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 …
Month: May 2020
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 …
Colour your own medieval manuscript, part 2
Durham Cathedral Library MS B.II.34 Florus of Lyons, Collectaneum in epistolas Pauli (Corinthians-Hebrews) Welcome to the second instalment of ‘Colour your own medieval manuscript’. We hope you enjoyed Part 1 – Durham Cathedral Library MS A.IV.10 Matthew, glossed and have now honed your illuminating skills and gained an insight into what it was like to Read More …