Browse Items (23 total)

Codex Borbonicus, 21v-22r.jpg
The facsimile is of a single 46 ½ x 15 ½ inch sheet of amatl paper folded accordion-fashion into 36 leaves. Three additional pages of commentary in English, French, and German are subsequently included in the facsimile. The Codex Borbonicus facsimile…

Douce Apocalypse 82v-83r.jpg
This facsimile presents one of the most courtly and luxurious examples of Gothic manuscript illustration in medieval Apocalypse manuscripts, which became “best-sellers” in later Medieval England. Along with its modern binding, the facsimile…

Winchester Psalter, 2v-3r.JPG
The facsimile is a full-color replication of the Winchester Psalter currently located in the British Library. The luxurious modern binding consists of Indian goatskin and blocked with a 2-colour design by Joe McLaren. This richly embellished…

The Tailor's Book, 28v-29r.jpg
This facsimile provides a window into the secular fashion world of 16th century Milan. It is accurate in conveying the look and feel of the portfolio with its leather binding and textured pages to replicate the feel of parchment.

Gutenberg Bible Vol. 2, Baruch.JPG
This facsimile consists of two volumes that are hand bound in full oxblood moroccon leather. Although this facsimile is technically a copy, the attention to detail and the Intaglio printing process used is astounding. To insure the colors of the text…

Songbook of Juana la Loca, 9v-10r.jpg
The facsimile of the Songbook of Joan the Mad is a full-size color reproduction of the entire original manuscript. The original leather binding is replicated including the bird and animal motifs and vegetal scrolling. There are 56 miniatures…

Mappa Mundi Jerusalem 2.1.jpg
The Mappa Mundi facsimile is nearly to scale measuring 143 x 120 cm. Large scale printing technology was needed to print the map in one piece. As a result, the colors are vibrant, replicating the experience of viewing the original map in person.…

Escorial Beatus, 1v-2r.JPG
The true-to-size Escorial Beatus facsimile is bound in embossed brown goatskin with hand stitching and silver clasps. The pages accurately depict the current fragmented folios of parchment, along with the texture.

Book of hours of Doña Mencia De Mendoza, Open Box.jpg
The facsimile of the Book of Hours of Doña Mencía de Mendoza is a full-size color reproduction of the original manuscript. It is bound in brown leather with a gold rays emitting from a center heart. The facsimile is stored in a small red velvet…

Paupers' Bible Apocalypse, 6v-7r .jpg
The Pauper's Bible with Apocalypse facsimile is a full-size color reproduction of the large-scale original manuscript. The facsimile conveys the manuscripts' ability to act as a learning tool for the public, who probably did not know Latin well or at…
Output Formats

atom, dcmes-xml, json, omeka-xml, rss2