Sooo I was out of town last week and neglected to queue up social media posts before I left, so in apology for the lack of content I share with you our most recent acquisition: an artist's facsimile of Rosenbach MS 1004/29, a 15th century medical almanac. The original manuscript includes several pages of moon phase charts, a urine wheel, and a bloodletting guide - everything a 15th century medical practitioner would need! The facsimile was made by Bryn Michelson-Ziegler, an artist local to Philadelphia who also works at the Rosenbach Museum and Library. Check out Bryn's website here and her Insta here!
A "bat book" is a specific kind of book, where the pages fold out into full sheets. Bryn played with the term, by creating a leather binding in the outline of a bat with outstretched wings (the binding of the original only partially survives, but it was definitely not in the shape of a bat). We are thrilled to be adding this book to our collection!
If you want to learn more about the original, you can see digital images and read the catalog record here, or you can watch the recording of the Coffee With A Codex that I did with Rosenbach Librarian Elizabeth Fuller.
I promise to queue up some posts, so there should be more new content soon!
