On mss designed as prestigious gifts: Dagulf Psalter, made around 800 as a gift for the Pope, Vienna, ÖNB, Cad. 1861

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Detail from The Luttrell Psalter, British Library Add MS 42130 (medieval manuscript,1325-1340), f266r

During the Middle Ages, one of ways physicians would check on the health of their patients was to look at their urine.

David Plays the Harp for Saul

Detail from "The Rutland Psalter", medieval (c1260), British Library Add MS 62925. f 16v

The death of Eli Leaf 21 Braes & Hoses

Detail from The Luttrell Psalter, British Library Add MS 42130 (medieval manuscript,1325-1340), f154v

Detail from medieval manuscript, British Library Stowe MS 17 'The Maastricht Hours', f227r

Add MS 28162 Date c 1290-c 1300 Title Somme le Roi

“Codex Caesareus” form 11th century. Recto page.

7 Masses - BSB Mus.ms. F : [spine title:] Ildephonsi // Morales // Cantus // ecclesiasticus. Beteiligt Alamire, Petrus -- (GND: 122020790) Umfang choir-book Sprache Lateinisch Standort München, Bayerische Staatsbibliothek -- Mus.ms. F

I was so happy when a few weeks ago, I stumbled across this image - Dispute des suppôts de Satan / Conflict between the henchmen of Satan...

Detail from "The Rutland Psalter", medieval (c1260), British Library Add MS 62925. f 27r

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Marginalia. That is the official name for the edges of pages in medieval manuscripts. These are filled with anything from intriguingly detailed illustrations to random doodles. And they are far mor…