British Library / en Bede and Bernard, Birds and Beasts: An Exploration of the Illuminated Initials of ²ÝÁñÊÓÆµ MS 308 /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%20²ÝÁñÊÓÆµ%20Library%2C%20Oxford%2C%20MS%20308%2C%20f.%205r.jpg.webp?itok=ZVlyOB3E" width="655" height="435" alt="²ÝÁñÊÓÆµ 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 ²ÝÁñÊÓÆµ 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 ²ÝÁñÊÓÆµ, 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>²ÝÁñÊÓÆµ 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 ²ÝÁñÊÓÆµ, Oxford, and one at the National Library of Wales?</h3> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>²ÝÁñÊÓÆµ Library, Oxford, MS 308, f. 5r</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <h5><strong>²ÝÁñÊÓÆµ 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