27 January 2014

Marvelous Medieval Books

My new favorite Tumblr is from Erik Kwakkel, a medieval book historian at Leiden University.



Though not Medieval, this late sixteenth-century book is in fact six books in one:


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Image: Gif by Erik Kwakkel, from images in the National Library of Sweden.


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Marvelous Medieval Books