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Manuscript, Rare Book and Archive Studies at Princeton
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Our micrographic dragon appears on folio 19r, alongside Genesis 1:24–25 on God's creation of the land animals. More examples of micrographic creatures abound through the manuscript -- take a look at its digitized reproduction on the British Library's Digitised Manuscripts webpage to see more!
October 24, 2023 at 12:54 PM
Our micrographic dragon appears on folio 19r, alongside Genesis 1:24–25 on God's creation of the land animals. More examples of micrographic creatures abound through the manuscript -- take a look at its digitized reproduction on the British Library's Digitised Manuscripts webpage to see more!
This is a 13th/14th c manuscript of the Hebrew Bible containing multiple examples of micrography: an art form creating representational or abstract designs from miniature Hebrew letters. This was a distinctive technique created by Hebrew scribes in medieval Christian Europe and the Islamicate world.
October 24, 2023 at 12:52 PM
This is a 13th/14th c manuscript of the Hebrew Bible containing multiple examples of micrography: an art form creating representational or abstract designs from miniature Hebrew letters. This was a distinctive technique created by Hebrew scribes in medieval Christian Europe and the Islamicate world.
Here at MARBAS we'll be posting about #manuscripts, #bookhistory, and #specialcollections from a range of geographies and across antiquity, late antiquity, and the medieval period. Looking forward to connecting with AncientBluesky, medievalsky, ByzantineBluesky, skystorians, and others!
October 17, 2023 at 1:18 PM
Here at MARBAS we'll be posting about #manuscripts, #bookhistory, and #specialcollections from a range of geographies and across antiquity, late antiquity, and the medieval period. Looking forward to connecting with AncientBluesky, medievalsky, ByzantineBluesky, skystorians, and others!