SJLahey , to BookHistodons group
@SJLahey@mastodon.social avatar

Biblically-accurate ? 👀
@bookhistodons @histodons

Detail of a leaf in a medieval manuscript: folio 128 recto in Cambridge, University Library, Manuscript Ll.4.18. Visible is the start of 9 lines of Latin text copied in dark brown ink, the 1st and 8th lines opening with pilcrows or paragraph marks added in red ink, the 5th line opening with another pilcrow added in blue ink. Above all this, in the topmost margin of the leaf, someone has sketched a manicule—a pointing hand or glove typically used to draw attention to a passage—in black ink. This manicule takes the shape of a glove pointing down towards the text with thumb and index finger. The back of the glove is ornamented with a pattern probably intended to represent a flower, but resembling a cluster of 4 eyes.
ALT
  • Reply
  • Expand (3)
  • Collapse (3)
    • SJLahey OP ,
    @SJLahey@mastodon.social avatar

    @KarenStrickholm @bookhistodons @histodons It’s a leaf in a carefully-copied collection of medieval English common law texts. A reader added the manicule to mark a passage of interest. 😊

    KarenStrickholm ,
    @KarenStrickholm@mastodon.online avatar

    @SJLahey @bookhistodons @histodons

    Oh I see, so a different person made the "manicule" to the margin, probably later in time. Manicule is not in dictionary dot com, but once again, has me covered!

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manicule

  • All
  • Subscribed
  • Moderated
  • Favorites
  • •
  • kbinchat
  • All magazines
    •