Like a dug-up city: walk through this text-archaeology excavation enjoying pleasure of discovery buff.ly/2gcU86K #digitalhumanities
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Who was Boethius of Dacia? A 13C Dane, not a Romanian, it turns out. Wikipedia: the toponym Dania, meaning Denmark, was occasionally confused with Dacia, hence the rendering of his name Danske Bo ("Bo the Dane") into Medieval Latin as Boetius de Dacia
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Found in the most recent list of MSS @DigitaVaticana by @JBPiggin: Boethius of Dacia, Questiones on Aristotle's Topica.
digi.vatlib.it/view/MSS_Vat.l
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Remember that time when the #Avengers went to because a villain named Diablo had absconded with the #Voynich Manuscript? When they caught him, he said he needed it for alchemical research and Vision noted he could have just read it online. #ThisIsWhyWeDigitize
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Of 67 manuscripts digitized in past week by , some lead us back to dawn of science. My full unofficial list of these newly public treasures is here: macrotypography.blogspot.com/2019/06/festiv #digitalhumanities #twitterstorians
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16 more manuscripts from scanned and online for world to read: my unofficial update at macrotypography.blogspot.com/2019/06/ascens #digitalhumanities #twitterstorians #Bible
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16 more manuscripts from scanned and online for world to read: my unofficial update at macrotypography.blogspot.com/2019/06/ascens #digitalhumanities #twitterstorians #Bible
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Echo of Italy's pagan past: there used to be a temple of Jove here at the summit of Mt Tifata near Naples. Now there's a big illuminated cross. More at buff.ly/2Q6Jbmy
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Fascinating story of asphalt (bitumen) coming from the Dead Sea.
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39 medieval manuscripts digitized at @vaticanlibrary are now online for all world to read. My latest list: macrotypography.blogspot.com/2019/05/bitume
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39 medieval manuscripts digitized at are now online for all world to read. My latest list: macrotypography.blogspot.com/2019/05/bitume
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Rare 1st #map of '30s Chicago subway "survived as a decalcomania transfer attached to glass and, not surprisingly, time is not kind to such artefacts". Maxwell Roberts on preserving precious historic visualizations tubemapcentral.com/writing/newsle #digitalhumanities
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39 medieval manuscripts digitized at are now online for all world to read. My latest list: macrotypography.blogspot.com/2019/05/bitume
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A pagan holy mountain, Tifata in Italy, as drawn cartoon style on the Tabula Peutingeriana, the sole surviving antique map of the world. More in this blog post: buff.ly/2Q6Jbmy #maps #twitterstorians
Clever! Digital Latin Library displays authoritative classical/medieval texts where you can see the manuscript variations at the hover of a cursor
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Desiderius built 11C Sant'Angelo in Formis, this basilica on the site of a temple to Diana. Perhaps using the same stones, perhaps in an exterior style very similar to the pagan forerunner. Discuss: buff.ly/2Q6Jbmy
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Just out: 39 manuscripts digitized for all to see. Unofficial list: macrotypography.blogspot.com/2019/05/crusad Including a key source on crusader families, the Lignages d'Outremer #digitalhumanities
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Just out: 39 manuscripts digitized for all to see. Unofficial list: macrotypography.blogspot.com/2019/05/crusad Including a key source on crusader families, the Lignages d'Outremer #digitalhumanities
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Sudden change in script from ordinary 11C Carolingian minuscule to Beneventan in a manuscript just digitized by Did a (Beneventan-hand) monk work as a substitute in the scriptorium that day? Or did a single master scribe swap his styles? buff.ly/2HnHLjM
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The Voynich ms. has NOT been decoded, this is just more delusional nonsense swallowed uncritically by the popular press.
Gerard Cheshire's article which somehow got through peer-review:
tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10
A previous debunking:
ciphermysteries.com/2017/11/10/ger
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Latest claim to have decoded the 15C #Voynich manuscript (see various news media today) is coming under withering fire from scholars #digitalhumanities
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Sorry, folks, "proto-Romance language" is not a thing. This is just more aspirational, circular, self-fulfilling nonsense. eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2
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Interesting items on the lectern at left: a book on top of a scroll. Why would she need both? From a book of hours just digitized by buff.ly/2LJkmyw
To me it looks certainly like a king on his throne! Maria Alessandra Bilotta () has studied this manuscript, her 2014 article is available online in the Ascheri Festschrift, rm.unina.it/rmebook/dwnld/
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Movable-type printing before Gutenberg: 'Xinbian yindian xingli qunshu jujie' printed in 1434 by the Korean Royal Government Publications Office in Chinese characters with movable bronze Kabin-ja type. Printing with metal type was practiced in Korea from the early 13th century.
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I'm curious about the beautiful blue-and-gold tiled wall behind this king. Is it a throne? From a 14C lawbook made in Toulouse and now in macrotypography.blogspot.com/2019/05/rosy-c
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29 manuscripts digitized in the past week by and online for password-free browsing. My full list: macrotypography.blogspot.com/2019/05/rosy-c Ya gotta love this rosy-cheeked bishop
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29 manuscripts digitized in the past week by and online for password-free browsing. My full list: macrotypography.blogspot.com/2019/05/rosy-c Ya gotta love this rosy-cheeked bishop
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26 manuscripts added to web portal this week. My list: macrotypography.blogspot.com/2019/05/fortun Go enjoy, including this Neapolitan bible
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Dedication of the 'Bonum universale de apibus' to Humbertus of Romans, head of the Dominican Order, by the author Thomas of Cantimpré, 'frater humilis cuius nomen ad presens non urget necessitas nominari.' H/T
digi.vatlib.it/view/MSS_Vat.l
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26 manuscripts added to web portal this week. My list: macrotypography.blogspot.com/2019/05/fortun Go enjoy, including this Neapolitan bible
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Los Codices del Aristoteles Latinus digitalizados y online.
Hace algunos años, esta posibilidad extraordinaria era inimaginable.
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New additions: Italy (part), Russia, Spain, Sweden, and Vatican!
H/T @CourtneyVdM & Lisa Devriese twitter.com/PieterBeullens…
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In one week, 42 new manuscripts online, now available to browse. My unofficial list is just out: macrotypography.blogspot.com/2019/04/at-ful Here is 10th-century liturgical music:
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As per Baroffio, vat lat 4750 is a 12th C (middle) processional, possibly from Ravenna
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#HatsOff to ! Thank you for your blog on digitised manuscripts at the ! I've just realised that Urb. lat. 539 (which is manid 1077 described here tiny.cc/p96t5y) is now available online: digi.vatlib.it/view/MSS_Urb.l
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In one week, 42 new manuscripts online, now available to browse. My unofficial list is just out: macrotypography.blogspot.com/2019/04/at-ful Here is 10th-century liturgical music:
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Just noticed appointed its first woman scriptor: Latin palaeographer Dr. Claudia Montuschi becomes new director of Department of Manuscripts vaticanlibrary.va/newsletter/201 vaticanlibrary.academia.edu/ClaudiaMontusc #Congrats
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This holy mountain in Italy is depicted on the Tabula Peutingeriana so precisely that you see three monumental pagan buildings. To discover the site, read this new blog post: macrotypography.blogspot.com/2019/04/holy-m #maps #DigitalHumanities #history
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This holy mountain in Italy is depicted on the Tabula Peutingeriana so precisely that you see three monumental pagan buildings. To discover the site, read this new blog post: macrotypography.blogspot.com/2019/04/holy-m #maps #DigitalHumanities #history
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