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Brutus and Innogent (above); Locrin, Kambere, and Albanac (below).
Royal MS 20 A II; c1307-c1327; England N.; f.2r @BLMedieval
Gaze in wonder at the Marvels of the East!
Cotton MS Tiberius B V/1; 2nd quarter of the 11th century-3rd quarter of the 12th century; ff.80r, 81r, 81v, 82r @BLMedieval
https://t.co/h2f8N2NtEI
A frog and a plant! 🐸🐸
@obrienatrix
Sloane MS 4016; c1440; Herbal; Italy,N (Lombardy); f.81r @BLMedieval
Jerusalem, Babylon, and Rome
Add MS 37049; 1460-1500; A Carthusian miscellany; England, N; ff.3r, 9v @BLMedieval
The destruction of Troy & the
Wheel of Fortune @BLMedieval
Stowe 54; Histoire ancienne jusqu'à César; France, Central (Paris); 15th century; ff.30v, 83r, 197r, 206v @BLMedieval
Expulsion of Adam and Eve from the Garden of Eden accompanied by a peacock and a dragon!
#AppreciateADragonDay
Add MS 18576; 16th century; Qiṣaṣ al-anbiyāʼ, History of the Prophets, by Ibráhím al-Naishápúri; f.11r @BLAsia_Africa
Decorated initial-word panel from the opening of Shemot (Exodus) with micrography from masoretic notes for
#MicrographyMonday
Add 19776; the 'Coburg Pentateuch'; Germany, Central (Coburg); 1390-1396; f.28v @BL_HebrewMSS
@BLAsia_Africa
The Epicurean philosopher Leonce (Leontion) trying to read philosophy while being embraced. History treated her harshly for daring to criticise Theophrastus.
Royal 16 G V; Giovanni Boccaccio, De claris mulieribus in a French translation; France, N.; c.1440; f.74r @BLMedieval