A wonderfully bizarre ‘elephant done by a medieval artist that had never seen one’ - 14th century, Lyon. Bibliothèque municipale, Ms 742, f. 79v

@MedMilMedicine #elephants #medieval #manuscripts

Hürriyet Daily News : Manuscript collection now accessible online. “The manuscript collection of the Museum of Turkish and Islamic Arts (TIEM), which has a significant place among manuscript archives in Türkiye, has been digitized and is now accessible to the public.”

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/06/05/hurriyet-daily-news-manuscript-collection-now-accessible-online/

**Five outstanding manuscripts acquired for the nation**

“_Together, these manuscripts shed exceptional light on the study of Hebrew by Christian monks in medieval England, on the administration of a medieval English town, and on spiritual devotion in medieval England and Ireland._”

https://blogs.bl.uk/digitisedmanuscripts/2025/06/five-outstanding-manuscripts-acquired-for-the-nation-1.html.

#Manuscripts #Medieval #Medievodons #History #Histodons @medievodons @histodons

**Hebrew Manuscripts and Fragments in Switzerland**

https://bwb.hypotheses.org/1228.

Only 11 new #Manuscripts from the #Vatican this week

https://www.wiglaf.org/vatican/2025/week21.html

The bulk are from the archives of the Cappella Pontificia. Withs one more Diary and a 16th C Russian Evangilary completing the week's work
#Medieval #Medievodons @bookhistodons @medievodons

48 more #Manuscripts digitized by the #Vatican in the past week https://www.wiglaf.org/vatican/2025/week20.html
Includes a ton of Cappella Pontificia documents, some even about the Puntatore diaries in Capp.Sist.Diari, more Bussulas, Augustine on music, Ge'ez works and, topically, a Rule of St. Augustine
#Medieval #Medievodons @bookhistodons @medievodons

Release v4.1.0 erweitert unser Datenangebot erneut deutlich: großen Zuwachs verzeichnen wir unter anderem mit 2.500 KODs der Stadtbibliothek Trier, 850 Digitalisaten der UB Kassel und 451 Beschreibungen der Fürstlich Waldeckschen Hofbibliothek in Bad Arolsen.

Release Notes https://handschriftenportal.de/info/release-notes

@histodons @medievodons

Call For Manuscript Submissions - Real-Time GIS For Disaster Management
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https://www.nature.com/collections/bjdhbfiadi/guest-editors <-- shared link to submission details
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[note that I have NO affiliation with this journal, the guest editors, etc]
[I wonder if anybody from FEMA has compiled use case / effectiveness / robustness on/of the #WaffleHouseIndex in the southern USA, especially related to hurricanes?]
#GIS #paper #mapping #spatial #manuscripts #callforpapers #callformanuscripts #submissions #callforsubmissions #realtime #disaster #management #mitigation #prevention #preparedness #response #recovery #risk #hazard #naturalhazard #naturalhazard #emergency #remotesensing #earthobservation #satellite #drone #sensor #socialmedia #WaffleHouseIndex #datasets #AI #InternetOfThings #research #monitoring #evacuation #planning #resourceallocation #hazardmapping #realworld #global

No new pope yet, but the work digitizing #Vatican #Manuscripts continues with 28 new manuscripts last week
https://www.wiglaf.org/vatican/2025/week18.html
Includes a 14th C Codex of Justinian, two Bussulas, some polyphonic masses, Aesop, a Demosthenes translated by Bruni (autograph?) and more!
#Medieval #Medievodons @bookhistodons @medievodons

When you really need people to know where the best bit of the text is located - mid-15th century, Avignon, Bibliothèque Ceccano - 1094, f. 195v

@MedMilMedicine #Manuscripts #humour #humor

Unknown scribe, Horae Beata Virgo Maria, Italy, 1510.

This book of hours in a humanist hand is one of the oldest manuscripts at Letterform Archive. It’s also one of the first books founder Rob Saunders collected. Learn why, at our first 10th Anniversary Symposium salon:

Looking Back with Rob Saunders: The Importance of Material Culture
Thu, Apr 24, 2025 at 6:00–7:30pm PT
Register to attend in-person or online: https://letterformarchive.org/shop/looking-back-with-rob-saunders-the-importance-of-material-culture/?utm_source=Mastodon

Probably due to Passover cooking, the #Vatican only digitized 27 #Manuscripts this week
https://www.wiglaf.org/vatican/2025/week16.html
Includes 2 italian Boethius', documents on Würzburg, 19th C liturgical music, a glossed Aeneid, some signed Humanist texts and more!
@medievodons @bookhistodons #Medieval #Medievodons

"Remember Gevork, who drew this horse with his own hand, on […?] December 1735, on the day known as Friday. Amen."
"Յիշատակէ գէվորքի որ այս ձիս գիրեց ուր ձեռամբէ թվին ռ՟ ճ՟ ձ՟ դ՟ ին Դկտէբէրին ծ՟ բ՟ ին [?] օրէ յորբաթ կօչի ամէն:"
#Ottoman #Armenian #manuscripts @earlymodern

Manuscript sold for €300 is now attributed to Cyrano de Bergerac – but questions remain about the play’s authorship

French researchers recently published an edition of a previously unknown 17th-century French play that they argue could be attributed to the French satirist and dramatist Savinien de Cyrano de Bergerac.

By Alisa van de Haar

https://theconversation.com/manuscript-sold-for-300-is-now-attributed-to-cyrano-de-bergerac-but-questions-remain-about-the-plays-authorship-254315?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=The%20Conversation%20Europe%2017042024&utm_content=The%20Conversation%20Europe%2017042024+CID_44962a014cf87e1b37aaa38359ff7238&utm_source=campaign_monitor_europe&utm_term=Manuscript%20sold%20for%20300%20is%20now%20attributed%20to%20Cyrano%20de%20Bergerac%20%20but%20questions%20remain%20about%20the%20plays%20authorship

At PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/43842