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What a way to get around! Our pick for #CURATORBATTLE #TremendousTransport comes from al-Qazwīnī’s ʻAjāʼib al-makhlūqāt (‘Wonders of creation') 🤩
Newly #digitised and soon to be fully online:
https://t.co/cwzraj7auY #DiscoveringSacredTexts
This #digitised 16th-century Greek manuscript features a wide range of animal illustrations. Which one is your favourite? #FavouriteItem #Archive30
https://t.co/AA9ljTQyyw (Burney MS 97)
MOOD!
ORB.40/1142 volume 2: https://t.co/nwCHYOpDLp #FridayFeeling #BLJapanese
There's no bandwagon we can't jump on!😜😂 This engraving from the King George III topographical collection shows the 'twin peaks' of the Pitons off St Lucia. Known in the 18th C as the 'sugar loaves': https://t.co/xAN8hyY6zl #TwinPeaksDay
How's this for #MondayMotivation? We're working to make these super cute toy designs available to view in full and online, along with many other Japanese Design Books. Watch this space! ORB.40/950:
https://t.co/N4tXKKSfsE #BLJapanese 😊🐖🐎
Recently published online in #IIIF is this volume featuring stunning pattern designs of Crane birds. & there are another 2 volumes yet to come. Stay tuned! ORB.40/964 volume 1 https://t.co/9VYKtwYJa7 @BLAsia_Africa #BLJapanese #BirdsInArt #FashionWeek @universalviewer
In this blogpost, @CillianOHogan writes about manuscripts relating to the life and legacy of St Patrick
https://t.co/Z4fD4TqAUo
#Irish
#AtoUnknown
A new header for #Irish week: a vision of St Patrick in Purgatory: https://t.co/Z4fD4TqAUo
And a scribe's attempt at copying #Ogham letters into a manuscript: https://t.co/Ibp3nG5k3v
#AtoUnknown
What do a kayak and igloo have in common? Both words are derived from #Inuit languages (ᖃᔭᖅ and ᐃᒡᓗ in #Inuktitut syllabics).
Can you think of more examples? Bonus points for illustrating with digitised @britishlibrary items!
https://t.co/rKTnafatPH
https://t.co/qmUaTmLRz3
Photos of Shah Alam's Tomb at Ahmedabad in #Gujarat from our Online Gallery
https://t.co/uHDIk6uxhi
https://t.co/UbenU2hvcf
The tomb forms part of a 'dargah' or shrine complex, dedicated to the influential #Gujarati Muslim saint & spiritual advisor to Sultan Mahmud Shah Begarha.