Manicules and Doodles

manicules

Manicules are found on pp. 18 and 164. The examples in this

text are handwritten.

James Ussher
Britannicarum Ecclesiarum Antiquitates..., Dublin: 1639.
McClintock Collection

manicules

Manicules are found on pp. 18 and 164. The examples in this

text are handwritten.

James Ussher
Britannicarum Ecclesiarum Antiquitates..., Dublin: 1639.
McClintock Collection

manicule

Manicules are found on pp. 471-472. The examples in this

text are handwritten.

Jeronimo de Torres
Confessio Augustiniana, Paris: 1572.
McClintock Collection

manicule

Manicules are found on pp. 76v-78r. Used for handwritten
marginal notes, manicules later came to be used in printed
works to draw the reader's attention to important text. The

examples in this text are all handwritten.

Christophorus Longolius
...Orationes diae pro defensione..., Venetiis: 1539.
McClintock Collection

face doodle

Underneath a commentary about this text, the owner of the

book drew a little face.

Benjamin Hederich
Notitia Auctorum..., Wittenberg: 1714.
McClintock Collection

star and cube doodle

Throughout this book we discovered doodles of cubes and stars.

Thomas Scott
The force of truth..., London: 1789.
McClintock Collection

horse doodle

An owner of this book loved to doodle. Found throughout the
book are little crude sketches of people, houses, and horses.

Melchior Kusel
Icones biblicae Veteris et Nove Testamenti, 1679.
McClintock Collection

bird doodle

On p.94 of this book, we discovered a doodle of a bird.

Thomas Sherlock
Several discourses preached at the Temple Church, London:
1761.
McClintock Collection

Many of the books in the collection have manicules or some bookmark for important passages. Manicules were used to highlight certain parts of the text for the reader.

Manicules and Doodles