Revised and expanded by Dr James Freeman Medieval Manuscripts Specialist. This vellum calendar leaf for May (See Maius after blue KL recto) and June (See. The inclusion in the calendar of St Botulph (17 June) and St Hugh (17 November. We’ll devote an upcoming post to an examination of these artists themselves. ![]() Writing was a skill that was hard-won and greatly valued, and many authors and scribes were memorialised by their artisan brethren. ![]() Most of the British Library’s holdings can be explored through the Digital Image Archive of Medieval Music. The aim of this panel is to explore new research paths based on broader studies in time and space. This is an original 13th century manuscript leaf, not a print or. There are, of course, medieval manuals for craftspeople that still exist, but often we can find clues in the manuscripts themselves. There is far more to explore in the world of medieval carols in manuscript. The regions of the Eastern Mediterranean world saw the coming of a number of groups of Roman colonists and thus their cultural climate, their agrarian structures and their geopolitical environment changed. Whether familiar with medieval history or an appreciator of fine. Drawing from the British Library’s extensive collection, this wall calendar features 12 stunning and intricate details. We were examining Royal MS 14 B V, an English roll from the last part of the 13th century that contains quite a lot of marginalia, when one of our post-medieval colleagues noticed a painting of a knight engaging in combat. As for the Roman colonization, modern scholars have often described Roman colonies as vectors of Romanization inserted in alien lands, writing that these communities must have functioned as images of a “small Rome.” While the existence of Latin-speaking colonists ruled by a favorable juridical system such as the Ius Italicum cannot be denied, such a reductionist model can no longer be accepted without qualification, especially in the context of the Greek-speaking provinces of the Roman East. With their decorations, images, bright pigments and finishing touches of gold leaf, illuminated manuscripts are beautiful objects page by page. Recently a group of us went into our manuscripts store to have a look at some medieval genealogical rolls. ![]() Within this field, relations between military colonists and indigenous peoples demand special attention, considering the degree of social, cultural, economic, political and geopolitical transformation brought about by the installation of certain groups upon those lands as a result of the will of the great power(s) that ruled over them. It seems clear that, in the Greek-speaking regions of the Roman Empire, Hellenistic models (civic, military or institutional) exercised considerable influence over “Italic” colonial projects.
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