Julian Harrisonさんのイラストまとめ

Perhaps the most remarkable extinction was that of the Passenger pigeon. This was once the most abundant bird in N. America, numbering >3 billion.

Here it's shown in Audubon's Birds of America. Martha, the last specimen, died in Cincinnati Zoo in 1914.
https://t.co/t4DTwk2JOE

Which exhibitions are you most looking forward to seeing in 2019?

I've been drawing up my own list, with suggestions from @LondonArtCritic @maxwellmuseums

They include Rembrandt's Light @DulwichGallery; Edvard Munch @britishmuseum; and Olafur Eliasson @Tate

#veryexcited

More tomfoolery.

Here's a blogpost we wrote earlier @BLMedieval, focusing on medieval fools and jesters. (I cannot remember which of the facts it lists are true.)

https://t.co/tLLqRlNO8P

I'd never come across this manuscript before (Egerton MS 1900).

It contains an account of a journey from Venice to Palestine, Mount Sinai and Egypt, made in 1465.

Here are some of its illustrations. Amazing, isn't it?

https://t.co/wdWonmN0dp

It's a phenomenal time to be an exhibition-goer in London.

On show at the moment are:
I Am Ashburnipal @britishmuseum
Oceania @royalacademy
Mantegna and Bellini @NationalGallery
Anglo-Saxon Kingdoms @britishlibrary

It's like all our Christmases have come at once!

Cow do you do?

(Okay, I'll get my coat)

The cow-stag of Chester, in The Topography of Ireland by Gerald of Wales
Royal MS 13 B VIII, f. 19v
https://t.co/KLo0DWgEjv

Whenever I see this image I think (somewhat irrationally) of the children's rhyme:

'I saw Esau sitting by the see-saw'

Another glorious scene from the Smithfield Decretals (Royal MS 10 E IV, f. 99v)
https://t.co/gujbtuDvXt

#SundayMorning feeling. So much to do, so little time!

From a late 11th/early 12th century manuscript made in Toulouse

British Library Harley MS 4951 f. 298v
https://t.co/gVRIL99tYH

Whoever knew it was #CowAppreciationDay?

So what better day to appreciate the cow-stag of Chester, illustrated in this 13th-century manuscript? This little chap was made for #Twitter, no?

https://t.co/BKgCGWhhC2

And my favourite medieval manuscript is also on show in Astronomy

It dates from around the time of the Norman Conquest, and we chose to display it at this page showing Sagittarius, the centaur. Just beautiful!

#BLHarryPotter #curatorschoice

https://t.co/3sxwGkgLOM