Scrolling down in humility
Not much has changed in the world of lobbying and patronage.
This illustration found in a 12th-century manuscript from Corbie (Paris, BnF, Paris, Bnf, Latin 12033) is a beautiful self-referential mise en abyme of the medieval practice of book dedications.
An unnamed monk (monacus) representing the manuscript's scribe offers to Saints Peter and Andrew a sc…