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#OnThisDay (9th November, or 18 Brumaire) in 1799 Napoleon launched a coup d'etat, seizing power in France. Napoleon greatly exercised British cartoonists. This 1802 drawing depicts the First Consul held up by pillars inscribed 'poison', 'duplicity', etc: https://t.co/mgp3AyNTWl
@magdalenoxford Their plans were not realized, as you can see by comparing the Repton schematic with a satellite view of modern Magdalen (in which "The Water Meadow" lives on). https://t.co/WBBeA7gKon
This Jack the Giant Killer themed writing blank was filled in by one John Pierce Meade on the 31st of December, 1810. Blanks of this sort were given as presents to children to fill in with handwriting specimens. https://t.co/tiJN0Ixtqd
Don't forget to harvest your yellow peaches today. MS. Ashmole 1461, 'Tradescant's Orchard': https://t.co/Sq6d1kdzgh
October is the month of trampling grapes or sowing seeds, depending on which medieval calendar you trust. We have lots of options in our digitized slide collection: https://t.co/aPQhQliC89
Maps from a 16th century copy of Idrīsī's seminal 12th-century geography of the known world, Kitāb Nuzhat al-mushtāq fī ikhtirāq al-āfāq. The 70 maps from this copy, based on the text, can be viewed on Digital Bodleian: https://t.co/pZ6r2X0n2i.
We've digitized 26 18th-century theatre tickets for performances featuring the singer Charles Incledon. Many are elaborately engraved, but our favourite is a handwritten ticket admitting "Thompson Esq. & Friend." https://t.co/AFkTUYrA47 @jjcollephemera
More punishments of the damned: hail and firestones, flames, and (for the usurers) boiling wells.
MS. Douce 134, fols 103v, 105v, 121r: https://t.co/Zr1RBzqPRv #FolkloreThursday
Next up: Lucifer, the prince of hell, surrounded by lesser devils. Are they breathing fire or spitting blood?
MS. Douce 134, fol. 98r: https://t.co/3FOESucGR5 #FolkloreThursday
A king languishes in a pool of fire and brimstone.
MS. Douce 134, fol. 87r: https://t.co/3WvraUDoiG #FolkloreThursday