/ en /bede-and-bernard-birds-and-beasts-exploration-illuminated-initials-new-college-ms-308 <div class="top-wrapper"> <div class="row"> <div class="col-sm-12"> <div class="field field--name-field-image field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/styles/large_navigation/public/2024-12/New%20College%20Library%2C%20Oxford%2C%20MS%20308%2C%20f.%205r.jpg.webp?itok=ZVlyOB3E" width="655" height="435" alt="New College Library, Oxford, MS 308, f. 5r" class="img-responsive"> </div> <div class="field field--name-node-title field--type-ds field--label-hidden field--item"><h2> Bede and Bernard, Birds and Beasts: An Exploration of the Illuminated Initials of Ï㽶ֱ²¥ MS 308 </h2> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-author field--type-string field--label-hidden field--item">Antje G. Frotscher</div> <div class="field field--name-field-issue field--type-string field--label-above"> <div class="field--label">Issue number</div> <div class="field--item">(2024): 22</div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-notes-category field--type-entity-reference field--label-above"> <div class="field--label">Notes category</div> <div class="field--items"> <div class="field--item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/52" hreflang="en">Library Manuscripts</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/593" hreflang="en">MS 308</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/594" hreflang="en">The Venerable Bede</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/627" hreflang="en">Bodleian Library</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/628" hreflang="en">British Library</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/629" hreflang="en">National Library of Wales</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/630" hreflang="en">Pembroke College, Oxford</a></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="middle-wrapper"> <div class="inner-middle-wrapper"> <div class="row"> <div class="col-sm-8"> <div class="field field--name-field-summary field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><h3>New College Library’s 12th-century Bede manuscript might be better described not as a masterpiece of Cistercian insular art, but rather as an astonishing collection of no less than 192 miniature masterpieces. How does our beautifully illuminated MS 308 relate to five other Bede manuscripts—one at The British Library, two at the Bodleian, one at Pembroke College, Oxford, and one at the National Library of Wales?</h3> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>New College Library, Oxford, MS 308, f. 5r</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <h5><strong>New College Library and Archives, Oxford</strong></h5> </div> </div> <div class="col-md-2 col-md-offset-2 col-sm-3 col-sm-offset-1"> <div class="field field--name-field-attachment field--type-file field--label-hidden field--items"> <div class="field--item"><span class="file file--mime-application-pdf file--application-pdf icon-before"><span class="file-icon"><span class="icon glyphicon glyphicon-file text-primary" aria-hidden="true"></span></span><span class="file-link"><a href="/sites/default/files/2024-12/22NCN1%20%282024%29%20Frotscher%20on%20MS%20308.pdf" type="application/pdf; length=1363875" title="Open file in new window" target="_blank" data-toggle="tooltip" data-placement="bottom">22NCN1 (2024) Frotscher on MS 308.pdf</a></span><span class="file-size">1.3 MB</span></span></div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="row"> <div class="col-sm-12"> </div> </div> </div> </div> Tue, 31 Dec 2024 03:56:14 +0000 Christopher 3255 at