@medievodons and Art Historians, I need help with a word. Is there a specific term for "those little groups of three dots" one often sees in manuscript illumination? As example in Ott.lat.1562 f.1r. I feel like I've seen them so much they need a specific term, but I can't seem to recall one
Whether diarrhoea or heart attack: #otd 1442 Henry V of England died on campaign in France. His remains were brought back to England and buried in Westminster Abbey. #medievaldeath#medieval@medievodons
#Otd 1346 John (‘the blind’) of Bohemia died. He was first buried in Altmünster Abbey in Luxembourg, but his remains made an adventurous journey over the centuries. Since 1945 they lie in the crypt of the Notre-Dame Cathedral, Luxembourg. #medievaldeath#medieval@medievodons@histodons Pic.: WC
@dailymedievaldeath@medievodons@histodons thanks for providing this stunning material, the year of the transposition of the mortal remains to Luxembourg City still has to be confirmed. It is mostly associated with a 600th anniversary of John’s death (Crécy) in August 1946.
John the Blind was an interesting guy. Patron of Guillaume de Machaut, the composer, he was also quite hepped up on ideas of chivalry. Which is how he came to die at Crecy, of course: he had a dozen of his men tie the horses together with his and they all rode off into battle.
The next day, Machaut was looking for a new patron…
#otd 1131 died Balduin II, king of Jerusalem. Depicted here as a double miniature, above the death of Bladuin, below the coronation of his successor Fulk. #medievaldeath#medieval@medievodons
First Danish #BookOfHours has been added to #Cokldb in Lund Universirt Medeltidshandskrift 35, aka the Karen Ludvigsdatters Tidebog. Undecorated, except for a few crude penwork initials, mostly at the start of an office (see start of the Joys of the BVM on f.66r below)
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@medievodons Unlike the prayers, the calendar is in Latin, with only 116 entries. It is rather accurate, though the scribe omitted "15 Kl July" the dominicals are correct and the saints match them. Only one unknown saint on June-3 "Frasini epi". Unsurprisingly King Canute IV of denmark gets an entry in red on July-10 (see f.5r below) with the odd notation "Kanuti regis & mris kentille"
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"The Middle Dutch Brut is a telling example of the international, multilingual
dynamics of the Anglo-Dutch relations of the printing culture of the later Middle Ages.
For those interested in these aspects, The Middle Dutch Brut is a welcome addition and edition."
@slevelt@medievodons@histodons As someone who served a term as a review editor for Speculum (some years ago and in a different area), I think you may be overthinking this. It's usually hard enough to identify a competent specialist who is willing to review. Often it takes several tries. One rarely has the luxury of caring what nationality people are. If your edition was well and competently reviewed, I'd take that as a W.
@aristofontes@medievodons@histodons you seem to be suggesting I don't know my field. What you say is parallel to the justifications people give for all male, all white panels, etc. As I said in my post, I do take the W, but there are disciplinary issues here at play that replicate siloes which are harmful to the field.
The Daily Art app this week featured this fascinating, beautiful illuminated manuscript. I felt like it was worth sharing.
The illumination is from northern Ethiopia, some time around the late 14th or early 15th century.
The style is somewhat reminiscent of Eastern / Orthodox / Byzantine style, but obviously quite different too.
The writing around the edge is apparently Ge'ez - old Ethiopian church language. But I believe the script (or a derivation thereof) is used in modern Amharic.
I'm unsure of Daily Art's subscription model now (I've an old lifetime subscription from before they changed it), but I think it still has some free tier. It's a great way to see art from around the world, in styles you might not otherwise encounter.
Editing this post to add a bit more context - so sorry for multiple edit notifications the server here is a bit overwhelmed today - big thanks to @alpine_thistle and @jlundell for providing some great additional information! It was all new to me but really interesting, and might interest others reading this too.
The four winged figures surrounding Jesus are the four Gospels - those of Matthew, Mark, Luke and John - represented as animal forms: a man, a lion, an ox and an eagle (respectively). These are traditional representations of the four Gospels; Ezekiel 1:10 includes references to a vision of these four figures. More information about this, and why those particular representations over on Aleteia: https://aleteia.org/2016/12/27/do-you-know-the-meanings-of-the-creatures-in-the-tetramorph
@jlundell@alpine_thistle@histodons Perfect - thanks for posting this! Will edit the original post to add some further context (so any who favourited can benefit too!)