British Library MS Arundel 16 f. 2
Title
British Library MS Arundel 16 f. 2
Description
- What you see
* You may quote the catalogue description (but make sure you use " " and a reference -- at the very least a link).
- How this is relevant to your assignment:
Suppose your exhibit is about text technologies. You can talk about this image incorporating text production into the text itself.
You can talk about the figure of the scribe.
You can talk about the scribe holding a quill and a scroll/leaf of parchment.
You can talk about the colours used in the image, about the marvellous creatures around the bottom.
You can say this is a digital object that represents only part of the page (cropped image of the historiated initial). You can say it also shows you a hint of the 3D physical manuscript by incorporating the gutter.
For the quiz, you can write: "For A2, I would here say how this image is relevant to my exhibit as evidence for my thesis."
* You may quote the catalogue description (but make sure you use " " and a reference -- at the very least a link).
- How this is relevant to your assignment:
Suppose your exhibit is about text technologies. You can talk about this image incorporating text production into the text itself.
You can talk about the figure of the scribe.
You can talk about the scribe holding a quill and a scroll/leaf of parchment.
You can talk about the colours used in the image, about the marvellous creatures around the bottom.
You can say this is a digital object that represents only part of the page (cropped image of the historiated initial). You can say it also shows you a hint of the 3D physical manuscript by incorporating the gutter.
For the quiz, you can write: "For A2, I would here say how this image is relevant to my exhibit as evidence for my thesis."
Creator
Osbern
Publisher
The British Library
Date
"last quarter of the 11th century or 1st quarter of the 12th century" (British Library Catalogue)
Rights
Format
Parchment
Language
Latin
Coverage
"England, S. E. (Canterbury)" (British Library Catalogue)
Citation
Osbern, “British Library MS Arundel 16 f. 2,” Omeka Gym, accessed February 12, 2025, https://omekagym.omeka.net/items/show/753.