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One of the best illuminator mistakes I have seen is on a manuscript, I think from Shaftesbury.  There is a bird, singing next to the Manger.  It is coloured like an English Robin, brown with a red breast.  But the shape is not a dumpy robin shape, but more of a sleek blackbird.

 

Anne

 

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Hi Theresa

 

The second vignette to the right of each page relates to the apparent progression of the sun through the traditional astrological constellations.

 

The six-legged creature on f.10v is just to the right of the text 'sun in Cancer' and is a crab.

It's six-legged friend on f.12v is to the right of the text 'sun in Scorpio'

 

I suspect the illuminator had never seen either in real life!

 

Cheers

 

Rob Durk

 

 

 


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What I’d like to know is: what are those six-legged creatures that appear more than once in the Saints’ calendar??

TGD

 

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Splendid! Not specializing in England, C13, or MSS, I wonder: is the juxtaposition of a wyvern and the Trinity on fol. 101r. a standard thing?

On 9/27/2017 9:41 PM, Paul Chandler wrote:

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A rare and beautiful Psalter produced in thirteenth-century London has been acquired by the British Library. The Mostyn Psalter-Hours can now be viewed online: http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Add_MS_89250

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