![]() Led by Professor emeritus Margaret Manion AO (University of Melbourne), Professor Bernard Muir (University of Melbourne), Dr Toby Burrows (University of Western Australia) and Shane Carmody (State Library Victoria), the project also contributed detailed scholarly entries (with bibliographies) for each of the Library's illuminated manuscripts, which are accessible through the catalogue records. The digital facsimiles (which include the holdings of the Art Gallery of Ballarat) are the outcome of an Australian Research Council Linkage Grant (2010–13), Medieval and Renaissance manuscripts in Australia: Researching and relating Australia's manuscript holdings to new technologies and new readers, in which this Library was a partner. They were included in the Library's 2008 Medieval imagination exhibition, and some can always be viewed in the annually refreshed World of the book exhibition. These manuscripts were acquired between 19, many with funds from the Felton Bequest. ![]() The Library's collection of 24 illuminated European manuscripts are digitised and available to view and download in high-resolution image files. The Library holds medieval and early-modern (pre-1900) manuscripts from Afghanistan, England, Ethiopia, France, Germany, India, Indonesia, Iran, Italy, the Middle East, the Netherlands and South-East Asia, many of which are digitised.īecause of the manuscripts' fragility and preservation needs, those wishing to use them must discuss their needs and possible alternatives (including digital and physical facsimiles) with Library staff. Over the millennia, and continuing into the modern era, cultures all around the world have produced manuscripts. Technically, it could also describe clay tablets and Roman wax tablets, formats that preceded both the scroll and the codex, on which marks were made using a stylus. The word describes any text that is produced without mechanical aid, primarily those inscribed with a pen or brush on papyrus, paper or vellum (prepared animal skin) using ink and other pigments. Please review the following Procedures for Manuscripts Access and Handling Guide before submitting an application.'Manuscript' means 'written by hand' in Latin ( manu, 'by hand', and scriptus, 'written'). Researchers should apply far in advance of a possible appointment to allow time for curators to review your application.Īll interested parties may apply for an appointment in the Manuscripts Study Room to access microfilms and research files about the collection. Applications require a letter of recommendation from a professor or professional contact in the field. We consider applications to study manuscripts in the collection only from qualified researchers with a demonstrated need for primary source materials. Throughout the fifteenth century, lavishly illuminated manuscripts were highly prized items, and important books were frequently given as diplomatic gifts, or to celebrate dynastic marriages. This exhibition presents a remarkable example from each faith tradition.Īll illuminations represented in the Getty’s Manuscripts collection (over 7,000 images) are available online for free download through the Getty’s Open Content Program.Īdmission to the Manuscripts Department Study Room is by application and appointment only.Īccess to the original manuscripts is limited due to their rarity and the special handling requirements for this fragile material. The sacred scriptures of Jews, Christians, and Muslims are among the most beautifully illuminated manuscripts of the Middle Ages. The Art of Three Faiths: Torah, Bible, Qur'an The bestiary was one of the most important sources on animals from the Middle Ages, serving as a kind of medieval encyclopedia that placed each creature within a Christian framework and conception of creation. This luxury manuscript featured decoration by prominent early Renaissance artists. In the 1340s, families in Florence, Italy sang with musical accompaniment from the Laudario of Sant’Agnese. The works of art in this exhibition reveal the intersections between power, justice, and tyranny and illustrate the constant struggle between noble aspirations and base human instincts. In the medieval period, as throughout our world today, the use and abuse of power was a subject of intense discussion, inspiring works of art that expose the divide between political ideals and realities. Power, Justice, and Tyranny in the Middle Ages But it would be nearly one thousand years before artists began representing Balthazar as a Black African. The online exhibit provides a close look at 15th-century images of the African king against the backdrop of Afro-European contact, which included trade and diplomacy as well as the painful legacies of enslavement. ![]() Balthazar: A Black African King in Medieval and Renaissance ArtĮarly medieval legends tell us that the youngest of the three kings who paid homage to the newborn Christ Child in Bethlehem was from Africa.
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