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Chronos in a chariot drawn by a dragon, from MS. Auct. F. 4. 16, a 16th century astronomical text. Digitized 35mm slide. https://t.co/pwuFMGTMHh

In the late 18th century, Ferdinand Bauer painted this European roller, 'Coracias garrulus', for a never-published companion volume to John Sibthorp's 'Flora Graeca'. https://t.co/ppdXrpAmqc

It also includes a copy of Franco of Cologne's Ars cantus mensurabilis. Franco developed a precursor to modern musical notation: https://t.co/FdcVWC3Sll #MedievalMusic

#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