Comments on: A Medieval Library http://blog.metmuseum.org/penandparchment/2009/06/01/a-medieval-library/ Sun, 19 May 2013 23:48:01 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 By: Anne Bobroff-Hajal http://blog.metmuseum.org/penandparchment/2009/06/01/a-medieval-library/comment-page-1/#comment-71 Anne Bobroff-Hajal Mon, 20 Jul 2009 03:53:09 +0000 http://blog.metmuseum.org/penandparchment/?p=90#comment-71 "has me wondering about other examples of modern technology being used to carry on centuries-old traditions and knowledge. Are there other fields in which this same marriage between modernity and history is taking place?" This makes me think of the wonderful thread in the film the Red Violin. In it, monks in a monastery that had owned the violin centuries earlier bid in international auction for the spectacularly valuable violin, a work of sublime art in itself. The ascetic monks are seen against a spectacular view of the Alps outside their windows, bidding electronically in the auction taking place thousands of miles away. I remember how strange and yet compelling this contrast seemed to me, between the still-medieval-seeming monks and the modern-day auction, with its electronic security and international bidding. The monks felt the violin should be returned to the place where it was first played (by a very young child prodigy, an orphan). “has me wondering about other examples of modern technology being used to carry on centuries-old traditions and knowledge. Are there other fields in which this same marriage between modernity and history is taking place?”

This makes me think of the wonderful thread in the film the Red Violin. In it, monks in a monastery that had owned the violin centuries earlier bid in international auction for the spectacularly valuable violin, a work of sublime art in itself. The ascetic monks are seen against a spectacular view of the Alps outside their windows, bidding electronically in the auction taking place thousands of miles away. I remember how strange and yet compelling this contrast seemed to me, between the still-medieval-seeming monks and the modern-day auction, with its electronic security and international bidding. The monks felt the violin should be returned to the place where it was first played (by a very young child prodigy, an orphan).

]]> By: Melanie Holcomb http://blog.metmuseum.org/penandparchment/2009/06/01/a-medieval-library/comment-page-1/#comment-13 Melanie Holcomb Sat, 20 Jun 2009 19:36:20 +0000 http://blog.metmuseum.org/penandparchment/?p=90#comment-13 Dear Darla, I think the vivid colors found in the early medieval manuscripts in the exhibition have taken a lot of people by surprise--especially that extraordianary orange, which you'll find in a number of works on view. There's will be a post in a few weeks on some of the inks used in the manuscripts, so stay tuned. Dear Darla,

I think the vivid colors found in the early medieval manuscripts in the exhibition have taken a lot of people by surprise–especially that extraordianary orange, which you’ll find in a number of works on view. There’s will be a post in a few weeks on some of the inks used in the manuscripts, so stay tuned.

]]> By: Darla http://blog.metmuseum.org/penandparchment/2009/06/01/a-medieval-library/comment-page-1/#comment-9 Darla Fri, 19 Jun 2009 12:47:08 +0000 http://blog.metmuseum.org/penandparchment/?p=90#comment-9 Unrelated to earlier comments, but I love this work. The action is so real and orange?!? Orange doesn't seem a usual color in the middle ages... Unrelated to earlier comments, but I love this work. The action is so real and orange?!? Orange doesn’t seem a usual color in the middle ages…

]]> By: Melanie Holcomb http://blog.metmuseum.org/penandparchment/2009/06/01/a-medieval-library/comment-page-1/#comment-8 Melanie Holcomb Thu, 18 Jun 2009 21:17:40 +0000 http://blog.metmuseum.org/penandparchment/?p=90#comment-8 Dear Alex, A lot of libraries are now putting their collections on line, which has been a boon for students of medieval manuscripts. The <a href="http://delicious.com/metmuseum/pen_and_parchment" rel="nofollow">Museum's Delicious account</a> includes a list of those sites that I found invaluable in organizing this exhibition. Many of them provide entire online facsimiles of the some of the works in the exhibition. So you can have a sense of what the pages that aren't on view look like. Dear Alex,
A lot of libraries are now putting their collections on line, which has been a boon for students of medieval manuscripts. The Museum’s Delicious account includes a list of those sites that I found invaluable in organizing this exhibition. Many of them provide entire online facsimiles of the some of the works in the exhibition. So you can have a sense of what the pages that aren’t on view look like.

]]> By: Alex http://blog.metmuseum.org/penandparchment/2009/06/01/a-medieval-library/comment-page-1/#comment-2 Alex Wed, 03 Jun 2009 16:06:01 +0000 http://blog.metmuseum.org/penandparchment/?p=90#comment-2 Just today, I came across a site, Rare Book Room (http://www.rarebookroom.org/), that displays almost 400 digitized books. The collection covers a variety of topics and there are a number of religious texts scanned including this illustrated "Paupers' Bible" from the Netherlands, 1465 (http://www.rarebookroom.org/Control/schbib/index.html). I've lost quite a bit of time looking through the collection on both the Rare Book Room and Saint Gall's virtual library. I'm looking forward to the next post here. Just today, I came across a site, Rare Book Room (http://www.rarebookroom.org/), that displays almost 400 digitized books. The collection covers a variety of topics and there are a number of religious texts scanned including this illustrated “Paupers’ Bible” from the Netherlands, 1465 (http://www.rarebookroom.org/Control/schbib/index.html).

I’ve lost quite a bit of time looking through the collection on both the Rare Book Room and Saint Gall’s virtual library.

I’m looking forward to the next post here.

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