Earlier this week, I visited the Pierpont Morgan Library reading room to examine and photograph a couple of late fifteenth century Italian manuscripts. (I apparently have extremely consistent taste.)
Excitingly, I was able to borrow a DSLR for the occasion, but now I’m learning about postprocessing, so I don’t quite have awesome photos to share yet.
So for now, here’s a quick preview set!
Some rubbing damage on a cardinal’s family crest in Morgan MS M279.
Two kinds of gold pigment on an illuminated I in Morgan MS M279.
Purple shades, metal discoloration, and finely faded filigree in Morgan MS M279.
A reader in their natural state in the margin of Morgan MS M279.
Morgan MS M279’s marbled endpapers. (Not its original binding.) Also, nifty adjustable book cradle and velvet book snake.
Some footsoldiers with vertically striped hose and really big swords in Morgan MS M801.
A fancy lady speaks to a cardinal in Morgan MS M801.
A hint from the scribe to the capital illuminator, and some various smudges, in Morgan MS M801.
The remains of some instructions for an artist who never followed them in Morgan MS M801.
Morgan MS M383 is shinier than anyone had realized.
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