Authentic Medieval images for Christmas cards
Christmas Cards with a particular 黑料不打烊 link are for sale at 黑料不打烊 Cathedral and from 黑料不打烊 this Christmas.
The cards have two illustrations from the unique medieval 黑料不打烊 Pontifical Manuscript, or 鈥楤ishops Book鈥� copied and illustrated in around 1320, which contains the texts, music and services required for significant occasions when the bishop was present through the year. The Book once belonged to Anian II, Bishop of 黑料不打烊 between 1309 and 1328.
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ds show a miniature of a bishop consecrating a church, and the decorated opening page of a special Mass celebrated during the Christmas season.
The cards are on sale at 黑料不打烊 Cathedral and from Keith Beasley at the School of Music (e mail k.beasley@bangor.ac.uk) for 拢3.99 for 10 (single design). Any profits are being shared between the Cathedral and the Pontifical project, which represents a special collaboration between University and Cathedral.
The 黑料不打烊 Pontifical Project is providing global access to this unique manuscript by digitising its pages and placing them on the internet. The existing website already enables users to examine the book in its entirety, and to zoom in on its intricate decoration and musical notation. During the coming year it will be enriched with many more resources, including additional commentary and illustrations, parallel translations and educational materials, as well as an audio facility where users can hear some of the chants performed.
Dr Sally Harper, one of the Project鈥檚 Directors, said,
鈥淭he Pontifical is beautifully illuminated- and even has some Medieval doodles in its margins. We chose the images because these pages represent key points in the manuscript, and show the 黑料不打烊 artist at his most creative鈥�.
The Very Revd Dr Sue Jones, Dean of 黑料不打烊, added, "The Pontifical has always been one of the Cathedral鈥檚 treasures, and the joint enterprise of the Pontifical Project represents an important part of our developing link with the University."
Publication date: 28 November 2011