Walters Manuscripts

Manuscripts and Rare Books Department of the Walters Art Museum: Digitizing fantastic books for the public under a CC0 licence.

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Special thanks to our brilliant photography team, Ariel Tabritha and Elena Damon, for the truly stunning gif they created of W.93 for the new Walters journal! The light and shadow from the cut margins, and the shimmer of the gold, truly bring the book to life!

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Journal of the Walters Art Museum, vol. 76, Essay #8:

Kathryn M. Rudy, “Paint it Black: An Unusual Prayer Book Illuminated by the Masters of the Dark Eyes, ca. 1510”
https://t.co/958vurcMp6

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Journal of the Walters Art Museum, vol. 76, Essay #7:

Shirin Fozi, “Portraiture and Presence in the Helmarshausen Psalter”
https://t.co/xOygwIpIkQ

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Journal of the Walters Art Museum, vol. 76, Essay #6:

Adam S. Cohen, “The Kennicott Bible’s Codicology and Its Implications”
https://t.co/oGlMakfZzI

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Journal of the Walters Art Museum, vol. 76, Essay #5:

Christine Sciacca, “Exploring Sensuls: An Indigenous Manuscript Tradition in Ethiopia”
https://t.co/Ee3O8znccj

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Journal of the Walters Art Museum, vol. 76, Essay #4:

Sonja Drimmer, “The Rollodex: An Experiment around the Prepositional Paradigm through Peter of Poitiers’s Genealogia Christi” https://t.co/eWtSfnb8RF

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Journal of the Walters Art Museum, vol. 76, Essay #3:

Lynley Anne Herbert, “A Cut Above the Rest…? Unraveling the Mystery of the Walters “Lace” Manuscript”
https://t.co/ZAxOCGENHs

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Journal of the Walters Art Museum, vol. 76, Essay #2:

Nicholas Herman, “Looking through Books”
https://t.co/hnMzMVimbr

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Journal of the Walters Art Museum, vol. 76, Essay #1:

Benjamin C. Tilghman, “A Codicological Cloister for Claricia”
https://t.co/8xV58NnIlr

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Attention manuscript lovers! The Journal of the Walters Art Museum just published an exciting new volume: "Seeing Codicologically: New Explorations in the Technology of the Book." It is fully digital and available online for free! Enjoy!!
https://t.co/hgVgt76cJa

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In honor of Passover, I'm resharing our program with the wonderful Irvin Ungar, the world's leading expert on the Haggadah by Arthur Szyk. Our recently acquired copy of the book is about to be digitized, so stay tuned! https://t.co/IPzn2wxybs via @YouTube

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#HappyMothersDay! 💞 This illustration shows a woman nursing her child, an image that Rare Books and Manuscripts Curator Lynley Herbert notes is an "unusual and very private" image for a manuscript illumination."

Explore the object: https://t.co/WvNbr0iIon

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May the 4th be with you! Here's a medieval Yoda, from a wonderfully quirky Book of Hours at the Walters, W.87! Explore the whole fascinating manuscript here:
https://t.co/PoDw4nwFqC

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We're LIVE on YouTube right now discussing Arthur Szyk with the world’s foremost expert on the Polish illustrator and political satirist, Irvin Ungar.

WATCH: https://t.co/57yUx4dqtP

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Snowball fight, anyone? Through color, the artist behind this work has beautifully captured the chill of a winter day and the excitement of a snowball fight ❄️⁠
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🎨: Master of Charles V, Leaf from Book of Hours: Snowball Fight, ca. 1520-1530. Bequest of Henry Walters, 1931.⁠

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Missed one of our live digital events? Catch up here: https://t.co/O1bkpLk0XS

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Though Summer Camp isn’t taking place at the museum this year, we're excited to offer Summer Art Adventures, a slate of free virtual programs and resources geared toward children ages 6 to 11. Registration for week one is now open! https://t.co/Ce8K5BHDMz

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WATCH: Local artist Merle Davison, who takes inspiration from classic sculpture to create clay busts of everyday people, discusses her artistic process and how the vast collection of the Walters inspires her creations. https://t.co/2stmZsCb4k

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A letter from Walters director Julia Marciari-Alexander to our community https://t.co/CiOqYCoIKi

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“The life of a nation is secure only while the nation is honest, truthful, and virtuous.” –Frederick Douglass

As we reflect on these words by one of Maryland’s greatest citizens, there has never been a more urgent need to stand against injustice.