http://www.metafilter.com/tags/marginalia Posts tagged with 'marginalia' at MetaFilter. Sat, 02 May 2009 11:52:02 -0800 Sat, 02 May 2009 11:52:02 -0800 en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://www.metafilter.com/81350/Whats%2Dgoing%2Don%2Dover%2Dthere <a href="http://www.bl.uk/collections/treasures/luttrell/luttrell_broadband.htm">The Luttrell Psalter</a> is the definitive example of Marginalia; the term used to describe drawings and flourishes in medieval illuminated manuscripts. Explore pages similar to <a href="http://www.wagscreen.co.uk/assets/images/Cherrytree02.jpg">this</a> and <a href="http://media-2.web.britannica.com/eb-media/91/100091-004-FC30D926.jpg">this</a> up close. Here is a medieval <a href="http://gotmedieval.blogspot.com/">blog</a> which has more Marginalia, both <a href="http://gotmedieval.blogspot.com/2008/04/mmm-marginalia-to-arms-my-monkey_6856.html">amusing</a> and medievally <a href="http://gotmedieval.blogspot.com/2009/01/pity-medieval-archivist-mmm-marginalia.html">ribauld</a> or <a href="http://gotmedieval.blogspot.com/2008/02/ok-fine-here-you-go-some-medieval-porn.html">both</a>. For serious scholars <a href="http://www.marginalia.co.uk/">Marginalia </a> is the website of the Medieval Reading Group at the University of Cambridge which has a myriad of <a href="http://www.marginalia.co.uk/resources.php">online resources</a>. tag:metafilter.com,2009:site.81350 Sat, 02 May 2009 11:52:02 -0800 luttrellpsalter marginalia medieval resources adamvasco http://www.metafilter.com/30622/Marginalia%2Dand%2DOther%2DCrimes <a href="http://www.lib.cam.ac.uk/marginalia/">Marginalia and Other Crimes:</a> I’ve always had an intense hatred for people that deface books, and if they're <em>my</em> books, the intensity is doubled. But imagine the atrocities the average librarian faces every day... Witness this display of damaged and defiled books from the Cambridge University library, with attached sarcastic commentary. The <em>horror!</em> Not for the squeamish. tag:metafilter.com,2004:site.30622 Thu, 08 Jan 2004 20:21:14 -0800 books libraries library librophilia marginalia chrisgregory