Durham Cathedral have been exploring some of the gems in the Priory Library in their latest blog post, for the Heritage Open Days festival 2020. You can find out more about some of our most famous and popular manuscripts, such as the Durham Gospels and Hunter 100. Visit the Cathedral’s blog to read this post.
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Annotating Aristotle – Durham Cathedral Blog
Our friends at Durham Cathedral have been ‘Exploring a 13th century library book’ in their latest blog post, shedding some light on Durham Cathedral Library MS. C.IV.17 – ‘Aristotle, Logica nova’, which we digitised back in 2016. Visit Durham Cathedral’s blog to read more.
Colour your own medieval manuscript – part 5
Durham Cathedral Library MS. B.II.35 Bede and other historical texts This week will be our last ‘Colour your own medieval manuscript’ for the time being (until we can digitise some more manuscripts and find more images that need colouring!). We are ending on a high note with not one, but FIVE uncoloured initials from Durham Read More …
Colour your own medieval manuscript – part 4
Durham Cathedral Library MS A.III.4 – Kings, glossed; Benjamin minor We are back to initial letters again this week and we have a small but perfectly formed ‘E’ for you (so small, we have made it a bit bigger in the colouring book style version, and left a space for you to add your own Read More …
Colour your own medieval manuscript – part 3
Durham Cathedral Library MS B.II.30 Cassiodorus on the Psalms We have a slightly different task for you this week, as we can’t really claim that this lovely image of David (written in the circle he is holding) is unfinished, but as you can see, it is rather faded, and in need of a little attention. Read More …