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“I would be free down to my very rhymes,” from the Preface to Hunt’s Rimini (pub 1816). But you’ll not find the quote in print. Clarice Short examines Hunt’s manuscripts, revisions, & creative process in (1972/73) https://t.co/5cgPr8htuu

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2018-02-16

How did you capture a wedding when photography didn't exist? You commissioned illuminated manuscripts to keep a record of party, guests, dresses and everything else! Urb. lat. 899: Celebrations for the Marriage of Costanzo Sforza & Camilla D'Aragona,15th C.

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2018-02-15

in 1991, Sotheby's announced the discovery of a long-lost manuscript of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain.
"Human beings can be awful cruel to one another."
📖Mark Twain, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.

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2018-02-13

Happy Check out Darwin's children's drawn on an manuscript draft ca. 1885. https://t.co/casFuQWaow

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2018-02-13

To celebrate the birth anniversary of the doodles Darwin's children made in his “On the Origin of Species” manuscript.
https://t.co/9OeLKUVduT 1809

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2018-02-12

Jeanne de Montbaston; Historia de Proeliis [Royal 19 D I]
f. 77v: The Battle of Genghis Khan and Prester John
France (1340)
Illuminated Manuscript, 425 x 310

https://t.co/rGbmO1tad0

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2018-02-06

Text + images work together in figural poems from a c. 1170 copy of De laudibus sanctae crucis by Hrabanus Maurus, archbishop of Mainz (died 856)
Explore the whole manuscript: https://t.co/7S48FbryYE

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2018-02-04

And my favourite medieval manuscript is also on show in Astronomy

It dates from around the time of the Norman Conquest, and we chose to display it at this page showing Sagittarius, the centaur. Just beautiful!



https://t.co/3sxwGkgLOM

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2018-01-22

While dying of tuberculosis George Orwell went to a remote Scottish house to write what he knew would be his final book: 1984. He submitted the manuscript in mid-1949, and died, on this day, January 21st, in 1950, aged 46. 1984 remains a warning.
Images by Jonathan Burton

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2018-01-22

A completed last year, on seas. Several things about this were inspired by the artistic style of manuscript illustration, including the palate, the fading misty background, and the depictions of and

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2018-01-20

31 Jan - 2 Feb: INTRO TO MEDIEVAL MANUSCRIPT ILLUMINATION with Toni Watts. Use skills passed down from medieval times to make small-scale designs using 24 carat gold leaf & pigments. No drawing skills or experience needed. £174 / £240 incl all materials. https://t.co/nMZkMjtRrT

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2018-01-19

“SNOW SISTERS was my 13th manuscript that I not only wrote but worked consistently to revise.“ Q&A
https://t.co/Rky3kuCySF

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2018-01-16

Lovely to see this developing page by page. Such a special and moving manuscript by xx

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2018-01-11

looking at mother of and her significance in in and - this led me to then look at and in particular Illuminated Manuscript -

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2018-01-09

The unpublished manuscript "Entomologia Terrae Novae" (circa 1833) by Philip Henry Gosse is considered the 1st attempt to classify & illustrate the of Newfoundland. View it in via : https://t.co/3Yo1WoJPog

Learn more: https://t.co/OKjaJSRs5d

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2018-01-04

Calith studying the intricacies of martial prowess from the ancient manuscripts and tablets revered by all warriors.

29. Studying.

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2017-12-31

Amicus is growing! Could you be the next member of our team? In need of Full time Assistant Editor, seasonal publishing Intern, Freelance Illustrators, and Freelance Writers. Also, our retail imprint, Amicus Ink, is taking manuscript submissions! https://t.co/bgj98oCIfU

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2017-12-21

DIGITIZED Breviary/psaltery from the Premonstratensian Monastery in Teplá, (West Bohemia), 14thC, today in our manuscript collection (#NationalLibraryCZ Teplá MS b 13) https://t.co/2fdudOF6Ac

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2017-12-21

A long-gestating manuscript with just got accepted this morning! Stay tuned for more from Tail Club Club soon!!!

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2017-12-15