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Garden of Eden in al-Naysaburi’s ‘Stories of the Prophets’, Iran, 16th century. Currently on view in #EpicIran https://t.co/TTmvm3p3RE
#DiscoveringSacredTexts #BLPerMss #ManuscriptMonday

2016 Delhi Exhibition catalogue "Everlasting Flame: #Zoroastrianism in History and Imagination" long-time unavailable but now online at https://t.co/jjL4O2mwuE thanks to @NMnewdelhi

Yakkha and Yakkhini, male and female nature spirits, can be found in all shapes and colours in Thai divination manuscripts (Phrommachat) where they are depicted as guardians for people born under a certain sign of the Thai zodiac. https://t.co/edekkMLknE

In her latest post @BLMalay writes about the iconography of verse markers in #Quran manuscripts from Southeast Asia, a subject which has up to now been comparatively neglected https://t.co/4SNqFHp9Yb

For some #SaturdayMorning fun, try this #Jigsaw part of a 1578 sea chart by the Italian cartographer Joan Martines

https://t.co/eNJo4ub8xw

Digitised as part of the Bollinger Singapore digitisation project
https://t.co/Jqad4RUJOj @BLMaps @BLMalay #BLPuzzles

#MaundyThursday #Easter #Easter2021 Explore this #Syriac Gospel Lectionary from c. 1216-20 with images of the Last Supper, the kiss of Judas, and the Crucifixion. Add MS 7170. https://t.co/rtOzKG84Jh

Lovelorn Majnun in the 'wilderness' is visited by his mother. Idyllic scene of tamed animals and distant castle, children playing, boating on the river. 1590s painting by Sanwala (Or 12208) https://t.co/2IXzK1jtKV #MughalArt

(6/6) Interested to know your zodiac sign and the #Thai horoscope? Check out our guide! https://t.co/edekkMLknE #BLThai #LunarNewYear (end of thread)

(5/6) The #LunarNewYear is celebrated also in Thailand. This is a #Thai horoscope manual showing folios with predictions for people born in the Year of the Ox (Or 13650). Explore the item here: https://t.co/79M7FFcLbK #BLThai #LunarNewYear

Looking back at a 2016 #Christmas blog by our Curator @DerilloEyob with images of Nativity from the @britishlibrary #Ethiopian collection #MerryChristmas Read it here https://t.co/diWPvyK1hs