Mining the Collection with Raymond Clemens, Curator, Early Books and Manuscripts, Beinecke Library, Yale University
Monday, December 13, 1pm ET
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The Beinecke Apocalypse, fourteenth-century Italy (Yale University, Beinecke Library, MS 1215, fols. 28v-29r)
Yale's Beinecke Library has a treasure trove of little studied medieval illuminated manuscripts, many of them acquired in the last decade. In this session of Mining the Collection, virtual attendees will be introduced to a selection of these books with the express purpose of encouraging members of the ICMA community to address the materials in research and teaching. A full bibliography will be distributed after the session. Among the manuscripts and types to be presented will be:
The Beinecke Apocalypse
This unusual manuscript from fourteenth-century Italy most closely recalls an apocalyptic block book with images organized into panels on many pages.
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We are expanding our holdings in creations by late medieval German nuns and we are excited to broaden awareness of our new acquisitions.
Books of Hours and other late medieval Prayerbooks
In 2014 we acquired the Otto Ege archive. This collection contains not only remnants of Ege’s “biblioclasm” but also 62 codices, 22 of which are Books of Hours.
The Voynich Manuscript
Although it has been the darling of conspiracy theorists since the early twentieth century, there are still many mysteries to this manuscript, including its curious illuminated cycle.
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For questions, please contact icma@medievalart.org