RMR Visigothic

Reading Manuscripts Roundtable: Visigothic

The RMR is a group that meets roughly monthly to try and practice reading period hands. No experience is needed, nor is any knowledge of Latin, though it does tend to help. This month we will be working on Visigothic, a hand that was used in Iberia from the 9th through early 13th centuries. For more information on the hand and a collection of links to digitized manuscripts and other resources, see Aiona Castro’ excellent Littera Visigothica.

Specifics

• Date: April 19th
• Time: 11:30am will start the online call, but we probably won’t really start working until noon
• Location: Google Meet online. Link/invite to be provided directly, please contact Master Gun∂ormr(me) or Duchess Thyra Eiriksdottir
• Who is welcome: Anyone! We are specifically targeting this at people with little or no experience with the hand, or reading period manuscripts at all

The image below is from a copy of Beatus of Liébana’s Commentary on the Apocalypse. It was made at the monastery of Santo Domingo de Silos around 1091-1110, and is often referred to as the “The Silos Apocalypse”. It is now held at the British Library with shelfmark Add MS 11695 (BL MS Add 11695 f.8r)