Subject search:Manuscripts

The bad-ass librarians of Timbuktu: and their race to save the world's most precious manuscripts

by Joshua Hammer
Paper Book, 2016
Tags
Libraries, Librarians, Timbuktu, Mali, Islam, Al Qaeda, Travelogues
Collection
Don

Celtic Design Coloring Book (Dover Design Coloring Books)

by Ed Sibbett Jr.
Paperback, 1979
Tags
Booklets, Celtic Art, Coloring Book
Collection
Rowan

A Coptic handbook of ritual power (P. Macq. I 1) (+DVD)

by Malcolm Choat
Paper Book, 2013
Tags
PGM, Ancient Egyptian Magic, Coptic, Spells, Egypt, Ancient Mediterranean and Fertile Crescent
Collection
Whealton

Popol Vuh: The Sacred Book of the Maya: The Great Classic of Central American Spirituality, Translated from the Original Maya Text

by Allen J. Christenson Translator
Paperback, 2007
Tags
Popol Vuh, Maya, Mexico and Central America, Indigenous Peoples
Collection
Whealton

The Magical Book of Mary and the Angels (P.Heid. Inv. Kopt. 685): Text, Translation, and Commentary (Veroffentlichungen Aus Der Heidelberger Papyrussammlung. Neu)

by Marvin Meyer
Hardcover, 1996
Tags
Ancient Mediterranean Magic, Coptic, Greek, P. Heid. Inv. Kopt. 685, Ancient Mediterranean and Fertile Crescent
Collection
Whealton

The Archive of the Theban Choachytes: A Survey of the Demotic and Greek Papyri contained in the Archive. (Studia Demotica)

by PW Pestman
Paperback, 1993
Tags
Mummies and the Afterlife, Demotic, Greek, Choachytes, Undertakers, Hermias Archive, Egyptian Language, Egyptian Religion, Egyptian Literature, Egypt, Ancient Mediterranean and Fertile Crescent
Collection
Whealton

Popol Vuh: The Definitive Edition of The Mayan Book of The Dawn of Life and The Glories of Gods and Kings (revised edition)

by Dennis Tedlock Translator
Paperback, 1996
Tags
Popol Vuh, Maya, Mexico and Central America, Universal Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
Collection
Whealton

Popol Vuh: The Definitive Edition of the Mayan Book of the Dawn of Life and the Glories of Gods and Kings

by Dennis Tedlock Translator
Paperback, 1986
Tags
Popol Vuh, Maya, Mayan Cosmology, ZZZ
Collection
Gifts

Codex Mendoza: Aztec Manuscript

by Kurt Ross
Hardcover, 1984
Tags
Codices, Codex Mendoza, Mexico and Central America, Illustrated, Bibliography
Collection
Gifts

Exploring The Book of Kells

by George Otto Simms
Hardcover, 1998
Tags
Ireland, Medieval Christianity, Scriptorium, Kells, St. Columba, Columcille, Monasticism
Collection
Gifts

Domesday Book and beyond : three essays in the early history of England

by F. W. Maitland
Hardcover, 1960
Tags
Domesday Book, Dark and Middle Ages, Medieval, Norman Administration, Anglo-Saxon Administration, Landscape Studies, Hide, Legal History, Medieval Taxation, Manors, Vills — 8 more, Serfs, Villeins, Sokemen, Feudalism, Boroughs, Folk-land, Village Community, Agrarian History
Collection
Gifts

The Codex Nuttall : a picture manuscript from ancient Mexico : the Peabody Museum facsimile

by Zelia Nuttall
Paper Book, 1975
Tags
Codices, Codex Nuttall, Mexico and Central America
Collection
Gifts

Códice Nuttall : reproducción del facsímile editado por el Museo Peabody de la Universidad de Harvard

by Zelia Nuttall
Paper Book, 1974
Tags
Codices, Codex Nuttall, Mexico and Central America
Collection
Gifts

The Codex Nuttall : a picture manuscript from ancient Mexico : the Peabody Museum facsimile

by Zelia Nuttall
Paper Book, 1975
Tags
Codices, Codex Nuttall, Mexico and Central America
Collection
Gifts

In the realm of 8 Deer : the archaeology of the Mixtec codices

by Bruce E. Byland
Paper Book, 1994
Tags
Mexico and Central America, Indigenous Peoples, Mixtec Codices, Manuscripts, Ethnohistory-Mexico, Archaeology in Mexico, Calendars- Mixtec
Collection
Gifts

Les papyrus de la mer Rouge. 1, Le "journal de Merer" (Papyrus Jarf A et B)

by Pierre Tallet
Paper Book, 2017
Tags
Pyramids, Wadi al-Jarf, Red Sea, Papyri, Merer, Egypt, Old Kingdom, Illustrated, Ancient Mediterranean and Fertile Crescent
Collection
Don

A Feast of History: The Drama of Passover Through the Ages : With a New Translation of the Haggadah for Use at the Seder (English and Hebrew Edition)

by Chaim Raphael
Hardcover, 1993
Tags
Judaism, Passover
Collection
Gifts

The book of Urizen

by William Blake
Paper Book, 1978
Tags
Poetry, Art, Mysticism, Illustrated, ZZZ
Collection
Gifts

The Book of Kells (Studio Miniatures)

by Ben Mackworth-Praed
Hardcover, 1993
Tags
Celtic Art, Modern Celtic Studies, Illuminated Manuscripts, Celtic Christianity, Book of Kells
Collection
Gifts

The Celestine Prophecy: An Adventure

by James Redfield
Hardcover, 1993
Tags
Speculative Shamanism, ZZZ
Collection
Gifts

King Rene's Book of Love

by F. Unterkircher Editor
Paperback, 1988
Tags
Dark and Middle Ages, Illuminated Manuscripts, Illustrated
Collection
Gifts

The essential Codex Mendoza

by Frances Berdan
Paper Book, 1997
Tags
Oversize, Codices, Indigenous Peoples, Codex Mendoza, Ethnography, Aztec, Aztec History, Economy, Social Organization, Glyphs, Costume — 5 more, Textiles, Military, Indigenous Art, Pictorial Manuscript, Mexico and Central America
Collections
Greg, In Storage

Tlacuilolli: Style and Contents of the Mexican Pictorial Manuscripts with a Catalog of the Borgia Group

by Karl Anton Nowotny
Hardcover, 2005
Tags
Oversize, Mexico and Central America, Indigenous Peoples, Codex Borgia, Codex Borgia Group, Mixtec, Pre-Columbian, Mythology, Calendars, Astrology, Divination — 3 more, Illustrations, Catalogue, Nahuatl
Collection
Greg

How the Irish Saved Civilization: The Untold Story of Ireland's Heroic Role From the Fall of Rome to the Rise of Medieval Europe (The Hinges of History)

by Thomas Cahill
Paperback, 1996
Tags
Ireland, British Isles, Eire, Irish History, History, Medieval, Irish Civilization
Collection
Gifts

Illuminations of Hildegard of Bingen

by Hildegard of Bingen
Paperback, 1985
Tags
Art, Hildegarde of Bingen, Mysticism, Meister Eckhart, Elements, Visions, Women's Spirituality, Gender Studies
Collection
Gifts

Los dioses en los códices mexicanos del grupo borgia; una investigación iconográfica [Original Title: Goettergestalten in den mexicanischen Bilderhandschriften der Codex Borgia-Gruppe, 1964] English translation: Iconography of the Gods in the Mexican Picture Manuscripts (Codices) of the Borgia Codex Group

by Bodo Spranz
Hardcover, 1973
Tags
Mexico and Central America, Indigenous Peoples, Native American, Aztec, Aztec Iconography, Borgia Codex, Illustrated
Collection
Greg

The Tres Riches Heures of Jean, Duke of Berry (English and French Edition)

by Jean Duke of Berry
Paperback, 1989
Tags
Dark and Middle Ages, Art, Illuminated Manuscripts
Collection
Gifts

The Celestine Prophecy: An Adventure

by James Redfield
Hardcover, 1993
Tags
Speculative Shamanism
Collection
Gifts

The most mysterious manuscript: the Voynich "Roger Bacon" cipher manuscript

by Robert Sherrick Brumbaugh
Paper Book, 1978
Tags
Voynich Manuscript, Codes and Ciphers, Magical Languages, Magic, Grimoires and Ritual Manuals, Codes, Ciphers
Collection
In Storage

The book of Urizen

by William Blake
Hardcover, 1978
Tags
Poetry, Art, Mysticism, Illustrated
Collection
Gifts

Popol Vuh: The Definitive Edition of the Mayan Book of the Dawn of Life and the Glories of Gods and Kings

by Dennis Tedlock Translator
Paperback, 1986
Tags
Popol Vuh, Maya, Mexico and Central America, Indigenous Peoples, Central America
Collections
Gifts, In Storage

The Essential Codex Mendoza

by Frances F. Berdan
Paperback, 1997
Tags
Codices, Indigenous Peoples, Aztecs, Codex Mendoza, Ethnography, Aztec, Aztec History, Economy, Social Organization, Glyphs, Costume — 5 more, Textiles, Military, Indigenous Art, Pictorial Manuscript, Mexico and Central America
Collection
Gifts

The British inheritance : a treasury of historic documents

by Hallam Elizabeth M. Editor
Paper Book, 1999
Tags
Oversize, Great Britain, British Isles, Historical Documents, Illustrated
Collection
Don

Painted delight : Indian paintings in Philadelphia collections : Philadelphia Museum of Art, January 26 to April 20, 1986

by Stella Kramrisch
Paper Book, 1986
Tags
India, Art, Illustrated
Collection
Gifts

Tristan and Isolde : from a manuscript of "The romance of Tristan" (15th century)

by Gabriel Bise
Paper Book, 1978
Tags
Arthurian Material, Illuminated Manuscripts, Tristan, Isolde
Collection
Greg

Magic in medieval manuscripts

by Sophie Page
Paper Book, 2004
Tags
History of Magic, Ritual Magic, Alchemy, Magic, Middle Ages, Manuscripts, Illustrated
Collection
Don

How the Irish Saved Civilization: The Untold Story of Ireland's Heroic Role From the Fall of Rome to the Rise of Medieval Europe (The Hinges of History)

by Thomas Cahill
Paperback, 1996
Tags
Ireland, Dark and Middle Ages, British Isles, Eire, History, Medieval, Irish Civilization, Irish Monks, Scriptoria, Transmission of Texts, Manuscripts — 1 more, Monastic Libraries
Collections
Gifts, In Storage

The red book = Liber novus

by C. G. Jung
Paper Book, 2009
Tags
Oversize, Jung and Jungian Psychology, Art, Illustrated
Collection
Don

Celtic and Anglo-Saxon painting : book illumination in the British Isles, 600-800

by Carl Adam Johan Nordenfalk
Paper Book, 1977
Tags
Celtic Art, Modern Celtic Studies, Anglo-Saxon Art, Illuminated Manuscripts, Book Illustration, Illustrated
Collection
Rowan

The black books of Elverum

by Mary S. Rustad
Paper Book, 1999
Tags
Svartkonstboker, Grimoires and Ritual Manuals, Norse and Germanic Studies, Black Books, Magic, Scandinavian Folklore, Svarteboker, Folklore, Norwegian Folklore
Collections
Don, In Storage

The Greek magical papyri in translation, including the Demotic spells (2nd edition of 1st volume)

by Hans Dieter Betz
Paper Book, 1996
Tags
PGM, Ancient Mediterranean Magic, Magic, Papyri, Egypt, Greek, Ancient Mediterranean and Fertile Crescent
Collection
Don

Monsters and Grotesques in Medieval Manuscripts (Medieval Life in Manuscripts)

by Alixe Bovey
Paperback, 2002
Tags
Magical Creatures, Medieval, Illustrated, Monsters, Middle Ages, Manuscripts, Grotesques
Collection
Don

Descartes's Secret Notebook: A True Tale of Mathematics, Mysticism, and the Quest to Understand the Universe

by Amir D. Aczel
Hardcover, 2005
Tags
Magical Orders and Secret Societies, Descartes, Mathematics, Mysticism, Qabala, Pendulum, Biographies
Collection
Don

Misquoting Jesus: The Story Behind Who Changed the Bible and Why

by Bart D. Ehrman
Paperback, 2007
Tags
Christianity, Jesus, Bibles, Errors
Collection
Don

The Book of Urizen

by William Blake
Paperback, 1978
Tags
Mysticism, Illustrated, Poems, ZZZ
Collection
Don

Unlocked books : manuscripts of learned magic in the medieval libraries of Central Europe (Magic in History Series)

by Benedek Láng
Paper Book, 2008
Tags
History of Magic, Magic in History Series, Ritual Magic, Alchemy, Magic, Hermeticism, Neoplatonism
Collection
Don

Priests, tongues, and rites : the London-Leiden magical manuscripts and translation in Egyptian ritual (100-300 CE)

by Jacco Dieleman
Paper Book, 2005
Tags
PGM, Ancient Egyptian Magic, London-Leiden Magical Papyri, Ancient Mediterranean Magic, Egyptian Gods and Goddesses, Egyptian Priests, Egypt, Ancient Mediterranean and Fertile Crescent
Collection
Don

The most mysterious manuscript : the Voynich "Roger Bacon" cipher manuscript

by Robert Sherrick Brumbaugh
Paper Book, 1978
Tags
Voynich Manuscript, Codes and Ciphers, Magical Languages, Magic, Grimoires and Ritual Manuals, Codes, Ciphers
Collection
Don

John de Foxton's Liber cosmographiae (1408) : an edition and codicological study

by John De Foxton
Paper Book, 1988
Tags
Grimoires and Ritual Manuals, Magic, De Foxton
Collection
Don

In the Vineyard of the Text: A Commentary to Hugh's Didascalicon

by Ivan Illich
Hardcover, 1993
Tags
Christianity, Hugh of St. Victor, Medieval, Monasticism, Books, Reading
Collection
Don
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