Manuscripts and Rare Books Department of the Walters Art Museum: Digitizing fantastic books for the public under a CC0 licence.
Joined August 2009
- Tweets 4,369
- Following 518
- Followers 17,468
- Likes 772
600 Photos and videos
14 Mar 2023
Special thanks to our brilliant photography team, Ariel Tabritha and Elena Damon, for the truly stunning gif they created of W.93 for the new Walters journal! The light and shadow from the cut margins, and the shimmer of the gold, truly bring the book to life!
4
14
40
2,744
14 Mar 2023
Journal of the Walters Art Museum, vol. 76, Essay #8:
Kathryn M. Rudy, “Paint it Black: An Unusual Prayer Book Illuminated by the Masters of the Dark Eyes, ca. 1510”
journal.thewalters.org/volum…
1
6
1,362
14 Mar 2023
Journal of the Walters Art Museum, vol. 76, Essay #7:
Shirin Fozi, “Portraiture and Presence in the Helmarshausen Psalter”
journal.thewalters.org/volum…
4
1,258
14 Mar 2023
Journal of the Walters Art Museum, vol. 76, Essay #6:
Adam S. Cohen, “The Kennicott Bible’s Codicology and Its Implications”
journal.thewalters.org/volum…
1,072
14 Mar 2023
Journal of the Walters Art Museum, vol. 76, Essay #5:
Christine Sciacca, “Exploring Sensuls: An Indigenous Manuscript Tradition in Ethiopia”
journal.thewalters.org/volum…
4
991
14 Mar 2023
Journal of the Walters Art Museum, vol. 76, Essay #4:
Sonja Drimmer, “The Rollodex: An Experiment around the Prepositional Paradigm through Peter of Poitiers’s Genealogia Christi” journal.thewalters.org/volum…
890
14 Mar 2023
Journal of the Walters Art Museum, vol. 76, Essay #3:
Lynley Anne Herbert, “A Cut Above the Rest…? Unraveling the Mystery of the Walters “Lace” Manuscript”
journal.thewalters.org/volum…
5
19
6,651
14 Mar 2023
Journal of the Walters Art Museum, vol. 76, Essay #2:
Nicholas Herman, “Looking through Books”
journal.thewalters.org/volum…
4
8
1,788
14 Mar 2023
Journal of the Walters Art Museum, vol. 76, Essay #1:
Benjamin C. Tilghman, “A Codicological Cloister for Claricia”
journal.thewalters.org/volum…
3
737
14 Mar 2023
Attention manuscript lovers! The Journal of the Walters Art Museum just published an exciting new volume: "Seeing Codicologically: New Explorations in the Technology of the Book." It is fully digital and available online for free! Enjoy!!
journal.thewalters.org/volum…
10
44
4,021
16 Apr 2022
In honor of Passover, I'm resharing our program with the wonderful Irvin Ungar, the world's leading expert on the Haggadah by Arthur Szyk. Our recently acquired copy of the book is about to be digitized, so stay tuned! youtu.be/3eqqPrXCDOA via @YouTube
3
Walters Manuscripts retweeted
9 May 2021
#HappyMothersDay! 💞 This illustration shows a woman nursing her child, an image that Rare Books and Manuscripts Curator Lynley Herbert notes is an "unusual and very private" image for a manuscript illumination."
Explore the object: bit.ly/3vVdkJz
8
28
4 May 2021
May the 4th be with you! Here's a medieval Yoda, from a wonderfully quirky Book of Hours at the Walters, W.87! Explore the whole fascinating manuscript here:
manuscripts.thewalters.org/v…
15
49
Walters Manuscripts retweeted
1 Apr 2021
We're LIVE on YouTube right now discussing Arthur Szyk with the world’s foremost expert on the Polish illustrator and political satirist, Irvin Ungar.
WATCH: youtu.be/3eqqPrXCDOA
1
3
Walters Manuscripts retweeted
23 Dec 2020
Snowball fight, anyone? Through color, the artist behind this work has beautifully captured the chill of a winter day and the excitement of a snowball fight ❄️
🎨: Master of Charles V, Leaf from Book of Hours: Snowball Fight, ca. 1520-1530. Bequest of Henry Walters, 1931.
1
11
62
Walters Manuscripts retweeted
25 Sep 2020
Missed one of our live digital events? Catch up here: bit.ly/33WJ4mH
4
2
Walters Manuscripts retweeted
8 Jul 2020
Though Summer Camp isn’t taking place at the museum this year, we're excited to offer Summer Art Adventures, a slate of free virtual programs and resources geared toward children ages 6 to 11. Registration for week one is now open! bit.ly/2Dk1ti4
7
5
Walters Manuscripts retweeted
11 Jun 2020
WATCH: Local artist Merle Davison, who takes inspiration from classic sculpture to create clay busts of everyday people, discusses her artistic process and how the vast collection of the Walters inspires her creations. bit.ly/2BQLneW
4
4
Walters Manuscripts retweeted
11 Jun 2020
A letter from Walters director Julia Marciari-Alexander to our community bit.ly/2BS2k8N
4
6
Walters Manuscripts retweeted
1 Jun 2020
“The life of a nation is secure only while the nation is honest, truthful, and virtuous.” –Frederick Douglass
As we reflect on these words by one of Maryland’s greatest citizens, there has never been a more urgent need to stand against injustice.
1
5
33