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Dr. Liz Hebbard @lizhebbard.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

Today’s first task: collating this little beast 😍😍 (cue the theme from 2001: ASpace Odyssey) - hand for scale #medievalsky #medievalmss #midwestmss @peripheralmss.bsky.social (Loras College)

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Dr. Liz Hebbard @lizhebbard.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

Playing my favorite game of fingernail vs scribe with this little ex situ binding fragment from Loras College. 🔍👀 #medievalsky #medievalmss #midwestmss #manuscripts @peripheralmss.bsky.social

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Sarah Noonan @sarahloleet.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

What absolutely gorgeous initials in this 15th C Italian Psalter at Loras College @peripheralmss.bsky.social #midwestmss #medieval

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Dr. Liz Hebbard @lizhebbard.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

This little 15c missal (still at Loras College) is full of cadelle letters inhabited by little men with distinctive chins and noses, all wearing hats. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ #medievalsky #medievalmss #midwestmss #manuscripts @peripheralmss.bsky.social

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Michelle Dalmau @mdalmau.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

Love it when @sarahloleet.bsky.social & @lizhebbard.bsky.social do site visits together for @peripheralmss.bsky.social ! Hi, Heidi! Thanks, David!

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Dr. Liz Hebbard @lizhebbard.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

From the Loras College collections, the *best* vine-bird-dragon of all time?! I think so, yes! 😍😍 @peripheralmss.bsky.social #medievalsky #midwestmss #medievalmss

A large nine-line Romanesque vine initial on a blue ground within a pale yellow square frame. On a red ground inside the letter A is the body of a bird facing left with a dragon head facing right, from whose mouth vines issue forth surrounding the creature

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Dr. Liz Hebbard @lizhebbard.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

Our @peripheralmss.bsky.social site visit to Loras College is off to an incredible start!!! (feat. @sarahloleet.bsky.social and her incredible student David!) #medievalsky #manuscripts #midwestmss #medievalmss #adventuresinspecialcollections

Sarah looks up from a very thick manuscript book on a wooden table

Liz holds a large foam life size replica of the Rosetta Stone in the special collections room

David seated at a table with laptop and early documents spread out, and Sarah stands behind their shoulder looking on

An open manuscript book showing a page with a shiny gold-ground initial and leafy border decorations around two columns of text with blue and red capitals

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Dr. Liz Hebbard @lizhebbard.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

Cleveland Public Library has some pretty okay books 😊 [091.9927 J339D3]

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Dr. Liz Hebbard @lizhebbard.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

Back for another round of Fingernail vs Scribe with this Ege leaf (FOL 9) of a teensy bible in the Cleveland PL portfolio! 😍😍😍 #midwestmss #medievalsky #medievalmss #manuscripts

A closeup image of a parchment leaf with writing in black and decoration in red and blue

A parchment leaf with writing in black and decoration in red and blue with a fingernail in the image showing 4-5 lines of tiny writing cover the same space vertically as the fingernail

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Dr. Liz Hebbard @lizhebbard.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

Best archival find of all time?

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Dr. Liz Hebbard @lizhebbard.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

Still in Cleveland! Having fun today with Arabic numerals in their historic forms! 😍😍 #midwestmss #medievalsky #medievalmss #manuscripts

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Dr. Liz Hebbard @lizhebbard.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

Me when there are no MSs to play with #medievalsky

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Dr. Liz Hebbard @lizhebbard.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

Me when there are MSs to play with #medievalsky

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Dr. Liz Hebbard @lizhebbard.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

I mean… 😍😍😍

The marble entryway of the library with high arched ceilings

A colleague under a marble arch entrance labeled Exhibition Corridor — the John Griswold White Collection and a banner next to it reading “Special Collections”

A large wooden table with brass lamps in the special collections reading room, with a card catalogue behind it

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Dr. Liz Hebbard @lizhebbard.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

At the Cleveland Public Library today for another @peripheralmss.bsky.social site visit, this time with @sarahloleet.bsky.social !! Already enjoying this incredible space and excited to dig into their tasty manuscripts!! #midwestmss #medievalsky #medievalmss #manuscripts

The front entrance of the Cleveland Public Library

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Helen Davies @helsinhashtags.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

Thrilled to be at @kzooicms.bsky.social and attending a panel on medieval manuscripts in the midwest organized by the @peripheralmss.bsky.social Peripheral Manuscript Project. Honestly, what a dream start to the conference.

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Michelle Dalmau @mdalmau.bsky.social · 26/03/2026

The @peripheralmss.bsky.social project had its first delivery of mss from Saint Meinrad Archabbey as part of our @nehgov.bsky.social HCRR grant. I'll leave it to @lizhebbard.bsky.social & @sarahloleet.bsky.social to provide a more substantive assessment, but ahhhhhh look at some of these beauties.

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DACT Fragments @dact-fragments.bsky.social · 13/03/2026

4. so far I've only found two other manuscripts with this "Felices sancte" antiphon, but their melodies are different from this one! very similar in shape though, as if it got transmuted through transposition in different traditions. what a fun #fragmentfriday chant page!

"Felices sancte apostole" in F-Pn Latin 12044, an early 12th century antiphoner from St Maur-des-Fossés. The notes on Felices are C-DE-E, where the fragment has D-CD-D.

also "Felices sancte", from F-Pn NAL 1535, an early 13th century antiphoner from Sens. The melody starts C-DE-E and is, but for a few notes, the same as that from St Maur des Fossés.

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DACT Fragments @dact-fragments.bsky.social · 13/03/2026

3. somebody has gone and corrected the psalm tone, reinterpreting what mode they think the antiphon is in; and

the ending of the same chant. above the letters SEUOUAE (indicating the end of the psalm, "seculorum amen" are both some small pitches, partially erased, in the style of the rest of the page, and some others in a later style, basically rectangular. (One set is for a Tone 2 psalm, the other is Tone 1).

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DACT Fragments @dact-fragments.bsky.social · 13/03/2026

2. there is a cute little D clef (in addition to more typical F and C clefs)

Close up the word "Felices" from a chant fragment. One staff line is red, indicating the pitch F; another two lines below is in green; and between them is a line seemingly labelled with a capital D.

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DACT Fragments @dact-fragments.bsky.social · 13/03/2026

so this one is very fun because 1. green staff lines are fun but also

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Sarah Noonan @sarahloleet.bsky.social · 13/03/2026

A lovely volume!! Saint Meinrad's has such a fantastic collection of medieval manuscripts. So happy to have them as a partner in our project for both our first and second round!

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Sarah Noonan @sarahloleet.bsky.social · 13/03/2026

So excited to see the second round of our project taking this important step!

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Farley P Katz @farleypkatz.bsky.social · 13/03/2026

Book of minutes

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Dr. Liz Hebbard @lizhebbard.bsky.social · 13/03/2026

I was extra excited about this one (ssshhhh don’t tell the others!) #midwestmss #medievalsky #manuscripts

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The Peripheral Manuscripts Project @peripheralmss.bsky.social · 13/03/2026

Dan from Saint Meinrad made our first delivery of manuscripts this morning for this second round of the project! It is always such a fun time to see items again, and to get excited about digitizing and describing them! #midwestmss #medievalsky #manuscripts

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Michelle Dalmau @mdalmau.bsky.social · 17/12/2025

Metadata is hard especially for Medieval Manuscripts ... check out our latest blog post about the @peripheralmss.bsky.social project: peripheralmss.org/metadata-for.... #midwestmss #medievalmss

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Dr. Liz Hebbard @lizhebbard.bsky.social · 09/12/2025

At the University of Wisconsin’s Chazen Museum today on this whirlwind tour. LOOK AT THESE PIGS! French calendar leaf (November) from a book of hours (2021.41.55) @peripheralmss.bsky.social #midwestmss #medievalsky #medievalmss #manuscripts #fragments

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Dr. Liz Hebbard @lizhebbard.bsky.social · 08/12/2025

The best part of Fingernail vs Scribe is that everybody wins!

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Dr. Liz Hebbard @lizhebbard.bsky.social · 08/12/2025

A GOAT SPINE! 🤩🐐 maybe it’s morbid, but these kind of physical material details can be important for piecing manuscripts back together! @peripheralmss.bsky.social #midwestmss #medievalsky #medievalmss #manuscripts #fragments

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Dr. Liz Hebbard @lizhebbard.bsky.social · 08/12/2025

Absolutely top notch marginal creatures in this book of hours leaf! (2024.1.14) 😍🥰 @peripheralmss.bsky.social #midwestmss #medievalsky #medievalmss #manuscripts #fragments

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Dr. Liz Hebbard @lizhebbard.bsky.social · 08/12/2025

In today’s episode of fingernail vs scribe, check out this TEENY TINY book of hours: @peripheralmss.bsky.social #midwestmss #medievalsky #medievalmss #manuscripts #fragments

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Dr. Liz Hebbard @lizhebbard.bsky.social · 08/12/2025

Okay check out this fragment!!!! Painted later by… a genius? (Even if I’m not happy that they painted on the leaves I also kind of love these dudes in the bottom margin. Feelings are complex!) @peripheralmss.bsky.social #midwestmss #medievalsky #medievalmss #manuscripts #fragments

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Dr. Liz Hebbard @lizhebbard.bsky.social · 08/12/2025

The adventures continue! I’m at Marquette University’s Haggerty Museum of Art this morning! Brrrr ❄️ ❄️ @peripheralmss.bsky.social #midwestmss #medievalsky #medievalmss #manuscripts #fragments

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Dr. Liz Hebbard @lizhebbard.bsky.social · 04/12/2025

This is what my face looks like when I see a manuscript and it is entirely out of my control. Apologies! 😬😍 @peripheralmss.bsky.social #medievalsky #medievalmss #manuscripts #fragments

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Dr. Liz Hebbard @lizhebbard.bsky.social · 04/12/2025

Also… sometimes you’re looking for a Beauvais Missal leaf and you find… other treasures on the monastery walls! 🤩🤩 @peripheralmss.bsky.social #midwestmss #medievalsky #medievalmss #manuscripts #fragments

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Dr. Liz Hebbard @lizhebbard.bsky.social · 04/12/2025

Hello 👋 from the Beauvais Missal leaf in Atchison, KS! I’m visiting the Sisters of Mount St Scholastica and their manuscripts today, as well as the mss from their neighbor, Benedictine College!! @peripheralmss.bsky.social #midwestmss #medievalsky #medievalmss #manuscripts #fragments

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Dr. Liz Hebbard @lizhebbard.bsky.social · 03/12/2025

Okay one more delight: a new game I invented called “fingernail vs scribe”… 💅 📜 @peripheralmss.bsky.social #midwestmss #medievalsky #medievalmss #manuscripts #fragments

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Dr. Liz Hebbard @lizhebbard.bsky.social · 03/12/2025

Still at Nelson-Atkins and having entirely too much fun to stop and post (I’ll post more soon!) but couldn’t resist sharing these blue rubrics! Blubrics! 💙💙💙😍 @peripheralmss.bsky.social #midwestmss #medievalsky #medievalmss #manuscripts #fragments

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Dr. Liz Hebbard @lizhebbard.bsky.social · 02/12/2025

This morning I am loving this choir book leaf which has, maybe?! I think?, guide marks that the music scribe added before entering notation 🥰 You can see these dark lines through the faded notation ink! @peripheralmss.bsky.social #midwestmss #medievalsky #medievalmss #manuscripts #fragments

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Dr. Liz Hebbard @lizhebbard.bsky.social · 02/12/2025

I’m at the Nelson-Atkins Museum this week for @peripheralmss.bsky.social! Undeterred by the winter weather in Kansas City ❄️ #midwestmss #medievalsky #medievalmss #manuscripts #fragments

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Dr. Liz Hebbard @lizhebbard.bsky.social · 21/11/2025

Completely taken with this cadelle letter on an antiphonal leaf at Grinnell College. Look at those little dashes on the right!!! It’s so good! @peripheralmss.bsky.social #midwestmss #medievalsky #medievalmss #manuscripts #fragments

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Dr. Liz Hebbard @lizhebbard.bsky.social · 20/11/2025

Another incredible treasure from Grinnell, this time in the art collection, is this set of cuttings of the miniatures from what must have been a gorgeous book of hours! 🌟 (1985.003.001-009) #midwestmss #medievalsky #medievalmss #manuscripts #fragments

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Dr. Liz Hebbard @lizhebbard.bsky.social · 20/11/2025

Another @peripheralmss.bsky.social site visit to share with you, this time at Grinnell College! #midwestmss #medievalsky #medievalmss #manuscripts

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Dr. Liz Hebbard @lizhebbard.bsky.social · 20/11/2025

Sharing these after the fact because I was super busy looking at all their cool stuff! First, this bible fragment with VERY GOOD penwork. I mean… 😍😍😍 #midwestmss #medievalsky #medievalmss #manuscripts

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Dr. Liz Hebbard @lizhebbard.bsky.social · 12/11/2025

Completely charmed by the impatient decorator who put wet ink of facing-page initials against this page—whoops! Berea Art Collection 170.98 #midwestmss #medievalsky #medievalmss #fragments

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Dr. Liz Hebbard @lizhebbard.bsky.social · 12/11/2025

This scribe did such a good job erasing a mistake that it proved difficult to add the correct words back in… 😬 Berea AC 170.9 #midwestmss #medievalsky #medievalmss #fragment

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