Petit Cabinet de Curiosites

yama-bato:

A Jeweled Binding by Sangorski & Sutcliffe
Alfred Lord Tennyson (1809–1892). The Lady of Shalott. Manuscript on vellum, illuminated by Alberto Sangorski.[London: For the Grolier Society, c. 1910].
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medievalvisions:

Manuscript painting and bookbinding: Dionysius the Areopagite, Works 14th Century Constantinople between 1403-1405. Binding: Paris, circa 1360 and end of the 14th, rebuilt in the 17th century. Offered by the Emperor Manuel II Palaeologus to the Abbey of Saint-Denis.

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enchantedengland:

enchantedengland: I have not posted nearly enough books lately THERE MUST BE BOOKS BOOKS AND MORE BOOKS along with plenty of England, of course.

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vmburkhardt:

vmburkhardt:
(via My idea of fun {as shown in photos})

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featherandmoss:

Sometimes we consider adding a section of beautiful, curiously-titled or -themed antique books to the shop, but… whenever we find one that would be appropriate, one of us ends up buying it for herself instead. Perhaps one day we’ll be able to restrain ourselves…

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aubade:

Liber Floridus - geneology tree
‘Liber Floridus’ (Book of Flowers), a Medieval encyclopædia produced some 900 years ago by Lambert, Canon of St Omer, in the NE France/Flanders/Belgium region.”
(by peacay)

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derangedbutterfly:

Dublin - Trinity College Library by Irish Welcome Tours on Flickr.
Aside from being absolutely gorgeous, with two story dark wooden arches, this is also the largest library in all of Ireland. It serves as the country’s copyright library, where a copy of all new books and periodicals must be sent when they apply for copyright protection. The library is also home to the famous Book of Kells, an illuminated manuscript created by Celtic monks around the year 800.

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The lower cover of Lindau Gospel, 9th century.

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(via Graphic / love this - such a great illustration of how books can take you so many places)

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booksnbuildings:

Bookbinding for Emperor Charles V (c. 1500-1588)
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Miniature from a copy of Firdawsi’s Shah-nama. “Mubad-i Mubadan Brings Food to the Captive Vizier Izad-i Gashasp” Iran, Tabriz (?); between 1300 and 1340 Leaf: 24 × 18.5 cm The manuscripts that were made in the Mongol or Il-Khanid period have both features from “Arab painting” and elements from Far Eastern art. This painting is quite Arab in expression, while scenes with warriors and landscapes display Chinese inspiration to a higher degree. The first extant copies of Firdawsi’s famous 11th-century Persian epic, the Book of Kings, were written under the Il-Khanids. This miniature comes from one of the “small Shah-namas” that are considered by some to be precursors of the period’s more mature masterpiece, the great “Demotte Shah-nama.” Inv. no. 12/1990 (via The David Collection - The Il-Khanids)

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