RT @SlCathy: A fully justified request has been made for further non-gloomy images. So let's throw caution to the winds with some of Eric Ravilious' exuberant letters. From the 1933 Lanston Monotype Calendar. @ThatArtBlog @FVanessafox pic.twitter.com/WsgGhr5HIy
posted at 07:34:59
RT @SlCathy: It's not a great life for a manuscript unicorn. Take this innocent chap. He's found his maiden, but now she seems to positively welcome his demise. There's not even a bucket provided underneath! Poor show! Ormesby Psalter, f.55v. @For_the_Wynn @medievalhistory pic.twitter.com/OZdYyIc2LM
posted at 07:34:34
RT @SlCathy: For all the fox lovers amongst us @FVanessafox @oneortwothings - this poor lady watches ineffectually, as a fox runs off with her rooster! The flower detail is ravishing. 'Ormesby Psalter' f.71v. @ZwartblesIE uses alpacas, rather than her distaff to defend her stock, I think! pic.twitter.com/MI367quWhN
posted at 07:34:15
RT @DamienKempf: A Strange Encounter [Metz, MS 1588, 14th c.] pic.twitter.com/4Rzsimk2hb
posted at 07:31:48
RT @BLpressoffice: England and France beyond the Conquest: 800 medieval manuscripts now online reveal a world of beauty and learning - #PolonskyPre1200 launches today! www.bl.uk/press-releases… pic.twitter.com/2dhXm7vTLi
posted at 07:30:41
RT @AinonenT: More is it St AuGUStine, or St Aaa-gustine? However you pronounce the name, here's a beutiful copy of his De Trinitate from c 1060 Fecamp, Normandy; copied ove 600 years after his death www.bl.uk/collection-ite… … #PolonskyPre1200 pic.twitter.com/a8VurWnRHE
posted at 07:30:15
RT @For_the_Wynn: Everyone @BLMedieval is fabulous ❤️ Arundel MS 60, f. 6v manuscrits-france-angleterre.org/view3if/pl/ark… #PolonskyPre1200 pic.twitter.com/IBBh0KBLM4
posted at 07:29:28
RT @red_loeb: Keep the flame alive! Add MS 11639; f.114r @BL_HebrewMSS pic.twitter.com/18eV2ChZ0q
posted at 07:25:50
RT @red_loeb: Pictures in the margin of Rabban Gamliel & a young woman raising the unleavened matsah bread. @BLMedieval Add MS 26957; 1469; Sidur; Italy,N; f.45r @BL_HebrewMSS pic.twitter.com/pGfc7MQExf
posted at 07:25:08
RT @erik_kwakkel: Portrait of Queen Elizabeth I made 5 years after her death - recognizable features of both hair and skin are there (Folger Library V.b.232 dated 1608). pic.twitter.com/WJzKimceZ9
posted at 07:24:31
RT @discarding_imgs: Punishment of the lustful, Compost et calendrier des bergers, [Paris: Guy Marchant, 1493] (Angers, Bibliothèque municipale, SA 3390, fol. 36v) pic.twitter.com/GoHEXUXGod
posted at 07:23:29
RT @melibeus1: Grumpy unicorn #🦄 @GallicaBnF gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv… pic.twitter.com/i2LAqVWUEY
posted at 07:22:53
RT @melibeus1: Ring the bells #FridayFeeling @bodleianlibs Douce 5 f. 100v pic.twitter.com/ypSisLc4uM
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RT @BMAGimages: Embroidered bed cover, 1908, by Mary Newill showing day and night #ArchiveAnimals. Quote is from verse 2 of 'Ode - Intimations of Immortality from Recollections of Early Childhood' by William Wordsworth. www.bmagprints.org.uk pic.twitter.com/tu0nrBJTCo
posted at 07:21:19
RT @PiersatPenn: My parents inscribed this treasured book in 1985 pic.twitter.com/GozRrTVkmo
posted at 07:20:44