Digital Collections

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A manuscript folio from a codex dismembered by Otto Ege to produce the Fifty Original Leaves from Famous MSS portfolio, this one from a mid-12th century Italian Lectionary with a large blue and red decorated initial (HL 3).

A manuscript folio from a codex dismembered by Otto Ege to produce the Fifty Original Leaves from Famous MSS portfolio, this one from an illuminated lectern Bible produced ca. 1325 (HL 14).

A manuscript folio from a codex dismembered by Otto Ege to produce the Fifty Original Leaves from Famous MSS portfolio, this one from a mid-14th century Book of Hours (HL 25).

A manuscript folio from a codex dismembered by Otto Ege to produce the Fifty Original Leaves from Famous MSS portfolio, this one from a mid-15th century Missal produced for the Use of Rouen (HL 26).

More NE Ohio fragment finds from last Friday, this time #OttoEge #ManuscriptFragments: loose folios from Fifty Original Leaves from Famous MSS: HLs 3, 14, 25, & 26. With any luck all these will be donated at some point. In the meantime, having photos fills in some gaps #fragmentology #OhioMSS

A manuscript folio from the so-called "St. Alexius Hours," a ca. 1460 French Book of Hours with exceptional illumination on each page.

A lovely 15th-century Dutch illuminated Book of Hours folio from Delft depicting Pentecost in a historiated initial "H", and a speaking figure set in the decorated border.

Folio from a deluxe 13th-century illuminated Psalter featuring a painted initial "B" on gold grounds inhabited by a gesturing queen or king. One of the decorated penwork line fillers depicts a blue and red goose.

Folio from a deluxe 13th-century illuminated Psalter featuring a painted initial "N" on gold grounds inhabited by a laborer wielding an axe and a bull by his side. A decorated line fillers at the top features a dragon while another towards the middle of the page shows a golden goose

As promised yesterday, here are some of the Bruce Ferrini-broken illuminated #ManuscriptFragments that turned up in NE Ohio yesterday: Delft Book of Hours in Dutch, the so-called "St. Alexius Hours", and a 13thC Psalter. #MedievalManuscripts #fragmentology #OhioMSS #IlluminatedManuscripts

Close-up of offsets from medieval pilgrims' badges in a medieval manuscript.

Picture of a blank medieval manuscript page with pin holes and offsets from medieval pilgrims' badges that were once in the book.

Picture of a medieval calendar page for January alongside a blank page from the same manuscript with pin holes from pilgrims' badges.

2-page opening from a medieval manuscript showing feast day entries for September and October.

Pin holes and offsets of multiple pilgrims’ badges once added to the end of this complete calendar from a mid-15th century manuscript Book of Hours from Arras. From a private Ohio collection. #OhioMSS #fragmentology #MedievalManuscripts #ManuscriptFragments #Pilgrimage

Illumination of St. Bernard preaching to a group of seated Cistercian monks from a mid-15th century Missal, possibly produced for and used at Neubourg Abbey in Alsace. Text: prompts, chants, and readings for feasts of the Assumption of the Virgin and the nativity of Bernard of Clairvaux. Shelfmark: Rare Books & Manuscripts Library, The Ohio State University, Spec.Rare.MS.MR.Frag.449.

Historiated initial "O" inhabited by a cardinal or bishop presenting a cross to a king while a pair of praying figures look on, from a Breviary likely produced in Paris, ca. 1325. Text: prompts, chants, and readings for the feast of the Exaltation of the Cross. Shelfmark: Rare Books &Manuscripts Library, The Ohio State University, Spec.Rare.MS.MR.Frag.450. For a study of this leaf (and others from the same MS), see Lisa Iacobellis, "O vere bona et sancta crux: OSU.SPEC.RARE.MS.MR.FRAG.450 and the Treasured Relics of the Sainte-Chapelle," in Manuscript Studies: A Journal of the Schoenberg Institute Institute for Manuscript Studies" 8.2 Fall 2023. pp. 414-429.

Illumination depicting a funeral scene with a black-shrouded casket flanked by a pair of priests holding books, from a Parisian Missal illuminated by a follower of Jean Pichore, ca. 1500-1525. Text: readings and chants for All Saints and a Mass for the faithful dead. Shelfmark: Rare Books &Manuscripts Library, The Ohio State University, Spec.Rare.MS.MR.Frag.451.

Historiated initial depicting "D" inhabited by a fool holding a club in one hand and a cheese in the other, from an illuminated portable Bible produced in northern France, ca. 1250. Text: Psalms 51:11-62:6. Shelfmark: Rare Books &Manuscripts Library, The Ohio State University, Spec.Rare.MS.MR.Frag.448.

Highlights from a recent donation of #ManuscriptFragments & leaves donated to OSU by a Philadelphia-area collector. Details for each & shelfmarks in alt-text for each image (enlarge pics to see) #fragmentology #MedievalManuscripts #IlluminatedManuscripts #MedievalArt #OhioMSS