I really, really like Pinterest 1. For lots of reasons.
I may or may not stalk people’s Pinterests boards so that I get to see when someone goes on an illumination-pinning splurge. If I did do this, I would follow these boards:
Scribal Scribinations
Medieval Illuminaria
Scribal
Illuminated Manuscripts
Lastly, I own a collaborative board for people to pin to. If I re-pin illuminations, it is always to this board: SCA Scroll Inspiration/Sources
But one of the easiest ways for me to get frustrated with Pinterest is when people do not pin responsibly. Thankfully, when looking at pins related to manuscripts and illumination, most pinners are pretty responsible and actually pin the image where it lives in a library’s digital collection, or at the very least include a title and folio citation in their description.
Let’s look at some examples!
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