Season 2, Episode 8: Illuminating Illuminated Manuscripts

In this episode, we are taking a close look at some of the oldest items in the Society's collection. W. Dean Eastman Undergraduate Resident, 艾琳·奥尔丁, takes us along as she examines manuscripts from the Middle Ages that are illuminated with gold and silver. 

Click the images above to view the photos. 

View more illuminated manuscripts and learn more:

Opening of the Long 小时 of the Cross, page from Book of 小时

日历, beginning of January, page from Book of 小时

特邀嘉宾: 

艾琳·奥尔丁 was one of the two interns for the MHS's innagural W. Dean Eastman Undergraduate 图书馆 Residency, working with the 图书馆 and 研究 departments. She is going on to study History at the University of Massachusetts Boston.

Dr. Agnieszka Rec is the Early Materials Cataloger at the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript 图书馆 at Yale University. She is working on the collecting habits of Boston bibliophile Anna Cabot Lowell Quincy Waterston.

This episode uses materials from:

所有的方式 波丁顿·贝尔(Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported)
灵媒 by Dominic Giam of Ketsa Music (licensed under a commercial non-exclusive license by the Massachusetts Historical Society through Ketsa.uk)
好奇的天性 by Dominic Giam of Ketsa Music (licensed under a commercial non-exclusive license by the Massachusetts Historical Society through Ketsa.uk)