Turning the Pages

mukade · Post by **mukade** » Sat Jun 02, 2007 5:54 am

I took a look at the British Library's Turning the Pages project today.
I was happy to find it has had a major update.
The old Shockwave was good, but the new version is stunning.

I just spent a couple of hours lost in the Lindisfarne Gospels.

Unfortunately it only runs on Internet Explorer.

http://www.bl.uk/ttp2/ttp2.html

Mukade

djm · Post by **djm** » Sat Jun 02, 2007 6:14 am

Some way cool stuff here, Mukade. Thanks for the link. The very first page of the Luttrell Psalter has a bagpiper on the top right. How illuminated is that? And who would ever have imagined that they built a rocket in Sherborne?:D

djm

Coffee · Post by **Coffee** » Sat Jun 02, 2007 3:10 pm

Here I am, on the road again
Here I am, upon the stage
There I go, playing star again
Here I go, turn the page

Cynth · Post by **Cynth** » Sat Jun 02, 2007 8:04 pm

Wow, what an amazing thing! I have to use the Shockwave version but I felt I could see very well. I just had time to look at a few pages of the Flemish masters in miniature-----that magnifying glass is so great because I can never see the details well enough. I can't wait to go back and look through them all. Thanks for that link and what a wonderful service by the British Library.

djm · Post by **djm** » Sat Jun 02, 2007 8:49 pm

I'm not too keen on the British Library. They recently published a full fascimile of the Luttrell Psalter for only US$750 (before shipping). I would love a copy, but not that badly.

djm

Innocent Bystander · Post by **Innocent Bystander** » Mon Jun 04, 2007 3:19 am

A Scandinavian colleague told me about the Online Eddas:

http://am.hi.is/WebView/