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You have a very low chance of getting unpublished manuscripts

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2019-09-19

Manuscripts by (clockwise, from top left): J. S. Bach, Josquin Desprez, Johannes Brahms, W. A. Mozart, Arnold Schoenberg, Maurice Ravel, Gustav Mahler, Luciano Berio, and Felix Mendelssohn at center.

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2019-09-18

Looking at what's in corners today. These little fill-ins are taken from manuscripts from , and . When the spacing needs to be adjusted, you may as well do it prettily.

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2019-09-12

If you haven't caught on yet. Our Catalogue of Illuminated Manuscripts has been running for over 15 years. We think it's a great resource 😉, and here are some of the most recent additions

https://t.co/P4UvAXBM3l

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2019-09-10

It‘s safe to say that handwriting instruction has lost some of its pizzazz over the years.

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2019-09-06

Late medieval music manuscripts for celebrating the Christian Mass frequently included large illustrated initials.

It was a common practice to cut out and display them, particularly in the 19th century. Scholars today are actively trying to reconstruct these cut-up manuscripts.

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2019-09-04

🦑It’s from N’kai that frightful Tsathoggua came—you know-the amorphous, toad-like god-creature mentioned in the Pnakotic Manuscripts and the Necronomicon and the Commoriom myth-cycle preserved by the Atlantean high-priest Klarkash-Ton🎨Black Eyed🦑#ClarkAshtonSmith

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2019-08-27

Considered one of the most important painters from the period btw late & early was also a One of his manuscripts is kept @ whose collection is on Register.
👉https://t.co/MRceGAGt0L

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2019-08-22

Antiphonary (#NationalLibraryCZ III D 10)
from the mid-fifteenth century with an interesting collection of Latin sacred songs (contrafacta of originals from the tradition of the German Minnesang).

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2019-08-16

I doodled this lil part from one of my old YA novel manuscripts where my protagonist gets dumped. I’ve been wondering how the story might look as a graphic novel instead.

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2019-08-10

For the Walters celebrates it's founder and bibliophile, Henry Walters! He collected over 3,500 manuscripts, bindings, and printed books, from ancient papyrus to the modern day, gifting Baltimore with one of the most remarkable book collections in the USA!

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2019-08-10

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An ambitious project aimed at digitising and cataloguing the heritage of Universitaria in an online platform featuring manuscripts, printed books and maps. Discover it: https://t.co/O2i2R77we8

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2019-08-08

Bunnies laying down the law in medieval manuscripts. Not many people know that besides the Aristocracy, the Clergy, and the Commons, there was a fourth class—the Bunnies. Cunning and cruel warriors, they were quite active during the Crusades, hence for example Crusader Rabbit.

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2019-08-07

This week, we’re showcasing one of our manuscripts: MS 132, a mid-15thC Italian bestiary. This treatise features watercolour illustrations of animals, such as this https://t.co/GTZ8YNKARA

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2019-08-06

Birds 🦉🦜🦅 versus bees 🐝🐝🐝

Which our your favourites? Here's a round-up of some of the best images from manuscripts.

https://t.co/YGPh0QOlop

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2019-08-05

The birds and the bees - Medieval manuscripts blog https://t.co/V4fBpKaKTK

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2019-08-05

In this blogpost, writes about manuscripts relating to the life and legacy of St Patrick
https://t.co/Z4fD4TqAUo

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2019-08-01

Culture vultures (well, they're both found in medieval manuscripts, how much more 'cultural' can you get?!)

Harley MS 3244, f. 51r
Sloane MS 3544, f. 23r

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2019-08-01

It's newly digitized manuscript day on the website! Five new medieval manuscripts online, featuring historiated initials, Anglo-Saxon minuscule, and two volumes of Pauline epistles spanning 400 years. https://t.co/w7S6QNaRFU

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2019-07-31