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Fantastic! Only good things can come of this excellent initiative.
Commented Apr 9, 2014 on A conduit of shared values: CSMVS-BL collaboration at Asian and African studies blog
A conduit of shared values: CSMVS-BL collaboration
Regular followers of this blog will know through the Mewar Ramayana Digitally Reunited blog post that recently we were delighted to join with Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Vastu Sangrahalay (CSMVS Musuem), Mumbai, in announcing the launch of the digitised Mewar Ramayana manuscript. The Ramayana is...
I immediately thought of Albrecht Durer's armor-plated rhino, with extra horn placed randomly on the back of the neck.
Commented Aug 13, 2013 on Elephants on Parade at Medieval manuscripts blog
Elephants on Parade
Detail of a miniature of an elephant; from a herbal, Italy (Lombardy), c. 1440, Sloane MS 4016, f. 50v. Consider the elephant. While elephants may have been thin on the ground in medieval Europe, the animals were still a vivid part of the medieval imagination, in bestiaries and other texts,...
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