http://www.slv.vic.gov.au/about/site/feeds/ http://www.slv.vic.gov.au http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss en-us 2008, State Library of Victoria websupport@slv.vic.gov.au Tue, May 13, 2008 Tue, May 13, 2008 State Library of Victoria http://slv.vic.gov.au/images/slv/slv_logo.gif http://slv.vic.gov.au State Library of Victoria websupport@slv.vic.gov.au no Hear how recent scholarship on 'Scriptores Historiae Augustae' ('The Augustan History') provides intriguing insights into the Medici family. This high Renaissance manuscript was made for Lorenzo de’ Medici in 1479 and is still in its original binding.

]]> Hear how recent scholarship on 'Scriptores Historiae Augustae' ('The Augustan History') provides intriguing insights into the Medici family. This high Renaissance manuscript was made for Lorenzo de’ Medici in 1479 and is still in its original binding.

]]> http://slv.vic.gov.au/multimedia/audio/medieval_imagination/med_tour_10.mp3 http://slv.vic.gov.au/multimedia/audio/medieval_imagination/med_tour_10.mp3 Fri, April 4, 2008 no 02:48 Listen to how the young Master of the Cite des Dames' confident modelling of form, subtle use of colour and the tiled floors and angled objects of his interiors for Livy's 'Histoire Romaine' herald later Parisian illumination.

]]> Listen to how the young Master of the Cite des Dames' confident modelling of form, subtle use of colour and the tiled floors and angled objects of his interiors for Livy's 'Histoire Romaine' herald later Parisian illumination.

]]> http://slv.vic.gov.au/multimedia/audio/medieval_imagination/med_tour_09.mp3 http://slv.vic.gov.au/multimedia/audio/medieval_imagination/med_tour_09.mp3 Fri, April 4, 2008 no 02:41 Bestiaries (medieval book of beasts) describe, and provide theological and moral interpretations of, familiar, exotic and fabulous creatures. Discover the strange beliefs that were bestowed on the elephant in medieval times, as shown in this example.

]]> Bestiaries (medieval book of beasts) describe, and provide theological and moral interpretations of, familiar, exotic and fabulous creatures. Discover the strange beliefs that were bestowed on the elephant in medieval times, as shown in this example.

]]> http://slv.vic.gov.au/multimedia/audio/medieval_imagination/med_tour_08.mp3 http://slv.vic.gov.au/multimedia/audio/medieval_imagination/med_tour_08.mp3 Fri, April 4, 2008 no 02:35 Discover the illustration and history behind the opening chapter of Ptolemy's 'Almagest', which argues that only mathematics yields certain knowledge; yet, study of astronomy, the highest part of mathematics, can lead to the understanding of God.

]]> Discover the illustration and history behind the opening chapter of Ptolemy's 'Almagest', which argues that only mathematics yields certain knowledge; yet, study of astronomy, the highest part of mathematics, can lead to the understanding of God.

]]> http://slv.vic.gov.au/multimedia/audio/medieval_imagination/med_tour_07.mp3 http://slv.vic.gov.au/multimedia/audio/medieval_imagination/med_tour_07.mp3 Fri, April 4, 2008 no 02:36 Hear about the decorative richness, bright and colourful palette and complex and lively approach to narrative, which characterise the Bedford Breviary present in this miniature of the Flight into Egypt, from this 15th-century Book of Hours (Use of Paris).

]]> Hear about the decorative richness, bright and colourful palette and complex and lively approach to narrative, which characterise the Bedford Breviary present in this miniature of the Flight into Egypt, from this 15th-century Book of Hours (Use of Paris).

]]> http://slv.vic.gov.au/multimedia/audio/medieval_imagination/med_tour_06.mp3 http://slv.vic.gov.au/multimedia/audio/medieval_imagination/med_tour_06.mp3 Fri, April 4, 2008 no 02:27 Learn about the symbolism of the half-page miniatures and historiated initials in this Psalter. It was probably made for Mary de Bohun, daughter of the Earl of Hereford and Essex, for her marriage to Henry Bolingbroke, Earl of Derby, in 1380.

]]> Learn about the symbolism of the half-page miniatures and historiated initials in this Psalter. It was probably made for Mary de Bohun, daughter of the Earl of Hereford and Essex, for her marriage to Henry Bolingbroke, Earl of Derby, in 1380.

]]> http://slv.vic.gov.au/multimedia/audio/medieval_imagination/med_tour_05.mp3 http://slv.vic.gov.au/multimedia/audio/medieval_imagination/med_tour_05.mp3 Fri, April 4, 2008 no 02:40 Discover the meanings behind the artist's composition for this 13th-century Italian Antiphonal, which are based on legends popular in Byzantium and Italy. This splendid manuscript contains the music and chants of the Office from Christmas to Epiphany.

]]> Discover the meanings behind the artist's composition for this 13th-century Italian Antiphonal, which are based on legends popular in Byzantium and Italy. This splendid manuscript contains the music and chants of the Office from Christmas to Epiphany.

]]> http://slv.vic.gov.au/multimedia/audio/medieval_imagination/med_tour_04.mp3 http://slv.vic.gov.au/multimedia/audio/medieval_imagination/med_tour_04.mp3 Fri, April 4, 2008 no 03:54 Listen to the legend behind the illustration of St Dominic and the ladder to heaven in the Antiphonal-hymnal. This choir book was made for the nuns of St Louis de Poissy, a Dominican monastery founded by King Philip IV in 1304.

]]> Listen to the legend behind the illustration of St Dominic and the ladder to heaven in the Antiphonal-hymnal. This choir book was made for the nuns of St Louis de Poissy, a Dominican monastery founded by King Philip IV in 1304.

]]> http://slv.vic.gov.au/multimedia/audio/medieval_imagination/med_tour_03.mp3 http://slv.vic.gov.au/multimedia/audio/medieval_imagination/med_tour_03.mp3 Fri, April 4, 2008 no 03:31 Discover the meanings behind the evangelist symbols featured in the Glossed Gospels. The fine initials, executed in gold and costly pigments, in this Gospel book are characteristic of the high-quality work found in books made for St Albans Abbey.

]]> Discover the meanings behind the evangelist symbols featured in the Glossed Gospels. The fine initials, executed in gold and costly pigments, in this Gospel book are characteristic of the high-quality work found in books made for St Albans Abbey.

]]> http://slv.vic.gov.au/multimedia/audio/medieval_imagination/med_tour_02.mp3 http://slv.vic.gov.au/multimedia/audio/medieval_imagination/med_tour_02.mp3 Fri, April 4, 2008 no 02:32 http://slv.vic.gov.au/multimedia/audio/medieval_imagination/med_tour_01.mp3 http://slv.vic.gov.au/multimedia/audio/medieval_imagination/med_tour_01.mp3 Fri, April 4, 2008 no 03:13