Monthly Archives: November 2015

Anglo-Saxon Digitisation Project Now Underway – Medieval manuscripts blog

Zoomorphic pen-drawn initial from the beginning of a book in an Old English translation and compilation of Orosius, from the Tollemache Orosius, Add MS 47967, f. 48v – See more at: http://britishlibrary.typepad.co.uk/digitisedmanuscripts/2015/11/anglo-saxon-digitisation-project-now-underway.html#sthash.LeEjG5Fx.dpuf

Zoomorphic initial ‘H’ at the beginning of a text, Harley MS 110, f. 3r – See more at: http://britishlibrary.typepad.co.uk/digitisedmanuscripts/2015/11/anglo-saxon-digitisation-project-now-underway.html#sthash.LeEjG5Fx.dpuf

Text page with musical neumes, from the Leofric Collectar, Harley MS 2961, f. 10r – See more at: http://britishlibrary.typepad.co.uk/digitisedmanuscripts/2015/11/anglo-saxon-digitisation-project-now-underway.html#sthash.LeEjG5Fx.dpuf

Detail of a text page with a sheep drawn around a hole in the parchment, from the Tollemache Orosius, Add MS 47967, f. 62v – See more at: http://britishlibrary.typepad.co.uk/digitisedmanuscripts/2015/11/anglo-saxon-digitisation-project-now-underway.html#sthash.LeEjG5Fx.dpuf

Source: Anglo-Saxon Digitisation Project Now Underway – Medieval manuscripts blog

Optimism Ahead of Paris Climate Talks, But Country Targets are Insufficient | MIT Technology Review

At dawn, Mumbai is bathed in the smoke from nearby factories.

Heading into the latest round of international climate negotiations, renewed optimism around country emissions pledges is clouded by still-gloomy warming forecasts.

Source: Optimism Ahead of Paris Climate Talks, But Country Targets are Insufficient | MIT Technology Review