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Como escribí en la nota del pasado lunes 24 de septiembre, a partir de este sábado 29 a las 08:25 horas del centro de México la Luna en curso (Lec) entró a Géminis.

Como escribí en la nota del pasado lunes 24 de septiembre, a partir de este sábado 29 a las 08:25 horas del centro de México la Luna en curso (Lec) entró a Géminis.

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Gilt silver, enamel, and jeweled bookcover - MS M. 1 - probably made in  Salzburg ca.760-90 - this earlier binding was used as lower cover on Lindau Gospels - the four medallions with the Evangelists were added in 1594 - The Morgan Library & Museum

This is the oldest jeweled binding in the Morgan. Although the precise date and origin of the cover remain mysterious, it has been suggested that it was made around Salzburg during the time of Bishop Virgilius (d. 784). The main decorative motif is a cross, the arms of which broaden at their ends. In the central square are a topaz and four abbreviations: IHS XPS DNS NOS (Iesus Christus Dominus Noster—Jesus Christ Our Lord). Four champlevé busts of Christ framed by garnets extend from the…

Historygram - The Top Accounts to Follow for Medieval Manuscripts - Hisdoryan

In the battle of e-reader versus book, I will choose book every single time. In my eyes, nothing can beat the thrill of the turn of the page. Books are things of beauty and creators of worlds, and e-readers just cannot compete with the untangible magic that the written word possesses. It is for the same reasons that...Read the Post

Roman de la Rose, MS M.245 fol. 11r – Images from Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts – The Morgan Library & Museum

Your virtual eye on illuminated manuscripts, rare books, and the stories behind them. By Franco Cosimo Panini Editore.

houghtonlib:  Carmelites. Incipiunt [con]stitutiones fratrũ ordinis Beatissime dei genitricis Marie de mõte Carmelo rubrica prima qualiter rñdendu3 sit q̃rentibus, 1499. Typ Inc 5501 Houghton Library, Harvard University

Carmelites. Incipiunt [con]stitutiones fratrũ ordinis Beatissime dei genitricis Marie de mõte Carmelo rubrica prima qualiter rñdendu3 sit q̃rentibus, 1499. Typ Inc 5501 Houghton Library, Harvard...