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The decoration was added in stages, across the end of the 13th century and through to the 1320s. A more detailed catalogue entry is available over at our Western Manuscripts catalogue: https://t.co/IQRYLhRl0t
On with the second #MiradorMadness semi-final: 'Tradescant's Orchard' versus the 'Ormesby Psalter'. Both a feast for the eyes; both worth spending a while gazing at side-by-side in gloriously high detail here: https://t.co/HZy3GAQHG7
Poll in the next Tweet!
Fittingly for the first day of #summertime, today's #MiradorMadness features 'Tradescant's Orchard', a guide to the ripening dates of orchard fruits. The competition? MS. Canon. Misc. 213, our rare copy of early secular songs. https://t.co/i9p2745d34
MS. Ouseley Add. 166 makes it through to the semifinals! Which means goodbye to MS. Ashmole 1511. https://t.co/483rBi3gzK #MiradorMadness
⬇️ The Ormesby Psalter and @MagdLibAndArch's ancient papyri are in a dead heat this morning. Cast the deciding vote: https://t.co/3Ycz6Auv67
Facing off today in #MiradorMadness are 'Tradescant's Orchard' (delightful early 17th century watercolours), and the Rosellini expedition reports, stuffed with careful drawings of ancient Egyptian monuments.
View them here, and vote in the next Tweet: https://t.co/Tn76snVJLU
Johannes Gutenberg died 550 years ago today. The @bodleianlibs and @vaticanlibrary copies of his 42-line Bible are available online thanks to our #PolonskyProject. Read about them here: https://t.co/ZVB83aQO9i
MS. Barocci 145 has so many wonderful illustrations that it's hard to choose a favourite. But if pushed, we'd go for the eagle riding a unicorn. https://t.co/fELJ1N7m1E #PolonskyProject #GreekMSS
New to Digital.Bodleian: 'Tradescant's Orchard', a series of watercolours of garden fruits from the 1620s, with dates of ripening. Now you know when your 'yollow Nectrions' will be at their best: https://t.co/fOpgQ8jx57
We've added a tile for New & Featured items to the front page of Digital.Bodleian. Check it out! Recent additions include a medieval bestiary, 17th century garden fruits, and a Hebrew collection of Aristotle from @ChCh_Oxford: https://t.co/9VBcXOvtrS