This year we've divided our fair list into four sections, the first consists of Japanese manuscripts and scrolls, link below:

https://t.co/X6nqWSTOSR

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Our major exhibition, Hebrew Manuscripts: Journeys of the Written Word, opens on 20 March.

Which got us thinking about representations of Jerusalem from the western tradition.

Add 37049, f. 3
Egerton 1070, f. 5
Royal 14 C VII, f. 5
Egerton 1500, f. 49

https://t.co/oGtM22UBee

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Sketch painting in the and some manuscripts for while I wait for some mail... ☺️

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Many of the words scientists use when reviewing manuscripts, job candidates and grant applications have lost their meaning, argues Eve Marder https://t.co/MZrLYyewie

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Announcing our next exciting exhibition “#Hebrew Manuscripts: Journeys of the Written Word”. Opening 20 March. Find out more at https://t.co/1mZyWA4wey

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I grew up watching Disney, as well as many anime... also playing Zelda OOT, Majora's Mask, and Twilight Princess. There's a lot more too, such as illuminated manuscripts, but I want to explore meshing digital and traditional media together! 😄

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Dear followers, we love you! 💕 Here are some of our favourite blog posts from over the years, because there’s nothing more romantic than medieval manuscripts 😘
thread!

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art i drew for a brute force fanwork exchange!! its what i maybe think the inside of cammys book looks like as it catalogues her journey (based on medieval manuscripts)

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6/12 Blake’s project was left unfinished at his early death in 1773 but related manuscripts & paintings kept in several archives (the attached images are kept ) allow for unprecedented information on Chinese go-betweens that helped British naturalists

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We just added four new medieval manuscripts to our project site, featuring:

• Dogs and hares
• Saints’ lives
• An otherworldly flying creature we think might be a dragon but honestly we're not sure
• Bede

👉 https://t.co/w7S6QNaRFU

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🔸 Eminent scholars who were buried in their libraries [thread]

1️⃣ Allamah Abdul Hussein Amini, author of the al-Ghadeer Encyclopedia, chose to be buried at his library in the holy city of Najaf. He is said to have reviewed 100,000 books/manuscripts to compile his magnum opus.

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Hello new followers! *waves cheerily*

Thank you for supporting our independent historic library. We tweet rare books & manuscripts, with smatterings of Cathedral life on a World Heritage Site.

It’s a grey day in Durham, but we have cyclamen growing outside our office window.😍

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This week is Bo, the final three plagues: it's locust season. 🦗🦗🦗🦗 Across manuscripts they're differently depicted, but there's always too many. (Sloane MS 3173, Add MS 14762, Or 2884, all digitised: https://t.co/LBGa4A2mAN) 🦗🦗🦗🦗🦗🦗

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Numerous times in medieval manuscripts, knights can be seen fighting snails… but why?

Check out “A Battle for the Ages” by Shabazik: https://t.co/raSQMqwAGi

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14th cent.
illuminated manuscript of the four gospels created at a monastic centre in ethiopia



the world's oldest illuminated christian manuscripts were made in ethiopia in the 5th century, christianity became the aksumites' state religion in the 4th cent. under

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My style is influenced a lot by illuminated manuscripts and stained glass windows. It shows mostly in the borders, shapes and some of the stylisation of my creatures.
I take a lot of photos, visit museums, and research online and in books. I love visual research! ❤️

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FREE LECTURE: 'When is a not a Viking? and the Vikings in An exploration of the curious ways in which the Vikings who martyred St Edmund are depicted in medieval illuminated manuscripts from

More:
https://t.co/Zl1j76oUGs

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Chomp chomp chomp: Is homodonty really real? What regulates the speed of tooth replacement? Why do some teeth have ridges? Looking forward to some amazing manuscripts answering these questions 🙂

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