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You know, I've seen manuscript abbreviations that looked like text-speak, but hand-drawing emojis to stand in for the word ceann (head) in a passage about Cú Chulainn being beheaded is taking that all to a new level

(The line from another manuscript: "Is ann sin d'éirgedar datha aille iongantacha do cheann Choingculoinn")

Manuscript is RIA 23 H 10, Oidheadh Con Culainn, written in 1808.

#the cork occ #manuscripts #oidheadh con culainn #ulster cycle #cu chulainn

Folio from a Manuscript of the Qur'an. Iran, Shiraz, 1550-1575. Ink, colors and gold on paper.

#iranian art #persian art #asian art #islamic art #manuscripts #illustrated manuscript #iran

here's a fun parchment fact for you re: reusing a surface: sheepskin was often used for legal documents because it's hard to scrape out a word and rewrite without it being obviously damaged, unlike good quality calfskin where it can be undetectable that something has been altered

#parchment problems #parchment #manuscripts

It turns me on knowing how much I turn you on

#marginalia #manuscripts

'florelegium, maze garden,' watercolor, ink, silver and gold over occasional traces of pencil on vellum. bound manuscript of 48 leaves, page 15, recto; french, 1608.

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