Neatorama Posts Tagged "marginalia"
The Best Notes Found in Used Books...

No one wants to throw away books, so people pass t...  ...ions, dedications, communications out of context, marginalia , snark, spoilers, secret code, and jokes. Some te...

https://www.neatorama.com/2018/07/19/The-Best-Notes-Found-in-Used-Books/
Charles Darwin's Kids Drew All Over His On the Origin of Species Manuscript...

Charles Darwin had ten children, and at least thre...  ...orks. More than just scribbles, they are historic marginalia worthy of preservation. The drawings, made wit...

https://www.neatorama.com/2018/03/31/Charles-Darwins-Kids-Drew-All-Over-His-On-the-Origin-of-Species-Manuscript/
Why Knights Fought Snails in Medieval Art...

Scribes decorated medieval manuscripts with all kinds of weird thing, like rabbits, cats, Star Wars characters, and lots of snails. Snails very often appear to be doing battles with knights -or, more accurately, the knig...

https://www.neatorama.com/2017/03/29/Why-Knights-Fought-Snails-in-Medieval-Art/
Ugly Cat, or Spiteful Artist?...

Medieval depictions of cats are often pretty ugly, possibly because many are doodles by monks who were scribes, not artists. Or they were drawn or painted by an artist who didn't like cats. This particular cat seems to b...

https://www.neatorama.com/2016/11/20/Ugly-Cat-or-Spiteful-Artist/
Naughty Nuns, Flatulent Monks, and Other Surprises of Sacred Medieval Manuscripts...

Before the printing press, books were copied by ha...  ...have a bonus. The illustrations, decorations, and marginalia often have nothing to do with the text, and are o...  ...he reason why modern viewers are so captivated by marginalia is because we expect this era to be so conservati...  ..., humor, and mythol...

https://www.neatorama.com/2014/07/24/Naughty-Nuns-Flatulent-Monks-and-Other-Surprises-of-Sacred-Medieval-Manuscripts/
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