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On imaginary journeys to far away places you may come across
the so-called 'monstrous races' who were both fascinating and shocking in equal measure.
BL,Harley 3954; Sir John Mandeville, Travels; England, E. (East Anglia); 15th century; f.42r @BLMedieval

A dragon trying to be scary but...........🤔

MS. Kennicott 1; 1476CE; La Coruña, Spain; f.84v @BDLSS

Worshipping the golden statue erected by King Nebuchadnezzar; and Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego in the fiery furnace with the angel.
#WednesdayWisdom
BL Add MS 11695; 1091-1109; Jerome, Commentary on Daniel;
Spain, North (Santo Domingo de Silos); f.229r @BLMedieval

The initial-word panel which begins the opening parsha of Vayikra (וַיִּקְרָא) is inhabited by two dragons. 🐉🐉
#ParshaPictures
BL Add 19776; the 'Coburg Pentateuch'; Germany, Central (Coburg); 1390-1396; f.55r @BL_HebrewMSS @BLMedieval

Personification of Italy as a mourning woman: my heart bleeds for you. 💔❣️
Royal MS 6 E IX; c 1335; Convenevole da Prato, Carmina regia; Italy (Tuscany); f.11r @BLMedieval

The beginning of St John's Gospel in the 'Lindisfarne Gospels’
#SaturdayMotivation
Cotton MS Nero D IV; the 'Lindisfarne Gospels’; England (Monastery of Lindisfarne); ff.209v, 210v, 211r, 211v @BLMedieval

Time for another imaginary journey using these maps of the World and the Mediterranean.
#SaturdayThoughts
Royal 14 C IX; Ranulf Higden, Polychronicon; England, E.; last quarter of the 14th century; ff.1v-2v @BLMedieval

A vision of St Patrick in Purgatory
In anticipation of the day..☘️☘️
Royal 17 B XLIII, f 132v @BLMedieval

An angel summoning the birds above a fed up looking devil and his armies in a ruined city.

Add 17333; the 'Val-Dieu' Apocalypse; France, N. W.;
c.1320-1330; f.35r @BLMedieval

Henry II and Thomas Becket

Royal MS 20 A II; c1307-c1327; England N.; f.7v @BLMedieval