Medieval Manuscripts Provenance

In a previous post I considered the weird initials added (in the 19th century, I believe) to Wellesley MS 29, a manuscript that has prev...

A follow-up from last weekend's post . The interface for the digitized Wellesley manuscripts allows browsing of thumbnails, a slide...

Wellesley College MS 27, fol. 15v (detail) [ source ] I realise that such value-judgements are unfashionable, but to my eye, the paintin...

I have belatedly realised that the Olschki catalogue cited in the previous post is available online , and provides several images of the m...

The image above shows a leaf of a manuscript that has puzzled me for some time. I don't recall having seen script and decoration like...

A month ago I blogged about a Missal at Sées , datable to c.1332 (plus or minus 5 years) which I claimed to be English. Since then I have...

For about 20 years I have wanted to solve a puzzle concerning a bifolium from a grand Pontifical, later used as binding-waste. This we...