Posts tagged with Medieval manuscript fragments

  1. Lasting Impressions: Understanding the significance of the Great Seal of England

    Symbols and reminders of the British Commonwealth in modern day Australia appear not only in the form of images but also in the language we adopt. …

    blogs.unimelb.edu.au/librarycollections/2019/11/14/lasting-impressions-understanding-the-significance-of-the-great-seal-of-england

  2. Bound in History – Never Judge a Book By Its Cover…Or Its Spine

    Following the invention of the printing press, bookbinders in the 15th to 18th centuries cut up and recycled earlier handwritten manuscripts from the Middle Ages.[i] Take, …

    blogs.unimelb.edu.au/librarycollections/2017/09/05/bound-in-history-never-judge-a-book-by-its-coveror-its-spine

  3. Assembly, dismemberment, digital reassembly: the fascinating 600 year life story of a medieval book of hours

    Fresh contributions to the understanding of objects in the Rare Books Collection are always welcome, especially ones which offer tantalizing new insights and interpretations.  Karen Winslow, …

    blogs.unimelb.edu.au/librarycollections/2017/04/13/assembly-dismemberment-digital-reassembly-the-fascinating-600-year-life-story-of-a-medieval-book-of-hours