Julian Harrisonさんのイラストまとめ

Here are some medieval peacocks, because we all need some ❤️ right now.

Royal MS 6 E IX, f. 23r
Harley MS 1340, f. 7r
Harley MS 2433, f. 81r
Harley MS 2900, f. 55r

I wonder if you agree with my conclusions ...

What's the oldest item @britishlibrary?
The largest?
The most curious?
The most iconic?

https://t.co/FjOOcqjdsQ

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