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The Feast of the #Ass was a #medieval, Christian feast observed on 14 Jan celebrating #donkey-related stories in the #Bible
#SciArt from Schreber 'Die Säugthiere in Abbildungen nach der Natur' https://t.co/9TjAPf3pQV
#library #rarebooks #OnThisDay #illustration #medievaltwitter
TFW you realise you did night brows for a day prowl...
#WeirdoWednesday #cat #catsofinstagram #catsoftwitter #cats #illustration #rarebooks #library #books #oldbook #makeup #beauty
It’s a bloody scorcher in Melbourne today 😅
Here’s a couple of #flowers that look as hot as I feel rn from Curtis’ ‘Botanical magazine’ via @BioDivLibrary
#FloralFriday #floral #rarebooks #oldbooks #books #bookstagram #illustrations #melbweather #library #engraving #red #hot
On the twelfth day of #Christmas my true love gave to me...
Twelve lords a-leaping
#SciArt #cuckoos from ‘A history of British #birds’ F.O. Morris (1868), John James Audubon ‘The birds of America’ (1840) Gracius J. Broinowski ‘The birds of Australia’; collage by @_kathy_kath_
On the eleventh day of #Christmas my true love gave to me...
Eleven ladies dancing
The dancing ladies are lapwings that wildly wheel, roll, and tumble in the air during courtship display
Northern lapwing from John Gould’s ‘#Birds of Great Britain’, collage by Kathy Heyward
#Christmas is nearly here, so I’ve picked an appropriate #flower for #Floral #Friday
The #poinsettia (Euphorbia pulcherrima) in its beautiful red and green is believed to have been used as a Christmas decoration as early as the 17th C
#RareBook #Library #SciArt #Illustration
On the seventh day of #Christmas my true love gave to me...
Seven #swans a-swimming
#SciArt #illustration from John Gould's '#Birds of Great Britain' via @BioDivLibrary - https://t.co/jNzm0p7t2f
#12DaysofChristmas #Xmas #rarebooks @museumsvictoria #library #ornithology #books
On the sixth day of #Christmas my true love gave to me...
Six #geese a-laying
Geese from a Larousse encyclopedia (1922), egg from Seebohm ‘A history of British birds’ (1883-95), collage by Kathy Heyward
#12DaysofChristmas #Xmas #rarebooks @museumsvictoria #library #ornithology
I think my favourite thing about these weirdo #monkeys is that they look like they've all been caught doing something...
From 'Die saugthiere in abbildungen nach der natur' by Schreber (1774-1846)
#MonkeyDay #WorldMonkeyDay #monkey #rarebook #books #library @BioDivLibrary
On the first day of #Christmas my true love gave to me...
A #partridge in a #pear tree
#SciArt from Gould 'Birds of Europe' and 'Lessons from the vegetable world'; collage by Kathy Heyward
#12DaysofChristmas #12DaysofBooks #Xmas #rarebooks @museumsvictoria #library #Feathursday