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Musicians. Detail from a manuscript of the Persian poet Niẓāmī’s ‘Khusraw va Shīrīn’ at @theUL. MS Add. 207
Pretty poppies from Leonhart Fuchs’s herbal (1542).
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Asparagus coming up nicely, like an inverted chocolate ice cream cone.
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I’m giving the wild strawberry on the left here only a 4 out of 10 for the colouring in, with its interesting red flowers ...
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Another festive girl in a green dress, with extra snowflakes. ‘Holly Berries’ by Ida Waugh (1883.9.67 @theUL). ❄️
‘I’ was for Insects in today’s wonderful #LockdownBestiary. Here are some traffic-light locusts, with watching lynx.
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@LockdownBestia1 And there I was thinking Z would be for Zitiron ... 😂
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Lovely detail from a painting of Lowther Hall, ca 1765, by Lady Mary Lowther (1738-1824) and stunning Japanese anemones in the Parterre, designed by @thedanpearson. @lowthercastle
Lions and tigers and bears, oh my! More lovely animals from @theULSpecColl for #WorldAnimalDay
Amazed at the beauty and dynamism of the stags in this bestiary @theULSpecColl, currently on loan to the Getty Centre in Los Angeles for ‘Book of beasts: the bestiary in the medieval world’, 14 May-18 August 2019.
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