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Albumasar is the Latinised form of Abu Ma'shar al-Balkhi (b. 787 CE, d. 886 CE), thought to be the greatest astrologer of the ʿAbbāsid court in Baghdad.

BnF Latin 7330 @GallicaBnF
https://t.co/bkIknG0xxv

26th December is the feast of St Stephen who is here depicted in the 'Caligula Troper'.
#FeastofStStephen
BL Cotton MS Caligula A XIV; The 'Caligula Troper'; 11th century; England; f.3v @BLMedieval @BL_MadeDigital
https://t.co/qGGt0OkBJi

As it's 21st December, here's Stonehenge being built with Merlin's aid.
#WinterSolstice
BL Egerton 3028; Wace, Roman de Brut, a verse epitome; England; 14th century; f.30r @BLMedieval

The Adoration of the Magi

BL Or 607; An Ethiopian manuscript containing:Nagara Māryām ነገር ማርያም. History and Miracles of the Blessed Virgin Mary; 1730 CE-1755 CE; f.14v @BLAsia_Africa
https://t.co/gkNX45K8k8

The Nativity and the Three Magi

BL Or. 481; Octateuch, Gospels, & Ecclesiastical Works; Ethiopia; 17th century; ff.100v, 101r @BLAsia_Africa

Bad day for the dragon, good day for the hedgehog...

BnF MS Latin 1156B; Horae ad usum romanum; 15th century; f.176r @GallicaBnF

The illuminator Joseph Ibn Hayyim left his mark with these curious letters:
'I, Joseph Ibn Hayyim, illuminated and completed this book.'
#KennicottBible
Bodleian Library MS Kennicott 1; 'The Kennicott Bible'; 1476 CE; La Coruña, Spain; f.447r @BDLSS

20th November is the feast of St Edmund the Martyr. Here he is being shot with arrows, and his head found crying 'here, here, here'.

BL Harley 2278; John Lydgate, Metrical lives of Saints Edmund & Fremund; 15 th c; England, S. (probably Bury St Edmunds); ff.61r, 66r @BLMedieval

Daniel and the lion's den

BL Add MS 11695; Jerome, Commentary on Daniel; 1091-1109 CE; Spain, N; f.239r @BLMedieval
BL Harley MS 4772; the ‘Montpellier Bible’, vol 1; 1st quarter of 12th century; France, S.E.(?Lyons); f.269v @BLMedieval

The Fab Four!
#Mondayvibes
BL Harley 6563; Book of Hours; c.1320 CE-c.1330 CE; England, S. E. (London); ff.41v, 41r, 43r, 43v @BLMedieval