The Charters in the Margin of Matthew Paris’s Chronica Maiora - Medievalists.net

The Charters in the Margin of Matthew Paris’s Chronica Maiora By Meghan WoolleyMatthew Paris’s Chronica maiora is famous for its illustrations: maps of Great Britain, the murder of an archbishop, and an elephant gifted to England’s King Henry III. But as I sat in the archive, reading Matthew’s own copy of the Chronica, something else caught my eye: small charters drawn in the margins, reproduced in meticulous detail down to their colorful seals.It’s common for English chronicles to include ma...

And when I looked … a book was therein

And when I looked … a book was thereinSourceURL: https://www.tcd.ie/library/epb/blog/and-when-i-looked-a-book-was-therein/ Sometimes it’s obvious that a book has a story to tell before you even look at the text. The volume at OLS X-1-60 is a good example. As soon as it is lifted from its protective storage box, the hand-made brown velvet case begs to be stroked. The initials TW are embroidered on the top; the pink felt lining protrudes; and the cardboard backing s...