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Here's to the teachers!
It's #TeacherAppreciationWeek2020! A note of thanks and admiration for all those who dedicate their time to teaching, mentoring, and helping us grow, whether in the classroom or at home. You are amazing!💗

(From W.655 and W.199)

Okay...after trying our hands at paintings, my son and I decided to make our first attempt at a manuscript re-creation! Here he is as St. Nicholas from the fabulous Claricia Psalter (W.26), created in Germany ca. 1200.

Here's a link to the original: https://t.co/qcWjqda5VC

It's #ThreeKingsDay! The Walters has many great images of the Magi...here are some from a 17th c. Ethiopian sensul (36.10)
https://t.co/SkWP7aaz3E
a 15th c. Armenian Gospel book (W.543) https://t.co/4BWSj4yYJ2
& a 15th c. Book of Hours from Bruges (W.435)
https://t.co/JbM4zPpgq6

Why did Alphonse Mucha include what clearly must be Thanksgiving turkeys in his 1897 edition of Robert des Fler's "Ilsee, Princesse de Tripoli" (92.808)? The world will never know...😉

Wishing everyone in the US a safe and Happy Turkey Day!
#ThanksgivingWeek
#Thanksgiving2019

Come get the inside scoop on the Art Nouveau books now on view at the Walters, happening tonight!

https://t.co/NaTVjz3qrn

For #NationalBookLoversDay, the Walters celebrates it's founder and bibliophile, Henry Walters! He collected over 3,500 manuscripts, bindings, and printed books, from ancient papyrus to the modern day, gifting Baltimore with one of the most remarkable book collections in the USA!

"Be the woman who fixes another woman's crown without telling the world it was crooked."

Here's to all of the ladies who lift each other up!
#NationalGirlfriendsDay

Pics from the Clothilde Missal (W.934), made by Clothilde Coulaux in 1906:
https://t.co/dHsthhggBK

You know, if we knew they were looking to cast "Cats," we could have helped! We have musical cats, cats lost in their memories, cats who break the 4th wall, and traces of cats pirouetting across things! Cue the music...
#CatsMovie
#CatsMusical

(W.102, W.934, W.313, & W.305)

If medieval people had snapchat...lol! Have a fun long holiday weekend everyone!

(Original image from a French Book of Hours, W.449, ca. 1524)
https://t.co/WjaRHDTD4j

Some fun geocentric models of the zodiac, winds, and rotations of the planets from a 12th century English cosmography (W.73)! The monks who put this together didn't quite have it right, but their diagrams are fantastic!
Happy #EarthDay !