March, no one left in town, Toretsk, Ukraine (2025)

#WARINUKRAINE #війна #war #Ukraine #manuscript

Illustration : "Strasbourg"
Made in gouache, 21cm x 15 cm.

Part of the exhibition "Enluminures" at Atelier du Bain aux Plantes, Strasbourg. Inspired by medieval manuscripts.

#art #painting #illustration #medieval #manuscript #exhibition #exposition #france #strasbourg #artist #traditionalart #cathedral #mastoart #fediart

Deux manuscrits / deux représentations pour ce tableau vivant mis en scène à la Fontaine du Ponceau le 12 mai 1517 pour l'entrée de Claude de France à Paris.
Vous y reconnaîtrez peut-être une salamandre (si, si !) et une hermine...?

1. Détail du Titus A XVII de la British Library
2. Détail du Stowe 582 de la British Library

#HistoireDelArt #Histoire #enluminures #Manuscrit #manuscript #Renaissance #ClaudeDeFrance #FrancoisIer #peinture #IlluminatedManuscript #BritishLibrary #hermine #salamandre

WE WILL #WRITE YOUR 250-PAGE #MEMOIR #MANUSCRIPT FOR UNDER $20,000! #Book #ghostwriters are ready! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wWxFPkmE4lY

St. John of the Cross Novena, Day 1: Self-trust

Reading

Those who trust in themselves are worse than the devil.

Sayings of Light and Love, 166

Scripture

He also told this parable to some who trusted in themselves that they were righteous and despised others: “Two men went up into the temple to pray, one a Pharisee and the other a tax collector. The Pharisee stood and prayed thus with himself, ‘God, I thank thee that I am not like other men, extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even like this tax collector. I fast twice a week, I give tithes of all that I get.’ But the tax collector, standing far off, would not even lift up his eyes to heaven, but beat his breast, saying, ‘God, be merciful to me a sinner!’ I tell you, this man went down to his house justified rather than the other; for every one who exalts himself will be humbled, but he who humbles himself will be exalted.”

Luke 18:9-14

Meditation

“Jesus told this parable to some who trusted in themselves that they were righteous,” the Gospel tells us. And let’s notice that the conclusion of the parable is a mirror image of the song that Jesus’ own Mother sang in the home of her cousin Elizabeth: Deposuit potentes de sede, et exaltavit humiles (“He has brought down the mighty from their thrones and exalted those of humble estate,” Lk 1:52).

Another interesting item to note in the parable is the conscience of the tax collector, who was painfully aware of his sinfulness. The Catechism of the Catholic Church (CCC) states that a “well-formed conscience is upright and truthful”, thus the “education of conscience is indispensable for human beings who are subjected to negative influences and tempted by sin to prefer their own judgment and to reject authoritative teachings.” (CCC 1783) This education is “a lifelong task.” (CCC 1784)

So how is the conscience formed?

In the formation of conscience the Word of God is the light for our path, we must assimilate it in faith and prayer and put it into practice. We must also examine our conscience before the Lord’s Cross. We are assisted by the gifts of the Holy Spirit, aided by the witness or advice of others and guided by the authoritative teaching of the Church. (CCC 1785)

If self-trust is worse than the devil, i.e. “Satan, the Evil One, the angel who opposes God…. the one who ‘throws himself across’ God’s plan and his work of salvation accomplished in Christ” (CCC 2851) then the virtue to conquer that vice would be to trust in God.

When we say ‘God’ we confess a constant, unchangeable being, always the same, faithful and just, without any evil. It follows that we must necessarily accept his words and have complete faith in him and acknowledge his authority. He is almighty, merciful, and infinitely beneficent. Who could not place all hope in him? Who could not love him when contemplating the treasures of goodness and love he has poured out on us? (CCC 2086)

St. Thérèse of Lisieux, one of St. John of the Cross’ foremost disciples responds to these rhetorical questions in these, her last written words:

It is not in the first place, but in the last place that I start out; instead of getting ahead with the Pharisee, I repeat, full of trust, the humble prayer of the tax collector; but especially I imitate Magdalene’s attitude, her amazing or rather her daring love that charms the Heart of Jesus, captivates my very own heart. Yes, I feel it, even if I had on my conscience all the sins that can be committed, I would go, heartbroken with repentance, and throw myself into Jesus’ arms, because I know just how much He cherishes the prodigal child who has returned to Him. It is not because God, in His gracious, prevenient mercy, has preserved my soul from mortal sin that I stand up and go to Him in trust and love… (Ms C 36v-37r).

Prayer

O St. John of the Cross
You were endowed by our Lord with the spirit of self-denial
and a love of the cross.
Obtain for us the grace to follow your example
that we may come to the eternal vision of the glory of God.

O Saint of Christ’s redeeming cross
the road of life is dark and long.
Teach us always to be resigned to God’s holy will
in all the circumstances of our lives
and grant us the special favor
which we now ask of you.

Mention your request

Above all, obtain for us the grace of final perseverance,
a holy and happy death and everlasting life with you
and all the saints in heaven.
Amen.

Let’s continue in prayer

Day 1 — Self-trust
Day 2 — Self-giving
Day 3 — Cleansing
Day 4 — Walking in love
Day 5 — Trust
Day 6 — Prayer
Day 7 — Humility
Day 8 — Eternal Silence
Day 9 — Silent love

The novena prayer was composed from approved sources by Professor Michael Ogunu, a member of the Discalced Carmelite Secular Order in Nigeria.

All scripture references in this novena are from the New Revised Standard Version Bible: Catholic Edition, copyright © 1989, 1993 the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America as accessed from the Bible Gateway website.

Don’t become discouraged and give up prayer, says St. John of the Cross. We offer varying novenas to Our Lady of Mount Carmel, as well as novenas to St. Teresa of Avila, St. John of the Cross, St. Thérèse of Lisieux, Sts. Louis and Zélie Martin, St. Elizabeth of the Trinity, and St. Joseph.

Let us unite in prayer

#conscience #devil #examinationOfConscience #humble #johnOfTheCross #littleTherese #manuscript #novena #pharisee #prevenientMercy #pride #sanJuanDeLaCruz #satan #selfRighteous #stJohnOfTheCross #stTherese #stThereseOfLisieux #stThereseOfTheChildJesus #taxCollector #trust

Pour mon #VendrediLecture, un manuscrit qui rapporte les cérémonies faites lors de la mort d'Anne de Bretagne et celles qui ont accompagné le mariage d'Anne de Foix avec le roi de Hongrie.
Pour cette occasion, les merveilles du château du roi sont décrites, parmi lesquelles une bibliothèque de 3 à 400 livres en latin, grec et "hongre" ; des tapisseries dont une de l'histoire de Troie, et un serpent, séché et conservé puis empaillé (?) de telle façon qu'il conserve un aspect "horrible et espouvantable"...

Bristish Library, Ms. Stowe 584 (ici fol. 78)

#HistoireDelArt #Histoire #Manuscrit #Manuscript #Hongrie #Bretagne #monstre #serpent

Images from a #medieval #manuscript to help you kick off your week.
This manuscript @laBnF
Latin MS 1178 dates to 1460-70 and is FILLED with fascinating marginalia. Here are a few of my favs, including a medieval Yoda(?) and a quality unicorn Dr Lacey Bonar Hull @LaceyBonarHull #globalmuseum

📜 An Ottoman Arabic #Manuscript Containing Grammatical Works, 1540 "Strive to rise from the depths of this whirl, For the cure is hidden within the pain. Bind the remedy to the wound of love— I learned this wisdom from Luqman. [𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗱 𝗙𝘂𝗹𝗹 𝗶𝗻 𝗔𝗹𝘁 𝗧𝗲𝘅𝘁] ✏️ Âhû Baba, 17th Century

Beauté du soir : les enluminures de Jean Colombe dans le manuscrit Français 449, qui contient le texte traduit en français de Robert Blondel, Des douze périls d'enfer (1475-1485), peint pour Charlotte de Savoie.
Les pages sont décorées de manière à donner l'illusion que des pierres précieuses ou des camées y sont sertis.

A feuilleté ici : https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b6000777n (ci-dessous, f°70)

Magnifique !
#HistoireDelArt #Histoire #Manuscrit #Manuscript #Enluminure #15th #15esiecle #peinture #France

The St  Andrews Chronicles, one of the most important manuscript histories of Scotland, is going on public display for the first time in its 500-year history. The book will be on display at University of St Andrews Wardlaw Museum from 21 November to 7 December

https://news.st-andrews.ac.uk/archive/500-year-old-history-of-scotland-on-public-display-for-the-first-time/

#Scottish #literature #history #16thcentury #manuscript #BookHistory

Want to join the www.codicum.eu project? 3 year PostDoct at SDU (Odense, Denmark) for an Latin expert with palaeographical as well as text and book historical skills. #Medieval #Manuscript

3-year postdoc position in med...

Alice’s Adventures Under Ground, the original, handwritten manuscript, illustrated by Lewis Carroll. #book #manuscript #aliceinwonderland

Wormholes and stains add to backstory of #medieval #manuscript’s acquisition

https://www.rochester.edu/newscenter/richard-kaeuper-collection-medieval-manuscripts-acquisition-528572/

Great book, great story of discovery, and will be of particular interest to @sharpweb.org colleagues who attended the SHARP conference in Rochester last summer

This morning I am in Berlin looking at #manuscript Theol lat fol 366, said (with relative certainty) to be written by St Liudger ca 800 CE. Liudger was a missionary from Utrecht who spent years in Britain, then founded the monastery in Werden (Germany) where this manuscript is from. I feel like Liudger is right next to me when I sit in front of his book and read his words, just as he did over 1200 years ago! #palaeography #goosebumps

You can look at it yourself online: https://handschriftenportal.de/search?hspobjectid=HSP-88c14a7a-6cd6-36ec-8617-aeab8637aef6

📜 A Christian Book and Psalms and Hymns in Arabic, Ottoman Levant, c. Mid-18th Century #Manuscript

📜 From Old Books, 18th Century: “A person should always keep a notebook with them so that they may consult it. It has been said: Whoever does not have a notebook in their pocket, wisdom will not become firmly established in their heart.” #Manuscript

What's the solution these days to annotating #medieval #manuscript images in #IIIF? I want to get my students annotating with digital pen + tablet using online manuscripts of their choice - do we have to tediously download the images, or are there annotation-enabled digitisations (or free software) out there?

#digitalpalaeography @medievodons

Historisches Schularchiv des Görres-Gymnasiums Koblenz wird restauriert

https://histgymbib.hypotheses.org/28769

#gymnasialbibliothek #histodons #archives #geisteswissenschaft #openbibliosocial #manuscript #earlymodern #FrüheNeuzeit #Archiv

Johns Hopkins Magazine: A medieval art form, digitized . “Already, two of the Stern Center’s world-renowned collections of early books have largely been digitized… One of these, Women of the Book, features 2,000-plus books and manuscripts about women dedicated to the life of the mind: nuns, female saints, healers, and miracle workers living between 1450 and 1800. Another, the Bibliotheca […]

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/10/24/johns-hopkins-magazine-a-medieval-art-form-digitized/