#manicula

[cuties-in-codices]

elaborate manicules

from the margins of an illustrated manuscript of le roman de renart. northern france, 14th c.

source: Paris, BnF, Français 12584

[housebody]

everyone say hi little manicula :)

[maniculum]

Off-Beat (Yet On-Theme) Request

I'm trying to get together a collection of nice-looking / interesting / etc. medieval manicules/maniculae to spruce up my classroom presentations. (I plan to trace & vectorize them for ease of use.)

However, with most of the British Library resources still down last I checked, I'm not finding many good ones out there. I figure our Tumblr followers are likelier than most to have some quality manicule images stashed away somewhere, so -- anyone out there able & willing to contribute?

(I'll share the resulting vector files for others to use, if that sweetens the pot any.)

(Also if you happen to know the provenance of any manicules you have on hand,* please share; I'd be interested to know.)

*Pun not intended, but I decided to leave it.

[thegetty]

Students launch Manicule, a new journal on art history, film studies | The Dish

A new student-run journal focused on art history and film studies, called Manicule, released its first issue last month. The journal showcases scholarly and creative pieces written by Stanford undergraduate students in the fields of art history and film and media studies. The aim of the annual publication is to provoke new ways of thinking… Read more

From Stanford news:

A new student-run journal focused on art history and film studies, called Manicule, released its first issue last month.

The journal showcases scholarly and creative pieces written by Stanford undergraduate students in the fields of art history and film and media studies. The aim of the annual publication is to provoke new ways of thinking about art, enrich Stanford’s arts community and give undergraduates an inclusive outlet to share their ideas, according to the journal’s mission statement.

“We aim to write and publish pieces with style, passion, conviction and a desire to illuminate,” the mission statement says.

Carolos Valladares is listed as Manicule’s editor-in-chief, and Tabitha Walker and Samantha Wassmer are the managing editors. All three undergraduates are in the Class of 2018. The journal’s faculty advisers are art history Professor ALEXANDER NEMEROV, art history Assistant Professor MARCI KWON and GABRIELLE MOYER, a faculty member in the Program in Writing and Rhetoric.

The journal’s name comes from the Latin word manicula, which means “little hand.” This refers to a pointing hand symbol, often used in printing, graphics or signs, to draw attention to something previously ignored.

[muspeccoll]

#ManuscriptMonday: tiny #manicula in the margins of a Latin Bible copied in Italy sometime around the year 1300. BS70 .B5 1300 ⠀ ⠀ #manuscript #manuscripts #medievalmanuscripts #manicule #handwriting #calligraphy #paleography #codicology #medieval #middleages #rarebooks #specialcollections #libraries #librariesofinstagram #iglibraries #universityofmissouri #ellislibrary #columbiamo (at Ellis Library)

[twowaypr]

#Manicula (Latin for Little hands) [like Caligula was Latin for tiny boots]

[muspeccoll]

It's medieval manuscript manicule Monday! If you look closely, you can make out a large manicule, or pointing hand, drawn into the margin of this manuscript. For centuries, that's one of the ways readers indicated important passages in their books. Nicer than yellow highlighter, don't you think?⠀ ⠀ Rare Vault PA6642 .A4 1150 ⠀

[muspeccoll]

Happy New Year! What better way to celebrate than with one of our favorite #manicules? In a copy printed by Nicolas Jenson, no less!⠀ ⠀ From [Virorum illustrium uitae ex Plutarcho graeco in latinum uersae solertiq[ue] cura emendatae foeliciter expliciu[n]t : per Nicolaum Ienson Gallicum Venetiis i[m]pressae. M. cccc. lxxviii. die. ii. Ianuarii]. PA4373 .V6 1478 ⠀ ⠀ #manicule #manicula #hands #pointingfingers #books #bookhistory #marginalia #incunables #incunabula #fonts #typography #fifteenthcentury #specialcollections #rarebooks #iglibraries #librariesofinstagram #universityofmissouri #mizzou⠀ (at Ellis Library)