One of the most important books in our collection is the Litlyngton Missal, a 14th-century service book made for the Abbey's High Altar. The Latin manuscript contains the readings and prayers used at the celebration of the Mass, and a calendar of festivals and saints’ days.
#ManuscriptMonday
#ManuscriptMonday
September 28, 2026 at 12:49 PM
One of the most important books in our collection is the Litlyngton Missal, a 14th-century service book made for the Abbey's High Altar. The Latin manuscript contains the readings and prayers used at the celebration of the Mass, and a calendar of festivals and saints’ days.
#ManuscriptMonday
#ManuscriptMonday
Monday
#AllMetalMonday
#BenchmarkMonday
#BlueMonday
#BrutalMonday / #MondaysAreBrutal
#ClassicLitMonday
#JadeMonday
#MagentaMonday
#MallardMonday
#MammalMonday
#ManholeCoverMonday
#ManuscriptMonday
#MapMonday
#MarbleMonday
#MaritimeMonday
#MarketMonday
#MedievalMonday
#MementoMoriMonday
#AllMetalMonday
#BenchmarkMonday
#BlueMonday
#BrutalMonday / #MondaysAreBrutal
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#JadeMonday
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#ManholeCoverMonday
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#MapMonday
#MarbleMonday
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September 28, 2026 at 6:48 AM
For today's #ManuscriptMonday, I wanted to highlight James Monroe's First Annual Message to Congress from 1817 which will be referenced in future episodes. Deep dives into these messages help us understand the president's agenda. #history #POTUS #Monroe www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/fi...
First Annual Message | The American Presidency Project
www.presidency.ucsb.edu
September 21, 2026 at 10:53 PM
For today's #ManuscriptMonday, I wanted to highlight James Monroe's First Annual Message to Congress from 1817 which will be referenced in future episodes. Deep dives into these messages help us understand the president's agenda. #history #POTUS #Monroe www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/fi...
176 Medieval Manuscripts Now Online in Sweden www.medievalists.net/2026/09/176-... #ManuscriptMonday #MedievalManuscripts
176 Medieval Manuscripts Now Online in Sweden - Medievalists.net
The National Library of Sweden has digitised 176 medieval manuscripts, making nearly 60,000 images freely available online.
www.medievalists.net
September 21, 2026 at 4:00 PM
176 Medieval Manuscripts Now Online in Sweden www.medievalists.net/2026/09/176-... #ManuscriptMonday #MedievalManuscripts
Good morning and happy #ManuscriptMonday! Today, we will look at the Catalan Atlas, one of the finest examples of medieval mapmaking from late 14th-century Catalunya. Jerusalem is located prominently at the center of the world.
(BnF, Département des Manuscrits, Espagnol 30)
(BnF, Département des Manuscrits, Espagnol 30)
September 21, 2026 at 1:14 PM
Good morning and happy #ManuscriptMonday! Today, we will look at the Catalan Atlas, one of the finest examples of medieval mapmaking from late 14th-century Catalunya. Jerusalem is located prominently at the center of the world.
(BnF, Département des Manuscrits, Espagnol 30)
(BnF, Département des Manuscrits, Espagnol 30)
Monday
#AllMetalMonday
#BenchmarkMonday
#BlueMonday
#BrutalMonday / #MondaysAreBrutal
#ClassicLitMonday
#JadeMonday
#MagentaMonday
#MallardMonday
#MammalMonday
#ManholeCoverMonday
#ManuscriptMonday
#MapMonday
#MarbleMonday
#MaritimeMonday
#MarketMonday
#MedievalMonday
#MementoMoriMonday
#AllMetalMonday
#BenchmarkMonday
#BlueMonday
#BrutalMonday / #MondaysAreBrutal
#ClassicLitMonday
#JadeMonday
#MagentaMonday
#MallardMonday
#MammalMonday
#ManholeCoverMonday
#ManuscriptMonday
#MapMonday
#MarbleMonday
#MaritimeMonday
#MarketMonday
#MedievalMonday
#MementoMoriMonday
September 21, 2026 at 8:03 AM
A marginal musician for #YomKippur:
A trumpeting creature on the first part of the Kol Nidre.
From the Tripartite #Mahzor, #14thCentury.
#Bodleian ms Michael 19
#marginaliamonday #manuscriptmonday #earlymusic #medievalmusic #trumpet #kolnidre
A trumpeting creature on the first part of the Kol Nidre.
From the Tripartite #Mahzor, #14thCentury.
#Bodleian ms Michael 19
#marginaliamonday #manuscriptmonday #earlymusic #medievalmusic #trumpet #kolnidre
September 21, 2026 at 6:33 AM
A marginal musician for #YomKippur:
A trumpeting creature on the first part of the Kol Nidre.
From the Tripartite #Mahzor, #14thCentury.
#Bodleian ms Michael 19
#marginaliamonday #manuscriptmonday #earlymusic #medievalmusic #trumpet #kolnidre
A trumpeting creature on the first part of the Kol Nidre.
From the Tripartite #Mahzor, #14thCentury.
#Bodleian ms Michael 19
#marginaliamonday #manuscriptmonday #earlymusic #medievalmusic #trumpet #kolnidre
New blog by Lilyana Mays, Art History MA '26, DI Grad Intern. Come along to hear her story about work with Farfel Collection of Incunable and Manuscript Leaves in "Digitizing Lost Farfel Leaves" at bit.ly/mahnblog-farfel-lily.
#DigitalArchives #ManuscriptMonday #MahnBlogMonday
#DigitalArchives #ManuscriptMonday #MahnBlogMonday
September 15, 2026 at 5:46 PM
New blog by Lilyana Mays, Art History MA '26, DI Grad Intern. Come along to hear her story about work with Farfel Collection of Incunable and Manuscript Leaves in "Digitizing Lost Farfel Leaves" at bit.ly/mahnblog-farfel-lily.
#DigitalArchives #ManuscriptMonday #MahnBlogMonday
#DigitalArchives #ManuscriptMonday #MahnBlogMonday
This charter from our archive was issued by Henry III in 1246, expressing his wish to be buried next to Edward the Confessor's tomb in the Abbey. Henry’s orders did much to establish the Abbey as the final resting place of kings and queens of England for centuries to come.
#ManuscriptMonday
#ManuscriptMonday
September 14, 2026 at 1:40 PM
This charter from our archive was issued by Henry III in 1246, expressing his wish to be buried next to Edward the Confessor's tomb in the Abbey. Henry’s orders did much to establish the Abbey as the final resting place of kings and queens of England for centuries to come.
#ManuscriptMonday
#ManuscriptMonday
Today's #marginalmusicians are playing the #trombamarina.
Along with a pair of #elephants, one of them pink. Not playing music, but I liked them.
From a #15thCentury book of hours, c1410.
Chantilly, fonds principal, 0064 (1671)
#MarginaliaMonday
#ManuscriptMonday
#pinkelephant
#earlymusic
Along with a pair of #elephants, one of them pink. Not playing music, but I liked them.
From a #15thCentury book of hours, c1410.
Chantilly, fonds principal, 0064 (1671)
#MarginaliaMonday
#ManuscriptMonday
#pinkelephant
#earlymusic
September 14, 2026 at 12:33 PM
Today's #marginalmusicians are playing the #trombamarina.
Along with a pair of #elephants, one of them pink. Not playing music, but I liked them.
From a #15thCentury book of hours, c1410.
Chantilly, fonds principal, 0064 (1671)
#MarginaliaMonday
#ManuscriptMonday
#pinkelephant
#earlymusic
Along with a pair of #elephants, one of them pink. Not playing music, but I liked them.
From a #15thCentury book of hours, c1410.
Chantilly, fonds principal, 0064 (1671)
#MarginaliaMonday
#ManuscriptMonday
#pinkelephant
#earlymusic
CFP: Prologues in Middle Eastern Manuscript Traditions, Salzburg, April 15-16, convened by Sabine Schmidtke, Yury Arzhanov, and George Kiraz.
This will be the 9th MEMaT Workshop from the Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton. #Workshop #middleeast #ManuscriptMonday
This will be the 9th MEMaT Workshop from the Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton. #Workshop #middleeast #ManuscriptMonday
September 14, 2026 at 10:32 AM
CFP: Prologues in Middle Eastern Manuscript Traditions, Salzburg, April 15-16, convened by Sabine Schmidtke, Yury Arzhanov, and George Kiraz.
This will be the 9th MEMaT Workshop from the Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton. #Workshop #middleeast #ManuscriptMonday
This will be the 9th MEMaT Workshop from the Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton. #Workshop #middleeast #ManuscriptMonday
Happy #ManuscriptMonday! A striking image of the Turkish siege of Rhodes from Guillaume Caoursin's Gestorum Rhodie obsidionis commentarii.
📍 Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, Latin 6067, fol. 50v
#MedievalManuscripts #Crusades #MilitaryOrders #Hospitallers
📍 Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, Latin 6067, fol. 50v
#MedievalManuscripts #Crusades #MilitaryOrders #Hospitallers
September 14, 2026 at 10:08 AM
Happy #ManuscriptMonday! A striking image of the Turkish siege of Rhodes from Guillaume Caoursin's Gestorum Rhodie obsidionis commentarii.
📍 Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, Latin 6067, fol. 50v
#MedievalManuscripts #Crusades #MilitaryOrders #Hospitallers
📍 Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, Latin 6067, fol. 50v
#MedievalManuscripts #Crusades #MilitaryOrders #Hospitallers
Monday
#AllMetalMonday
#BenchmarkMonday
#BlueMonday
#BrutalMonday / #MondaysAreBrutal
#ClassicLitMonday
#JadeMonday
#MagentaMonday
#MallardMonday
#MammalMonday
#ManholeCoverMonday
#ManuscriptMonday
#MapMonday
#MarbleMonday
#MaritimeMonday
#MarketMonday
#MedievalMonday
#MementoMoriMonday
#AllMetalMonday
#BenchmarkMonday
#BlueMonday
#BrutalMonday / #MondaysAreBrutal
#ClassicLitMonday
#JadeMonday
#MagentaMonday
#MallardMonday
#MammalMonday
#ManholeCoverMonday
#ManuscriptMonday
#MapMonday
#MarbleMonday
#MaritimeMonday
#MarketMonday
#MedievalMonday
#MementoMoriMonday
September 14, 2026 at 6:42 AM
Monday
#AllMetalMonday
#BenchmarkMonday
#BlueMonday
#BrutalMonday / #MondaysAreBrutal
#ClassicLitMonday
#JadeMonday
#MagentaMonday
#MallardMonday
#MammalMonday
#ManholeCoverMonday
#ManuscriptMonday
#MapMonday
#MarbleMonday
#MaritimeMonday
#MarketMonday
#MedievalMonday
#MementoMoriMonday
#AllMetalMonday
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#BlueMonday
#BrutalMonday / #MondaysAreBrutal
#ClassicLitMonday
#JadeMonday
#MagentaMonday
#MallardMonday
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#ManholeCoverMonday
#ManuscriptMonday
#MapMonday
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#MaritimeMonday
#MarketMonday
#MedievalMonday
#MementoMoriMonday
September 7, 2026 at 7:21 AM
A #marginalmusician (a bagpiping creature) for the month of #September.
From a #15thCentury book of hours, BNF NAL 3115
#MarginaliaMonday
#ManuscriptMonday
#bagpipes #earlymusic
#marginalia #bagpipe
From a #15thCentury book of hours, BNF NAL 3115
#MarginaliaMonday
#ManuscriptMonday
#bagpipes #earlymusic
#marginalia #bagpipe
September 7, 2026 at 7:12 AM
A #marginalmusician (a bagpiping creature) for the month of #September.
From a #15thCentury book of hours, BNF NAL 3115
#MarginaliaMonday
#ManuscriptMonday
#bagpipes #earlymusic
#marginalia #bagpipe
From a #15thCentury book of hours, BNF NAL 3115
#MarginaliaMonday
#ManuscriptMonday
#bagpipes #earlymusic
#marginalia #bagpipe
Happy #ManuscriptMonday!
This delightful historiated initial S depicts the Tomb of Christ within the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem, complete with its hanging lamp on folio 102v of a copy of William of Tyre's Chronicle
[BnF, MS Français 9082]
This delightful historiated initial S depicts the Tomb of Christ within the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem, complete with its hanging lamp on folio 102v of a copy of William of Tyre's Chronicle
[BnF, MS Français 9082]
September 7, 2026 at 7:09 AM
Happy #ManuscriptMonday!
This delightful historiated initial S depicts the Tomb of Christ within the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem, complete with its hanging lamp on folio 102v of a copy of William of Tyre's Chronicle
[BnF, MS Français 9082]
This delightful historiated initial S depicts the Tomb of Christ within the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem, complete with its hanging lamp on folio 102v of a copy of William of Tyre's Chronicle
[BnF, MS Français 9082]
1/Mother Earth and Jesus's Descent to Hell. He tramples on Satan and leads Adam and Eve out. You can see a smashed gate and locks to the right.
Thousand-year old Bari Exultet Roll, a parchment scroll for the Easter Vigil.
Images (for the public?) are upside down for the reader.
#ManuscriptMonday
Thousand-year old Bari Exultet Roll, a parchment scroll for the Easter Vigil.
Images (for the public?) are upside down for the reader.
#ManuscriptMonday
September 7, 2026 at 4:24 AM
1/Mother Earth and Jesus's Descent to Hell. He tramples on Satan and leads Adam and Eve out. You can see a smashed gate and locks to the right.
Thousand-year old Bari Exultet Roll, a parchment scroll for the Easter Vigil.
Images (for the public?) are upside down for the reader.
#ManuscriptMonday
Thousand-year old Bari Exultet Roll, a parchment scroll for the Easter Vigil.
Images (for the public?) are upside down for the reader.
#ManuscriptMonday
Happy #ManuscriptMonday! Today we will take a look at Élie de Saint-Gilles and Aiol et Mirabel, two chansons de geste from the early 13th century. They recount the adventures of Élie and his son Aiol. Much of the plot is set in a fictionalized Muslim Spain.
(BnF, Français 25516, fol. 82r & 133v)
(BnF, Français 25516, fol. 82r & 133v)
August 31, 2026 at 2:56 PM
Happy #ManuscriptMonday! Today we will take a look at Élie de Saint-Gilles and Aiol et Mirabel, two chansons de geste from the early 13th century. They recount the adventures of Élie and his son Aiol. Much of the plot is set in a fictionalized Muslim Spain.
(BnF, Français 25516, fol. 82r & 133v)
(BnF, Français 25516, fol. 82r & 133v)
This beautiful seal bag, embroidered with the Royal Arms of England, was made in 1280 to protect the wax seal attached to a royal charter from the reign of Edward I. Both the charter and the seal bag survive in our archive collection.
#ManuscriptMonday
#ManuscriptMonday
August 31, 2026 at 11:35 AM
This beautiful seal bag, embroidered with the Royal Arms of England, was made in 1280 to protect the wax seal attached to a royal charter from the reign of Edward I. Both the charter and the seal bag survive in our archive collection.
#ManuscriptMonday
#ManuscriptMonday
Today's #marginalmusician is playing far too loudly. The man next to him has his hands over his ears...
From the Hours of Antoine de Crèvecœur, c1462.
University of Leeds, Brotherton Collection, BC MS4
#earlymusic #loudmusic #marginaliamonday #manuscriptmonday #15thCentury
From the Hours of Antoine de Crèvecœur, c1462.
University of Leeds, Brotherton Collection, BC MS4
#earlymusic #loudmusic #marginaliamonday #manuscriptmonday #15thCentury
August 31, 2026 at 8:34 AM
Today's #marginalmusician is playing far too loudly. The man next to him has his hands over his ears...
From the Hours of Antoine de Crèvecœur, c1462.
University of Leeds, Brotherton Collection, BC MS4
#earlymusic #loudmusic #marginaliamonday #manuscriptmonday #15thCentury
From the Hours of Antoine de Crèvecœur, c1462.
University of Leeds, Brotherton Collection, BC MS4
#earlymusic #loudmusic #marginaliamonday #manuscriptmonday #15thCentury
Happy #ManuscriptMonday! A striking image of the Turkish fleet arriving at the siege of Rhodes in 1480, from Guillaume Caoursin's Gestorum Rhodie obsidionis commentarii.
📍 Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, Latin 6067, fol. 18r
#MedievalManuscripts
📍 Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, Latin 6067, fol. 18r
#MedievalManuscripts
August 24, 2026 at 10:17 AM
Happy #ManuscriptMonday! A striking image of the Turkish fleet arriving at the siege of Rhodes in 1480, from Guillaume Caoursin's Gestorum Rhodie obsidionis commentarii.
📍 Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, Latin 6067, fol. 18r
#MedievalManuscripts
📍 Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, Latin 6067, fol. 18r
#MedievalManuscripts
Today's #marginalmusician is a #satyr (Pan?) playing the #panpipes.
From an early #16thCentury Latin prayerbook, c1500-1520.
Leeds University Library. Brotherton Collection MS 11
#manuscriptmonday #marginaliamonday #earlymusic #earlymodern
From an early #16thCentury Latin prayerbook, c1500-1520.
Leeds University Library. Brotherton Collection MS 11
#manuscriptmonday #marginaliamonday #earlymusic #earlymodern
August 24, 2026 at 9:32 AM
Today's #marginalmusician is a #satyr (Pan?) playing the #panpipes.
From an early #16thCentury Latin prayerbook, c1500-1520.
Leeds University Library. Brotherton Collection MS 11
#manuscriptmonday #marginaliamonday #earlymusic #earlymodern
From an early #16thCentury Latin prayerbook, c1500-1520.
Leeds University Library. Brotherton Collection MS 11
#manuscriptmonday #marginaliamonday #earlymusic #earlymodern
Happy #ManuscriptMonday with this wonderful view of Jerusalem from Konrad Grünenberg, Beschreibung der Reise von Konstanz nach Jerusalem (ca. 1487). Karlsruhe, Badische Landesbibliothek Cod. St. Peter, pap. 32, fol 35v-36r.
August 17, 2026 at 8:27 AM
Happy #ManuscriptMonday with this wonderful view of Jerusalem from Konrad Grünenberg, Beschreibung der Reise von Konstanz nach Jerusalem (ca. 1487). Karlsruhe, Badische Landesbibliothek Cod. St. Peter, pap. 32, fol 35v-36r.