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Over your break, take some time to catch up on manuscripts. We have a variety of articles encompassing morphology, ecology, evolution, and many more.

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2019-12-10

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

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

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 original design is held by the William Morris Gallery. It was famously inspired by the garden at Red House, which featured rose trellises inspired by medieval manuscripts. Philip Webb, Morris's friend and the architect of Red House, drew in the birds.

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2019-04-19

It's today! And we love the images of bats that can be found in Samuel Richard Tickell's (1809-1875) illustrated This is one of our favourites, but all the bat images are lovely, so keep your eyes peeled for more later!

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2019-04-17

Before correction tape & typewriters existed, authors used straight pins to edit their manuscripts. In editing her own work, Jane Austen would use straight pins to affix her changes to the page. Such a painstaking process to give readers such an incredible gift!

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2019-04-03

Stunning and realistic pictures with notes in the Pope Alexander VII's 'Greek Latin Dioscurides ' among the

Chig.F.VII.159 (15th cent.): Dictionary of book 🌱🌿🌷🍒🌳 https://t.co/9zuey1et6o

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2019-02-08

Some beautiful views of by Ferdinand Becker (active 1793-1825) from the collection of the British archaeologist Thomas Ashby among the

They seem perfect for the week!🎨🖌🖍🌈✍🏻 https://t.co/TIsleAoANc

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2019-02-06

Hi, I’m Caden. I write and draw for webcomics and manuscripts. I also like to work on art for different fandoms and create unique pieces to get signed at cons

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2019-01-01

Today we're releasing three new ML benchmark datasets, based on handwritten character recognition in ancient Japanese manuscripts.

Kuzushiji-MNIST is a drop-in replacement for MNIST, with larger K-49 and K-Kanji datasets also released

Check it out! https://t.co/3laNPrGM7l ✨

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2018-12-09

More demons.
I love how demons look fluffy in medieval illuminated manuscripts...

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2018-05-07

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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2018-04-27

Bronze Owl. Inspired by alchemical illuminated manuscripts.#folklorethursday

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2017-09-14

There are 159 unicorns in Luna, our database of digitised manuscripts. https://t.co/TvRhLP15RY

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2017-07-20

Detailed looks at Year 4s illuminated manuscripts...

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2014-12-03