One of my favourite manuscripts, BL MS Additional 50005 (c.1420), is a particuarly gruesome and dynamic piece of work, however the 'noli me tangere' ('touch me not') scene between Mary and Christ depicts a moment of hope and peace. 7/?

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Day 16 - Wild

Inside the abandoned part of the Infinite Libary, you can find old, musty books and manuscripts, that are left to the elements because of the outdated information they contain.

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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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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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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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One of the Bodleian's manuscripts, MS. Laud Misc. 96, contains half a dozen different bastarda hands. These images show the range of forms this script can take--and the challenge for palaeographers. https://t.co/UDZieNn0Rk

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'Humbugging, or Raising the Devil' by Thomas Rowlandson (1800), from .

Cunning-folk were the sort of wizards who knew how to put on a good show. Arcane objects filled their consulting rooms: skulls, strange animals, herbs, & mysterious manuscripts, as shown here.

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BOOKS: Not just a book about or a book about historical manuscripts, CATS IN HISTORICAL MANUSCRIPTS is funny and enlightening with some exquisite illustrations...

Full review: https://t.co/BygNSXBM0r

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Worship manifests as acts of devotion;
Monks illuminate manuscripts,
Merchants patronize the arts,
I conjured dark magicks to be wielded by Acolytes of Death
It will be in your hands soon, I hope my tribute is worthy

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This is Humfrey Wanley, who looked after the Harley library in the 18th century. We are now starting to create new descriptions of the Harley manuscripts, building on the pioneering efforts of Wanley and other scholars https://t.co/rmyEZqWuEV

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Thinking 3D 🧠 A new exhibition at tells the story of three-dimensional communication using some of the Bodleian Libraries’ finest books, manuscripts, prints and drawings: https://t.co/7nlGUyfptZ

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Cave 464, one of the most fascinating Buddhist chapels at Dunhuang, yielded a large corpus of Uygur manuscripts, movable types &inscriptions, along with materials in other languages. It was rebuilt in 14th c to bury a Mongol princess & used by Uygur monks to produce printed books

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"Dance gives you nothing back, no manuscripts, no paintings, no poems, nothing but that single fleeting moment when you feel alive." - Merce Cunningham

https://t.co/lRmiHFBPKz

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A couple of marine-based image examples I have done for manuscripts, reports and thesis. I work primarily digitally but can also do vectors and traditional. Eyeing off 3D next!

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Science Literacy Week + = 🎉🌈📚Tomorrow's workshop will explore medieval manuscripts, early printed books, original artworks & other highlights from our history of science collections https://t.co/5QfO8Vsp2e

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The Manly P Hall Collection of alchemical Manuscripts, "Cabala" 1700 (no text) water colour geometrical shapes.

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TOMORROW at 3:00—Hear from Christopher de Hamel, one of the world’s leading experts on medieval manuscripts, as he shares insight from his prize-winning book 'Meetings with Remarkable Manuscripts.'

Free with museum admission; registration required: https://t.co/vcnM9A0NhW

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Tomorrow! 12 April. Join the British Library, Wikimedia UK, Cardiff Digital Cultures and us to be inspired by talks about manuscripts, poems, Shakespeare, data, coding and all things intersecting the physical and the digital. More info and register here: https://t.co/dalt3BiVhq

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Thank you to all on the blog tour:
https://t.co/JGKCCmJzbQ
Click to learn about my inspiration for the book, writing tips, a list of publishers that accept unsolicited manuscripts, & the best thing I did while waiting for my book to be published.

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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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