bryonycoombs.bsky.social
Art Historian I Medieval and Early Modern, PhD, FSA Scot, FRHistS
Renaissance Teaching Fellow, Edinburgh Uni
Franco-Scottish cultural connections: art, architecture and material culture.
https://edinburgh.academia.edu/BryonyCoombs
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It's a great read :)
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Thank you so much :)
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edinburghuniversitypress.com/book-visual-...
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Yes! It is fascinating...
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Yes, a beautiful hand!
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Thank you!
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Yes, maybe goat! - but the parchment was also very fine and soft. It was Italian 15th C. Always amazes me how mss from different places have such different characters...
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Ahh yes, I remember reading this! Very helpful advice on looking after your books...
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There is so much on precious stones in armorials, encyclopedias, books on medicine ... they turn up everywhere! Have you seen this wonderful book?
www.psupress.org/books/titles...
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Ooooh amazing! This will be wonderful.
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Oh yes interesting! The section on stones in this text is pretty long, so I have not translated it all yet - but it covers much the same sort of material as the small translation I included, linking stones to virtues and noting their properties...
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One more from Platearius, Livre des symples medichines, (BnF fr. 9136). A treatise, organised in alphabetical order, provided information on the nature, healing properties, secondary qualities and therapeutic use of plants, metals and precious stones. From mining to shop...
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Yes, I thought so too! Although they are female personifications of ideas/concepts like 'discovery' rather than representations of contemporary practice - but intriguing nonetheless...
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On last example of a fascination with all things sparkly from Livre des proprietés des choses (a popular medieval encyclopaedia) of Bathélemy l'Anglais translated from Latin to French by Jean Corbichon (chaplain of Charles V of France).
[BnF Fr 22532]
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Along similar lines, an allegory of discovery (note the books leading to this discover of precious stones) in Les douze dames de rhétorique (BnF 1174 and Cambridge MS Nn.3.2)
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Yes! The various dogs are v. interesting. The duke of Berry had many dogs listed in his inventories...
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Remarkable post-restoration macrophotography and infrared reflectography available through KIK-IRPA's amazing resource: closertovaneyck.kikirpa.be
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But I was unconvinced, and showed it to several colleagues, including a Conservator, and we agreed that it appears to be normal sheepskin.
It was, nonetheless, an opportunity to look at some precisely dated and localised script and decoration:
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Thank you!
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Thank you ! 😊
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Thank you!
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Thank you very much!