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Medieval Manuscripts with Foldouts
-JKP- > 04-12-2018, 10:56 PM
A thread for examples of foldout folios from c. 1500 and earlier.
Here is one from c. mid-1400s, southern Germany (possibly Augsburg), a prognostication manuscript on vellum with several foldout pages:
![[Image: 2014_CKS_01550_0005_007(an_astrological_...ted_m).jpg]](https://www.christies.com/img/LotImages/2014/CKS/2014_CKS_01550_0005_007(an_astrological_and_fortune-telling_manuscript_in_german_illuminated_m).jpg)
Christie's Lot 1550, 2014:
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Some points of interest:- Clearly designed for portability (115 x 85mm), a little smaller than the VMS. Possibly created for someone who earned money as a fortune-teller?
- Zodiac symbols are within roundels but are the more traditional style (e.g., nude male Gemini twins).
- Connection between health, hygiene, and astrology.
- Note that the charts are in Roman numerals, so it might be on the earlier rather than the later side of c. 1450.
- Clearly designed for portability (115 x 85mm), a little smaller than the VMS. Possibly created for someone who earned money as a fortune-teller?
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RE: Medieval Manuscripts with Foldouts
-JKP- > 04-12-2018, 11:02 PM
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RE: Medieval Manuscripts with Foldouts
Mark Knowles > 19-04-2024, 02:10 PM
(19-04-2024, 01:56 PM)Scarecrow Wrote: You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.Last weekend I was reading about this, You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view., The Chronica Majora (MS26)
![[Image: 187554_767d9d6cd12141efbff11829466deec7~...s_4_2.webp]](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/187554_767d9d6cd12141efbff11829466deec7~mv2_d_4032_3024_s_4_2.jpg/v1/fill/w_2173,h_1630,al_c,q_90/187554_767d9d6cd12141efbff11829466deec7~mv2_d_4032_3024_s_4_2.webp)
That is a map with foldouts. I don't know if there is much precedence for maps being produced on foldout manuscripts. -
RE: Medieval Manuscripts with Foldouts
Koen G > 19-04-2024, 03:52 PM
It's interesting that Jerusalem is shown from a different perspective than the other cities, and it is rather square. -
RE: Medieval Manuscripts with Foldouts
Koen G > 22-04-2024, 03:33 PM
Yeah that's a good one. The "pipes" are the artist's attempt to draw the twelve foundations of New Jerusalem in twelve different stones:
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I found the square Jerusalem here interesting, because they mean the actual city, but clearly infuse it with the Biblical description of New Jerusalem. It is probably drawn in a different perspective from the other cities on the map to show that it it a perfect square. -
RE: Medieval Manuscripts with Foldouts
DG97EEB > 25-06-2026, 12:47 PM
(19-04-2024, 02:10 PM)Mark Knowles Wrote: You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.
(19-04-2024, 01:56 PM)Scarecrow Wrote: You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.Last weekend I was reading about this, You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view., The Chronica Majora (MS26)
That is a map with foldouts. I don't know if there is much precedence for maps being produced on foldout manuscripts.
I'm going through a lot of old threads at the moment as my crawler rebuilds from a logged in perspective (you can see them here You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.) and came across this one.. it's a really lovely map and although it almost certainly doesn't help us get closer to Voynich, a great reminder of how much ground has already been covered..
![[Image: zodiacman.jpg]](http://blog.wellcomelibrary.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/zodiacman.jpg)
![[Image: r.16.2_054_r.16.2_025v.jpg]](https://trinitycollegelibrarycambridge.files.wordpress.com/2016/09/r.16.2_054_r.16.2_025v.jpg)