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Dante and Beatrice in Paradiso before the light and before the orders of angels and the Trinity
#Dante700
BL Yates Thompson MS 36; Dante Alighieri, Divina commedia; 1444 CE-c1450 CE; Italy (Tuscany); ff.179r, 180r @BLMedieval
Daniel with the lions on #Caturday
BL Add MS 11695; Jerome, Commentary on Daniel; 1091-1109 CE; Spain, N; f.239r @BLMedieval
The Human ear complaining to Nature that she has given him no such protection as the eye was given with the eyebrows.
BL Egerton 1121; Ulrich von Pottenstein, Spiegel der Weisheit; c.1430; Austria, W. (Salzburg); f.38r @BLMedieval
Marvel at the fish and deer with the golden teeth and the cow-stag of Chester.
BL Royal 13 B VIII; Gerald of Wales, Topographia Hiberniae, c.1196-c.1223; England, N. (Lincoln?); ff.16v, 19v @BLMedieval
Map of the World and Map of the Mediterranean and adjoining countries.
BL Royal 14 C IX; Ranulf Higden, Polychronicon; 14th century; England, E. (Ramsey?); ff.1v-2v @BLMedieval
Some musicians and a juggler from another manuscript joined the merry band!
BL Harley 4951; Gradual of Saint-Etienne of Toulouse; last quarter of 11th century or 1st quarter of 12th century; France, S. (Toulouse); ff.295v, 297v, 298v, 299v @BLMedieval
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Joseph Ibn Hayyim marks the beginning of Torah portion Shoftim (שֹׁפְטִים) with these intertwined golden hybrids & beautiful penwork.
#ParashahPictures
Bodleian Library, MS Kennicott 1; 'The Kennicott Bible'; 1476 CE; La Coruña, Spain; f.109r @BDLSS
Flying off the page but there's nothing outside the text 😳
BL Harley MS 4751; A bestiary with additions from Gerald of Wales's Topographia Hibernica; 13th century; Emgland, SW
(?Salisbury); f.49r @BLMedieval
Allegory of the day: Croesus kneeling in a fire which is extinguished by the rain pouring from a cloud above.
#mondaythoughts
BL Harley MS 1766; c1450-c1460 CE; Suffolk; f.133r @BLMedieval
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Being a big cat can be dangerous!
#InternationalCatDay
BL Or 2737; 1275-1324; the 'Hispano-Moresque Haggadah'; Spain, Central (Castile); f.35v @BLMedieval