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Sarah Noonan @sarahloleet.bsky.social · 2d

Excited to be giving a talk about the Peripheral Manuscripts Project @peripheralmss.bsky.social at WashU later in the month! WashU is a round 2 partner, and we are thrilled to have them on board! library.washu.edu/events/medie...

Medieval Manuscripts at WashU - WashU Libraries

Tens of thousands of medieval manuscripts and documents have made their way from Europe to collections across North America. The Peripheral Manuscripts Project (2020-present) seeks to advance the stud...

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Schoenberg Institute for Manuscript Studies @sims-mss.bsky.social · Jul 28

We love the Peripheral Manuscripts Project! Read Rose McCandless's blog post to find out more about how the PMP is working with Digital Scriptorium 👇

Digital Scriptorium @digitalscriptorium.bsky.social · Jul 28

For this month’s blog, DS Graduate Fellow @rosemccandless.bsky.social considers the Peripheral Manuscripts Project, the missions of PMP and DS, and the value of smaller and Midwestern collections: digital-scriptorium.org/about/blog/2...

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The Peripheral Manuscripts Project @peripheralmss.bsky.social · Jul 29

Thanks for this write up, @rosemccandless.bsky.social ! Happy to work alongside DS to make more North American manuscripts discoverable!! #medievalsky #skystorians #manuscripts

Digital Scriptorium @digitalscriptorium.bsky.social · Jul 28

For this month’s blog, DS Graduate Fellow @rosemccandless.bsky.social considers the Peripheral Manuscripts Project, the missions of PMP and DS, and the value of smaller and Midwestern collections: digital-scriptorium.org/about/blog/2...

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The Peripheral Manuscripts Project @peripheralmss.bsky.social · Mar 17

This #ManuscriptMonday we have a fifteenth-century Dutch Book of Hours in the translation of Geert Grote! Full-page miniatures depict the Annunciation and souls in the bosom of Abraham (pictured here). Held at Knox College in Galesburg, Illinois. #medievalsky #medievalmss #midwestmss

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The Peripheral Manuscripts Project @peripheralmss.bsky.social · Mar 14

#FragmentFriday is here! This is a leaf from a 16th-century Spanish antiphonal, perhaps used in Seville. The responsory verses surviving on this fragment are for the feast day for Martin, Bishop of Tours. Held at Xavier University in Cincinnati, Ohio. #medievalsky #medievalmss #midwestmss

A large leaf from a manuscript choir book with musical notation

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The Peripheral Manuscripts Project @peripheralmss.bsky.social · Mar 10

Happy #ManuscriptMonday! Today
we have a leaf from a mid-fifteenth century French Book of Hours. The text comprises a section of the Office for the Dead. This leaf is held at Earlham College in Richmond, Indiana. #medievalsky #medievalnss #midwestmss

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Carin Ruff @carinr.bsky.social · Mar 8

Such pretty initials! And a chance for a little #paleography, since this is such a clear example of Southern Textualis.

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The Peripheral Manuscripts Project @peripheralmss.bsky.social · Mar 8

On this #FragmentFriday we have for your consideration a leaf from a fifteenth century Book of Hours. The text is a section of the Little Office of the Blessed Virgin Mary, according to the Dominican Rite. Held at DePauw University in Greencastle, Indiana. 😍😍 #medievalsky #midwestmss #medievalmss

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The Peripheral Manuscripts Project @peripheralmss.bsky.social · Mar 3

It’s a new week and we have a new #ManuscriptMonday! Pictured is a leaf from a 13th c French bible in an Otto Ege portfolio: Original Leaves from Famous Bibles, Nine Centuries 1121-1935 AD, Series B (HL 59). Held at Earlham College in Richmond, Indiana. #medievalsky #midwestmss #medievalmss

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The Peripheral Manuscripts Project @peripheralmss.bsky.social · Feb 28

These in situ beauties were also featured recently on the cover of the journal Manuscript Studies! In Volume 8, No. 2 (Fall 2023) you can find several articles about our project !

Happy reading! 📖
muse.jhu.edu/issue/50920

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The Peripheral Manuscripts Project @peripheralmss.bsky.social · Feb 28

It's #FragmentFriday! Today we have four small fragments from a late-13th/early-14th century Italian copy of Jacobus de Voragine’s Legenda aurea used as spine linings in a copy of Chrysostom’s Tomus secundus operum. 😍😍😍
Held at Xavier University in Cincinatti, Ohio.
#medievalsky #medievalmss

Scraps of medieval manuscripts wrapped around the spine of a book

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The Peripheral Manuscripts Project @peripheralmss.bsky.social · Feb 25

Hello and happy #ManuscriptMonday (ish... 😬)! Pictured below is a fifteenth century German antiphonal. The volume opens with chants for vespers on Saint Nicholas's Day and ends with chants for the Sending Forth of the Apostles. Held at Earlham College in Richmond, Indiana. #medievalsky #medievalmss

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The Peripheral Manuscripts Project @peripheralmss.bsky.social · Feb 21

It's #FragmentFriday! Today we have a leaf from a late 14th or early 15th century French Book of Hours. The text comes from verses 12-22 of Psalm 101, one of the Seven Penitential Psalms.

This leaf is held at Bowling Green State University in Bowling Green, Ohio.

#medievalsky #medievalmss

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Lisa Fagin Davis @lisafdavis.bsky.social · Feb 20

Look at this gorgeous visualization of language representation in @digitalscriptorium.bsky.social! If you haven't explored the new-and-improved dataset, check it out here! digital-scriptorium.org

Digital Scriptorium @digitalscriptorium.bsky.social · Feb 20

The DS Catalog is constantly growing with new data and expanded holdings from global manuscript traditions.

Check out this visualization of languages of manuscript texts in DS member collections. Although Latin predominates, many other linguistic traditions are represented.

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The Peripheral Manuscripts Project @peripheralmss.bsky.social · Feb 17

This week’s #ManuscriptMonday features a leaf from an Italian antiphonal, likely produced during the second half of the fifteenth century and bearing antiphons and responsory verse. This leaf is a palimpsest, containing earlier music and text perpendicular to existing text. #medievalsky #medievalmss

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The Peripheral Manuscripts Project @peripheralmss.bsky.social · Feb 10

Here is an in situ binding fragment of a notated 15th-century leaf. It includes parts of two hymns, one of which (Si bona suscepimus de manu domini mala) was sung during the celebration of the feast of Job. It is held at Goshen College’s Mennonite Historical Library in Goshen, Indiana. #medievalsky

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The Peripheral Manuscripts Project @peripheralmss.bsky.social · Feb 10

It’s our first #ManuscriptMonday. Follow along to learn about some items in the Peripheral Manuscripts Project’s digital repository! #medievalsky

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Benjamin Albritton @blalbritton.bsky.social · Jan 27

A brief moment of quiet last Friday before our "Manuscripts by Candlelight" event in @stanfordulibraries.bsky.social (all candles electric, of course, no open flames near our books) - the reflection of warm light on gold a perfect way to end last week. (thanks @etreharne.bsky.social for co-hosting!)

In the background, 8 electric candles of various sizes on a dark background, int he foreground, a book lies open on a foam book cradle, the light from the candles is reflected by the gold decorations on the open pages of the book.

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Sarah Noonan @sarahloleet.bsky.social · Jan 24

Welcome @mdalmau.bsky.social to Bluesky! She's my collaborator (alongside the indomitable @lizhebbard.bsky.social) on the Peripheral MSS Project (@peripheralmss.bsky.social), an expert in DH, and a generally fabulous person.

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Dr N. Kıvılcım Yavuz @nkivilcimyavuz.bsky.social · Nov 10

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The Peripheral Manuscripts Project @peripheralmss.bsky.social · Sep 5

Papers discussing regional efforts to describe, make public use of, or otherwise raise the profile of smaller, less well-researched collections are also welcome.

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The Peripheral Manuscripts Project @peripheralmss.bsky.social · Sep 5

This session welcomes papers that: explore item(s) held at an institution that might be “off the beaten path”; reflect on the challenges / benefits of working within such collections; or think broadly about how such collections might complicate (or confirm) prior research.

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The Peripheral Manuscripts Project @peripheralmss.bsky.social · Sep 5

Session Call: Recent digitization projects, blogs, and journal issues have increasingly drawn attention to the study of items in lesser-known collections of medieval manuscripts in North America.

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The Peripheral Manuscripts Project @peripheralmss.bsky.social · Sep 5

The Peripheral MSS Project is sponsoring a session at the 60th Intl Congress on Medieval Studies, titled "Medieval Manuscripts in North America and Where to Find Them." Submit your proposal by Sept. 15, at this link:
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Sarah Noonan @sarahloleet.bsky.social · Jul 8

The Peripheral MSS Project is sponsoring a session at the 60th Intl Congress on Medieval Studies, titled "Medieval Manuscripts in North America and Where to Find Them." Submit your proposal by Sept. 15, at icms.confex.com/icms/2025/paper/papers/index.cgi?sessionid=6129

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