National Library of Scotlandさんのイラストまとめ

Good morning and welcome to Thursday!

You can explore our map collections here @natlibscotmaps > https://t.co/Wr2aMsMkXD

So our @natlibscotmaps jigsaw ('Edenburgum, Scotiae Metropolis', a plan of Edinburgh from c.1582) has been played 600 times > https://t.co/uzUms6juCX

Your moderately interesting word of the day is:

COMPASS ROSE

n.

A figure on a compass, map, nautical chart, or monument used to display the orientation of the cardinal directions (north, east, south, and west) and their intermediate points.

white rabbits
white rabbits
white rabbits
white rabbits
white rabbits
white rabbits

Happy #mayday / #firstofthemonth everyone. This particular white rabbit is from Alice’s adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll; with forty-two illustrations by John Tenniel (1866).

Shiver me timbers landlubbers! It’s #talklikeapirateday so feast your eyeballs on this here bounty from ‘Treasure Island’ Illustrated edition. London: Cassell & Co., 1885 (F.5.d.18). ⚓️🏴‍☠️📙

Happy #LeftHandersDay everyone!

As a leftie himself, this tweeter knows all about the struggles of the smudge.

We've got so many pop-up books in our collections that we thought we'd post a week's worth - what do you think? This viola player is from 'Always Jolly!' by Lothar Meggendorfer (1890)

#PopUpBookWeek @nlsmodern

For those of you getting your requests in to Santa, here's an idea... 🎅📘📙📗🎄

Scotland as you may never have seen her before https://t.co/AoKWxOHblz

PLEASE NOTE: tonight's Library event 'Of Princes and Partans' (6 pm) has been cancelled due to illness.