the book of hours of Johanna the Mad (aka Johanna of Aragon, sister of Catherine of Aragon, Henry VIII's wife no. 1) is now online, courtesy of the British Library.
Add MS 18852
BL's shiny new viewer allows you to page through the MS, and enlarge to gigantic proportions to examine the ductus (very unusual 'Gothic with humanistic features', says BL) and the details of the initials. (It does not, however, allow you to right-click-save image.)
It's hard to remember this beautiful work is only 11cm x 8cm, with a working space of just 5cm x 3.5 cm.
Here's just one page, 21v: glorious! Enjoy your viewing.
4 comments:
Lovely! I wonder what determines what mss they put up on the scroll-through. Alas, Egerton 1146 isn't one of them.
Looking at the hand, it's almost, but not quite, like the da Besozzo hand.
It does not, however, allow you to right-click-save image
And that's where "print screen" is so useful!
Ari Mala: Egerton 1146 is beautiful indeed, and is online, though not in the whizzy new viewer.
What's special about it for you, aside from general splendidness?
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