Iron gall ink was the most popular form of ink for writing medieval manuscripts, so we, a group of medieval literature students, made some of…
Tag: Medieval Manuscripts
The Constance Psalter from Southern Germany is a quirky manuscript to say the least. From dragons to defaced saints, the manuscript certainly does not disappoint.…
Let’s talk reds. Bright, vibrant, and usually toxic – reds were one of the most important pigments for any medieval manuscript. Hi, we’re Team Red,…
What It’s All About By Emily Cooley, Corie Bolt, Ceciley Pangburn, and David Walker Undoubtedly, the oo’s and aah’s of any illuminated manuscript are the…
This particular Book of Hours is London, British Library, Add. MS 54782. It’s often called “The Hastings Hours” due to its only known owner during…
For my blog post, I chose to write about the Psalter of the Passion section found in one of the British Library’s manuscripts, Harley MS…
![Oxford, Bodleian Library, Ashmole MS 61, fol 105v-106r Romance of the Passion, ‘Testamentum Domini,’ Lamentac[i]o b[eat]e M[ari]e](https://ctlsites.uga.edu/hargretthoursproject/wp-content/uploads/sites/235/2018/11/IMAGE-OF-ASHMOLE-MS-61.jpg)
I grew up glued to my Sunday School chair, eating up every bible story I could. When Dr. Camp said we would be reading about…
Note: This post was co-authored by Mikaela LaFave and Katharine Lech. If you, our dear reader, have been following along, you’ll know that a group…
By: Emily Walls The first thing our class did this semester was a “Manuscript Boot Camp” where we spent almost the entirety of the…
If you’re like most people, you probably would not expect to walk into a college English class and hear the students throwing around phrases like…