Group of medieval manuscript fragments, including leaves from a pair of Missals, an antiphonal, a Psalter, and a Book of Hours.

Three medieval manuscript folios, including a leaf from a Book of Hours with text from the life of St. Isabella of France and a pair of Psalter leaves.

Half of a medieval manuscript leaf from a Missal, once cut in half and recycled as a later binding component.

A pair of large format medieval manuscript folios, each heavily damaged after being recycled and used as components of later book bindings. On the left is folio from a choir book and on the right a folio from a German Missal.

In-home visit with a donor today yielded a clutch of new #ManuscriptFragments for my library with more, apparently, to come in a week or so. All in all, it'll be a nice assembly of liturgical & devotional #MedievalManuscripts Lots of good teaching material here! #fragmentology #BindingFragments

Medieval caricature of a monk and sheep on a binding fragment incorporated into a ca. 1400 English manuscript copy of William of Pagula's treatise, the Oculus Sacerdotis, or Eye of the Priest. Ohio State University, Rare Books & Manuscripts Library, Spec.RateS.MR.Cod.1.

Picture showing the last page of text and a manuscript binding fragment in a ca. 1400 English manuscript copy of William of Pagula's treatise, the Oculus Sacerdotis, or Eye of the Priest. Ohio State University, Rare Books & Manuscripts Library, Spec.RateS.MR.Cod.1.

Medieval caricature of a monk and sheep on a binding fragment incorporated into a ca. 1400 English manuscript copy of William of Pagula's treatise, the Oculus Sacerdotis, or Eye of the Priest. Ohio State University, Rare Books & Manuscripts Library, Spec.RateS.MR.Cod.1.

Surprising things are tucked in the crannies of medieval manuscripts, such as this irreverent fellow & his sheep lurking in the fold of an English Missal fragment recycled as a flyleaf in RBML’s ca. 1400 copy of William of Pagula’s Oculus Sacerdotis #fragmentology #marginalia #BindingFragments

Detail of script from a manuscript collection of exempla produced in England in the 14th century. Spec.Rare.MS.MR.Frag.518

Picture of one side of a bifolium from a manuscript collection of exempla produced in England in the 14th century. Spec.Rare.MS.MR.Frag.518

Picture of one side of a bifolium from a manuscript collection of exempla produced in England in the 14th century. Spec.Rare.MS.MR.Frag.518

Detail of script from a manuscript collection of exempla produced in England in the 14th century. Spec.Rare.MS.MR.Frag.518

New MS at OSU: Most of a bifolium from an exempla collection, England, ca. 1350, w/ stories of saints Andrew, Menas of Egypt, Sabinus of Piacenza, an unidentified African bishop, & extracts from Gregory the Great, Eusebius, & the Acta Silvestri #fragmentology #BindingFragments #MedievalManuscripts

Close-up shot of text from a 14th-century copy of Vergil's Aeneid.

Picture of one side of a bifolium from a 14th-century copy of Vergil's Aeneid.

Picture of one side of a bifolium from a 14th-century copy of Vergil's Aeneid.

Just arrived at my library: bifolium from a 14th-century copy of Vergil's Aeneid w/ text from Bk. XI, lines 258-298 & 468-509. Recycled as a #BindingFragments #fragmentology #MedievalManuscripts Shelfmark: Spec.Rare.MS.MR.Frag.500

Medieval medical manuscript recycled as a binding fragment in 1541 edition of Aristotle on natural science.

Medieval medical manuscript recycled as a binding fragment in 1541 edition of Aristotle on natural science.

Picture of the limp vellum binding of a 1541 edition of Aristotle on natural science.

Title page of a 1541 edition of Aristotle on natural science.

Nifty 1541 edition of Aristotle on natural science w/ a medieval medical binding fragment preserving text drawn from Isaac Israeli ben Solomon’s Book on Fevers. OSU has lots of exciting #BindingFragments #ManuscriptFragment #fragmentology #MedievalMedicine #Aristotle #BookHistory #manuscripts