ossobuffo

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#Drupal geek, Orthodox Christian deacon, and cat lover. Currently employed by WebFirst. Dad to six cats, four frogs, three ball pythons, and a gaggle of rats. Other interests:

Music engraving using #Lilypond
Choral music arrangements and conducting
Trying to become a less-lame #bassist
Making a huge mess in the kitchen
Gardening, then forgetting about the garden when the weeds come
Hiking
History, orthography, typography, and general word nerdery

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aaronm, 7 months ago to medievodons

59 #Manuscripts from the #Vatican this week
http://www.wiglaf.org/vatican/2023/week44.html
Continuing to be mostly Pal.gr, including a 9th C ps-Dionysius, and 11th C Greg of Naz, and a lot of post-Byzantine stuff. Elsewhere part 1/4 of a Russian Psalter, Cartularies for Orleans, a Calabrian Martyrology and more!
@bookhistodons @medievodons #Medievodons #Medieval

P.I.O.slav.43 f.1v. A large miniature depicting a russian orthodox saint standing at an altar with three icons behind it. There is a small block of text at the bottom
A large page of 11th C greek minuscule from the Sermons of Gregory Nazianzus, Pal.gr.402 f.1v. There is a large title block in the middle with gold text in a quadrafoil. The main text starts below with a large initial Α, and there is scholia in a smaller hand on the top, right and bottom

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ossobuffo, 7 months ago

@aaronm @bookhistodons @medievodons If I'm not mistaken, the color illustration from the Russian Psalter is of St. Maximus the Greek. You can't miss him due to the bushy beard! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maximus_the_Greek

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