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Texts, Illustrations, and Physical Objects: The Case of Ancient Shipbuilding Treatises
Research and Advanced Technology for …, 2007
One of the main goals of the Nautical Archaeology Digital Library (NADL) is to assist nautical archaeologists in the reconstruction of ancient ships and the study of shipbuilding techniques. Ship reconstruction is a specialized task that requires supporting materials such as reference to fragments and timbers recovered from other excavations and consultation of shipbuilding treatises. The latter are manuscripts written in a variety of languages and spanning several centuries. Due to their diverse provenance, technical content, and time of writing, shipbuilding treatises are complex written sources. In this paper we discuss a digital library approach to handle these manuscripts and their multilingual properties (often including unknown terms and concepts), and how scholars in different countries are collaborating in this endeavor. Our collection of treatises raises interesting challenges and provides a glimpse of the relationship between texts and illustrations, and their mapping to physical objects.
Traversing the Globe through Illuminated Manuscripts
Embark on a kaleidoscopic journey from the 9th through 17th centuries to consider how illuminated manuscripts and other portable objects—like ceramics, textiles, glassworks, gems, and sculptures—contributed to one's outlook on the world in Europe, Africa, Asia, and the early Americas. Drawn primarily from the Getty’s collection of illuminated manuscripts, with generous complementary loans from collections across Los Angeles, the exhibition presents stunning and at times surprising images and a range of ideas about exploration, exotic pursuits, and cross-cultural exchanges in the then-known world. (January 26–June 26, 2016)
Hidden Treasures: Illuminated Manuscripts from Midwestern Collections
2010
This exhibition highlights the rarely seen holdings of ornately decorated handmade books from sixteen university libraries, museums, and private collections in seven states. Approximately forty manuscripts and single leaves are featured, dating from the ninth to the sixteenth centuries and made in Italy, France, Germany, the Netherlands, and England. Illuminated manuscripts were produced in Western Europe during the Middle Ages and early modern period, and the exhibition includes examples of Bibles, liturgical manuscripts, and books of private devotion, as well as literary, historical, and legal works. This exhibition explores the different book types most widely produced in the Middle Ages, considers the audiences for which they were made and how they were used, and presents the aesthetic brilliance of the medieval illuminator's craft. These illuminated manuscript examples, from some of the major artistic centers in Europe, can lead us to a greater understanding and appreciation of the past.
Art Newspaper, 2017
Review of: Colour: the Art and Science of Illuminated Manuscripts, ed. Stella Panayotova, with Deirdre Jackson, Paola Ricciardi et al (Harvey Miller/Brepols Publishers, 420pp, €75); Beyond Words: Illuminated Manuscripts in Boston Collections, ed. Jeffrey F. Hamburger, William P. Stoneman, Anne-Marie Eze, Lisa Fagin Davis and Nancy Netzer, (University of Chicago Press in association with the McCullen Museum of Art, 378pp, $85); Le Miniature della Fondazione, ed. Giorgio Cini, Massimo Medica and Federica Toniolo with Alessandro Martoni (Silvana Editoriale, 544pp €75); The Art of the Bible: Illuminated Manuscripts from the Medieval World, ed. Scot McKendrick and Kathleen Doyle (Thames & Hudson in association with the British Library, 336pp, £60); Christopher de Hamel, Meetings with Remarkable Manuscripts (Allen Lane -Penguin Books, 632pp, £30); Jonathan J.G. Alexander, The Painted Book in Renaissance Italy, (Yale University Press, 400pp, £50)
Co on ns se er rv vi in ng g J Jo oh ha an nn n R Re em mm me el li in n' 's s C Ca at to op pt tr ru um m M Mi ic cr ro oc co os sm mi ic cu um m There were two reasons why I was looking forward to compiling the condition and treatment report on Remmelin's Catoptrum Microcosmicum (Allestree E.1.4). This is the first anatomical atlas to use dozens of engravings superimposed as a series of opening flaps as method of illustration. The edition at Christ Church dates from 1619 and was printed in Augsburg by David Franck. Although I have reported on the volume before (see Christ Church Library Newsletter Vol 6, issue 2, Hilary term 2010), I was now looking at it as the Oxford Conservation Consortium's first piece of work for the Christ Church library and archive collections since the College joined the Oxford Conservation Consortium in October. We are all looking forward to our involvement with these remarkable collections, both in terms of practical repair work and having an oversight of their ongoing preservation. continued on page 9 THIS ISSUE Conserving Remmelin's Catoptrum From Manuscripts to Mandrake Roots Cooking and Dining at Christ Church Time Capsule under Restoration Medieval Tiles in the Allestree Library Funding the Allestree Library Restoration Medieval MSS from Mainz in Oxford-Part 2 Illuminations and Icons in the Making Breaking the Canon? Manuscript 28 and the Traditions of Byzantine vs Western Illumination FROM MANUSCRIPTS TO MANDRAKE ROOTS Christ Church Library, Its History and Treasures A library like this contains not just books but also objects, some obvious additions to the library's collections, some less so. Inevitably, this will be a partial account, based on my own likes and prejudices, but I hope that it will give you some idea of the wonderful institution which is Christ Church Library. Detail of decorated initial from the 1167 manuscript containing Augustine's Sermons (MS 88, fol. 4).
Redefining the Insular Tradition: Illuminated Manuscripts of the Seventh through Ninth Centuries
2015
During my studies as an undergraduate student with an interest for medieval art, I found myself drawn to the beautifully painted works of illuminated manuscripts. Especially interested in the history, culture, and tradition of the British Isles, I became intrigued by the oftentimes-interchangeable term Insular. Textbooks, scholars, and various journal articles that I read all viewed Insularity in a slightly different light. So when given the chance to explore a unique topic for my honors thesis, I immediately knew that I had to research this problematic designation. My research began with a broad reading of the core of books, journals, and essays written on the topic of Insular art and history. I honed in on the tendency by scholars to limit the Insular world to works produced only in the British Isles. To examine this problem in more detail, I extended my research in the summer of 2014 beyond the classroom and library cubicle. I visited ten European countries over a ten-week period...