English interlinear glosses. Alkmaar, Regionaal Archief, 135 A 9, fol. *2v – Psalter with Old English glosses
November 23, 2025 at 5:05 PM
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lizhebbard.bsky.social
Sharing these after the fact because I was super busy looking at all their cool stuff! First, this bible fragment with VERY GOOD penwork. I mean… 😍😍😍

#midwestmss #medievalsky #medievalmss #manuscripts
November 20, 2025 at 1:28 PM
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drkarrschmidt.bsky.social
Music to my Eyes

I'd never seen this anonymous woodcut in a 1491 book at #NewberryLibrary (Inc. 571) or the music it is part of anywhere previously... has anyone else? Beautiful addition in any case!
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Madonna woodcut with the music, right side up, with several different parts including Discant, Alto and Bass. Closeup of woodcut image.
November 9, 2025 at 4:18 PM
fragmentarium.bsky.social
The first line only has "Iohannes" visible. The next "De nuptiis et de matrimonio" can clearly be read. The last: "duo evangel-" decline as needed. Looks early XIII.
November 8, 2025 at 2:07 AM
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HSP and HSC aren't really competitors. HSC is for German-language manuscripts worldwide. HSP is primarily for manuscripts in German Collections. If you cite something, use the HSP formulation of the institution and shelfmark, not the HSC one.
November 8, 2025 at 1:46 AM
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Well, the whole spine is on the site. It's just that someone decided to crop the spine to get rid of the black space, and, as a result, the default viewer (and bsky) give it a crappy rendition. The bad news is that someone put the shelfmark sticker directly over the key part of the dating.
The spine of the book in question. at the top a black label reads "Seb. Franc. Handbüchlin. 1539 (or 1589) with a big red R later stuck on the spine. At the bottom is another black label "CS (some character)738", the shelfmark. Underneath the labels one can read "-bergensis ecc<les>ie C** / <a>nno domini M. CC. And then the shelfmark hides the critical date.
November 3, 2025 at 1:55 PM