Tuija Ainonen

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Medieval and early modern manuscripts, books, libraries and archives Sub-Librarian / Special Collections Librarian at The Parker Library, Corpus Christi College, Cambridge @parkerlibcccc.bsky.social My posts, my views and interests - not my employer's

Pink-ish-brown bunny incide pink letter C on blue square From a manuscript at the Parker Library, Corpus Christi College, Cambridge MS 628, f. 138r
plain black text on white background providing typographical variants for Middle French 'ail' aka garlic
Excerpt of a page in medieval manuscript containing information about herbs and their uses. Right hand column contains the text in brownish-black ink, with a capital S in red with blue pen-flourishes that starts the paragraph on 'allia' / garlic. Left hand column contains summary of main medical uses of garlic, written in red ink by the same hand has the main text. Left column is occasionally intersperced with translation glosses of the main headword, added by a later hand. Black ink reads 'Haus .Garlec.' to indicate the Middle French and Middle English words for 'allia'. The Parker Library, CCCC MS 438, f. 21v
Dragons interlaced with vines inside a stylised capital O CCCC MS 253, f. 65r Fully digitised: https://parker.stanford.edu/parker/catalog/dy778wn8940
Description of the Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies Post-Doctoral Fellowship, taken from a poster circulating in the email lists in the field. Part 1. Contains an image taken from a medieval manuscript without any attribution.
Bearded man sitting at a sloping desk, under an arch that forms part of the capital letter A. He is dressed in an archbishop's mitre, light pink chasuble with pall, green dalmatic, and alb. Background is decorated with gold. Image taken from Cambridge, Corpus Christi College MS 200, f. 1r that contains Baldwin of Ford's text on the Sacrament of the altar (De sacramento altaris).
Medieval manuscript page with two thirds page framed miniature of Pentecost set against a blue ground with gold stars. White dove representing the Holy Spirit spews red inspirational lines to each head gathered around a central figure dressed in blue robe lined in red. Scale of faces is off, with the people in the background having larger faces than the people in the foreground. There is a full border of gold, blue and pink ivy leaves with interlace at the corners. Ornamental initial of three lines with blue and pink ivy leaves. Corpus Christi College Cambridge, MS 540, folio 159r
Endearing angel drawn in black ink. It is a later addition by an artist arguably still practicing thier skill. It represents the memoryaid for the treatise on the Six Wings of Cherubs by Alain of Lille that follows. Image: Cambridge, Corpus Christi College MS 459, f. 109r https://parker.stanford.edu/parker/catalog/canvas-c86ba400670a0a02d03f76c849aeeb95
16th century handwriting with c-t ligature in the centre Sample from Corpus Christi College Cambridge MS 645
Golden large letter S with a red rooster and a fox in the upper loop, and wolf and crane in the lower loop Image taken from The Parker Library On the Web. Manuscript excerpt shows the folio and shelfmark reference in the upper register, and the information buttons on the left of the page
Two black pawprints in the margins of the original English handwritten version of 39 articles, now in CCCC MS 121, p. 433
Chained library book on a reading desk. Wells Cathedral.
14th century copy of Magna Carta in a manuscript book on English Law. Starts with coloured large initial E that contains foliage decoration on gold background. Now: Cambridge, Corpus Christi College MS 377, f. 9r
Two devils embrace in the margins of Corpus Christi College Cambridge MS 180 f. 1r
Bearded man in the centre, dressed in blue, red and gold points to a stack of building blocks assembled to a high structure on the right. On the left, a child waits their turn.
Snapshot of the scheduled timeslots for two Round Table sessions at the Leeds IMC 2024, both involving discussion on medieval manuscripts and digitial catalogues and libraries
Red sun with curvy rays and a face that looks like it has just woken up
Two line rubric in red ink followed by initial E in blue with red decorative elements flowing in and around the letter. Several lines of 15th century text that has red highlights
Illuminated initial E with upper compartment portraying two friars offering a book to a king with a red crown; in the lower compartment two friars with staves carry a red book each
Decorated initial in red and blue at the beginning of the text for William of Rubruck OFM, Itinerarium ad partes orientales
Three bats on gold background with a pink frame.
CCCC MS 20, f. 19v IIIF image annotation from catalogue site: "The locusts and their leader, Abaddon, a huge demon. Very effective." Locusts are crowned, have human faces, bat wings and horses hooves. Huge demon sticks out their tongue.