Posts tagged manuscripts
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Nepal Horse Book
Nepal Horse Book 
A page from the "Nepal Horse Book," date unspecified, from the Oriental art collection of Copenhagen's Royal Library :: via BibliOdyssey
I love the possibility left by the fourth, blank quadrant, especially if you buck tradition and read it like the page of a comic book. Up till now, my sole bit of horse-related Nepal trivia was that there's a remote valley in the west called Mustang, whose familiar name is entirely a linguistic coincidence but still evocative—I picture a Shangri-La of Fords and horses.
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Moses writing in Eden
Moses writing in Eden 
"Moses Writing in Eden," from the Leo Bible (the earliest surviving illustrated Byzantine Bible), c.940
I couldn't track down the exact reasoning why Moses would be writing in Eden, rather then just about it. I think it might best be viewed as a depiction of an inspired artist inhabiting his work. Perhaps Moses is writing the section of Genesis about Adam naming the animals ... making for a double-inhabitation. (Thanks to my art-history-savvy friend Ben for the suggestion.)
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